Project 1970 Honda CB350

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by Richard Backus
Our project 1970 Honda CB350.

The is the first in a series on our 1970 Honda CB350 build project. Read Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V,Part VI, Part VII and Part VIII for the later installments. You can also watch video of our Honda running for the first time.

Last issue, we told you about plans for our next build project, a 1970 Honda CB350. But “build” isn’t quite the right word, conjuring up as it does images of a one-off custom cafĂ© or street scrambler. Instead of going the custom route, this time around we’re going stock, taking a tired and neglected CB350 and returning it to original — well, almost.

Almost, because our goal isn’t a restoration, per se — think sympathetic rehab, like our very first project back in 2007 when we returned a tired 1971 Triumph TR6C Trophy Special back to road-worthiness. With that project, we focused on making our Triumph a solid runner. Originality only mattered to a point: We weren’t hung up on making the bike perfect, because the end goal was showing how you could get an old Triumph back on the road without breaking the bank. That’s basically our approach with this next project, but this time we’re going to work a little harder at maintaining our bike’s original styling cues.

  • Published on Aug 13, 2015
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