Nice hard saddlebags for CB250:
http://lh3.google.com/_YeObxnU2MpA/R...0/DSCN3845.JPG

I've also seen photos of ammo boxes as saddlebags.

These probably wouldn't suit the bike, but maybe... Saw these on another forum hard saddle bags for only $115

http://mutazu.com/products.php?cat_i...=10&s=prod.php

http://mutazu.com/images/hard%20sadd...umbs/th_GA.JPG

The CB350 has many advantages for ownership. They built thousands of them and parts are readily available used for fairly cheap. The bikes can be found easily too in the US in running form for a few hundred.

The 750 has more of a following and parts/bikes are not as common making them more expensive.

I have a friend that restores/races the 350s and can tell you anything you need to know about them.

Allen

I have been in contact with agent "J". 8) thanks Kato.
I thought about hard bags for my bike. There even were some sampsonite bags made for the honda cb350. I think of the luggage rack as a good excuse to stick some more chrome on my bike. :lol:
There is a cb360 1975 on "Kijiji" up here in Kitchener ontario.$800. 8O But again it is rarer than the 350 twin, (72 and 73 I think are the most popular years.) Rarer bikes are more expensive, and the parts are more expensive too. KATO said The CB350 has many advantages for ownership. They built thousands of them and parts are readily available used for fairly cheap. The bikes can be found easily too in the US in running form for a few hundred."
It must of had problems if it was $800. Mine is the nicest 72 I've ever seen, but there was a 73 in almost perfect stock condition, red too. But for almost $3000 :oops: no. With everything I've done including tires, I'm still well under$2000. I really like the single seat on the old cb350 cop bikes. Makes them look like little bobbers. well with a cherry on a pole, :lol:

Snake as for the police bikes. 8O Good pic Man. 8O
I could have got the left handle switch, that when activated, keeps the speedometer needle at the highest speed achieved, for issuing tickets. The cb750 was the main cop bike in japanese cities, but for the countryside, 450's, 360's and a few rare 350's were used.(cheaper on gas.) Using a 250 must be a modern thing. I don't know the year on those cop bikes? But, I have seen those chrome saddlebag holders with the saddlebags painted black on Ebay(I couldn't afford it$250+shipping).

As for the thread hijack, if you go back to the first page of this thread, it's me asking about saddlebags, and tail bags. I don't see how staying on topic is a hijack. :D Besides, I'll read just about anything you guys bother to type. I figure I'll need the info sooner or later. :D What's that? I think I heard a bird chirp, Friday it should be above freezing.Whaaaaaaa? Could riding weather be far off?

Those are Hong Kong Police bikes. I've no idea when the photo was taken. It could be old. I've searched high and low for those Police setup for my CB250, but to no avail. I would be willing to pay premium price for one of those Police setup.

snake:
The switch was selling on Ebay but no one even hit the reserve. I like the 305 dream and the older benley's too. All the cool with out the price of a triumph :) I tried to find the pic I saw of the 350 cop bike, couldn't... I'll keep trying cause it's such a cool looking bike. The seat was the the solo, triangle, tractor kind with springs. Of course drum brakes too :lol: .

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/mcy/604340349.html

1966 Honda Dream 305 twin - $1500

BIG SMILES Jim! :D It's the same year as me! :D
I bet he'd talk down to a $1000. Way rarer than my bike, thus higher cool factor. I think with a bike like that, who's parts are hard to get, I might be better off spending more cash up front for a bike that needs less work. Find a bike that's a deal at $2500.

I don't have the cash for MBS. Heck I don't have the cash for even 1 bike. :? . I'm almost positive that the cb350 is the cheapest bike to put on the road. Once it's plated you can do just about anything with it. From cafe racer to chopper or a full restoration, the CL350 came with knobbie tires so it's a true DS. If you have private land, you could buy 6 cb350's for the price of a dirt bike. Insurance kills people with MBS where I live. :cry:

I keep thinking that someone with more $money$ than brains will see my bike and "just has to buy it". :D Sure I'd sell it for way more than it's worth. I don't love it that much. :lol: Saddly, that's the only way I'm ever going to work my way to a nice bike, which is ok, I like what I've got.

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Multiple Bike Syndrome.

Its a highly contagious disease often caught after obtaining a motorcycle.

The only treatment is lack of funds and sometimes that doesn't even work.

Allen

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I'm not only new to riding I'm new to wrenching as well Cal. I really like doing both and bike restoration can be done year round. I just don't have the cash for it. If the bike makes it to next year I'll drop the motor and redo the pistons, rings, cylinders, after that the bike should be reliable for years. Reliability is more important than looks anyway. I hope I'll still be happy with what I've got next year.

