Month: February 2011

A fantastic 1972 Honda SL350 with a great backstory.

I stumbled across this sweet SL350 on ADV rider and had to ask the owner more about it. Turns out that it’s got a nice history. Paul built it to recreate an early Baha 1000 promotional ride from back in the day. For more complete info check out the AMA blog post on it here. Great stuff!  Also, for a great build thread with lots of great background see this build thread over on ADV rider HERE.

Thanks again Paul!

Here’s the “Glamor Shot”

One of his potential candidates that didn’t make muster.

Here’s the first go-round on the restoration:

And here she is in her element being put to work the way she was intended! Great Stuff!

Video…. and he literally walked away! Very lucky.

He didn’t even get knocked down! This is why I always keep an eye on the rearview at stoplights…

Update: Video added! Reader Ride. Nicely Modded Jawa RT350 From the UK

Terence Hines writes in:

Hi , Thought you may like to see a few photo’s of the Jawa r.t. i built a couple of year’s back . This bike started out as a standard Jawa T.S. 350 from 1990 , But i was after something a bit more retro looking , At the same time it had to be Jawa , There are many changes to this bike ,some major ,some minor but detailed . The front end has been lowered by 40mm and the rear end raised by the same amount . With a one off hand made rear light unit and number plate bracket mounted on a Honda mudguard . Seat rail’s modified and a one off seat base made up . Rear fender strut’s made from tapered tube . And the internals of the original speedo tacho sprayed black and mounted on a one off mount together with home made l.e.d. warning lamps made from S/S 8mm button head bolts . The list goes on and on . But these are a few of the changes I’ve made to get the type of style i wanted . Hope you like . Terry P.S. You can see my vid’s of this bike and my latest project at http://www.youtube.com/user/terence20001?feature=mhum

Gorgeous Husqvarna Vintage MX’r

And I spy Metro Racing stickers on there so Donzilla must have had a hand in this beauty. Oh and by the way stay tuned for my first ever product review! Don sent me some fantastic swag that I’ll be giving a look-see at in a day or so. Top Notch all the way. Thanks Much!

Ha! I knew it. From the comments:
Yes I did have something to do with that Husky! I did the paint work on it for a friend, Jim Case. It was at our booth at Unidilla MX a few years ago. Look close at the top of the tank. Malcolm Smith signed it at Mid Ohio.

Zilla!

Gorgeous work!

Brrrrr…. Yamaha 660 Tenere on the Tundra.

Wanderrrr… lust? For some folks I guess. God I wish Yamaha would bring this bike to the U.S. so I could be first in line. HINT!!

Really trick Honda XR80. The bike of my dreams when I was 10 or so…

Just a really primo restomod. I’d have killed for one of these once upon a time..