When Honda released the CB350F in 1972 it was the smallest inline-four cylinder motorcycle to ever make it into mass production. Early bikes had no suspension at all, except for the tire sidewalls of course, but later models received telescopic forks, and later still twin rear shock absorbers were introduced. #MOKEY NOTES SERIES#The Z50 series of minibikes were typically fitted with 49cc, air-cooled single-cylinder engines of unit construction with built-in transmissions. This resulted in them being nicknamed “monkey bikes” and the name stuck. Honda had developed some minibikes for kids to use at a carnival in Japan, it turned out that the adults loved riding them too, but when adults rode them they looked like monkeys with their knees and elbows out. The entire project to build these pint-sized motorcycles had been started almost by accident. Honda originally unveiled their Monkey Bike series, designated “Z50”, in 1967. That said, sometimes an unfinished project bike comes along that’s just too interesting to ignore, like the wild 350cc Honda Monkey Bike shown here. Project motorcycles come in all shapes and sizes, the one golden rule is that you should (generally speaking) never buy someone else’s unfinished project bike, as they’re typically a Pandora’s Box of unfinished work, missing parts, and bodged jobs.Īlthough it looks like a ton of fun there can be no denying that this minibike, with almost no suspension or brakes and 100 mph capability might be a little on the dangerous side. The Monkey Bike you see here is being sold with minimal additional information, it clearly has a highly modified frame to accommodate the engine, but it’s unfinished and will require some work to get running and rideable.It was built until 1974 and replaced by the CB400F in 1975. The Honda CB350F was the smallest capacity four cylinder motorcycle ever put into mass production when it entered the market in 1972.It’s powered by an air-cooled 350cc inline-four cylinder engine from a Honda CB350F which produces 34 bhp at 10,000 rpm, with a top speed of 100 mph.This Honda Monkey Bike is likely one of the fastest minibikes ever built, or at least it would be if it was ready to ride.It’s a highly modified Honda Monkey Bike that is now powered by an inline-four cylinder engine from a Honda CB350F, in place of the tiny 49cc single-cylinder engine it would have been fitted with originally. This is undeniably one of the most dangerous, and potentially fun, project motorcycles we have ever featured on the pages of Silodrome.
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