Honda twins - 350 and 500

[Erskine]

Not a build, but seen today at a Hill Climb event in South Wales today.
I thought these may be of interest or inspiration to the Red Twin fans.

The first is a 350 twin in a Drixton (Welsh) Frame. This bike was smoking.
The engine was as hot as a hot thing and the pilot was lofting the front end into the air all over the place.
It howled like a beatch!

The second was a 500 twin in a stock frame and a design classic. Didn't seem to be in the same state of tune as its stable mate, but still pushed along at a fair old lick.

I hope it's ok to put these up in this section.

 

[Rocan]

so nice! thanks for sharing!

 

[teazer]

Thanks for those pics. Nice bikes. I think that the 350 is a TAB frame which are becoming quite common on K4 racers in the UK. Very light and stiff and CRMC legal.

It may be a loose copy of the 68 Drixton made for Terry Dennehy. I have still not seen a picture of the common CB450 Drixton chassis from the era. It's become part of legend and are used all over the world. AFAIK that was the 69 frame and therefore 1 year off to be legal - but I could be wrong about that. Besides, no one is changing history again just to match the facts.

Nice bikes and nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Erskine]

Hi Teazer,
I've just googled Drixton and TAB ........ The owner of the 500 told me his mates 350 was a Drixton, but you are right, it quite clearly is a TAB. A stunning frame all the same though.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Quite nice!

 

[niels.d]

I love really old bikes with full fairings like that 500. Both bikes are sick.

 

[Erskine]

I wish I'd got a video of the 350 in action.
It was so responsive and pokey.
I had to see it to believe that these old twin engines were capable of performance I'd associate with a 2 stroke!