I picked up this cl360 from a co-worker about a year ago. It's actually my wifes bike but prior to getting it she hadn't ridden in years and when she hopped on to take it for a spin around the yard she ended up dumping it in the grass, no major damage except a bent shift lever. Ever since that day it has been sitting in the yard exposed to the elements because I didnt have a garage to store it in and tarps dont help much.
Here's the bike when we first got it
Well, now i have a small 12x24 garage and decided to get started on making some changes to the bike. get rid of all the excess festoonery and cafe it out. So the other day I rolled her old ass up into the garage and started the teardown. It started simple enough, swap out the old motocross style bars for some clubmans. Little did I know what I was starting, all of the electrical is running through the bars and had to be disconnected from inside the headlight bucket. WTF, is all this wiring really necessary? No it isn't and I added simplify and rewire the bike onto the project list.
sitting in the elements has taken it's toll on the shiney parts.
deconstruction
testing the bar fit , got em in black because in this salty air chrome is my nemesis ..aluminum is even worse
I plan on building a fg seat pan, built fg sub enclosures before so it shouldnt be too difficult. I'll also french the brakelights into the rear cone of the seat pan.
I think i decided that since I'm going to do this I may as well do it right and take it all the way down to the frame, repaint everything, rewire, and just rebuild the whole damn bike from the frame up. so much for just swappin out the bars, cleaning up some rust and changing the seat
So now I have some questions.
1. is it possible to get rid of the rust and save the finish on those shocks? if so what would be the best way to go about removing it?
2. the entire top of the engine is oxidized, i want to clean it up and either repaint it or have it powder coated but i'm not so sure i want to tear the engine down to do all that. I'll probably have to anyway but any other suggestions on how best to go about it?
3. the push/pull throttle, I want to replace the old controls with simple single levers clutch, brake and throttle which means ditching the dual cable for a single cable, any issues with doing so?
the plan is to simplify as much as possible it'll be kick start only and luckily where i live johnny law isnt too concerned with bikes so the only electrical i need is headlight, brake light and gauges for myself. I realize this is a simple HD diagram but the same wiring should apply
Here's the bike when we first got it
Well, now i have a small 12x24 garage and decided to get started on making some changes to the bike. get rid of all the excess festoonery and cafe it out. So the other day I rolled her old ass up into the garage and started the teardown. It started simple enough, swap out the old motocross style bars for some clubmans. Little did I know what I was starting, all of the electrical is running through the bars and had to be disconnected from inside the headlight bucket. WTF, is all this wiring really necessary? No it isn't and I added simplify and rewire the bike onto the project list.
sitting in the elements has taken it's toll on the shiney parts.
deconstruction
testing the bar fit , got em in black because in this salty air chrome is my nemesis ..aluminum is even worse
I plan on building a fg seat pan, built fg sub enclosures before so it shouldnt be too difficult. I'll also french the brakelights into the rear cone of the seat pan.
I think i decided that since I'm going to do this I may as well do it right and take it all the way down to the frame, repaint everything, rewire, and just rebuild the whole damn bike from the frame up. so much for just swappin out the bars, cleaning up some rust and changing the seat
So now I have some questions.
1. is it possible to get rid of the rust and save the finish on those shocks? if so what would be the best way to go about removing it?
2. the entire top of the engine is oxidized, i want to clean it up and either repaint it or have it powder coated but i'm not so sure i want to tear the engine down to do all that. I'll probably have to anyway but any other suggestions on how best to go about it?
3. the push/pull throttle, I want to replace the old controls with simple single levers clutch, brake and throttle which means ditching the dual cable for a single cable, any issues with doing so?
the plan is to simplify as much as possible it'll be kick start only and luckily where i live johnny law isnt too concerned with bikes so the only electrical i need is headlight, brake light and gauges for myself. I realize this is a simple HD diagram but the same wiring should apply
Can't wait to see what you do with this!
