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Paul in NZ
23rd May 2009, 18:22
Gawd - how many of these early 350's are out there??

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-220257528.htm

Paul in NZ
23rd May 2009, 18:24
Good god! Times must be tough!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-220219682.htm

dangerous
23rd May 2009, 18:38
the dragon fly is so ugley i love it... the cb, well awesome year and awesome bike

Gareth51
23rd May 2009, 18:44
In 1968 I wouldn't have been seen dead on a japa,if you weren't riding British you weren't riding with us.

merv
23rd May 2009, 19:11
Gawd - how many of these early 350's are out there??

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-220257528.htm


That model. f... all. The model after that sold in big numbers in NZ while I think that model on Trade Me was the prettier version. Beautiful!!!

JimO
23rd May 2009, 19:15
In 1968 I wouldn't have been seen dead on a japa,if you weren't riding British you weren't riding with us.

no you would have been in front of "us" because the unreliable pos triumph would have coughed and died

dangerous
23rd May 2009, 19:18
In 1968 I wouldn't have been seen dead on a japa,if you weren't riding British you weren't riding with us.hehe... due to ya shitters not starting you were hanging out at the milk bar acting all tough with ya shakes...


no you would have been in front of "us" because the unreliable pos triumph would have coughed and diedno milk for you aye... to busy out riding, headed for a pub even for a real drink hahaha :shifty:

Paul in NZ
23rd May 2009, 20:10
the dragon fly is so ugley i love it... the cb, well awesome year and awesome bike

Well actually they were shite but god LOVE the look!!!!! I've never seen one in the flesh! Talk about rare!

Ixion
23rd May 2009, 20:20
Oh. Oh my. I need to go and have a little lie down (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-220234119.htm)

Paul in NZ
23rd May 2009, 20:31
Thought this might be more your bag?

Gareth51
23rd May 2009, 20:46
hehe... due to ya shitters not starting you were hanging out at the milk bar acting all tough with ya shakes...

:shifty:

on me way to the milk bar

Dodgyiti
24th May 2009, 07:47
Oh. Oh my. I need to go and have a little lie down (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-220234119.htm)

Yes I needed a little 'quiet time' after seeing that shiny little number. Some real treats coming out at the moment. Tough times call for tough measures.

Voltaire
24th May 2009, 09:05
Yes I needed a little 'quiet time' after seeing that shiny little number. Some real treats coming out at the moment. Tough times call for tough measures.

bit too pimpolicious for ye?
Seat looks a bit too comfortable for a cafe racer....

Motu
24th May 2009, 09:22
Yeah,I looked at the seat and though WTF?? Seems so out of place on a no compromise bike.

The CB350 seemed to be the most common bike on the road back then,they just seemed to be everywhere.That early model seemed to be common enough too....but maybe they stuck in the mind being the first version.

You can see how Triumph really blew it with their 350 4 stroke twin - it was a hugely popular market,to build a bike for it was a no brainer.But Honda was one step ahead - by the time the riders had got bored with their CB350's,they could step up to their dream bike,the CB750.That and the 250 learner license killed the 350 market.

The Stranger
24th May 2009, 09:23
In 1968 I wouldn't have been seen dead on a japa,if you weren't riding British you weren't riding with us.

In 1968 most of us weren't riding full stop.

dangerous
24th May 2009, 10:27
another cool wee number, note the pipes on it... remember thay were the thing to have when ya stocks rot out, cant remember what they were called but had a sound of there own. http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=220225157

merv
24th May 2009, 10:44
The CB350 seemed to be the most common bike on the road back then,they just seemed to be everywhere.That early model seemed to be common enough too....but maybe they stuck in the mind being the first version.

What I'm talking about is if you look at this page http://www.motorera.com/honda/h0350/sport350/sport350.htm and forget they seem to have K2, K3 and K4 all mixed up, the one that first came to NZ in large numbers was the one they are calling the 1971 model and onwards with that style of paint on the gas tank. The 68-70's are definitely the rarer model in this country.

Paul in NZ
24th May 2009, 11:40
Those 350's were pretty good bikes and could be made to fly with a big bore kit and some ex / in mods. Mostly they all got made into CAMS racers and you just don't see them around anymore.

HEAPS and HEAPS of the later ones were sold but those early ones must be very rare in NZ now. Can't remember the last one I saw. Ironic really, in comparison many more RD350's have survived.

dangerous
24th May 2009, 12:30
Those 350's were pretty good bikes and could be made to fly with a big bore kit and some ex / in mods. Mostly they all got made into CAMS racers and you just don't see them around anymore.

HEAPS and HEAPS of the later ones were sold but those early ones must be very rare in NZ now. Can't remember the last one I saw. Ironic really, in comparison many more RD350's have survived.
Ohh theres pleanty of CB350's down here racing.. they are my worst enemy on the track actually, fark they are noisie and hell can they haul arse.

Motu
24th May 2009, 15:53
What I'm talking about is if you look at this page http://www.motorera.com/honda/h0350/sport350/sport350.htm and forget they seem to have K2, K3 and K4 all mixed up, the one that first came to NZ in large numbers was the one they are calling the 1971 model and onwards with that style of paint on the gas tank. The 68-70's are definitely the rarer model in this country.

Ah,thank you - it takes a Honda nerd to make it make sense.I don't remember the ones with knee pads at all....but the same bike without knee pads were very common.

LBD
24th May 2009, 17:01
Yup that was my first road bike...about 7 years old when my dad helped me into at 15...1975.

