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I just picked up a 1970 CL350. My plan was to leave it alone, but it needs new wheels and tires, so I'm back on my bullshit. The role of this bike is mainly commuter. It will spend the vast majority of its life under 50mph, squeezing through tight city traffic and squirreling through tight...

This, anodized in black, with 36 holes: https://cognitomoto.com/collections/hubs-wheelgoods/products/gsx-r-hub-bolt-on-conversion-laced-wheel-1?variant=4928368385 It's never been installed...My project died before I got it on. $250 shipped to the continental US.

My bike is a damn-near-stock 1973 CL350K5. I was out for my first real ride on the thing. I bought it a year or two ago when the original owner put it away for 25 years and then died, and mostly just puttered around Brooklyn until I could get it sorted. It has 8,000 miles. It was shod with a...

One day I noticed the taillight on my CL350K4 had burned out. It was a cheapo 1157 LED tower ($10/pair) that had seen about 100 miles and a few months outside, and only the brake circuit was working. I didn’t want to deal with another crappy bulb, and I stumbled on a thread damning all manner of...

As part of my rebuild, I've hit some question marks when putting the pistons back on: 1) My pistons are labelled I and II (with a marker from the machinist), but I don't know which cylinder is I and which is II. Presumably, the left cylinder (as you sit on the bike) is I and the right is II...

As part of my '68 CL350 motor rebuild, I am preparing to powdercoat the engine casings once I get them back (blasted and cleaned) from the shop. I have: - My (hopefully) trusy Eastwood Dual-Voltage HotCoat gun - Some Eastwood HotCoat 10103 black satin powder - A giant Oster TSSTTVXLDG...

I'm putting a CL350 back together, and I would like to replace the ad-hoc bolts and screws the previous owner used on the motor, frame, and body with some fresh hardware. I'm looking to buy a variety of nuts and bolts, preferably black stuff. I found this place, but it seems like they would...

I purchased a 1968 Honda CL350 (Japan-spec?) primarily to take it apart and put it back together for fun and education. It was running too well to let it sit, though, so I ended up riding it a bit this summer as-is. It was always a little bit squirrelly, but it was gorgeous. Very good brakes, to...

I'm prepping to redo the wiring on my '68 CL350, and it looks like there is only one fuse on the bike. I've always read that you should fuse a wire whenever the gauge decreases...So if you have a fused 12 AWG wire run that splits into two 18 AWG runs, they should each be fused again. Is the...

I'm putting a 2006 GSXR 750 front-end on my '69 CL350. I'd like to keep a spoked rim up there. I stumbled on this post, which mentions using this RAD Mfg hub in place of the Narrow Glide hub that is commonly used. The primary benefit would be easy attachment and alignment of an SV1000 brake...

I was delighted to find the plug wire for the right cylinder of my CB350 rattling around on the plug...The left plug has a brass screw, the right...nothing. Does anyone know what the screw on the far right is called and where I can buy one? I don't want to replace the whole boot/plug (which I...

I'll be tearing my '68 CL350 down to the frame, and when I put it back together I'd like to have something better than what I started with. This bike will spend most of its time squeezing through tight urban traffic and bumbling around the potholed roads of NYC. It should also be able to spend...

So, I've noticed that my clutch isn't fully engaged when the lever is to the handlebar. The revs drop and the bike is much more difficult to roll than when in neutral. I adjusted the clutch to engage very soon at the handlebar, but it does not seem to have affected the creep. The procedure...

I just picked up a '68 CL350 that was brought over from Japan (probably in boxes). It has a great deal of trouble getting into and staying in first gear...After reading a bit and eyeballing the shifter, it seems the issue is the excessive slack in the linkage connecting the shift lever to the...

My '71 CL350 has a busted gas cap latch such that I need to dig around with a bent key to open it. In general, I really don't like the design, and I was hoping to replace it with something like this: Just a simple screw-off gas cap. I couldn't figure out how to get the current cap off, and I...

Before I dig too deep into stearing stem and fork measurements, I was wondering if anyone around here has already had success with swapping a modern front end onto a CB/CL350...I have a '71 with shot forks, shit brakes, and a dead headlight...I was hoping to take care of it all in one fell...

Howdy, I'm Will. 32, male, long walks on the beach…I've been riding for a couple of decades, and have been living in NYC for the better part of the last one. I picked up a '71 CL350 last week for the purpose of commuting to Manhattan on nice days and just bumping around Brooklyn through traffic...

I just picked up a '71 CL350, and it came with an aftermarket exhaust that I think is too loud. Good sound, but just a bit too loud. The bike came with one brand new OEM muffler (not two). I see a few options: - Buy another OEM exhaust. The problem with this is that they're pricey, and I intend...