is a 73 Honda CL 350 rare?

So I am guessing you are in your mid to late fifties? I remember drooling for hours over Cycle World's test on these babys. I was never able to ride one until the 90's!! Cool bikes,not $3200 cool but cool non the less.
Wayne

Old Man Rock wrote: Anything for the 70's here in AZ is getting ridiculous and harder to find...
Shit load of bobbed projects that never were completed of course, too bad....


I've been looking for an SL350 (LUV'd them) but for a crappy/non running/rusted one they still want $1500.... And they're hard to find yet....

This one I'd luv to get but for $3200, hell I can find a Z1 hopefully.... Granted wouldn't already be primo'd out but damn....

there is an old honda twin 350-450 whatever..on c-list local and the guy has been screwing around with the wording...factory...stock...all parts are here to put it together...4000-then 3500-then 2500...re-word...2200 firm....trouble with these great old honda smaller bikes is that folks want them to fuck them up and look cool...so rare?...every day any old bike that can be made to run and plated gets rarer and rare and so on...i would love to find an old cb450 for 100 like the old days...hell...in no time at all...today will be the old days...rare...hate to say it...but in most places...any old bike un bobbed is "rare"

this place is evidence of this formula...guy buys kz650-750-400-250 from his neighbor/uncle/guy at work for....300...500....100....and then gets out a torch and starts whaking and welding...taking breaks to beat his meat and watch o.c choppers and then runs down and gets some spray cans....another kz...bites the dust...
rides it for a month and then puts it on craiglist ...because he has learned what some already know....looking cool...sucks to try and ride around....in the end ...the guy on the 80's goldwing down the street is the real cool one


rant over

Tri-Nads.... SL-350 would stay stock as will most future builds form here on out....

As much as I've enjoyed the customization of a build, it's a shit load of work & time where you truly have to be in the right frame of mind to complete...

With that said, stock from here on out is the game plan....

There, you happy now...? :laugh:

i never said dont trick stuff out

just saying the sale sites and c-list are littered with "builds" and the days of turning down 200 dollar cb350 or a old yami twin falling in your lap are getting few and far between...

the bike on my c-list was kind of turd and the seller acted like he had the holy grail in his add ,and truth told...he just about does anymore...

oh and as far as happy...Dave....you make me happy...you got a fine mind Dave

I want to find a 650 Yamaha twin to fix it up for my son but they are all hacked up around here .

I got a buddy with 2 honda 350's 300.00 for the pair when he's hurting for money not for sale when he's not both are mostly there he has made both start and run then put in the storage section of his shop over 10000 square feet when rents due he gets real reasonable lol

Old Man Rock wrote: Tri-Nads.... SL-350 would stay stock as will most future builds form here on out....

As much as I've enjoyed the customization of a build, it's a shit load of work & time where you truly have to be in the right frame of mind to complete...

With that said, stock from here on out is the game plan....

There, you happy now...? :laugh:

Finally - a convert! I'm happy. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

How much fun would this site be with a bunch of stock, pristine bikes. Just as well spend the day in a museum smelling stale farts :woohoo:
Wayne

kzz1king wrote: How much fun would this site be with a bunch of stock, pristine bikes. Just as well spend the day in a museum smelling stale farts :woohoo:
Wayne

:laugh: :laugh: The point is not to store the bike in a museum (with the associated aromas :laugh: ) but also not to break it into pieces and store it in the garage. To a motorcyclist the idea is to actually be able to RIDE the thing. Take a look at the “modded” bikes on this and other sites and you'll find many either don't run at all or cannot be ridden more than a mile or two without either falling apart or making the rider too uncomfortable to go any further. Please don’t get me wrong; I'll be the first to say there are some beautiful exceptions, and I applaud the builders’ dedication, skill, and resources that went into making them so nice. Unfortunately though, for every 1 great build there seem to be 10 that end up as a pile of parts or worse. Ed

hey just p.m'd you nice fart...enjoy

kzz1king wrote: How much fun would this site be with a bunch of stock, pristine bikes. Just as well spend the day in a museum smelling stale farts :woohoo:
Wayne

Must have been a popcorn fart, it never made it yet!

I enjoy the well done stock bikes also. Just like variety. I get tired of mega dollar HD or any of the bikes built or restored with unobtainable. I admit my Z does not see near the miles of my Concours but every mile puts a smile on my face.

trianglelaguna wrote: hey just p.m'd you nice fart...enjoy

kzz1king wrote: How much fun would this site be with a bunch of stock, pristine bikes. Just as well spend the day in a museum smelling stale farts :woohoo:
Wayne

era mods ...some pro street stuff...any go fast ,even cool funked up cafe stuff...sure of course

but to take a cool old 350 honda and think screwing it out makes it look old school fonzie cool?
no way

they are pretty cool now just from being left alone so long/not crashed or thrown away...like an old pocket knife

anyways...who the fu78 cares...it is all for naught