Comments on: Honda CB350F http://www.tanshanomi.com/honda-cb350f Short, opinionated, unsubstantiated capsule ratings of street-legal motorcycles from 1970 to today. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rocketrodeo http://www.tanshanomi.com/honda-cb350f/comment-page-1#comment-362 rocketrodeo Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:23:47 +0000 http://www.tanshanomi.com/?p=2697#comment-362 I'm a sucker for Honda's oddballs. A CB350 Four, a Hawk GT, and a Pacific Coast have all "graced" my garage at various points of time. There simply isn't any other manufacturer who has made so many "why not" marketing decisions over so long a period of time. Or statements of engineering prowess, if you prefer. It's the one delightfully irrational feature of a brand often noted for soullessness. I, too, miss mine, but not as much as I do the Hawk GT. The Pacific Coast I don't have to miss; it's still out there. Somewhere in the attic I still have the 4->1 factory CB400F header that I was going to adapt to the CB350 when the duals rusted out. Never got to it, which is a shame, because I think that header is the single most attractive bit of sculpture ever to grace a Japanese bike. BTW, someone is making replica 4->4 pipes for this thing, but I can't remember where I saw that. Costs no more than, say, a Ti Termi for a 1098. I'm a sucker for Honda's oddballs. A CB350 Four, a Hawk GT, and a Pacific Coast have all "graced" my garage at various points of time. There simply isn't any other manufacturer who has made so many "why not" marketing decisions over so long a period of time. Or statements of engineering prowess, if you prefer. It's the one delightfully irrational feature of a brand often noted for soullessness.

I, too, miss mine, but not as much as I do the Hawk GT. The Pacific Coast I don't have to miss; it's still out there.

Somewhere in the attic I still have the 4->1 factory CB400F header that I was going to adapt to the CB350 when the duals rusted out. Never got to it, which is a shame, because I think that header is the single most attractive bit of sculpture ever to grace a Japanese bike. BTW, someone is making replica 4->4 pipes for this thing, but I can't remember where I saw that. Costs no more than, say, a Ti Termi for a 1098.

]]> By: rexcb350 http://www.tanshanomi.com/honda-cb350f/comment-page-1#comment-359 rexcb350 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:43:04 +0000 http://www.tanshanomi.com/?p=2697#comment-359 I have just finished putting my Honda CB 350f back together.What a job. Ihad the frame powder coated, new wiring loom made for it, repaint and i completly rebuilt the motor. Every beraring in the gearbox, big ends, small ends the lot. My exwife had one way back in 1976 and it was a great ride then and is still now. However i decieded to go down this path as everyone has a CB 750!!!!! Mine is a bit of a head turner as there are so few of the CB 350f's. Rex I have just finished putting my Honda CB 350f back together.What a job. Ihad the frame powder coated, new wiring loom made for it, repaint and i completly rebuilt the motor.

Every beraring in the gearbox, big ends, small ends the lot. My exwife had one way back in 1976 and it was a great ride then and is still now.

However i decieded to go down this path as everyone has a CB 750!!!!! Mine is a bit of a head turner as there are so few of the CB 350f's.

Rex

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