'72 CB350 - Some Assembly Required

[.RJ]

As I started today



The red tank looks ok on the outside... but on the inside, the flaking liner & rust



I grabbed another tank over the weekend, its a little rougher on the outside but clean on the inside



I got all the cables (I think 6 of them) off the bike and in the bin, and the clip-on bars that came with the bike mounted up



And hung the left side exhaust pipe on the bike, it was missing some small pieces before.

As I left it:



Tomorrow I'd like to get all of my cables run and figure out what to do with my handlebar controls - either re-use the ones that came with the bike, or newer Honda units that are smaller & cleaner, or just ditch them all together and DGAF about horns and turn signals.  Likely the first option because its free.

I'm not sold on these clip-ons, though, I may see if I can find a flatter version of the factory bar, although that looks like a riser bar and it looks un-balanced with the stock gauge cans.

This thing really needs a good deep clean & power wash, its filthy everywhere.  Its requiring a lot of restraint on my part not to strip this thing down to the frame and scrub/paint/polish/plate everything back to new condition.  I'll do that when I tear it down for the modern forks, paint, engine rebuild, etc.