Topic: Voultar, owner of a 350f

[voultar]

Hey guys,


Glad to be a member of the SOHC/4 message-boards. This place is loaded with friendly and knowledgeable masters of these old bikes.


I'm 25 years old with some garage experience. By profession I'm an IT Director so I'm better suited with electronics.


For the past few months I've been looking for one of these bikes. Finally, after a long search I found a cb350f deep in the corner of a garage where it has been for a couple of years. Hungry to restore this bike and build if into a cafe fashion; I stumbled on these forums. Any who, it's good to be here!

[Prospect]

Welcome

They're great bikes.  As you might know the 350f is the smallest production four cylinder engine produced until recently.  I like to use the word "elegant" when describing it.  It looks sharp and smart. 

Post a picture when you have a chance.  There is a lot of knowledgeable people on this site. Don't ever hesitate to ask questions.   

[tortelvis]

Welcome from another CB350F owner. I bought a complete bike for parts with a locked motor and have stripped it down into pieces.
I may have some items if you need something, just don't ask for a 4 into 4!

[ADW]

Welcome Voultar! I too have a 350F, mine a '72 model that was bolted to a Velorex 562 sidecar. I'm 99% finished with my "preservation" (as opposed to "restoration") I'm just making mine as nice as it can be given what it is now. A nice "survivor". It's a 40 year old bike that looks like it's about 20 years old. I'm of the opinion that you can restore a bike dozens of times, but it's only original once. I also really like stock best, so I'm just making everything on it as good as it can be without going too far.

I've been through the bike stem to stern, having completely disassembled everything and cleaning it up, replacing bad or broken parts, etc. Only thing I've painted was the battery box; I had to sandblast and paint that because it had gotten acid on it at some point and was rusting and needed cleaning and paint for structural preservation.

Only thing I'm waiting on now is some custom 2-to-1 collectors to be built so I can hang the aftermarket mufflers I have for it and start 'er up! At that point it should only need dynamic timing set and a carb sync to be ready to go! Unfortunately being January in Michigan I won't be able to actually RIDE it for another 3 months, but having 'er done and under a cover waiting for the first spring day will be great!

Welcome to the club and I'll help you any way I can.