By the way my avatar is one of the sculptures I have made, it's the smallest one. It's called "Student". I thought it was fitting. 8)

Very cool...

Yes MBS is hard with our canadian insurance rates... That's one of the reasons my cbr is for sale... I also want the money so I can get a down payment for an apartment or maybe a small house...

I just thought I'd post the link there, since I had just read your mention of it here when I saw it on craigslist ;)

Ya, I really like the look of the old bikes, the bonus is that there are some older smaller bikes, that are very cool, and not like $8000 for a triumph. I'm not racing, riding dirt, I'm not doing stunts and I don't want a big bike. The only thing I don't like is that you can't shift from 5th to 1st at the stop light. You have to release the clutch a bit, shift, release again and shift. Or downshift to first as you come to the stop. The clutch is old school. If you do a cafe racer thing, you can get a more modern clutch, electronic timing, double front disk brakes, better suspension, frame wielding and a lot more. As long as I go faster and stop faster than the cars in the city I'm happy. I'd like to be able to keep up with traffic in the slow lane on the highway too. I think the bike fills my modest needs.

Well I posted a full bike picture. I'm on page 8 of the gallery. Last pic in my album. I made a timing tester from light bulb, and re did the timing today. The left cylinder was off quite a bit. I'm hoping thats why it wasn't firing all the time. The bike looks about 3 years old, not bad for 36. If I get it looking any newer, I might stop driving it. :P . Naaw, I'm gonna ride it everywhere. :lol:
If someone can imbed the picture into this thread that would be cool. 8)

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That is looking sweet, good work!

That is a very nice looking bike. You are going to be very happy cruisin around on that all summer.

Allen

Thanks guys. And thanks again for imbeding my pics jim. There is a vintage bike show in Paris Ontario, biggest in the province. There is a ride for sight at an army base I used to live at. I'd like to do the quebec ride again too. If the bike holds up I'll be very happy. It was barely running when I got it. Still needs tuning but I've got it close. I've checked out other sites for vintage riders, even the group I'm going to join. (canadian vintage motorcycle group) People ask questions and get no answers. or 2 replies in 2 weeks. I find now I have less questions, but when I need to know something I won't go to my corner bike shop. I come here.

Kato, I diagnosed your buddies electrical problem and after a year of sitting, his bike is on the road again. Man it feels good to return a favor to someone. 8)

Thats great. I have 3 of his bikes at my house that I am parting out.

You CB is looking very nice.

Allen

Nice Honda N2R.

founda "Honda Police Bike"

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/mcy/607796067.html

Very rare bike to be found in canada, good eye jim. I had a pic of a 72 350 cop bike. It looked tiny. I don't know where I saw it, but if I find it again I'll hold on to it. and post it.

Nice looking bike, N2R. Now we just need to see what it looks like on the road! :wink:

I was having trouble with the timing and points gap. When I got the bike the left cylinder didn't fire.(sometimes) After I worked on it the Left was fine but the Right didn't fire(Sometimes) Tested it out for about a mile the other day. Much better. The Gaps were a hair too large. I keep expecting to find something really costly that will keep me from riding this spring, but the more work I do the better it gets. The compression isn't great but it's not bad for an old bike that hasn't been overhauled. I figure if the engine gets redone next year, it'll last forever. My rear fender showed up in the mail today. It shined up nice and will go on tomorrow. The bike will never be worth more $$$$ than I put into it.(Not a lot.) The time is free and I wouldn't be compensated if I were to sell it, but I don't care. I intend to keep this one a while. :)

I'm having trouble with a cylinder not firing, first one cylinder then the other. Sometimes both work perfectly; The problem comes and goes and is very frustrating.

If I take the sparkplug cap off the sparkplug,(of the non-firing cylinder)
But I hold the cap close, so that it arc's to the plug, Bang the cylinder fires up. If I push the cap onto the plug the cylinder stops. I can't hold the cap just off the plug and ride 8O . Sorry for being new but has anyone dealt with this? Getting very good spark, new points condensers, battery. Done the timing. The bike idles perfect as long as the sparkplug-cap isn't quite touching the spark plug. If I'm not being clear, let me know and I'll try to explain it better. n2R

FYI those symptoms are usually a fouled plug. So I was told. I changed the plugs and ya it was good for a ride today. Still want to wait till it cold starts tomorrow. If both cylinders fire from a cold start I'll be happy.

N2R, look what followed me home today from the scrapyard.

