Bought another bike
Cool old bike and looks like in great shape for its age
Had a honda SL 350 and love the look of those old bikes
I look every now and then for a yellow green, (don't know the name of the color) 73 SL 350 to see if I could find one like my old bike
Yeah, the biggest problem with the bike, is the fact that it was missing the turn signals, headlight and one mirror (looks like someone removed them on purpose). And that wasn't an expensive problem to fix
I was impressed when the shop owner said "The one pointing toward the store will fire right up, go on out and fire it up." I saw the 1981 Pennsylvania Inspection Sticker on the fender and doubted it would fire right up. Flipped the Choke on, gave it 2 kicks and it fired up, shut the choke off and it purred like a kitten.
I got on my phone, checked the value of the bike in its current condition and the availability of parts, turned around and pulled the $350 out of my wallet for the bike. I only regret not buying the 1972 that was parked beside it. I could of bought both bikes (together) for $600 and the '72 had all of the lights, but leaked some oil. Quite literally, as I was riding the '71 out of the parking lot someone else pulled in at that exact moment to buy the remaining bike.
I used to have a '74 Honda CB200 and a '69 CB350, kinda wish I would have kept those bikes too. My dad gave me the 350 (and like a foolish teen, I used it for a project that got scrapped), and years later someone paid me $20 to haul their CB200 up out of their basement and take it away. I literally got paid $20 to load a motorcycle in my truck and haul it to my house :glasses7: