Im 43 now. For my 40th my Girlfriend brought me an old 76 xl350. I came home from working away and She said there was something in the shed i need to see and there it was. I started it, stopped it, then pulled it apart and rebuilt it. Its amazing to ride and showroom condition with only 11,000km on it. All original other than the exhaust and black painted side engine cases. I learnt alot about bikes during the rebuild. Now i want an old cb.
I just bought a 74 XL 350 that's I'm going to turn into a get around town bobber. Mine's is in a lot worse shape than this one though, that's why I'm going to bob it. The motor was locked up when I bought it but it was just from sitting, I soaked it in some MMO for a couple days and it loosened right up but It still needs a complete tear down and rebuild, I'm a certified Motorcycle Tech so the tear down and rebuild is no problem, There's just not enough parts out there either repop or used to build it back original but it's worth saving.
Just picked one up for a couple hundred bucks 😊
Im 43 now. For my 40th my Girlfriend brought me an old 76 xl350. I came home from working away and She said there was something in the shed i need to see and there it was. I started it, stopped it, then pulled it apart and rebuilt it. Its amazing to ride and showroom condition with only 11,000km on it. All original other than the exhaust and black painted side engine cases. I learnt alot about bikes during the rebuild. Now i want an old cb.
Great show John, that is going to make someone a very nice bike. Thanks for the shout out buddy, much appreciated.
I just bought a 74 XL 350 that's I'm going to turn into a get around town bobber. Mine's is in a lot worse shape than this one though, that's why I'm going to bob it. The motor was locked up when I bought it but it was just from sitting, I soaked it in some MMO for a couple days and it loosened right up but It still needs a complete tear down and rebuild, I'm a certified Motorcycle Tech so the tear down and rebuild is no problem, There's just not enough parts out there either repop or used to build it back original but it's worth saving.
Really iconic bike well worth keeping a hold of these will only ever go up in value this is perfect restoration project great job enjoy your content 👍
Reminder to tighten the cam chain.
That is a sweet bike to.
Nice bike, real nice! 👍👍🤘✌️, And I went over and checked out Dale's channel ( and subbed), but yes sir, pretty cool too!