Kept it for about 3 or 4 years, commuted Woodend to Lyttleton daily for a couple of years, round the SI a few times. Stripped it down rebuilt it several times, learnt lots of lessons on it, melted a hole in a piston when I got the timing wrong. Blew a carb from its rubber mounting when someone swapped the spark plug leads on me. Scraped pegs and side stand endlessly...Used TT100's

Good bike to grow up with...

toycollector10
24th May 2009, 20:38
I had the later model in 250cc guise. That is, it was the same bike as the 350cc model but with an altered bore and pistons to make it into a 250.

It also red-lined at 10,500 rpm which in those days was great fun. I thrashed my 250 to within an inch of it's life, red-lined it at least three or four times a day and it never broke or let me down. You couldn't kill it with an axe!

Go Honda!!

<a href="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/toycollector10/?action=view&current=AllanMark.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/toycollector10/AllanMark.jpg" border="0" alt="CB250 1974"></a>

REXER
24th May 2009, 20:58
:Police: I had some great times on a KZ400 twin in the 'old days'. Just in the end stages of finishing one I picked up a couple years ago to relive my child hood or hoon days! :eek:

Bren
24th May 2009, 22:15
First of all welcome Rexer, your first post, no introductions and such and ya jump straight into the dabate....good on ya mate....

Secondly, my first bike was an early 80s Kwaka Z200...was a hardy little soul, and went through to hell and back with me...I had 6 pillions on it once (at the same time). I was totally pissed and comin back from a night at the speedway...couldnt leave em all to walk home and this was in ther halyconian days of the 80s when this PC crap was not around so much...

Bonez
1st June 2009, 12:05
What I'm talking about is if you look at this page http://www.motorera.com/honda/h0350/sport350/sport350.htm and forget they seem to have K2, K3 and K4 all mixed up, the one that first came to NZ in large numbers was the one they are calling the 1971 model and onwards with that style of paint on the gas tank. The 68-70's are definitely the rarer model in this country.The first "K4" on that page is a Cb360.
http://www.vjmc.org/articles/honda360/index.htm

xwhatsit
1st June 2009, 12:26
another cool wee number, note the pipes on it... remember thay were the thing to have when ya stocks rot out, cant remember what they were called but had a sound of there own. http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=220225157
That is a very good find -- I reckon if you fit some original pipes it would sell for a much higher figure to an American on eBay. Very important early model.

Those early Benly-styled bikes are very cool, have a unique aesthetic quite of their own.

Motu
1st June 2009, 13:53
They were called tulips,and were usually upsweeps....and they didn't sound that good.I have a set in the rack,but I'd have to have even worse taste than I've got to put them on a bike.They'd never meet the noise requirements now....mine have a snuff of sorts fitted,but any packing has long gone.

Bonez
1st June 2009, 14:42
They were called tulips,and were usually upsweeps....and they didn't sound that good.I have a set in the rack,but I'd have to have even worse taste than I've got to put them on a bike.They'd never meet the noise requirements now....mine have a snuff of sorts fitted,but any packing has long gone.You can still buy them new.

Motu
1st June 2009, 15:01
But I don't buy anything new - I was given the tuplips,and that's good value to me.

xwhatsit
1st June 2009, 15:08
They were called tulips,and were usually upsweeps....and they didn't sound that good.I have a set in the rack,but I'd have to have even worse taste than I've got to put them on a bike.They'd never meet the noise requirements now....mine have a snuff of sorts fitted,but any packing has long gone.
Magua on here had a set on his CB400N -- I don't think they had much in the way of baffle. Sounded quite cool on his, a real nice bark. Different story on a bike with 75cc pots :sleep:

Motu
1st June 2009, 16:12
Someone has put an interesting baffle in mine - sort of like a fender washer acting as a butterfly valve,but a bit more complicated.Shut for a horrible fluffing sound,or open for a full bore cackle.I got them for the baffle,I reckon they would be better in my slash cuts,which are a way better looking muffler.

xwhatsit
1st June 2009, 22:27
Someone has put an interesting baffle in mine - sort of like a fender washer acting as a butterfly valve,but a bit more complicated.Shut for a horrible fluffing sound,or open for a full bore cackle.I got them for the baffle,I reckon they would be better in my slash cuts,which are a way better looking muffler.
You're half deaf and wear earplugs to stop the tappet noise anyway -- what do you care about baffles? :eek:

Motu
1st June 2009, 23:12
Well,people keep asking how my bikes get a WoF with all the noise they make.

Anyway,I'm not half deaf anymore - thank's to the small proportion of people here who have worked and made a contribution to ACC....I can now hear the little birds twitter.

Bonez
2nd June 2009, 05:53
Well,people keep asking how my bikes get a WoF with all the noise they make.

Anyway,I'm not half deaf anymore - thank's to the small proportion of people here who have worked and made a contribution to ACC....I can now hear the little birds twitter.There should be an adjustment to hear what they're actualy saying.

nudemetalz
5th June 2009, 15:55
Thought this might be more your bag?

That Beemer is rather nice :niceone:

Paul in NZ
5th June 2009, 16:23
They were called tulips,and were usually upsweeps....and they didn't sound that good.I have a set in the rack,but I'd have to have even worse taste than I've got to put them on a bike.They'd never meet the noise requirements now....mine have a snuff of sorts fitted,but any packing has long gone.


Bung em on tardme under 'bates' mufflers cos they were usually cheap chinese copies of the real thing. Can in two flavours, most popular was upswept... The 'old skool' bobber guys pay well for em nowadays...

gwigs
5th June 2009, 21:55
I owned two later model cb 350,s......they were a lot of fun..

Me in the 70,s

98tls
5th June 2009, 22:01
Ohh theres pleanty of CB350's down here racing.. they are my worst enemy on the track actually, fark they are noisie and hell can they haul arse. Annoyingly i was offered a well set up one at the last Rakaia street race for $1500 and didnt buy it.:argue: