amateur CB360 build - Italian Stallion

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meatball

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hey guys! I stumbled across this site a few months ago, and fell in love with everyones amazing DIY work. So i went and purchased my first bike 2 months ago (1975 CB360). it currently resides in my friends garage, as my mommy HATES motorcycles.. way too dangerous. (i don't even live at home.. thats how afraid of her i still am haha) Anyways, trying to make a cheap clean bike with the help of you fine folks.
 
here is a grainy photo of what the bike looked like when i purchased it..
 

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meatball said:
here is a grainy photo of what the bike looked like when i purchased it..
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Welcome Meatball,
great bike, feel free to post any questions. Endless amount
of info and help on DTT.
 
hey guys. im located in saskatchewan (canada). the bike is in pieces right now. managed to finish the front fender chop, and shaved the original seat down ( stole this idea from "sleek and sexy" cl360 build). just need to get it upholstered. ill be posting pics later tonight.
 
i hope no one minds me biting their ideas/style.. it's your own fault for doing great work! i also decided to not run signals. should i completely remove those wires? or is it safe to leave the wires there unused?
 
I'd leave the wires there and throw some small signals on to get it to pass inspection, then pop them off after if u feel like you dont want any the small triangle shaped ones often ad to the style imo
 
thanks for the advice clint! much appreciated. i actually found it at a dealership in a small town.. so i wont have to get a safety done (so i've been told). here are a few REALLY BAD pics of the bike as of a few weeks ago. ill take better pics from now on.
 

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thinking about mounting the tail light between the seat and rear hoop gap.. what do you guys think? or should i mount it on the side and make the seat meet the hoop?
 
cleaned it, then sanded it with 320 grit (as per instructed on the bottle) cleaned it again then painted it outside. if you use epoxy paint you're not supposed to use primer, so i didn't. make sure its warm where you paint.. or it wont set well.
 
This may have already been said, but - make it run (very well) before you do much else to it...looking at a pretty bike that you cant ride is torture (i know from experience). It is tempting to make it look "cafe" and paint it and polish it, but sort the carbs, ignition, rubber, etc first. Learn from my mistakes!
 
here is the seat, which is a direct steal off the "sleek and sexy" build thread. it has been shortened and shaped with a knife and sandpaper.
 
hey gribbs! i should.. not really mechanically inclined though. started it when i bought it, sounded fine.. but you never know. i'll see what happens when i go to ride it in a few weeks haha
 
here is a few pics of the original fender that i eyeballed and cut, then did an even worse job of painting it.. live and learn.
 
ended up grinding holes in the clubmans before putting epoxy on those also. and a pic of the bell helmet i ordered online.. i dig it
 

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Thats good advice on the make it run well part. sucks to spend a lot of time making it pretty only to find out you need a new top end (or worse) later. If you can handle what you've done so far (and it looks like you can) you can handle the mechanical stuff too. get a manual and go through the service section. Nice work so far! Is that a new Bell helmet?
 
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