Honda CB350
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The CB350 was a 325.6 cc OHC parallel twin cylinder, four-stroke motorcycle
produced by Honda
for model year
s 1968 through 1973. Its reliable motor, coupled with dual Keihin carburetors proved to be a popular design, becoming the highest selling motorcycle in American history, with 300,000 units sold. The machine evolved cosmetically over the course of its production with incremental engineering improvements to the suspension and brakes.
Like its predecessor, the Honda CB77
Superhawk, the CB350 was also offered in scrambler form, as the CL350, with high-mounted exhausts, and as the SL350, with upswept exhausts and off-road styling.
The four-cylinder CB350F
, a completely different model, was introduced in 1972 and the Honda CB360
twin became a short-lived replacement for the 350 twin in 1974.
was a popular sight on British roads, often in yellow. The 350 was relatively unusual, identical in appearance except for the colour, always green.
Motorcycle
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produced by Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
for model year
Model year
The model year of a product is a number used worldwide, but with a high level of prominence in North America, to describe approximately when a product was produced, and indicates the coinciding base specification of that product....
s 1968 through 1973. Its reliable motor, coupled with dual Keihin carburetors proved to be a popular design, becoming the highest selling motorcycle in American history, with 300,000 units sold. The machine evolved cosmetically over the course of its production with incremental engineering improvements to the suspension and brakes.
Like its predecessor, the Honda CB77
Honda CB77
The Super Hawk CB77 was a twin-cylinder Honda motorcycle produced from 1961 until 1967. Honda also produced a version called the CB72 Dream Sport, while various advertisements referred to the 305 cc CB77 as the Dream Super Sport. The CB77 is also known as the Honda Super Hawk, or Honda305...
Superhawk, the CB350 was also offered in scrambler form, as the CL350, with high-mounted exhausts, and as the SL350, with upswept exhausts and off-road styling.
The four-cylinder CB350F
Honda CB350F
The Honda CB350F is a four-cylinder, four-stroke, 347cc motorcycle based on the larger versions of the day and was thought of as Honda's "one-up" to the other motorcycle companies. It was manufactured in Japan from 1972 to 1974. Soon after production was discontinued, it was replaced by the CB400F...
, a completely different model, was introduced in 1972 and the Honda CB360
Honda CB360
The Honda CB360 is a twin cylinder four-stroke motorcycle produced from 1974-1976. It was the successor to the CB350.Following the CB350 Twin, and providing an alternative to the CB350F and CB400F, the CB360G of 1974 was a new motorcycle...
twin became a short-lived replacement for the 350 twin in 1974.
National variations
In the UK at this time learners were limited to motorcycles of 250 cc, and the sleeved-down CB250 K4Honda CB250
The Nighthawk 250 is a standard Honda motorcycle. It features a air-cooled parallel twin engine. First manufactured in 1982, the motorcycle has changed little except for color....
was a popular sight on British roads, often in yellow. The 350 was relatively unusual, identical in appearance except for the colour, always green.
External links
- CB350 Super Sport at American Honda Motor (archive)