All The Little, Big Details Honda CL350 Scrambler BikeBound
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Honda Cl 350. No Reserve 1973 Honda CL350 Scrambler for sale on BaT Auctions sold The CL350 has a much broader torque band and will pull from about 3000 rpm in high gear without giving the rider that clammy feeling that he is being unkind to the engine This US-only Honda 350 may not be great off-road, but it's good-looking, reliable and costs a fraction of an equivalent British scrambler Words by Oliver Hulme BETWEEN 1968 and 1973 Honda sold more 350 four-stroke twins than the British motorcycle industry's entire production over the same period and a third of those sales were of a motorcycle that never reached UK showrooms - the CL350.
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Honda motorcycles opened for business in the American market in 1959, when the Slipstream Creations builds a more versatile, capable Honda Scrambler… Introduced in 1969, the Honda CL350 was the factory scrambler version of the CB350 twin, one of Honda's most successful machines
Honda might not have been the first motorcycle maker to market a high-pipe, 2-cylinder scrambler with the Honda CL350, but it was probably the most successful. Part of the reason may be that Honda purposely restricts the 350's exhaust header size to keep the gas velocity high when the engine is turning over at slower speeds. The 324cc, 33-horsepower parallel-twin engine earned a reputation for rugged reliability that continues in vintage racing circles today
No Reserve 1972 Honda CL350 Scrambler for sale on BaT Auctions sold. Honda might not have been the first motorcycle maker to market a high-pipe, 2-cylinder scrambler with the Honda CL350, but it was probably the most successful. Honda's 6 x 9" full-line brochure for 1968 listed the CL350 as available in candy blue, candy red, and orange (see abbreviated chart below)
This Stunning Little Honda CL350 Would Make a Great City Bike Gear Patrol. The CL350 has a much broader torque band and will pull from about 3000 rpm in high gear without giving the rider that clammy feeling that he is being unkind to the engine In 1969 Honda launched its CL350 Street Scrambler, although it's more street than scrambler and the 64mm x 50.5mm bore and stroke meant the capacity was 325cc and not quite 350… but that is missing the point