I had one identical to that. Same colour, same everything. Oh that brings back the memories. Number 2 of the 4 bikes that I owned over about 12 years, until I was unable to ride anymore. Repetitive strain injury to my right elbow made it too painful to ride. My bikes were: Honda XL125 (stolen), Honda CB350F, Honda CB400F, Suzuki GS750.
Subscribed from Australia! And amazing coincidence as I have just completed my 1973 CB350FE Australian delivered version. They are a wonderful little bike and it's so nice to do that for your dad. My Father sadly passed away Saturday 5th October 2024 at 6:15 PM aged 91 as a result of Mesothelioma caused by his years in the welding industry and using Asbestos for insulation. They had no safety procedures back then. I last saw my Father on the Monday 30th of September and hoping he'd be returning home but he declined 10% every day after until the hospital administered Morphine so he could pass away in his sleep. He is survived by my Mother who is aged 87 and taking every day as they come. This was a very emotional video for me. You are a good son! All the very best.
When it started it gave me goosebumps all over, for i had one of this lovely 4-cylinder engine from 1976 till 1979 in the color silver-grey metallic. What an excellent restauration, big kudos guys, and seing you dad shine all over is the bonus.
Beautiful. I lived the same experience… I was around six or seven growing up in S California and my dad comes home with a brand new 350F in red. Took me for a spin around west LA and that sound and feel has stuck with me since. I live in Tokyo now, my dad has passed and I did pick one up in red here and I love it. I kept it stock except for some clip ons and a Yoshi exhaust. It’s not the fastest bike but for city driving in Tokyo, it’s perfect. I always get compliments whenever I take it out. Just one of those things that make people happy when they see and hear it. Enjoy !
Lovely bike. Something special in its time and even today. The restorer could stay busy the rest of his life if you offered his contact information on this video. He did a great job.
My dad had the same bike, bought it new and added a header and I believe a different seat. When I got to be about 15 I snuck it out to show off to some neighborhood girls. It wasn’t long after he sold it, before I got my drivers license. He knew what I was up to.
I managed to score a pair of Made in Holland NOS Koni's that are absolutely superb. I have a full NOS set of pipes in storage and fitted a full stainless Delkevic 4 into 1's with the shorty muffler and it sounds really nice. 100% Made in Australia as well. Enjoy!!!
I was working in a Honda/Yamaha shop as a mechanic with this machine was released by Honda. To be blunt, it was disappointing. It was just about the slowest 350 there was from all manufacturers combined. When you think about it, there are just as many machining procedures, and just as many parts to make this motorcycle as the CB 750 at the time… another common thing about Honda motorcycles during this time, the exhaust systems, the mufflers in particular were so thin and cheaply made, I remember, helping lift a brand new motorcycle out of the crate, one day, and one of the other guys there helping, His hand punctured the muffler, his fingers went right through the cheap metal at the bottom. This was a new motorcycle that had not been sitting in a damp location for a year or two, this was a new release. The CB 500 four-cylinder also had flimsy thin mufflers… thankfully, Honda came out with the CB 400 F four-cylinder sport bike with four into one exhaust, it had its individual on styling, and it would leave the CB 350four-cylinder for dead. I actually owned three of those. CB 400 F motorcycles. Red line was 10,000. It didn’t have much torque. and the transmission did not shift very well. It was tough on the top of your foot, on all three of those machines that I owned. It was also tough to find neutral in my daily commute to my regular job, which was a lot of stop sign to stop sign writing… The CB 350 four-cylinder was considered more of a machine that you would buy for your wife.. I remember taking them for test rides when they would be brand new and we had to take them for a test ride to make sure that they ran and everything worked when we bought them new. I was not impressed., neither were any of the other mechanics/builders/or employees at that Yamaha/Honda shop I worked at.. it wasn’t a bad motorcycle, it just was not very fast, and the mufflers seemed as thin as beer cans.. I was road racing motorcycles, starting in 1974, and I never saw one of these machines at any of the club races, which were extremely popular at that time. The 350 class alone, sometimes had more than 120 entries. They had to run four separate heat races, and take the top 10 finishers in each of those heat races to make up the field for Sunday’s final. The CB 400 F held its own and those races, but the machine to have was a Kawasaki 400 triple or the Yamaha RD 350/or the RD 400. I prefer the 350 myself, actually I raised a 250 Arde, and won six championships, two time national champion., many times, especially in the AMA sanction races, against 400s. The thing that gave me an advantage was, all the motorcycle magazines kept publishing, pop-up articles for RDs, Kawasaki, triples, and all the racers would do these “improvements “actually making their bikes, less reliable and slower. I learned after my first year to leave the machine alone, and just learn how to ride., and more importantly, learn how to actually use the brakes..
Of course it was slow compared with the RD350s and so on but racing was not what it was for. It was never intended to be a super fast bike or a racing bike. There are other uses for bikes than racing or riding flat-out all the time. For me (I owned one), it was a great bike to go for fun, long rides on, not to race on. It was smooth, comfortable, very reliable, it sounded and looked great. It was an easy bike to ride and a great bike on which to improve riding skills in traffic and on windy roads at legal speeds (mostly). I kept mine for a year and then traded up to a CB400F for another year and a bit, then to a Suzuki GS750.
I had one identical to that. Same colour, same everything. Oh that brings back the memories. Number 2 of the 4 bikes that I owned over about 12 years, until I was unable to ride anymore. Repetitive strain injury to my right elbow made it too painful to ride. My bikes were: Honda XL125 (stolen), Honda CB350F, Honda CB400F, Suzuki GS750.
