Stayonthegas.com » 1968 HONDA CL350 http://www.stayonthegas.com A couple of idiots and their motorcycle obsession Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:13 +0000 en hourly 1 The CL350 is officially a little more famous http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/the-cl350-is-officially-famous/ http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/the-cl350-is-officially-famous/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:38:02 +0000 CrudMop http://www.watermelon18.com/?p=10000640 Looky Looky – the folks over at PipeBurn.com have posted up an article on the 1968 CL350 Cafe bike!

It’s one of the blogs I read quite often, has some great content and pictures of bikes from all over the globe – so it is quite flattering to see he’s posted up about my silly project :)

Go give them a looksee and droll over all of the amazing bikes he’s blogged :)

]]> http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/the-cl350-is-officially-famous/feed/ 2 Motorcycle Rear View: Honda CL350 http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/motorcycle-rear-view-honda-cl350/ http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/motorcycle-rear-view-honda-cl350/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:20:02 +0000 FuzzyGalore http://www.watermelon18.com/?p=10000608 Kenny on his Motorcycle - Honda CL350 in my Rear View Mirror

Kenny on his Honda CL350 in my Rear View Mirror

]]> http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/motorcycle-rear-view-honda-cl350/feed/ 4 Honda CL350 – Exhaust Sound & Video Clip http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/cl350-exhaust-vid-byte/ http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/12/cl350-exhaust-vid-byte/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:22:02 +0000 CrudMop http://www.watermelon18.com/?p=10000581 A friend from afar asked me to do a quick vid of the cl so he could hear how the new exhaust sounds.  I grabbed the little one and asked her to do Flip duties while I ran it up and down the block.

Yeah yeah I know I’m squidly with no boots on – I NEVER do that, but it was 36 degrees out and I wanted to quick get the vid done before the sun went down.  Sue me. :)

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Gesundheit!

]]> http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/project-motorcycle-photo-gesundheit/feed/ 0 Honda CL 350 Cafe: Custom Exhaust http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl-350-cafe-custom-exhaust/ http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl-350-cafe-custom-exhaust/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:45:42 +0000 CrudMop http://www.watermelon18.com/?p=10000450 Welp, it arrived today, and it’s, shall we say, beautiful.

I ordered up this exhaust from Benjie over at Benjie’s Cafe Racer – his original design had a black exhaust shroud, but I asked him to make one in white as I thought it would play well against the white on the tank (and on the white headlight bucket, which I have yet to find the right beauty ring for so it remains off the bike).

New Exhausty Exhaust for the 1968 CL350

New Exhausty Exhaust for the 1968 CL350

Big thanks to Benjie and his crew, it came out better than I had hoped and I’m super excited about it. Toss them some business, they do nice work :)

]]> http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl-350-cafe-custom-exhaust/feed/ 5 Honda CL350 Cafe Project: New Toys Coming Soon! http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl350-cafe-project-new-toys-coming-soon/ http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl350-cafe-project-new-toys-coming-soon/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:34:39 +0000 CrudMop http://www.watermelon18.com/?p=10000550 I’m expecting a visit from the man in brown early next week. Can’t wait!
Coming Soon!

Coming Soon!

]]> http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl350-cafe-project-new-toys-coming-soon/feed/ 2 Honda CL 350 Cafe: New Gauges http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl-350-cafe-new-gauges/ http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/honda-cl-350-cafe-new-gauges/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:01:48 +0000 CrudMop http://www.watermelon18.com/?p=10000448 The CL has now been fitted with a set of new, smaller 2 1/2 inch gauges. Each gauge face is lit by LED lights with 7 changeable colors, because nothing says tough cafe racer like something fancy.  While they are currently resting in a diamond plate bracket, I think we’ll be swapping that out for something a little different. I’m still trying to zero in on what I want to do. For now though, I think it’s lookin’ pretty good.

Honda CL350 Gauges

New, Smaller Gauges

Honda CL350 Gauges - Lit Up

Gauges - Lit Up

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Today was one of those surprise fall days. The temperature creeped up to over 70 degrees, which for November in New York is unusually warm. This meant that there were a million bikes out today, myself included. On the way home, we stopped off at the harbor to watch the sun set.

]]> http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/sunday-motorcycle-photo-sunset-and-the-cl350/feed/ 5 1968 CL 350 Project: Sandblasting Cylinders http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/1968-cl-350-project-sandblasting-cylinders/ http://www.stayonthegas.com/2009/11/1968-cl-350-project-sandblasting-cylinders/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:33:07 +0000 FuzzyGalore http://new.watermelon18.com/?p=10000377 Kenny - Sand Blasting CL CylindersIn the early hours of Sunday morning while the rest of the neighborhood was enjoying the extra hour of sleep from turning the clocks back, the Fuzzmop household was alive with the sounds of compressed air and flying sand. Kenny was outside working on cleaning up the newer cylinders he picked up for the CL.

The CL started having problems with starting. Suspecting a bad head gasket, the bike went up on the left and parts started coming off.  As it turned out, there were two broken piston rings. Kenny took a quick inventory of anything else he might want to update while the bike is unbuttoned.

The current cylinders have a few cracked cooling fins. This would be the perfect time to replace them. Thanks to eBay, Kenny found a set for $30. Score! A little cleanup by sandblasting, some silver paint and the 40 year old engine will soon be looking extra spiffy.

CL 350 CylindersSand Blast!1968 Honda CL 350 Cylinders

Kenny - Sand Blasting CL CylindersPainting the CL 350 Clyinders

Repainted Cylinders

Spiffy New Paint!

The custom exhaust is nearly finished. New photos coming soon!
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Go HERE for the full story.

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