cb350 four good for a female beginner?

I have a friend who may be selling me his 73 cb350f. I want to give it to my gf as a starter bike. I was looking for a twin as I thought it would be good for her to start out with the extra torque, would this tiny 4 banger have enough torque down low to keep her from stalling and losing confidence?

Thanks

yes they are good starter bikes for smaller folks.
my mom has had two of them.my brother is cafe'ing the second one now.not real powerful but gets you around good enough.super smooth also,they used to have a commercial that showed one with a cup of coffee on the tank and the rpms up around four thousand or something and the coffee was barely rippling.

leon

It's a decent bike to start on. As you said, the CB350 twin may be easier to learn on, but the four should be fine.

I've seen more than one person learning on a CB350 twin manage to get the front wheel pretty well airborn during a panic clutch release.

I'll say this though, make sure the carbs are in good shape. They are very finicky and love leaking. They are really small so the jets get clogged easily too. I saw one set where the internal castings were eroded, but I don't know if that is normal for those carbs or if they used a harsh cleaning solvent.

super cool...but quickly will be severely low powered feel for her....even the 400-4 was a turtle and got boring on folks real quick imo...they are super cool though imo

if she will be riding with you eventually...it will never be fun imo...she'll be watching you leave stoplights ..even when you go as slow as you can ,you'll still walk away,and she will be just catching you by the next stop and then repeat the whole thing again......


they are one of the coolest looking old hondas if it has the dipped in tank sides that i'm thinking of

I do plan on riding with her...that way I can get rid of the aweful sissy bar I have. We live in the country, so the nearest traffic light is literally 15 minutes away. She is by no means a speed freak, so the slowness will actually be a blessing. I won't mind going slow because I will be riding with her maybe 3 times a week for a tour of the backroads.

The one I am thinking about has the 4 into 4 exhaust...so it looks like this.

kourt.dehaas.com/cb350f/cb350f-2.jpg

I will wait for prices to fall in another month, and if I can't find a bike for a price I want to pay I will get this one in my basement for the winter.