Just purchased a 1976 Honda cj 360T and and ready to start "The Project"

[EspressoForYou]

Well I just purchased a 1976 cj 360 on Sunday 1-19-2014 and look forward to start working on the bike. I have enjoyed reading your posts and have been picking up several ideas and a lot of good tips. The images below are how the bike looked when I picked it up.

The bike I bought is all original except for the tires. It has 12,000 on it and all the parts are there except for the left side cover. The seller had two gas tanks, the original one(but it is rusted pretty bad) and he had purchased a 1977 cj tank off of ebay that is in very good shape but has the orange strip across the bottom of the tank that came standard on the 1977 year model. I would love to swap the 1977 tank for a 1976 tank if anybody has one.

The previous owner said that the bike started and ran with an auxiliary gas tank. First thing I will do is change the oil, plugs and rig an auxiliary gas tank, install a battery and see what happens. I will keep you posted.

I have not decided what I am going to do with the bike and am open to suggestion. I might just clean it up, get it running and sell it on ebay, or restore it and ride it or make a cafe racer out of it.

Did you see the restored 1976 cj 360 that just sold on ebay for $3,100.

What do you suggest.

 

[jungalist]

pretty clean and solid project you've got there, good luck with it!

 

[Sonreir]

Subscribed.

 

[EspressoForYou]

Well, I just completed my first step in starting CJ Project by buying a Clymer manual off of ebay. The first time I used a Clymer was in the late 60's and early 70's when I worked on my Honda qa 50 and sl100. Clymer was the gold standard for repair work before the internet. Funny how it came back into use again.

 

[EspressoForYou]

Video of bike starting for the first time in five years on the third kick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLjeZdQ8ME8

 

[EspressoForYou]

First ride on the bike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY15WFo7w3I

 

[Bromz]

Just seen your thread for the first time. I have a thread on here also doing the same bike. I have stalled on mine been working 6 days a week for I can't remember how long but it is still going well. It has been a lot of fun doing mine and it doesn't seem like that long ago I got mine to fire for the first time. Good luck and I will keep watching!

 

[EspressoForYou]

I have been following your thread. You are much farther ahead of me. My riding buddy is have a 40x60 foot shop built in June so I will have plenty of room to work on the bike then.

I picked up a Yamaha xj 700 last weekend. It has a Pauchago hard tail frame with a raked front end and clear title. I have not decided what I am going to do with the bike. I saw a video of it running last fall but the previous owner removed the motor to paint it and never put it back in the frame. I have too many project going on and I might sell the xj 700 engine and frame or sell the Pauchago frame and front forks. Would make a great start to a hardtail bobber project.