Topic: CB350F Project in New Zealand ... HERE SHE IS ...

[frappy]

It is also very likely I would need to purchase these from the States. Of the 2 next 350F's to put back on the road, I would consider very seriously at using a 4 into 2 for the first of them

Are you wanting to buy new or used and do you have a set of stock head pipes or do you need the full set of headers and mufflers?  Reason I ask is Leo Vance near me sells Sito 4 into 2 mufflers new for ~ $300 USD, but you need your stock head pipes.

In the very near future my CBX400F which has a 4 into 1, will be given a new muffler I purchased a couple of months back  I am interested to see how that muffler performs as it has some sort of adjustable baffle or diverter inside it. One apparently can alter the sound with a screw and lock nut half way down one side of the muffler.

Have no insight whether performance will be better, but if nothing else having an adjustable baffle sounds like great fun!

[fishman_Phil]

Hi Frappy ... At this stage it would probab ly mean headers and mufflers. I do have a full set of 550 mufflers fitted in a temporary sort of way by a past owner to the 3rd CB350F. It seems a waste to cut them when they could be useful to someone else in time, even me if I got a 550F. No hurry at this stage as I will be restoring my little 1962 Suzuki MA50 first, and then go back to the 2nd CB350F. Good to know what is out there and available. Cheers

[Hush]

Jezz Troppo, how much trouble you want me to get into with "Mrs Hush"?
I'm one of those guys that if you give me a tail light and tell me it's for a Suzuki AC50 I'll have to go out and get all the rest of the bike to complete it.
Importing a whole bike would just give me another whole bike, I'd have to finish!

[mystic_1]

I'm one of those guys that if you give me a tail light and tell me it's for a Suzuki AC50 I'll have to go out and get all the rest of the bike to complete it.

Ha Ha!  I know that feeling 

mystic_1

[troppo]

Jezz Troppo, how much trouble you want me to get into with "Mrs Hush"?
I'm one of those guys that if you give me a tail light and tell me it's for a Suzuki AC50 I'll have to go out and get all the rest of the bike to complete it.
Importing a whole bike would just give me another whole bike, I'd have to finish!

Its merely another reason to build another shed mate, storage for her pink "bike" and your next project lol

[Hush]

HMM I like the way you think.....

[Steve_NZ]

If you are looking for a real good 350F in NZ, the TradeMe seller NUTSONFS had one for sale last week. I have his email address and he lives in Taupo.
Cheers ... Phil in NZ

Hi Phil - discovered your post after I bought the bike you mention 
Then find you're only 10 minutes away from me - be good to catch up sometime.
Cheers for now... Steve in NZ
 

[Hush]

Hoi! who put all the other SOHC bikes on the West coast???

[troppo]

My god Hush, you complain, we got further to travel to go to the next state 

[fishman_Phil]

Let you in on a bit more Hush ... Steve has just about enough to build a 2nd CB350F.
I have 2 complete CB350F bikes and a near 3rd complete bike, another frame, and heaps of parts.
I see you have Titans, AG100, AC50 Suzuki, and a T350.
I have a friends who has 7 T350 bikes, know a guy who has a couple of Titans, and my garage also has an AG100 and a full collection of Suzuki 50cc models from 1962 to 1967.
They seem to like it over here on the wild West Coast.
Cheers ... Phil in NZ

[troppo]

Come on phil, in the spirit of trans zealand brothership you and your mates should send some of those bikes or at least some of the parts to hush...
The poor man is clearly devoid of construction materials

[Hush]

Oh man I'd kill for a T350, my first real power bike good for 105 mph any day you wanted and it got there real quick.
Unique sound too, the Titans and Rebels, Hustler T250'S all had those long chrome pipes that gave that distinctive rumble.
But hard to find a real good two stroke thats 30 years old, they just don't seal up like the big Honda's, it's like you can leave a Honda in a swamp up to the tank in crud and it will go into some form of time warp until found by a loving new owner to be restored to their former glory.
Nah thinking on it what I really (to paraphrase the Spice Girls) really want is a nice solid set of standard 2 into one exhausts for my CB650, that would be better than winning Lotto seriously.
Anyone finds a set of those lying about, call me I'll travel from Cape Rianga to Bluff for a set.
Maybe once my old girl is back on the road and I hook up with a riding club (Ulysses is top choice at moment but there are others around the Hawke's Bay) I might luck into a set.
In the mean time consider it your mission in life to seek a set out for poor old East Coast Hush.