Well, I now find myself in posession of a 1970 CB350 for my wife's motorcycle!
While home in CT for vacation last week, my neighbor was cleaning out his garage again. He had a really nice condition 1970 CB350 sitting in his garage that one of the other neighbor's son-in-law (or something) was interested in buying. Day before we left to drive back to Ohio, my neighbor asks me "so-and-so didn't want to buy the bike, you want it for $200?".
My wife sat on it and was very comfortable with the dead weight and frame sizing of the bike. Even at $200, we both agreed to find SOME way to get it home to Ohio. We managed to make room in the van (along with all our stuff and wedding shower gifts). Gotta love my wife, the master Queen of packing!
So we lug this new aquisition home and the day after we leave, my neighbor emails me with the following: "keep the $200, i'm giving you the bike. Just use the money to make it safe for your wife to ride". So now it went from a $200 bike to a $0 bike. Can't complain as it looks GREAT! will need a little bit of work, hasn't been ridden in 2 years and has some varnished fuel in the tank (which was coated by my neighbor a few years ago). a bit of elbow grease, new tires and a little bit of work and she'll be just fine. not to mention the bike doesn't even have 6000 miles on it. And yes, 6000 is NOT a typo!
BTW, anyone have any parts sources for these older CB's? i've looked and didn't find any good forums or parts suppliers as we have here for the XS650. Comments and all welcome as usual
Had to take the seat off to make sure it was strapped down securely.
While home in CT for vacation last week, my neighbor was cleaning out his garage again. He had a really nice condition 1970 CB350 sitting in his garage that one of the other neighbor's son-in-law (or something) was interested in buying. Day before we left to drive back to Ohio, my neighbor asks me "so-and-so didn't want to buy the bike, you want it for $200?".
My wife sat on it and was very comfortable with the dead weight and frame sizing of the bike. Even at $200, we both agreed to find SOME way to get it home to Ohio. We managed to make room in the van (along with all our stuff and wedding shower gifts). Gotta love my wife, the master Queen of packing!
So we lug this new aquisition home and the day after we leave, my neighbor emails me with the following: "keep the $200, i'm giving you the bike. Just use the money to make it safe for your wife to ride". So now it went from a $200 bike to a $0 bike. Can't complain as it looks GREAT! will need a little bit of work, hasn't been ridden in 2 years and has some varnished fuel in the tank (which was coated by my neighbor a few years ago). a bit of elbow grease, new tires and a little bit of work and she'll be just fine. not to mention the bike doesn't even have 6000 miles on it. And yes, 6000 is NOT a typo!
BTW, anyone have any parts sources for these older CB's? i've looked and didn't find any good forums or parts suppliers as we have here for the XS650. Comments and all welcome as usual
Had to take the seat off to make sure it was strapped down securely.