CB Progress

I've been making quite a bit of progress on the CB360 over the past few weeks, and it's been pretty exciting! Mods include new handle bars (Norton Hyde M-Style) and new controls and levers. Together, it's looking really sharp up front. I shinned up the springs as shown in a previous post and then wanted to paint the springs black. I think the contrast of the clean black springs over the silver shocks looks pretty rad. I always hated my stock air filter covers and wasn't quite sure what to do with them. I ended up painting them a solid black and liked them a lot better already. With plans of getting my tank painted a turquoise color, I hand painted the CB360 lettering with some Robins Egg Blue 1shot. Now the rear is really shaping up in looks as well! 

We tossed the springs on the bike and now I officially have a roller! There's only one way to celebrate a roller, and that's to scoot around in the driveway as if I'm on a Strider. From there we began to test the electrical and things are coming together nicely. This weekend I will be dropping my tank off in hopes of getting the dents fixed and having a nicely Navajo Nugget colored tank. It's getting there.....

Throttle Down Speed Co. Wrecking Crew

These photos do not need much of a caption other than this article's title. Bike building with these guys is waaay too much fun! 

CB360 Progress

I have been doing a poor job documenting the progress I have been making with the Honda CB360 motorcycle build. There was a lull in the action as I ordered more parts and anxiously awaited their arrival. About two weeks ago we got the rear wheel in place, and man is the CB shiny and cute or what!

I was really happy with the progress and it was starting to transform from a simple pile of metal to something that resembles part of a motorcycle!

Tuesday evening we made even more progress with a rebuild of the front forks, using none other than Spectro Fork Oil. We got the forks on, front wheel and put on some temporary handlebars for the time being while I awaited the delivery of new ones.

I even had some help from the Throttle Down Speed Co. sponsored GNC1 Flat Track racer, Dan Bromley as you can see above! And while I failed to get a nice profile shot of the progress we made, I'll just have to leave you with the one below until next time. Next up are handlebars, mirrors, air filters, covers and a trip to the powdercoater. Next on the order list is a front caliper and a custom seat. 

The CB360 Parts Bike

I've been in the hunt for a Honda CB360 parts motorcycle pretty much since last September. The 1974-1976 models are not as easy to find as I had once thought, and the fact that the much more popular CB350 bikes do not match up with the 360 proved for it to be even more complicated. Eventually I joined in on the forum fun and found a 1975 CB360 with a front disk brake, mine was originally a drum. The conversion from drum to disk is definitely an upgrade I wanted while I was already getting greasy in the garage. 

The non-running '75 CB got to the Pennsylvania garage in four pieces via a Ford Fusion, which was pretty impressive. I'm currently short a caliper and brake line but those are in the works. This past weekend was spent ordering new parts including a bearing steering neck kit and a fresh petcock to replace my goopy one, working out the old bearing and polishing the forks. Let me tell you how great it is to see straight forks again! Next up will be two pretty messy jobs: rebuilding the forks & cleaning out my two rusty tanks. We'll install the new bearings and place a few more orders for other parts I'll need to make this sucker run. This whole build is really exciting, and I'm very appreciative for all of the friends working on it with me and helping me wrangle all the needed parts together. This whole process once again reinforces the fact that the motorcycle community is the best community.

(before & after polishing with Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish)