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On October 5, 1974, I bought a Bridgestone 350 frame from Suzuki of Greenville (SC) for $75.00 and a NOS engine for $375.00. (Actually, I was so poor, I put a deposit of $50.00 on the engine until the Christmas money came in.) Over the next year, I bought various bits and pieces until I had a whole motorcycle. After I got it running and registered, I sold the Bridgestone 200 I had been riding. I rode the 350 on and off until 1984 when it went into storage. A few years later the storage became a chicken house in beautiful Elberton, Georgia. I rescued it in 1999...   
Amazingly, after changing fluids, changing spark plugs, cleaning the carbs, lubing cables, new tires, etc... I was riding again...  
After a little more work, cleaning and polishing, painting, getting the seat recovered. And getting a few more parts.   
For the Bridgestone afficianados out there, I have scanned and Acrobated a 1974 Parts Price List from Rockford Motors. It is a 6 megabyte file and so will take a while to download. It features a cross reference for older Bridgestone part numbers to current (as of 1974) numbers. It also includes part numbers for Chibi, Chibi Deluxe, Tora, Tora Deluxe, Taka, MCB by Rockford, and Zundapp Motorcross and Enduro. It also includes stock numbers for literature, special upgrades, and accessories. 
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