With that out of the way, let’s talk about the CB350’s design now. No, even if you get ape-handlebars on any of them. Again, you may call the Meteor 350 a cruiser, but you can’t make that exception for any of the other motorcycles listed here. The Imperiale 400, CB350, Jawa Classic, Jawa 42, and all Royal Enfields (except the Himalayan) are standards. Then there are sub-categories like supersport, sport touring, bobber, chopper, modern retro, et al. See, there are primarily three motorcycle-categories: Standard, Sport, and Cruiser. Okay, so what classification do the four aforementioned motorcycles come under, you ask? They are “Standards”. What makes it so? Well, wheelbase bigger than a Mumbai apartment, rake and trail lazier than a sloth, seat height lower than mainstream journalism, and foot controls placed further ahead than the most optimistic procrastinator you’ve ever met. The Avenger is the only proper single-cylinder cruiser in India. Yes, the Meteor 350 too isn’t a cruiser, but you may still call it one as it indeed has a few attributes of a traditional cruiser.
The Royal Enfields are NOT cruisers as well. The Benelli Imperiale 400 is NOT a cruiser. Honda CB350 Review: Motorcycle Category/Classificationįirst things first: The Honda CB350 is NOT a cruiser. Someday, the CB500 twin might enter that battle, but for now, let’s see whether this Honda is just another contender in the single-cylinder modern-retro space, or it packs in enough to worry all of them. The original CB350 from the late sixties was a parallel twin, and though a couple of my old friends did scoff at the idea of a single-cylinder CB350, I quickly reminded them that Honda made this motorcycle to compete with the single-cylinder motorcycles like the Jawas, RE Meteor 350, and Benelli Imperiale 400, and not with the RE 650 twins. Right now, let’s get back to the Honda CB350.
The four-stroke RD350 isn’t coming, people, and though I have a lot to say on the subject, let’s just keep it for some other day. If I were to give you the Honda CB350 review in a line, I would say that “ the Honda CB350 is the four-stroke RX-100 you’ve been waiting for!” Well, a much bigger RX-100, or you may even call it an RX-350, but not an RD350. Honda CB350 Review | By Syed Shiraz | Pictures: Archit Kishore
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