Congratulations!! Can you tell us about your set up? Are those XL600r forks & wheel? Is that an oil cooler in front of engine? What swing arm & shocks? I still have 72 SL350 from my dad when he bought used, a year old. It still only has approx 4,400 miles on it.
Hi and thanks for asking. It actually a front fork from a donor XR600. We were not quite crazy enough to want to race 1300 miles on a front drum brake. The swingarm is stock but was lengthened a bit in our shop to get a bit more suspension travel on the Ohlins shocks. The oil cooler was a summit racing off the shelf unit our mechanic plumbed in. This bike has raced the NORRA 5 times in Vintage Light and has finished every race. Our top speed is about 97 mph and the thing is un-stallable even in deep sand and silt. We have been rebuilding the motor every other race.
rebelcav huh I understand more travel in the forks for sure, and disc brakes are an upgrade, but the drum brakes are probably up to the task.... Do you have a site detailing the build? Did I miss it somehow? I’m interested, too. I’m running a CB350F right now (love it) but I really want to sell it and build an SL350 for adding the option of non-road forays. (No interest in new bikes)
Awesome! I was 21-22 in 1971. Wanted that bike so bad, couldn't afford it...
Love the sound of that thing!
Her name is Honzilla partly becuse of the raucous sound she makes at full song.
i still rock my stock 71 sl350.. ride in the hills of wayne national forest. greatest vintage enduros ever!!!
Congratulations 👍
Congratulations!! Can you tell us about your set up? Are those XL600r forks & wheel? Is that an oil cooler in front of engine? What swing arm & shocks? I still have 72 SL350 from my dad when he bought used, a year old. It still only has approx 4,400 miles on it.
Hi and thanks for asking. It actually a front fork from a donor XR600. We were not quite crazy enough to want to race 1300 miles on a front drum brake. The swingarm is stock but was lengthened a bit in our shop to get a bit more suspension travel on the Ohlins shocks. The oil cooler was a summit racing off the shelf unit our mechanic plumbed in. This bike has raced the NORRA 5 times in Vintage Light and has finished every race. Our top speed is about 97 mph and the thing is un-stallable even in deep sand and silt. We have been rebuilding the motor every other race.
@@rebelcav how long are the rear shocks?
rebelcav huh
I understand more travel in the forks for sure, and disc brakes are an upgrade, but the drum brakes are probably up to the task....
Do you have a site detailing the build? Did I miss it somehow?
I’m interested, too.
I’m running a CB350F right now (love it) but I really want to sell it and build an SL350 for adding the option of non-road forays. (No interest in new bikes)
Oh- and one way or another I’ll have a front disc lol
It would be interesting to know the bikes overall gearing in each of its 5 gears. Just curious.