• The 1974 Honda XL350 is a simple and reliable street bike suitable for personal transportation.motorcycle image by Stepanov from Fotolia.com
  
  The Honda XL350 is a reliable street bike produced by Honda during the 1970s and 1980s. Its light weight and easy maneuverability made it desirable to many inexperienced motorcyclists. The 1974 model, a typical example of the XL350, has similar specifications to those of XL350s produced since then.
  
  

1974 Honda XL350 Specifications

• The 1974 XL350 has a 348-cubic-centimeter, overhead-cam, four-valve single-cylinder engine linked to a five-speed transmission. The spark plug is an Iridium DR8EIX with a LD05F spark plug cap.
  
  

Drivetrain

• The bike has a sprocket-to-gear ratio of 3.00. The front sprocket has 15 teeth, while the rear has 45. It has a size-530 chain.
  
  

Series

• Many of the 1974 XL350s are of the K0 variant, which came in one color: metallic silver with blue stripes. All XL350s had serial numbers beginning with "XL350-1000001."