Ninetyeight
Been Around the Block
Hey all,
I'm a bit of a poster, a bit of a lurker. This is my project. I call it The Sterilizer, a name it most definitely earned. At some point during my journey attempting to get it to run again after 9 years of sitting, something shorted through the frame and started shocking me in the you-know-whats! After a week of messing with it (Not to mention reducing my future children's IQs) I called it good enough and began the disassembly process.
With that out of the way, let me start at the beginning. I am a teenage (17) college student, broke off my ass, but in love with motorcycles. I started racing motocross at the tender age of 9, and have been in the sport ever since. I stopped riding a couple of years ago to focus on schooling and keep myself in one piece. I have some motocross parts left over and am going to try to work some of them in on this build. I am building this bike on a ridiculously low budget, but so far so good. Ever since I stopped racing I've been itching to get on a bike. I figured a street bike was my most practical option and with my love for cafe racers, a Honda CB seemed to fit well. I lurked craigslist for months and months waiting for the best deal/best bike. I gave up after a long while of looking, with only checking once in a blue moon. I checked back sometime this June, and to my surprise found a 1974 CB360 for $150. The bike was not currently running, and did not have a title (Lucky a notarized bill of sale is as good as a title in Oklahoma) but the engine would turn all the way over, it was complete and for the most part unmolested. I showed up with $150 cash in my pocket, looked the bike over, decided it was a good buy, and asked if he would take $100. The man politely declined, but told me he would throw a non-running 1973 CL175 in for the original price of $150. I acted (Key word) disappointed and agreed to the deal. I was biting my lips to keep my cheesy grin from surfacing. I loaded the bikes up and brought them home.
I ended up getting the bike running (Very Roughly) for $4 worth of spark plugs and $3 worth of parts to reboot them. I'm in dire need of a diaphragm for my right carburetor but am still going full speed on my resto-mod project.
With my life story out of the way, here are some pics with a bit of description.
Here is the best before picture I can scratch up:
Here is how she sits now:
The tank has been bondoed (Filling in Badge Mounts and a large dent on the right side) filler primed, wet sanded, primed again, and lacks one more wet sand before I can start laying down the final coat.
I just received the seat from CafePete today, it needs some bondo and priming and then it will be padded, covered and mounted. Thanks Pete!
Here is how the engine sits now:
Pretty bland, planning on degreasing, cleaning, painting, fixing carb, new points, oil change, and re-installing.
Here's the basic color scheme for the bike, illustrated by the finished headlight bucket:
(Sorry For The Crappy Picture) I'm going for a bit of the flat black cafe look, with a bit of the glittery 70s race look.
New tires/tubes came in today!
Here are the logos that will be going on the tank:
Designed by me, printed by my family's business (DZGMX.com). (Note: They're designed to look a bit worn) They are printed on matte vinyl with a thick matte over-laminate.
Here is my custom wrapped battery. Again, designed by me and printed by dzgmx.com. Also, how the gauges sit now, awaiting custom gauge faces:
...And last but not least, here is an extremely rough draft of what the final bike will look like:
(Original Photo Credit: CafePete)
The 360 Special logo was canned and went with the straight gray/black design for the battery.
Thanks for reading all the way to here, hope to post some significant updates soon. I would post my "To-do List" but I think it might crash the forum's server!
I'm going pretty traditional cafe on this, I'm jazzed on the way it's coming out so far. ;D
A HUGE shout out to CafePete who hooked me up with the seat. He was a tremendous help, the seat is going to completely make the look of the bike.
Also, just for kicks, here is pic of my daily driver:
It's where I draw most of my mechanical ability from. It's a 1978 Volkswagen Bus, I'm in the process of completely restoring it on my all too familiar little-to-no budget lifestyle.
Hope to hear good feedback/suggestions!
Thanks,
Garrett
I'm a bit of a poster, a bit of a lurker. This is my project. I call it The Sterilizer, a name it most definitely earned. At some point during my journey attempting to get it to run again after 9 years of sitting, something shorted through the frame and started shocking me in the you-know-whats! After a week of messing with it (Not to mention reducing my future children's IQs) I called it good enough and began the disassembly process.
With that out of the way, let me start at the beginning. I am a teenage (17) college student, broke off my ass, but in love with motorcycles. I started racing motocross at the tender age of 9, and have been in the sport ever since. I stopped riding a couple of years ago to focus on schooling and keep myself in one piece. I have some motocross parts left over and am going to try to work some of them in on this build. I am building this bike on a ridiculously low budget, but so far so good. Ever since I stopped racing I've been itching to get on a bike. I figured a street bike was my most practical option and with my love for cafe racers, a Honda CB seemed to fit well. I lurked craigslist for months and months waiting for the best deal/best bike. I gave up after a long while of looking, with only checking once in a blue moon. I checked back sometime this June, and to my surprise found a 1974 CB360 for $150. The bike was not currently running, and did not have a title (Lucky a notarized bill of sale is as good as a title in Oklahoma) but the engine would turn all the way over, it was complete and for the most part unmolested. I showed up with $150 cash in my pocket, looked the bike over, decided it was a good buy, and asked if he would take $100. The man politely declined, but told me he would throw a non-running 1973 CL175 in for the original price of $150. I acted (Key word) disappointed and agreed to the deal. I was biting my lips to keep my cheesy grin from surfacing. I loaded the bikes up and brought them home.
I ended up getting the bike running (Very Roughly) for $4 worth of spark plugs and $3 worth of parts to reboot them. I'm in dire need of a diaphragm for my right carburetor but am still going full speed on my resto-mod project.
With my life story out of the way, here are some pics with a bit of description.
Here is the best before picture I can scratch up:
Here is how she sits now:
The tank has been bondoed (Filling in Badge Mounts and a large dent on the right side) filler primed, wet sanded, primed again, and lacks one more wet sand before I can start laying down the final coat.
I just received the seat from CafePete today, it needs some bondo and priming and then it will be padded, covered and mounted. Thanks Pete!
Here is how the engine sits now:
Pretty bland, planning on degreasing, cleaning, painting, fixing carb, new points, oil change, and re-installing.
Here's the basic color scheme for the bike, illustrated by the finished headlight bucket:
(Sorry For The Crappy Picture) I'm going for a bit of the flat black cafe look, with a bit of the glittery 70s race look.
New tires/tubes came in today!
Here are the logos that will be going on the tank:
Designed by me, printed by my family's business (DZGMX.com). (Note: They're designed to look a bit worn) They are printed on matte vinyl with a thick matte over-laminate.
Here is my custom wrapped battery. Again, designed by me and printed by dzgmx.com. Also, how the gauges sit now, awaiting custom gauge faces:
...And last but not least, here is an extremely rough draft of what the final bike will look like:
(Original Photo Credit: CafePete)
The 360 Special logo was canned and went with the straight gray/black design for the battery.
Thanks for reading all the way to here, hope to post some significant updates soon. I would post my "To-do List" but I think it might crash the forum's server!
I'm going pretty traditional cafe on this, I'm jazzed on the way it's coming out so far. ;D
A HUGE shout out to CafePete who hooked me up with the seat. He was a tremendous help, the seat is going to completely make the look of the bike.
Also, just for kicks, here is pic of my daily driver:
It's where I draw most of my mechanical ability from. It's a 1978 Volkswagen Bus, I'm in the process of completely restoring it on my all too familiar little-to-no budget lifestyle.
Hope to hear good feedback/suggestions!
Thanks,
Garrett
