Wow!! That bike is clean!! You put in the effort and it shows. I love these CB's and CL's! I've put many back on the road that were basket cases. Cheers
Great to see an other project like this. I bought my 1968 Honda Scrambler new in 1968 an put only 4600 miles on it. My career caused me to let it set for 45 year. When I retired I decided to tackle this project an bring it back to life. Great fun watching you go through the same procedures taking it apart and putting back together. I really did not have nearly the budget to replace all the parts. It still runs great and looks great as well. Thanks again. James U
Omg Dick. I watched all four of these programs in one sitting. Absolutely mesmerized by your video I was a Honda owner when I was a teenager in the 60s this really touched my memories such a positive way thank you so much for doing this you did a fantastic job.😀
The smile on your face after the test ride says it all. Well done, sir! My Dad had a 68 CB350 that he bought new, we went on a lot of motorcycle trips on it, so the sights and sounds bring back a lot of fond memories. :)
The 350 had a lot of clever engineering bits: when the clutch pack wore down, there was enough play in the system to add a new pair of plates; the rear axle could be used to pull the flywheel, in fact with the supplied tool kit you could theoretically rebuild/repair much of the bike. The cam chain tensioner was a weak spot they fixed in later versions. Anyway, excellent job! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Great video man! I just inherited my Step fathers old 1971 CL350. He passed away last September from Cancer. Now I'm no mechanic, but I'm learning as I go along. I'm just trying to figure out why I'm only getting spark out of one cylinder. I appreciate this video tremendously. Wish you were closer to me to help me out with mine.
In 1969 my first motorcycle ride was a brand new cl350 at the age of 10. It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life, now after owning a dozen or so motorcycles I now ride a CVO ultra classic but now I yearn to restore a cl350 to ride around town and take short trips. P.S. this man is an artist.
I had two of those. The first was a '69 the same color as yours. The second was a '73 in gold paint. I put about 10k miles on both of them. When the bike was still new I put Armor All on all the rubber and plastic I could find. The first stop sign I came to I found myself sitting on top of the gas tank. Lesson learned, don't ever put Armor All on the seat. I see you are a man of many talents and many cool tools as well. Thanks for the very nice detailed rebuild and great memories.
Wow! When you first rode it up the driveway, I wondered why you would want to tear it down. Seeing the final result blew my mind. Good work. Thanks for making these videos! They are motivating. And educational!
You did a top job on that sir. Its nice it was in good restorable condition. I have a cb125 RS at the moment I'm trying to restore. It's about as rough as it can get. The frame is quite pitted from being left out in the rain. I've had some serious difficulty getting it to run for any length of time. I love that feeling of completing a project and the satisfaction it gives you. You really kept my spirits up with the build I'm on now as it has had me disheartened this last while. Thank you.
Just realize this bike really was near mint when he started. Any 1500 or 2000 dollar bike will need 4x to 10x the time and money to get the results he got. And btw, his arms are Ripped, he must climb rock walls or pick up railroad spikes all day. :)
@@smithtracing really? Did not realize how expensive it can get! All the ones I see on Craig’s list in Southern California are between 3-6 grand and they don’t look all original. I guess I really have to do my research.
@@arymonem No, I think maybe I did not make it clear. Your bike was in great condition to start a restoration project. You probably paid more than 2k for it. I meant that if some one was to buy a 1500 dollar bike they would have to do a lot of re-chrome and and do a lot more stuff to the bike (engine locked up for instance) - hence much more time and money to get what you achieved. I've had bikes with nails jammed in bolt holes to hold headlights on and sticks shoved in crossover fuel lines to stop gas from leaking, every single bolt head stripped out, rust and corrosion and more rust and corrosion plus all the things that a 13yr old would do to keep it running. Your bike was excellent to start with. That was my point. One can not just get an old bike and restore it without LOTS of work. The better the condition the bike is in to start with the (little) bit easier it is to rebuild.
