CB360 Garage Build....Donna

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Evorussell

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I originally wanted to build a CX500 but as luck would have it this CB360 was sitting along the road on my way to work. Running and with a title i figured fate had handed me my first attempt at a Cafe. A bike style i have loved for years.


How it sat along the road



End of day 1




Stripped the tank and considered just clear coating - Rust pitting prevented this



Functioning factory harness, but it is 30+ years old and bulky, so I will be re-wiring from scratch



Last registered in 88...I was 4



Chain area full of seads? Also I lost this ball bearing so that will be fun during re-assembly



Engine Out



Paint on tank



Cutting off stuff I dont need, and smoothing



Wire wheeling....screw this, need to find a place to sandblast
 
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Skipped about 100+ picture/steps due to lack of interest but engine went in last night. Pretty excited to see mock up with seat and tank sitting on it
 
Re: Re: CB360 Garage Build....Donna

crazypj said:
$150.00 battery with a $12.00 reg/rect?
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It works as well as a $100 r/r in this application :)
 
If it doesn't have tight volt/amp control I fully believe you (it doesn't ;D )
Batteries still charge with amps but are monitored in volts which is actually pretty worthless (as Honda found out in the 70's, 80's, 90's,etc)
 
Re: Re: CB360 Garage Build....Donna

crazypj said:
If it doesn't have tight volt/amp control I fully believe you (it doesn't ;D )
Batteries still charge with amps but are monitored in volts which is actually pretty worthless (as Honda found out in the 70's, 80's, 90's,etc)
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I know a couple people who have hard use on Shorai batteries and that r/r for over a year with no problems...that said I used a MOSFET unit so i can do the fancy battery later :)
 
That sounds a better plan to me, I've seen bikes on fire, isn't any fun (particularly when battery has been 'hidden')
 
Had not heard anything bad about these regulator/rectifiers. This one was one of the Kohler units i had heard people having much success with.

As a precaution the output has a 5 amp fuse on it...which has not blown - Only about 120 miles or so

The battery lists a maximum charging amperage of 4 amps, in your thread you seemed to indicate the bike only produces 1.5 amps at 4000rpm, with this in mind I thought I was in good shape regardless of the rectifiers ability.

Here is the thread i was referring to:

http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=21350.0


What would you recommend I look for PJ? - Stats wise, i really cant bring myself to believe that the brand name ones out there are worth the big $ they are getting for them.


I greatly appreciate the words of encouragement, I really have enjoyed this project and am unendingly grateful to those of you who have shared their knowledge and craftsmanship along the way (PJ did my carbs and shock bottoms/rebuild)
 
Keep an eye on the charging voltage and amps.
I would probably run it up to 9,500~10,000 rpm and see what you get, there could well be 'spikes' at high rpm which are unlikely to cause a problem once or twice but may have a cumulative effect?
I didn't realise you had bike finished and were running it, how are the shocks working? (if you can't tell if they are working, they are working properly ;D )
I push the rubber bumpers all the way down and see how far they move, had no idea I was using all but 3/16"of suspension travel
 
I will have to give that a shot, honestly I dont rev the bike past 8k except on rare occasion.

Shocks look/fit great. And from the mileage I have on them feel good. As for travel, I noticed (using the bumper idea) that i use up about 5/8ths of the total travel. Probably less than yours because mine are the dual spring/spacer set up.
 
Still on softest setting?
I think your right about dual springs
As long as you don't know they are working it's all good ;)
 
Well it finally cooked the 5 amp fuse. So I guess you were right (yup).

So what the heck am I looking for to limit this to >4amps? A resistor of some sort? I can't find a regulator that even specs amperage
 
Your going to need at least a 10 amp fuse, I'm quite surprised a 5 amp lasted as long at it did
12 amp if you can find one will give a small safety margin but a 15A fuse will also be OK
Regulators don't use amperage, they monitor voltage and let the battery get everything the generator can give it amps wise.
As long as battery voltage doesn't drop too low it isn't normally a problem, when voltage gets low though,the internal resistance of battery drops and that's when you get a problem
 
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