To Do List

One of the reasons I love this bike is that it was clearly used. I mean, it has only 8700+ miles on it, but you can tell by its dings and dents, the wear on the grips, seat, and pegs, that someone road it and probably loved it. It seems like it has good karma.
That said, it has a few issues, as you might imagine. The right side of the handle bar is bent slightly (perhaps from the bike falling over?), the tail pipes on both sides are missing, the cables are cracked and old, and I'll need to give the fuel system a thorough review. The tank, on initial inspection looks pretty clean and void of junk, but given the visible wear and tear, carb work is probably in order. Oh yeah, needs a battery, too. That said, Michael, the motorcycle mechanic I bought the bike from (stand up guy, so bummed he moved off to Kentucky!) says the bike was running when he got it, and that it has good compression.
I love this kind of project -- straight forward, relatively simple. Time to start hunting for a manual and parts. Found lots of great stuff already on the web, like Ben Miranda's page of links, an article about building a vintage CB350 racer, a site for getting a Clymer manual (must have), and one for just plain oogling...

Also found this CB on eBay, which could be good for parts...thanks for sending it my way, Andrew!