Nice job, beautiful bike. I had a couple 1975 Honda CB360's back in the late 70's I had the scrambler and the CB360, the CB360 was my first bike, I drove it until it wouldn't run anymore then I rebuilt it. I found the Scrambler back in the early '80s at a Honda dealer, they sold it to me for only 700.00 because it had a light coat of rust on it from sitting outside too long in the Seattle weather. I spent a couple days detailing every square inch of it, all the rust came off with no pitting, the bike only had 200 miles on it, I took it back to the dealer and showed them, they couldn't believe it was the same bike, they were actually kind of upset because if they had just cleaned it up they could have marked it up at least another 500.00 dollars. They're like, "That's not the same bike we sold you" It looked like it was off the showroom floor. I almost didn't want to show them what they had sold me, I knew it was in perfect shape and any rust was just superficial and would come right off. They were pretty upset. :)
Absolutely beautiful. I restored a 72 CB 350 that I bought in high school (I’m 50 now). How did you get your aluminum motor so polished? Sorry if I missed that on the vids. Great attention to detail!
Really enjoyed this series. Thanks for showing the process. Do you have any advice or tips for someone doing this for the first time? I inherited one of these from my dad recently and am planning to restore it later this year.
Thanks for watching. The best advice I can give is to take pictures as you take it apart and bag & tag the fasteners and small parts so you can get it back together correctly. Of course any manuals you can get and online searches will helpful too. Good luck with it.
Hey Dick, what a beautiful project! I recently got my hands on a 1973 CL 350 Scrambler and have been pouring through resources to understand the mechanics of the bike as well as the restore process. I loved the late 60s models with the knee pads, but I couldn’t find one for the right price. I have a couple questions for you, if you don’t mind? This is my first project of this type (I have wrenched on regular pedal bikes for years) and I will not have access to the amazing amount of space and tools that’s you have. Could you walk me through how or what you used to blast/prep and sand the side covers before repainting them? Also last question, what was your chrome rust removal and polish technique? You got the chrome on that bike glowing! Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the videos and some inspiration!
Hi Stuart, thanks for watching and best of luck on yours. For the side covers, I bead blasted them with glass beads. Another option that takes longer is to use some liquid paint stripper found at Lowes, Home Depot etc. Just follow the instructions on the can. Or, you could sand the paint off with sand paper starting with a coarse grit around 80-120 and then final sanding with 220 - 400. Apply filler primer and finish with 400-600 before color coat. This is the most labor intensive. For the chrome, I used some good quality metal polish with some fine steel wool. My chrome was not rusty or pitted so it cleaned up real nice. If your rust is only minor this should work pretty good for you as well.
If I didn't watch the video I would say this little bike just rolled off the show room floor. Great job my friend. I have a CL and CB both 72 s . Any tips on where you find the Honda oem parts?
Great project!!! Can you tell me who did the paint work? It’s beautiful!! I have a similar project and can’t find anyone local to where I live in New Jersey to do it.
Thanks for watching. I did the paint work myself in the driveway. If you fast forward to the 34 minute and 12 second mark of Part 3 of this motorcycle restoration you can see all that I did concerning the paint work. ruclips.net/video/rD0z2r9ums4/видео.html
Hello, sorry for the delay. The color is from TCP Global. Cobra Blue Metallic UB-2507. Basecoat followed by Clearcoat. You can order it online. tcpglobal.com/collections/urethane-basecoat-paint-Cobra-Blue-Metallic
Hey Jeremy, I bought a lot of items off of eBay and here are some other places I ordered parts from: 4into1.com (got most of my parts here), partzilla.com, common-motor.com (these guys have a lot of how-to videos that are helpful), revzilla.com ( bought my tires from them). Hope this helps and good luck!
Were those air cleaners NOS purchases? The cases have a gloss to them I’m not use to seeing that look really clean. My CL175 rebuild has air cleaner cases that are a little faded and I was hesitant to putting paint on them.
