Honda Cb350 Cafe Racer Bike
This honda cb350 cafe racer bike comes with the newest electronics setting it besides the cafe racer crowd.
Honda cb350 cafe racer bike. Rarer is the cb350 four aka cb350f a scaled down version of the larger inline four hondas of the day with 34 horsepower and a top speed of 98 mph. Unfortunately i wasn t alone in this quest and these bikes were becoming very hard to get your hands on. Engine sizes vary greatly from the diminutive cb50 to the mighty six cylinder cbx. Now we have this lovely sexy barn built cafe racer from arkansas native will hight.
Conversely the motorcycles in this era in america didn t have to be little and nimble and because of this the organic transformation of a stock bike to a bobber or chopper was not necessarily a more compact bike. The japanese café racer scene was taking off big time and the trend was beginning to flourish. 1970 honda cb350 cafe racer full tune up custom seat made for this bike by a well know seat builder up north with real quality leather. The cb series bikes were designed mainly for commuting and cruising though many have serious sporting potential or racing.
Sean s father is none other than jan sallings of jms customs whose builds have graced bike exif and we recently featured this incredible honda cb175 cafe racer built and owned by kat stovall sean s fiance. I am a 26 year old firefighter here in canada with a background in heavy duty mechanics. The latter was a 325cc parallel twin whereas the cb350f was a 347cc four cylinder offered only from 1972 1974. Builder interview a bit about me.
A cafe racer motorcycle website dedicated to vintage and cafe racer honda motorcycles like the cb175 cb350 cr350 cr350rr cb350rr cb450 cr450 and cr750 vintage motorcycle s of the late 1960 s and 1970 s. Motorcycles and family go hand in hand and nothing demonstrates that more than this honda cl350 cafe racer by sean sallings whose parents were married in a harley shop. Below is a selection of honda cb350 cafe racer builds we have featured on the blog. It was a buell xb9 firebolt.
The honda cb series of motorcycles are perhaps the world s most popular cafe racer platform. Honda cb350 brat cafe racer. The bike was only produced from 1972 1974 and succeeded by the cb400f. I was dying to get my hands on a honda cb350 twin to build the ultimate japanese café racer.
His wife daughter and son all helped with the build. Honda cb350 cafe racer zach o brien got his 1971 cb350 for just 400 running and titled. The cb350f as you may know was a completely different animal from the regular cb350.