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Hi all,
I'm trying to help someone sell her 1970 CL 350 but my experience is mostly with American iron. I've sold a bunch of Yamaha's but most of them fall in the '80 - '83 timeframe and I want to make sure she gets a fair price since this belonged to her late husband. I went over and checked it out in person yesterday and I was able to get it running for the first time in 7 years. The engine came to life pretty easily but it's only running on one cylinder currently. I shot some ether in the carb with the bum cylinder and it revved right up but soon went back to only one cylinder so I'm guessing there's a good carb cleaning in its future. I put in some fresh gas and mixed in some SeaFoam to try and work through the clog. The bike will also need a new battery and a front tire in order to get it past inspection. Aside from the mechanical, it will need a good deal of cleaning and polishing, if one wanted to restore it. The bike also is being sold with a '72 CL350 that is complete, but good for mostly parts. I was able to kick it over but it was too far gone (in my opinion) to be salvagable. Anyway, after looking at it, and based on my experience with other Japanese bikes, I told her to sell the pair and to start off around $700-$800 for the pair. I've seen them listed anywhere from $100-$1,800 based on condition so I based my valuation on the fact that it will clean up well, but it still needs about $300-$350 in parts/labor to get it running right and street worthy. The pictures make it look a lot better than it does in person, but as you'll see, it will clean up pretty nicely. I'd really appreciate any feedback or opinions you might have.
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Thanks,
I'm trying to help someone sell her 1970 CL 350 but my experience is mostly with American iron. I've sold a bunch of Yamaha's but most of them fall in the '80 - '83 timeframe and I want to make sure she gets a fair price since this belonged to her late husband. I went over and checked it out in person yesterday and I was able to get it running for the first time in 7 years. The engine came to life pretty easily but it's only running on one cylinder currently. I shot some ether in the carb with the bum cylinder and it revved right up but soon went back to only one cylinder so I'm guessing there's a good carb cleaning in its future. I put in some fresh gas and mixed in some SeaFoam to try and work through the clog. The bike will also need a new battery and a front tire in order to get it past inspection. Aside from the mechanical, it will need a good deal of cleaning and polishing, if one wanted to restore it. The bike also is being sold with a '72 CL350 that is complete, but good for mostly parts. I was able to kick it over but it was too far gone (in my opinion) to be salvagable. Anyway, after looking at it, and based on my experience with other Japanese bikes, I told her to sell the pair and to start off around $700-$800 for the pair. I've seen them listed anywhere from $100-$1,800 based on condition so I based my valuation on the fact that it will clean up well, but it still needs about $300-$350 in parts/labor to get it running right and street worthy. The pictures make it look a lot better than it does in person, but as you'll see, it will clean up pretty nicely. I'd really appreciate any feedback or opinions you might have.
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