Where did you purchase all the parts you needed, seals, rubbers, bearings... I have a 69, cb250 I'm being to restore and will need quite a number of new parts. The engine on mine is a 350 however, at some point in its life it had it switched over. Due to the fact it's the same block as the 250 I'm just going to restore it with the 350.
Thanks Michael, I'm sure you could restore your bike, just take your time and when you need help there are plenty of resources available. I bought a lot of items off of eBay and here are some other places I ordered parts from: 4into1.com (got most of my parts here), partzilla.com, common-motor.com (these guys have a lot of how-to videos that are helpful), revzilla.com ( bought my tires from them). Hope this helps and good luck!
Thanks for watching this video. Here is a link to the tires I bought. www.revzilla.com/all-tires?view_all=&page=1&limit=96&facets%5B%5D=916&has_loyalty_discount=false&is_new=false&is_sale=false&is_made_in_usa=false&is_holiday=false&is_blemished=false&sort=featured&fit=
@@DickShaw The link did not take me to the specific tires. It is just a general link. Unfortunately I cannot find the 3.50-18 or the 3.00-19 with a matching tread. When I did it said not compatible for the bike. lol. Makes no sense. Thanks anyway.
@@2ndborn186 ok try this one. It is for the K34 which is the tire I used. I put a 4.00-18 on the rear which is one size larger that stock. ttps://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/heidenau-k34-tires
Hey Rod, Sorry for the delay. Here is the link to where I bought them. www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/heidenau-k34-tires . The front is a 3.00x19 49S TT and the rear I got is one size over the stock size, it's 4.00x18 64H TT
Wow!! That bike is clean!! You put in the effort and it shows. I love these CB's and CL's! I've put many back on the road that were basket cases. Cheers
Great to see an other project like this. I bought my 1968 Honda Scrambler new in 1968 an put only 4600 miles on it. My career caused me to let it set for 45 year. When I retired I decided to tackle this project an bring it back to life. Great fun watching you go through the same procedures
taking it apart and putting back together. I really did not have nearly the budget to replace all the parts. It still runs great and looks great as
well. Thanks again.
James U
Thanks for watching! I hope you have as much fun on yours as I did on mine.
Omg Dick. I watched all four of these programs in one sitting. Absolutely mesmerized by your video I was a Honda owner when I was a teenager in the 60s this really touched my memories such a positive way thank you so much for doing this you did a fantastic job.😀
Glad you enjoyed it. I had a blast restoring this bike. Still riding it.
The smile on your face after the test ride says it all. Well done, sir! My Dad had a 68 CB350 that he bought new, we went on a lot of motorcycle trips on it, so the sights and sounds bring back a lot of fond memories. :)
'its not the destination, its the journey'... now on to the next project/journey. Looks great.
That was a blast to watch. Beautiful job restoring that little Honda 👍🏻😁
Thank you, I had a blast doing it.
The 350 had a lot of clever engineering bits: when the clutch pack wore down, there was enough play in the system to add a new pair of plates; the rear axle could be used to pull the flywheel, in fact with the supplied tool kit you could theoretically rebuild/repair much of the bike. The cam chain tensioner was a weak spot they fixed in later versions.
Anyway, excellent job! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching. I really enjoyed freashening up this bike.
Great video man! I just inherited my Step fathers old 1971 CL350. He passed away last September from Cancer. Now I'm no mechanic, but I'm learning as I go along. I'm just trying to figure out why I'm only getting spark out of one cylinder. I appreciate this video tremendously. Wish you were closer to me to help me out with mine.
Sorry to hear about your step father. If he had a CL350, he obviously had good taste! Good luck with it.
Amazing, I had a CL 350 about a thousand years ago. That Sapphire Blue and White is beautiful.
In 1969 my first motorcycle ride was a brand new cl350 at the age of 10. It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life, now after owning a dozen or so motorcycles I now ride a CVO ultra classic but now I yearn to restore a cl350 to ride around town and take short trips. P.S. this man is an artist.