Subscribed from Australia! And amazing coincidence as I have just completed my 1973 CB350FE Australian delivered version. They are a wonderful little bike and it's so nice to do that for your dad. My Father sadly passed away Saturday 5th October 2024 at 6:15 PM aged 91 as a result of Mesothelioma caused by his years in the welding industry and using Asbestos for insulation. They had no safety procedures back then. I last saw my Father on the Monday 30th of September and hoping he'd be returning home but he declined 10% every day after until the hospital administered Morphine so he could pass away in his sleep. He is survived by my Mother who is aged 87 and taking every day as they come. This was a very emotional video for me. You are a good son! All the very best.
When it started it gave me goosebumps all over, for i had one of this lovely 4-cylinder engine from 1976 till 1979 in the color silver-grey metallic.
What an excellent restauration, big kudos guys, and seing you dad shine all over is the bonus.
Beautiful. I lived the same experience… I was around six or seven growing up in S California and my dad comes home with a brand new 350F in red. Took me for a spin around west LA and that sound and feel has stuck with me since. I live in Tokyo now, my dad has passed and I did pick one up in red here and I love it. I kept it stock except for some clip ons and a Yoshi exhaust. It’s not the fastest bike but for city driving in Tokyo, it’s perfect. I always get compliments whenever I take it out. Just one of those things that make people happy when they see and hear it. Enjoy !
Lovely bike. Something special in its time and even today. The restorer could stay busy the rest of his life if you offered his contact information on this video. He did a great job.
I had a 74 350/4 and took three cross country tours on it. I loved that bike.
Yeah they are awesome bikes!
Had the same one. At 110 high speed wobbles! Palm city Florida!
Had one from '75 to '79, maroon. Loved it.
They are really rare compared to the 500 & 750's.
My dad had the same bike, bought it new and added a header and I believe a different seat. When I got to be about 15 I snuck it out to show off to some neighborhood girls. It wasn’t long after he sold it, before I got my drivers license. He knew what I was up to.
I managed to score a pair of Made in Holland NOS Koni's that are absolutely superb. I have a full NOS set of pipes in storage and fitted a full stainless Delkevic 4 into 1's with the shorty muffler and it sounds really nice. 100% Made in Australia as well. Enjoy!!!
Congratulations with this beautifull CB350Four
That's one luck Dad. Nice job guys!
Confess to envy. Wow!
I was working in a Honda/Yamaha shop as a mechanic with this machine was released by Honda. To be blunt, it was disappointing. It was just about the slowest 350 there was from all manufacturers combined. When you think about it, there are just as many machining procedures, and just as many parts to make this motorcycle as the CB 750 at the time…
another common thing about Honda motorcycles during this time, the exhaust systems, the mufflers in particular were so thin and cheaply made, I remember, helping lift a brand new motorcycle out of the crate, one day, and one of the other guys there helping, His hand punctured the muffler, his fingers went right through the cheap metal at the bottom. This was a new motorcycle that had not been sitting in a damp location for a year or two, this was a new release. The CB 500 four-cylinder also had flimsy thin mufflers…
thankfully, Honda came out with the CB 400 F four-cylinder sport bike with four into one exhaust, it had its individual on styling, and it would leave the CB 350four-cylinder for dead. I actually owned three of those. CB 400 F motorcycles. Red line was 10,000. It didn’t have much torque. and the transmission did not shift very well. It was tough on the top of your foot, on all three of those machines that I owned. It was also tough to find neutral in my daily commute to my regular job, which was a lot of stop sign to stop sign writing…
The CB 350 four-cylinder was considered more of a machine that you would buy for your wife.. I remember taking them for test rides when they would be brand new and we had to take them for a test ride to make sure that they ran and everything worked when we bought them new. I was not impressed., neither were any of the other mechanics/builders/or employees at that Yamaha/Honda shop I worked at..
it wasn’t a bad motorcycle, it just was not very fast, and the mufflers seemed as thin as beer cans..
I was road racing motorcycles, starting in 1974, and I never saw one of these machines at any of the club races, which were extremely popular at that time. The 350 class alone, sometimes had more than 120 entries. They had to run four separate heat races, and take the top 10 finishers in each of those heat races to make up the field for Sunday’s final. The CB 400 F held its own and those races, but the machine to have was a Kawasaki 400 triple or the Yamaha RD 350/or the RD 400. I prefer the 350 myself, actually I raised a 250 Arde, and won six championships, two time national champion., many times, especially in the AMA sanction races, against 400s.
The thing that gave me an advantage was, all the motorcycle magazines kept publishing, pop-up articles for RDs, Kawasaki, triples, and all the racers would do these “improvements “actually making their bikes, less reliable and slower. I learned after my first year to leave the machine alone, and just learn how to ride., and more importantly, learn how to actually use the brakes..
Of course it was slow compared with the RD350s and so on but racing was not what it was for. It was never intended to be a super fast bike or a racing bike. There are other uses for bikes than racing or riding flat-out all the time. For me (I owned one), it was a great bike to go for fun, long rides on, not to race on. It was smooth, comfortable, very reliable, it sounded and looked great. It was an easy bike to ride and a great bike on which to improve riding skills in traffic and on windy roads at legal speeds (mostly). I kept mine for a year and then traded up to a CB400F for another year and a bit, then to a Suzuki GS750.
1978 Bought one for $75,,stripped it and put a knobby on it,,beat it all summer,,sold it for $75