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Jmicmoto13
4/11/2020 5:49pm
4/11/2020 5:49pm
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4/14/2020 3:37am
So, while in this locked down status, my tinkering brain has been itching to work on something. On the opposition to that thought pattern, my logical brain has been making me run lean and socking away every penny into savings. I found a 1970 Honda CB350 for $400 on Facebook Marketplace and decided to pick it up. Doesn't run but turns over and has all the components, I just need to assemble. Has some surface rust but nothing extreme. Pretty pumped on the score and looking forward to make this a cafe racer over time.
Thought it was pretty awesome it still had the original dealer decal on the chain guard after 50 years!!!
Thought it was pretty awesome it still had the original dealer decal on the chain guard after 50 years!!!
Can't believe the seat and tank are in such great shape.
Honda dealer is still in business, and I think owned by the same family, the beams.
The sponsored some races I did at the fairgrounds in shelby for 10 years.
The grandson raced motocross for several years.
The Shop
That’s too intact. That’s a survivor. All oem paint. Even the seat cover looks good. The sticker showing where it came from. All rare things today.
Do what you please, but IMO that is worth more restored than it is chopped.
Find another one, left out behind a garage, under a tarp that is in rough shape that needs rescue. Something where the seat and tank, whatever, are screwed and need replacing.
That in my book is cafe material.
What u have there, is history my friend.
It was a C model, the chopper version. Started to cafe it, since I’m not really into choppers, but just couldn’t take the hacksaw to it. Thought I’d just keep it intact and save the parts if I wanted to go back to stock. Stupid, I sold it.
If I would kept it I would now have all 3 models of that era.
I’m working a guy now that has 3 bikes just sitting in his driveway. Been there for years. One is a 650 Silverwing. The one with the moto guzzi style motor.
I want it because it’s a survivor.
But, last time I was by there, I noticed, those other 2,
both 450 twins, kinda rough, would be a great blank canvas for 2 cafe racers...........
I think they were Gileras.
Just like Montgomery Wards had their Riversides.
Which really, were Benillies.
Which most swear you have to keep the stock air box to work. Which, on that bike is gone.
Ya, very cool cafe. Must have been a ton of fun on the twisted.
Pit Row
This is how I bought it, ugly as sin:
https://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Spoke-with-my-Bitcoins,136…
When everybody was rolling around on Hondas and Yamaha motorcycles this is what I ended up with from my uncle as he was a master Carpenter and one of us customers gave him two.
The shifter was on the opposite side as well as the brake lever.
The shifting pattern was also opposite of the Japanese motorcycles from that era my first day riding it I was in 4th gear and I thought I was in first I told my buddy this is the fastest bike I've ever ridden I never got it out of first gear hahaha!
It looked something like this I made a front number plate out of plywood and painted it Dayglo Orange!
Just beware, no title can be a very, very hard thing to overcome. Not impossible, but very hard.
http://cyclevisor-com.215758.n8.nabble.com/craigslist-td131.html
Loved that bike she was a keeper....
15-20 years ago 350’s were cheap and plentiful but are getting rare and valuable now. They have a torquey, durable motor and a 5 speed gearbox featuring the always exciting early 70s Honda “random-neutral” feature.
I had a job at a m/c junkyard back in college and the boss gave us the pick of the lot to piece together personal rides. He must’ve had 20 350s sitting there, plus related models (CL’s, SL’s, etc.) and weird vintage aftermarket parts. Managed to build a nice bike out of the pieces.
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