I had two of those. The first was a '69 the same color as yours. The second was a '73 in gold paint. I put about 10k miles on both of them. When the bike was still new I put Armor All on all the rubber and plastic I could find. The first stop sign I came to I found myself sitting on top of the gas tank. Lesson learned, don't ever put Armor All on the seat. I see you are a man of many talents and many cool tools as well. Thanks for the very nice detailed rebuild and great memories.
Wow! When you first rode it up the driveway, I wondered why you would want to tear it down. Seeing the final result blew my mind. Good work. Thanks for making these videos! They are motivating. And educational!
You did a top job on that sir. Its nice it was in good restorable condition. I have a cb125 RS at the moment I'm trying to restore. It's about as rough as it can get. The frame is quite pitted from being left out in the rain. I've had some serious difficulty getting it to run for any length of time. I love that feeling of completing a project and the satisfaction it gives you. You really kept my spirits up with the build I'm on now as it has had me disheartened this last while. Thank you.
It can get frustrating once in awhile but very rewarding when finished. Take a break when you need to but don't give up. Best of luck to you!
stock OEM restos are getting more and more valuable!
Stunning result! That is one beautiful old Honda
Wow! This is truly amazing. Well done sir
This is awesome. You’re amazing builder.
Just so enjoyable to watch. A beautiful job and something functional to take pride in and enjoy. 👍👍.
Ray
Thank you very much!
This makes me miss my 1972 CB 350. I loved that bike. I had it from 1979 - 1981. The engine blew up while I was on the freeway, going about 75 mph.
I hope you got it slowed down and out of the way without getting run over :). Thanks for watching.
You should have shifted into 2nd gear. Haha
Beautiful work and still a beautiful bike!
Thanks
Excellent job!! Nice attention to detail.
Great job on this by the way. Seeing this brings me quite a lot of hope I can do mine.
Great job. Beautiful bike. Well done!
Really nice rebuild for classic Honda 😃 🏍😉
Bård 🇳🇴
Thank you very much!
you are awesome!!! thanks for this 4 videos, great inspiration and motivation for our projects!!! thanks!!!
Thanks for watching! Good Luck with your projects. I had a great time working on mine.
Looks like you bought it brand new! Oh Iove it!
Thanks!
It is beautiful. I had a 1968 cl350 that was red and white
Great job! Bike looks great! Love to have one!!
beautiful job-the knowledge of a liftime
Thank you!
Wow, excellent job! This really inspires me to get an old motorcycle and restore it.
Just realize this bike really was near mint when he started. Any 1500 or 2000 dollar bike will need 4x to 10x the time and money to get the results he got. And btw, his arms are Ripped, he must climb rock walls or pick up railroad spikes all day. :)
@@smithtracing really? Did not realize how expensive it can get! All the ones I see on Craig’s list in Southern California are between 3-6 grand and they don’t look all original. I guess I really have to do my research.
@@arymonem No, I think maybe I did not make it clear. Your bike was in great condition to start a restoration project. You probably paid more than 2k for it. I meant that if some one was to buy a 1500 dollar bike they would have to do a lot of re-chrome and and do a lot more stuff to the bike (engine locked up for instance) - hence much more time and money to get what you achieved. I've had bikes with nails jammed in bolt holes to hold headlights on and sticks shoved in crossover fuel lines to stop gas from leaking, every single bolt head stripped out, rust and corrosion and more rust and corrosion plus all the things that a 13yr old would do to keep it running. Your bike was excellent to start with. That was my point. One can not just get an old bike and restore it without LOTS of work. The better the condition the bike is in to start with the (little) bit easier it is to rebuild.
