Thought I would start with "not" saying that this is a unique or one off cb360 bobber. It is a 74 honda cb60. I don't have much of a before pic, but most folks here know what they look like anyway. I think that most of the folks here also already know that cb360s are not really perfect candidates for hardtailing since; one -their bottom frame rails are at a different heights parallel to the ground(a pain in the neck), and two the back bone is not a single tube but instead a funky stamped and welded frame. A lot of the inspiration for this build I gangersted off the internet-I lurked on this site a lot longer than I have been a member-the jockey journal used to have jap bikes too, but they did away with that. Another thing, I would like to ask you to forgive me not posting everything at once. My bike is actually just about done-been working at it for a while now. I do not now or ever profess to be a frame building guru-welding guru-or frame geometry genius. If you see that I did something really jacked up, please don't be afraid to say "dude if you ride that-you will die". I'll deffinately take it under advisement.
Ok, this is me the ugly bald guy trying to figure out what to do with a freshly chopped up frame. I built this bike work bench and screwed a rear frame jig fixture to it. I used allthread rods, nuts, and some steel plate for the fixture. Using a piece of string down the backbone, I centered up my axle plates and got them even horizontally. Tricky part. they have to be level on three axis's (or is that axi-like octopus and all)-level horizontally from side to side, level from front to back, and level vertically. Here is another view
my axle plates were cut from 3/8 stock, the wing nuts on the all thread made it a lot easier to adjust. At this time I had already figured my ride height that I wanted. Lucky for me, I have two cb360s that I can always use for measuring stuff.
Here is my frame after putting the first part together. That front tire i got at the junk(I mean scrap)yard-it is a 21x2.75 for like a dollar. Some time if I go there and I don't have any money, I actually hide stuff under scrap and go back for it when I have some.
I bent my tube up on a cheapo pipe bender from harborfreight.
I have a lot more to post, but its about 10:30 and my boys need tucked in. Will post more tomorrow. thanks
Ok, this is me the ugly bald guy trying to figure out what to do with a freshly chopped up frame. I built this bike work bench and screwed a rear frame jig fixture to it. I used allthread rods, nuts, and some steel plate for the fixture. Using a piece of string down the backbone, I centered up my axle plates and got them even horizontally. Tricky part. they have to be level on three axis's (or is that axi-like octopus and all)-level horizontally from side to side, level from front to back, and level vertically. Here is another view
my axle plates were cut from 3/8 stock, the wing nuts on the all thread made it a lot easier to adjust. At this time I had already figured my ride height that I wanted. Lucky for me, I have two cb360s that I can always use for measuring stuff.
Here is my frame after putting the first part together. That front tire i got at the junk(I mean scrap)yard-it is a 21x2.75 for like a dollar. Some time if I go there and I don't have any money, I actually hide stuff under scrap and go back for it when I have some.
I bent my tube up on a cheapo pipe bender from harborfreight.
I have a lot more to post, but its about 10:30 and my boys need tucked in. Will post more tomorrow. thanks