I owned two Honda 350s in the 70s. One stock, one chopped. Had a blast with them and they really were hard to kill.

My first bike was a CB250K, back in 1980 I think. The engine screws are JIS, not Phillips which is why your Phillips screwdrivers don't fit properly. It's worth investing in JIS screwdrivers if you want to work on Japanese bikes of this era but I took all the screws out of mine and replaced them with Allen bolts. Penetrating oil is better than WD40 for freeing rusty nuts and bolts. To free the pistons, remove the spark plugs and pour some diesel in and leave it to soak. Good luck on the build

sunday morning, coffee, Tuscany, italy somewhere south of Florence…my old honda xlr250 waiting 😊

Revive the top-end and make a runner out of her.👍

That 350 was my ONLY transportation in 71. Rain or shine, hot or cold...

Hey... the filter elements look Great...be happy, they cost over 50 bucks each,, my CB250 is 1971

5:07 "Oh, another 10 millohmiter." favorite part of the vid thus far lmao

I had a 250 version in the early 80s when I was one of Maggie's millions. £45 got me a complete bike covered in a mixture of brick dust and flour. Stripped it and rebuilt it and put over 50k miles on it. Went well for a 250 and lasted better than the later G5, CJ 250 and quicker than the even later fat dream and wet dream. Still got some in the shed 'cos here in the UK in the mid 80s you could pull 'em out of people's gardens: "Don't want nothin' for it mate. Take the bl**dy thing away'. The 350 version got banned from classic racing 'cos you could take a freebie bike and with a bit of work, it would beat expensive Aermacchis and things.

JIS screwdrivers ain't expensive! 😉

You can actually adjust the rear brakes by hand easily. Just push forward on the arm (against the spring pressure) and tighten the adjusting nut by hand as necessary. No wing nut needed.

For me, go with a full rebuild, make it nice and treat it well, clean up the rest and ride her

First I ve heard about JIS screwdivers...damm years of damage

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To try to break the pistons loose try transmission fluid and acetone leave it in for a week and then try it

Penetrating oil works 10x's better than WD40. Every tool chest or garage should have a can of penetrating oil.

They aint Phillips screws, they are JIS, or Japanese Industry Standard screws buy a JIS screwdriver or replace the screws with hex head bolts

They are not Phillips Head bolts!!!!!!!!!!!

air filter 150$ NOT newer. i buy filter today about 20$/pcs.

Quit trying to be like Derek from vice grip garage.

ive owned 5 of these bikes,you just cant kill them

i have many bike first has CB125 then cb 350, cb 500 four, cb 750 four and suzuki 750 3 cylinder watergun, goldwing, shadow 650 bopper, worst bike what ewer has CB350, totally fail planned all engine. best bike ewer have Goldwing.

There is absolutely NO reason to restore a CB 350

i buy honda CB350 new year 1978 and has worst bike what all honda history has made, clutch system has big fail and weak engine, if i try go drive whit my wife little drip engine not has power go to up hill whit 2 person newer, and has new bike, 1 person only can drive, worst engine.