Nice job, beautiful bike. I had a couple 1975 Honda CB360's back in the late 70's I had the scrambler and the CB360, the CB360 was my first bike, I drove it until it wouldn't run anymore then I rebuilt it. I found the Scrambler back in the early '80s at a Honda dealer, they sold it to me for only 700.00 because it had a light coat of rust on it from sitting outside too long in the Seattle weather. I spent a couple days detailing every square inch of it, all the rust came off with no pitting, the bike only had 200 miles on it, I took it back to the dealer and showed them, they couldn't believe it was the same bike, they were actually kind of upset because if they had just cleaned it up they could have marked it up at least another 500.00 dollars. They're like, "That's not the same bike we sold you" It looked like it was off the showroom floor. I almost didn't want to show them what they had sold me, I knew it was in perfect shape and any rust was just superficial and would come right off. They were pretty upset. :)
Thanks for watching. Lot's of great memories with these old bikes for sure.
What a beauty! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
That's amazing! I'm also working on a 1970 Cl350, nice bike.
Thanks, Good luck with yours.
Absolutely magnificent . My first bike was a 72 honda SL 350.
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful restoration
Thank you very much, I had a blast doing it.
Wow! What an amazing job! Great work!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks I have enjoyed it all!
Glad you enjoyed it!
My uncle has about 30-40 60’s and early 70’s honda motorcycles restored.dreams,scramblers 90’s,70’s,160’s,305,350,400 he has some motrcycles man.
Thats a awesome bike, great job.
Thanks!
Absolutely beautiful. I restored a 72 CB 350 that I bought in high school (I’m 50 now). How did you get your aluminum motor so polished? Sorry if I missed that on the vids.
Great attention to detail!
Thanks for watching. Just a lot of hand polishing with some metal polish :)
nice job it looks great .
Thanks 👍
Really enjoyed this series. Thanks for showing the process.
Do you have any advice or tips for someone doing this for the first time? I inherited one of these from my dad recently and am planning to restore it later this year.
Thanks for watching. The best advice I can give is to take pictures as you take it apart and bag & tag the fasteners and small parts so you can get it back together correctly. Of course any manuals you can get and online searches will helpful too. Good luck with it.
Nice job!
Thank you. I had a great time with it.
Hey Dick, what a beautiful project! I recently got my hands on a 1973 CL 350 Scrambler and have been pouring through resources to understand the mechanics of the bike as well as the restore process. I loved the late 60s models with the knee pads, but I couldn’t find one for the right price. I have a couple questions for you, if you don’t mind? This is my first project of this type (I have wrenched on regular pedal bikes for years) and I will not have access to the amazing amount of space and tools that’s you have. Could you walk me through how or what you used to blast/prep and sand the side covers before repainting them? Also last question, what was your chrome rust removal and polish technique? You got the chrome on that bike glowing! Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the videos and some inspiration!
Hi Stuart, thanks for watching and best of luck on yours. For the side covers, I bead blasted them with glass beads. Another option that takes longer is to use some liquid paint stripper found at Lowes, Home Depot etc. Just follow the instructions on the can. Or, you could sand the paint off with sand paper starting with a coarse grit around 80-120 and then final sanding with 220 - 400. Apply filler primer and finish with 400-600 before color coat. This is the most labor intensive. For the chrome, I used some good quality metal polish with some fine steel wool. My chrome was not rusty or pitted so it cleaned up real nice. If your rust is only minor this should work pretty good for you as well.
If I didn't watch the video I would say this little bike just rolled off the show room floor. Great job my friend. I have a CL and CB both 72 s . Any tips on where you find the Honda oem parts?
All the parts I bought were from many different internet sites. Just do a search for the part you need and something will pop up. Ebay too!
Nicely done.
Thanks!
those tires look real nice, what brand and size are they?
Hello, Thanks for watching. Sorry for the delay in replying. The tires are Heidenau K34, the rear 4.00-18 M/C 64H, the front 3.00-19 M/C 49S.
Just AWESOME
Thanks
Looks just like the one I had when I was 16. Is it for sale?
Not for sale but thanks for asking and for watching.
Great project!!! Can you tell me who did the paint work? It’s beautiful!! I have a similar project and can’t find anyone local to where I live in New Jersey to do it.
