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The Story It comes to a point in time where you are no longer able to buy parts for your bikes. In this case my 1986 Honda CB350 SG I could no longer buy the airbox rubbers. This became a problem when I tried to reinstall the airbox onto the carbs and was unable to with out the aid of 2 other people and a lot of swearing, sweat, and tears. The Process After a lot of attempts to get them soft, which included boiling them, using a hair dryer and WD40 some more permanent was required as these were fine until you had toRead More →

CB350S Right Side

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Finishing off I completed most of the last parts without taking any images, but I basically replaced the headlight and bolted the bodywork on. One thing I did realize is when testing the indicators. The flash rate was way too fast. However in Honda’s infinite wisdom, they decided to use a micro 3 pin harness which meant I could not swap out with a normal flasher relay, so this is still working in progress. But this time I was two days away from its first MOT since 2012 I booked this to give myself the motivation to complete in time. To get around this IRead More →

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Ready Steady Paint! So while the brakes were being sorted I was also painting the ancillaries between bleeding and swearing. The carbs were split down as far as I could, all the oil and grease cleaned off and brackets removed for a lick of paint. I decided to use my old carbs, as I knew these worked and thought this would give me a head start, and then later working of a full strip and rebuild and paint of the spare set of carbs I own. I painted the caps, top and bottom bracket, as well as the cable holder in the bright red paint,Read More →

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Shiney Shiney’s Well after the engine was completed, I ordered a few more bags of stainless bolts and an oil filter for it so we can get it back together fully, and looking pretty good. New fuel hose ordered, however, this was the wrong diameter, so I had to reorder the correct size.  A trip to John Oldfield Honda was also completed, not expecting him to everything I needed for the next part I was shocked to find he had it on the shelve. So I managed to pick up the Brake boots, Felt dust seal and rubber washer for the rear brake drum andRead More →