Sometime later I found the missing keys and opened the file, the item I was originally looking for was not to be found but instead was a huge amount of old family photographs. I noticed a small album and immediately recognised it as where I kept photos of all my old cars and motorcycles.
Thumbing through I came across some photos of my first motorbike – a Red Honda Super Dream NNR 108W. I remember how my parents tried to prevent me from buying a motorbike but eventually relented and I was the proud owner of a brand spanking new Super Dream registration number NNR 108W. I pondered for a moment as to what might have become of it and packed the pictures away.
Later that day I was poking about on the internet and the Super Dream popped back in to my mind so I jumped on the DVLA website and did a vehicle enquiry to see if any details were still held and to my surprise the information before me suggested that it was still on the road.
That got me thinking so I tried to see if there were any cars/bike reunited sites but alas nothing useful turned up so I put the idea (and me) to bed.
The following day I came home from work exhausted and fell asleep on the sofa, I woke and thought I’d pop on eBay to see what kind of money old Super Dreams were making these days, I typed Honda 250 Super Dream in the search box and a list of bikes and spares appeared before me. The very first item listed was a 1981 Red Super Dream in a bit of a sorry state listed at £250 so I clicked on it and looked at a picture of it in profile, I then clicked on the next image and the bikes number plate was pictured so you can imagine how gobsmacked I was to see NNR 108W before my very eyes!
Nostalgia overwhelmed me and after a tense 15 hour wait (I was competing with other bidders) I secured it for £460 but not before a final heart stopping moment when my IPhone lost reception just 7 minutes before the listing ended, however a hasty phone call to my brother secured the successful bid. Over the coming months it’s my intention to get her back into shape but for now and after 30 years apart NNR 108W is coming home...