Thanks for watching. I did the paint work myself in the driveway. If you fast forward to the 34 minute and 12 second mark of Part 3 of this motorcycle restoration you can see all that I did concerning the paint work. ruclips.net/video/rD0z2r9ums4/видео.html
What is that shade of blue you are using called. I think I’m going to use the same color. Blue for my restoration on my 1968
Hello, sorry for the delay. The color is from TCP Global. Cobra Blue Metallic UB-2507. Basecoat followed by Clearcoat. You can order it online. tcpglobal.com/collections/urethane-basecoat-paint-Cobra-Blue-Metallic
Nice job, Dick! Hope my rust bucket turns out half as well.
Thanks Ray.
Nice. I am currently bringing a CL450 back to life. Any advice on where you sourced all the OEM parts?
Hey Jeremy, I bought a lot of items off of eBay and here are some other places I ordered parts from: 4into1.com (got most of my parts here), partzilla.com, common-motor.com (these guys have a lot of how-to videos that are helpful), revzilla.com ( bought my tires from them). Hope this helps and good luck!
This might be helpful too, www.cmsnl.com/honda-cl450_model50439/partslist/#.YLQTUYWSkuU
Cool thanks!
Fabulous! 😎
Thanks 🤗
Were those air cleaners NOS purchases? The cases have a gloss to them I’m not use to seeing that look really clean. My CL175 rebuild has air cleaner cases that are a little faded and I was hesitant to putting paint on them.
Those are the original air cleaner boxes. I cleaned them real good, sanded them, and repainted.
Where did you purchase all the parts you needed, seals, rubbers, bearings... I have a 69, cb250 I'm being to restore and will need quite a number of new parts. The engine on mine is a 350 however, at some point in its life it had it switched over. Due to the fact it's the same block as the 250 I'm just going to restore it with the 350.
Thanks Michael, I'm sure you could restore your bike, just take your time and when you need help there are plenty of resources available. I bought a lot of items off of eBay and here are some other places I ordered parts from: 4into1.com (got most of my parts here), partzilla.com, common-motor.com (these guys have a lot of how-to videos that are helpful), revzilla.com ( bought my tires from them). Hope this helps and good luck!
Thanks Dick that's awesome info.
This should be helpful too. Exploded views of most components. www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb250-general-export_model50695/partslist/#.YELPt06SkuU
Where did you get your tires?
Thanks for watching this video. Here is a link to the tires I bought. www.revzilla.com/all-tires?view_all=&page=1&limit=96&facets%5B%5D=916&has_loyalty_discount=false&is_new=false&is_sale=false&is_made_in_usa=false&is_holiday=false&is_blemished=false&sort=featured&fit=
@@DickShaw The link did not take me to the specific tires. It is just a general link. Unfortunately I cannot find the 3.50-18 or the 3.00-19 with a matching tread. When I did it said not compatible for the bike. lol. Makes no sense. Thanks anyway.
@@2ndborn186 ok try this one. It is for the K34 which is the tire I used. I put a 4.00-18 on the rear which is one size larger that stock. ttps://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/heidenau-k34-tires
@@DickShaw Thank you, thank you!! Perfect.
I need to get those tires for my scrambler...do you happen to have the exact model of those Heidenau tires and/or a link to where I can purchase them?
I'm away from home for a few days but will get the info to you as soon as I return.
Hey Rod, Sorry for the delay. Here is the link to where I bought them. www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/heidenau-k34-tires . The front is a 3.00x19 49S TT and the rear I got is one size over the stock size, it's 4.00x18 64H TT
hey do you still have this bike ?
Yes I do.
sir if ever you think of selling please let me know .thank you @@DickShaw
What’s the top speed?
The advertised top speed by Honda is 102 MPH but I have not tried to reach it nor do I plan to.😅
Nice!
Thanks!
Maravilhosa!
Thanks!
Dick. did you sell the honda or do you still have it?
I still have it.
would you consider selling it?
@@randymerrill7678 Thanks for your interest but I couldn't sell it right now. Maybe someday, but I'm not ready to let go of it just yet.
i totally understand. hope the bike brings you much enjoyment. thanks
Restore mine