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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #150 on: May 05, 2020, 09:25:05 AM »
Classy!  Very nice!
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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #151 on: February 15, 2021, 09:55:09 AM »
I realize my build has been done for awhile, but wanted to show off a spare tank I have been working on.  I just got it back from my painter today and am pretty happy!  I was able to source an old petcock, original badges, and nos gas cap and joker gas cap latch.  Waiting for the clear to cure before I start, but here is a pic of the badge just placed up in the holes.  I'm debating on painting the black in the emblem or just leaving it as is since it is original....thoughts?

Oh, I have also bought another set of shocks, went with the chrome ones this time.  I gave the black set to my other bike.
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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #152 on: February 15, 2021, 03:20:20 PM »
That's a great looking tank
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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #153 on: February 15, 2021, 09:06:47 PM »
Beautiful paintwork on the tank, it will look fantastic on your bike!

I kind of like the emblem as it is, unless you are planning on painting the emblems on the side covers too.  If you are looking for something different, you might consider painting the white lettering with the same color as the stripes.  That would look pretty nice - IMO.

Fantastic 350, what a great project!

Regards,
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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #154 on: February 16, 2021, 08:32:25 AM »
Bob
I read through your build from the start this morning. A great find and well done on your first revive and build even though you had the hiccup and had to tear the motor down again.
I do like the new tank paint better too. The original stripe style is unique to the bike and shows class that Honda put into the bikes. The tank badge looks fine stock.
And yes it's a great story on the family getting to see it again too!
I had a friend I rode with back in 1974 and 75 that had a green 350F that we'd swap bikes with while out riding, I had a new 74 CB450. I was impressed with the power the 350F had compared to the 450 twin and much smoother too and definitely a fun bike to ride the back roads and around town on. I kept that 450 a year, 9,000 miles, and sold it to buy a new 75 CB750K5 as I wanted to do more long distance riding.
Well done on your bike Bob. Enjoy it and yes, your son will enjoy it too.
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My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #155 on: February 17, 2021, 01:19:51 PM »
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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #156 on: February 17, 2021, 01:22:14 PM »
Quote from: bek1966 on February 15, 2021, 09:06:47 PM
Beautiful paintwork on the tank, it will look fantastic on your bike!

I kind of like the emblem as it is, unless you are planning on painting the emblems on the side covers too.  If you are looking for something different, you might consider painting the white lettering with the same color as the stripes.  That would look pretty nice - IMO.

Fantastic 350, what a great project!

Regards,
Brad

Thank you for the input!  I may paint the black as I did that on the side covers and they look pretty stock, just some more work, but we have over a foot of snow, so it's not like I will be riding any time soon!!  Stay safe!
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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #157 on: February 17, 2021, 01:27:18 PM »
Quote from: newday777 on February 16, 2021, 08:32:25 AM
Bob
I read through your build from the start this morning. A great find and well done on your first revive and build even though you had the hiccup and had to tear the motor down again.
I do like the new tank paint better too. The original stripe style is unique to the bike and shows class that Honda put into the bikes. The tank badge looks fine stock.
And yes it's a great story on the family getting to see it again too!
I had a friend I rode with back in 1974 and 75 that had a green 350F that we'd swap bikes with while out riding, I had a new 74 CB450. I was impressed with the power the 350F had compared to the 450 twin and much smoother too and definitely a fun bike to ride the back roads and around town on. I kept that 450 a year, 9,000 miles, and sold it to buy a new 75 CB750K5 as I wanted to do more long distance riding.
Well done on your bike Bob. Enjoy it and yes, your son will enjoy it too.

Thank you for taking the time to read through the build...I feel like it was a bit of a "birthing" experience, with mess all over!  I really learned a lot yet still have a lot to learn!  I often wondered if I should've down a 450 twin instead, I think something easier like a single or a twin will be my next build....if I ever do it again!!  It is kinda addicting for sure.  Wow 9k in one year, you must have lived where it was nice year round, I envy that experience!
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Re: '73 cb350f siezed barn find!
« Reply #158 on: February 17, 2021, 03:49:51 PM »
Quote from: 574hondarider on February 17, 2021, 01:27:18 PM
Wow 9k in one year, you must have lived where it was nice year round, I envy that experience!

That was in NH. Rode it every day, April through November
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Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A
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