1968 Honda CB

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Up for sale is a highly-modified 1968 350 Honda Cafe style and completley rebuilt motorcycle. Dubbed the Red Menace by neighbors, friends and the local law enforcement officials, this bike makes a huge impression everywhere it goes (sometimes not so good). A lot of ads read "one of a kind" when all that really means is they put on an aftermarket pipe and some decals. I challenge you to find a bike on Ebay that started stock and wound up looking like this. The bike was built by a local builder that specializes in ground-up builds, utilizing his machinist skills to fabricate what he can't find. The bike was dis-assemled and slowly put back together, the frame and rims powder-coated blood red. The wheels were re-laced with stainless steel and period tires installed. The forks were re-worked with new seals and modern bearings as was the swingarm. In fact, very little remains from 1968 (the summer of love, I sorta miss the hippies) except the frame,tachometer and the hand controls. All fasteners are stainless steel and all cables are new also. The tank and seat pan are obviously not stock and are fiberglass with the rear cowl featuring a mural by an accomplished air brush artist(ME!) and the seat is stitched in blood red leather. Steering head bearings are new as is the chain and drive sprockets. Rear sets are from an RC51-there aren't any rear pegs as there is no rear seat. As to sitting in the seat, if you are prone to sitting in an office chair all day and eating bon-bons at nite, you will not fit on this seat. If your butt is that big you should probably be looking at exercise equipment instead of motorcylces anyway. The bike fire through the much coveted Bore Tech electronic ignition and starts like a car-turn the key to engage the starter-the kick starter was removed for looks and because they are essentilay useless and get in the way. The bike doesn't require turns signals due to its age so Johnny Law can't bug you about it(pre 1972) but it doesn't have a horn so they may run you afoul with the fuzz-I just yell "Look Out!" instead of a horn, but, hey, that's just me. Speaking of noise, this bike fires and runs like a swiss watch but it could be the loudest motorized vehicle on the planet. I've sat at a light next to straight pipe Harleys and you'd never know they were running, so if loud things scare you, I'd stay away from this beast(and turn in your Man card at the earliest possible moment, you wimp)., The bike does run very well with no mechanical issues. Surprisingly, the drum brakes work very well and, of course, are new. And what is really surprising is the handling an ride. You would think that being stretched slightly would be tiring but its just the opposite-the riding position feels very natural and not fatiguing-I'm 6 foot and 200 pounds(bon bons!) and I could ride all day long with no complaints. The Menace does have some good power as the engine was punched out to 372 cc and the carbs are smooth bore Mikunis-brand new of course. Its all fresh-engine,suspension,electronis and paint. As far as flaws,the top of tank has some bubbles due to some idiot spilling gas on the fiberglass ( oh wait, that was me) but could be easily corrected but thats about it-everything that wasn't painted was polished before being put back on the bike and the engine was painted proffesionaly with high temp paint. This bike is nothing more than a hot rod, but a well built, gorgeous hot rod. One more note, I've had some questions to the reason for selling it as I obviously love the bike. It's like this-My wife has gotten waaaay to fat and intstead of divorcing that lard ass I crunched the numbers and decided it was cheaper to buy her lipo suction than a divorce, besides, if I was single all I would have to do is ride bikes, drink heavily and scratch myself.....hmmmm......Thanks for reading and good luck!