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I bought my 76 CB360t in 1978. I had sold my '69 CB350 in 1975, which seemed like a good idea at the time. After getting married, I started missing my ride, and decided the CB360 was similar enough and the right price to replace the 350.
To be perfectly frank, the CB350, at least in my fond memory, seemed to handle better and was a little faster then the 360. But I liked the idea of 6 speeds and a disk brake, and went for it.
I rode the heck out of the bike for 9 years. the tenth year, the front caliber seized, and my wife and I were in the middle of hunting for our first house and saving money for it. That same year we bought a house, and I've been broke since. I didn't have the $$ to repair the bike, as the real estate lawyer and previous owner of the house had ALL my money. I parked the bike in the back of a wet garage (House inspector missed that, as well as me and my wife), and promised to fix it "next year". So, 16 year pass, and I decide I need to ride again. I roll the bike out, and try to imagine how hard it would be to get it roadworthy. I chiseled 16 years of gas residue out of the carburetors, I rebuilt the master cylinder, and examined the front caliber. Than I sttod back, figured I needed $3000 to finish the restoration, and went out and bought a 1991 NH750 that needed no work and ran, for $2000. Poor CB360 was rolled back into the garage into her damp corner.
In 2012, 8 years later, my wife insisted I either fix the CB360, or sell it. Since it was so crusty, I figured a part out would be the best, from a money standpoint. I started looking at E-Bay to get an idea of the value, and how to price the parts, and estimate a return. During my research, I discovered a NOS 1976, proper color, proper graphic, fuel tank, that talked to me. Did I mention the now 24 years of dried up fuel residue in the old tank? or the peeling paint?
My lust for the old CB360 (I think she needs a name) rekindled, and I decided to bid on this beautiful new old tank.
If I won the bid, I would restore the bike. If I lost, it was coming apart.
So you know where I am starting, here is the bike, without the crusty tank, rolling it out of the garage after 24 years.
Someone asked me if I had stored it underwater. My garage doesn't flood. It is more like the title of a movie ... "A river runs through it" ..
Well, to end this post, I won the bid, I got the tank, and the restoration is on.
I am not looking for a concours bike. I am not going to chop it or brat it. I like fenders and chassis tabs, and will not cafe it. Not that any of them are bad, quite the contrary, but I want the bike to be a rider, and like how it was when I was riding the snot out of it in 1978.
I don't want bone stock, I want stock, but personalized, and improved where I believe improvement is good. In 1978 is when the oil cooler went on, the air horns, air fork conversion, etc. I like to make it better, but I want it still to be fairly stock looking.
More to come...
To be perfectly frank, the CB350, at least in my fond memory, seemed to handle better and was a little faster then the 360. But I liked the idea of 6 speeds and a disk brake, and went for it.
I rode the heck out of the bike for 9 years. the tenth year, the front caliber seized, and my wife and I were in the middle of hunting for our first house and saving money for it. That same year we bought a house, and I've been broke since. I didn't have the $$ to repair the bike, as the real estate lawyer and previous owner of the house had ALL my money. I parked the bike in the back of a wet garage (House inspector missed that, as well as me and my wife), and promised to fix it "next year". So, 16 year pass, and I decide I need to ride again. I roll the bike out, and try to imagine how hard it would be to get it roadworthy. I chiseled 16 years of gas residue out of the carburetors, I rebuilt the master cylinder, and examined the front caliber. Than I sttod back, figured I needed $3000 to finish the restoration, and went out and bought a 1991 NH750 that needed no work and ran, for $2000. Poor CB360 was rolled back into the garage into her damp corner.
In 2012, 8 years later, my wife insisted I either fix the CB360, or sell it. Since it was so crusty, I figured a part out would be the best, from a money standpoint. I started looking at E-Bay to get an idea of the value, and how to price the parts, and estimate a return. During my research, I discovered a NOS 1976, proper color, proper graphic, fuel tank, that talked to me. Did I mention the now 24 years of dried up fuel residue in the old tank? or the peeling paint?
My lust for the old CB360 (I think she needs a name) rekindled, and I decided to bid on this beautiful new old tank.
If I won the bid, I would restore the bike. If I lost, it was coming apart.
So you know where I am starting, here is the bike, without the crusty tank, rolling it out of the garage after 24 years.
Someone asked me if I had stored it underwater. My garage doesn't flood. It is more like the title of a movie ... "A river runs through it" ..
Well, to end this post, I won the bid, I got the tank, and the restoration is on.
I am not looking for a concours bike. I am not going to chop it or brat it. I like fenders and chassis tabs, and will not cafe it. Not that any of them are bad, quite the contrary, but I want the bike to be a rider, and like how it was when I was riding the snot out of it in 1978.
I don't want bone stock, I want stock, but personalized, and improved where I believe improvement is good. In 1978 is when the oil cooler went on, the air horns, air fork conversion, etc. I like to make it better, but I want it still to be fairly stock looking.
More to come...