$50

http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/497...6745096_th.jpg

8O What is your plan for it. 8O
Is it a parts bike? resto? cafe?
If it's a parts bike, and the Light bucket and petcock are in good working condition, I'll take those 2 parts for sure, maybe more with close-up pics . How can you post a pic like that with no info......... :lol:

That bike, with papers, is about 500$ here. No matter what you do with it, GOOD FIND brother. So Kato, where is that scrapyard? :wink:

Bike started with both cylinders this morning. Yesterday I did about 10 miles, and it ran well. I re-did the points, I think properly this time. Still too cold for a proper tune up, It'll run lean in the cold.

FYI there are 2 screws in the choke flap in both carbs. They loosen and can fall inside. The day I found that out, I tighted mine, they were almost falling out. Takes 10 seconds and saves worlds of heartache. Let me know if you want to sell parts, between me and Jack, you could strip that thing pretty quick. :twisted:

Lokos like a lot of good parts on that ol gal, n2r is going to have You on speed dial :lol:

Nope, from what I can see just the lightbucket, petcock if working perfect, and I'd take the airboxes and air filters if still useable and Maybe, the carbs? Kato has a buddy down there who he could just flip the bike to for 300% profit. That's what makes it such a good find. It's got to be the cheapest powerplant for any type of project. Tested and working they go for about 150$ on ebay, but you have to wait till one pops up near you cause you don't want to have to pay shipping. :oops: Wow, 50$!. :o

Man i really like the looks of those bikes. I'm not sure why, but they really appeal to me.

Yep, me too. Fell in love with the first one I ever saw, mine. :)
Old but not too old. Cheap. I like the Triumph looking flat seat and style and chrome, but I could never afford one of those. For the price it's my dream bike. (price being everything.) I thought it would ride smoother than it does, it's a little tingly in the pegs. More vibes than my chinabike, but I haven't done the syncing of the carbs yet. I seems short from wheel to wheel. Counter steering is very quick, you can change lanes by just thinking. Feels heavier but smaller than my 150cc chinabike, and I guess it is. I wonder if you could strap one of these 325cc engines into a chinabike frame. I know I could make a crazy go cart with one.

I have traded it to Jack for a yamaha seca that I am parting out.

Sorry, but no parts off this one. If you want you can email him as I think this is going to be used for parts.

I found that one of the sparkplug threads is stripped in the head so that is probably why it was dumped.

Allen

I figured that's where it was going. Oh well, I'll talk to him. There is a really nice bucket on Ebay, but after the luggage rack, fenders and side covers I told the wife I'd swear off ebay for a while.

On the insurance end I got a tip and followed it up. Home for chrome. I think it's canada wide, I don't know about USA. Vintage has hoops to jump through. 3 years same bike. They got me a normal policy, no theft or fire insurance but it's legal for street, $407 a year. I just saved lots of money. Maybe I can do a little ebay-ing. :lol:

Now on the CRAZY side a 72 cb350 K4 NOS front fender is going for $212 but the auction still has almost 2 days to go. 8O I can't emagine what the final winning bid will be. I won't be getting the Email that says " YOU JUST WON!" :lol:

I haven't look it over real well, but most of the parts have rust or dings or something.

The bike only has 10K on it.

Allen

1st. good ride since I sold my chinabike.
Jetting is very close now. The ride was cold and short, but the bike ran flawlessly. Other things to do on it now, but sure looks like I'll have a good, strong ride for the summer. Today was a gooooooood day :D good riding to all and to all a good night. N2r.

:cry: About 2' snow everywhere...but I can see pavement...and gravel .
About 3 more weeks before 2 wheeler season for me.
My co-worker has put on 5 miles ( 1/2 mile rountrips :lol: ) on his new 08 crf 230 L...He lives next to the highway though.

First bad experience with ebay.
Bought a headlght bucket and it was delivered today. It's not the one in the picture. This one is not useable. The damage isn't where it is in the picture, and where the rim mounts to the bucket, the tab is just gone. I could post a pic but it's obvious they stuck the wrong on in the box. I called the toll free # but they were short staffed, so they said.
"We will get back to you by end of business Saturday." I emailed a pic with what they sent, and and what they advertised, all in one pic with arrows and stuff. I hope they make good, but I reallydon't feel good about this one at all. They gave me good feedback when they cashed my cheque, and before I got the part. They have a great rating. BUT :( I just wanted the bucket. :(

On top of that, they included the shipping on the part's value, I had to pay duty tax on the part and the shipping.
Part+shipping+handling+ import tax on the whole thing. $55, and a NOS bucket in perfect condition just went for $49. Feeling kinda glum/n2r :(

My friend, that sucks. If you need a bucket to ride, I can send you mine-- It's ugly, but it'll hold the headlight in until you can find a decent one... I assume '72 and '74 would be the same...

--Vince the inVince-able.