Here Comes the Big Black Mariah


Bonnie Black Right
Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.

For those of you who asked, here’s an update on the old Honda CL-350.

As for the Bonnie, you can keep tabs on my relationship with the new bike by watching my “bonnieblack” tag on Flickr.

3 Responses to “Here Comes the Big Black Mariah”


  1. 1 da kine

    She is a beaut. Does it have that wee leather thing on the tank? I can’t tell in the pics. Now, you just need to get some black spokes and/or pipes, and she’ll be a true bobber.

  2. 2 Jake

    Not sure what you mean… I have the rubber knee pads on the sides of the tank - no leather bits.
    I haven’t found any black pipes that I actually like (there’s always heat wrap, I suppose…), but black (or red) powder coated wheels and spokes would be hot.
    Triumph actually sells shorter fenders, which will get me closer to the bobber look.
    They also have a different profile seat that I’m eyeballing.

    I definitely need to change the pipes, though. This thing is whisper quiet.

  3. 3 da kine

    How ’bout powdercoated black rims and spokes, with the tire sporting one of those thin red lines on it? That would be the hot shit.

    The knee pad thingies is what I was thinking about. I think back in the day those were made of leather.

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