CB360 "The Little Bike" Pic Heavy

[kenrocar]

Hello
I first posted on the new member section and I figured I'll post my first build of my 1975 CB360. I started to call it "the little bike" during the build to explain to my wife and kids which bike I was working on. The name stuck with the with kids and it been the little bike ever since, thinking back I wish I would have thought of a better name to give her.

The bike is now 98% complete

I'll skip the rest of the details and get on to the build;

I started the project little over a year ago picked her up from a guy for $350

She had not ran in years but the motor turned over and it was very dirty.

I got the tank off Ebay and I think it looks sweet!!!

I started the operation and cleaned and cleaned...you can see the dirt that fell off the frame...maybe he used it as a dirt bike..

I was very excited to paint the frame!!!!

Painted the motor

I realized I was to excited to paint the frame and didn't weld on the rear set brackets...

I was very excited again to paint the frame...and did some more welding and more painting...hey work in progress..I think I learned my lesson this time.

The tail... I cut foam and fiber glassed it

More painting....

Started work on the exhaust....got some CL pipes off Ebay.

and chopped them up..oh I built the table some where in there also...what a world of difference when working on a bike.

That is a GSXR muffler I had lying around..cut and weld

Used VHT header paint

After some heat wrap, a emblem , making the seat pad, and more touch up paint this is how she looks.

I have to do a little touch up on the tank but all in all she is done and rides great. I hope you all enjoyed my build..I can not wait till find and start my next one.

Thanks Ken

 

[bryanjnkns]

Wow, you did in 1 page what most do in 50. Nice bike btw, and welcome to DTT.

 

[///M3Matt]

love it. looks great. our bikes look similar!

 

[beard]

correct me if im wrong.. but i would expect when two pipes merged into one... the mating pipe would be bigger

 

[kenrocar]

correct me if im wrong.. but i would expect when two pipes merged into one... the mating pipe would be bigger

I am not sure. I did not notice any difference with performance after the install.

Sorry about pic number 2, I was trying to capture what the bike look like to me most of the time due to heavy beer consumption. Actually a bad phone camera pic, it looked better as a small thumbnail.

 

[dirtbag]

You'd need a cross sectional area that is equal to or greater than both pipes combined. Just sayin.

 

[frogman]

How much fun was it to get the 360 tank mounted? Sharp colors I like em.

 

[vbroom]

cool idea with the gixer exhaust.
the 2-1 looks cool as well!