Nice! Seems like you took a strange bike and made it cool too!
Bike looks great. Glad you have some time to enjoy it. I can definitely get on board with the lower headlight, but why remove the center stand? I've done it and regret it every time I work on the sucker Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON
Thanks 'prohibited', I worked with what I had (owned for 20+yrs) which turned out OK. CB360/550/750s are great, but I do like it when someone takes an unpopular model and makes something of it. Quite a few on here which I follow.
you want to extend the side stand yes so the bike is up pretty high,almost anywhere you go there will be a sideslope ,anyway,see........... and you'all going backwards all day and night,means that pulling of the road if you want to kick the stand it will indeed be better long-ishalso a short stand overloads the mount when climbing on or off with it down,plantedheadlight too high ? nope thats not the issue.. you could change the bike totally almost with one simple add-on about a 4-6"{ tall wind deflector that forms onto the headlight shape and down the sides just enough to have a definate inside corner you could put slight soft bends there and shape the top however but just high enough to only show the tack bezel i dunno you might not have the skills or savvy to pull it off....... proly gonna need t hire it out it wants to come down to the headlight at least 2" back and end about 1" gap to the tacho pretty much a bit more steep than the forks angle,whatever place ments gets you that tach distance .......swooped back too far will look pretensious it will totally hide the clutter up there,which now draws the eye too much ..............and you could hire somebody else to emblazin' it with a logo .............a plastic rectangular office size waste basket or tin even is a perfect donor for the stock to cut protos you get at least 4 per garbage pail
NoRiders - Look how far your project has come! It looks solid and mean. Too bad about the sprocket stud coming out and delaying your Oct. ride for a bit. Glad you had a buddy up the road and you were able to keep on enjoying the bike. I was so nervous about something like that happening to my bike since I had touched every nut and bolt building it and didn't trust myself - I carried about 20 lbs of tools on my back for every ride this fall haha. Anyway, you really put some cool into that CBX. Great work!
I've really enjoyed your thread and just wanted to say thanks for documenting your build. Having a steamy, wet day here in the tropics today, so staying indoors in the airconditioning and decided to read your thread through for the second time. I've recently added a CBX550 to my garage and am just in the process of acquiring a few pieces of missing hardware (tyres, chain, battery) before I start working on getting her running more smoothly. It's been insightful to read your build and I like where you took the bike; very nice. Looks a pleasure to ride. You've kept stock several of the key things I've also been contemplating, which was encouraging. I imagine I'll be revisiting some of your posts again as I get into it more. Thanks again for all your sharing.Gee, thank you trace. It's good to know some of my efforts and meanderings actually help to motivate others to 'get it done' haha! I'd like to see your progress and watch another CBX550 get back on the road, Do you have a build thread yet? Thankfully, the service parts you need are available in the aftermarket...original model specific parts might be more of a problem to source for you in the balmy tropics. In the UK there is a good supply of used parts from breakers etc. BYW it's very cold, wet n snowy here...brrr!