Szumer
New Member
Hey guys,
I've been using the DTT forum as a source of information (and inspiration!) for a while now, I figured its about time that I start putting down some thoughts and pictures as I work on my own project bike.
I've got a 1975 CB360T that I 'built' back in high school after a family trip down to Lexington Ohio left me head over heels for vintage motorcycles and all things cafe racer… I fell in love with the little CB and did my best to build it into my vision at that time of what a cafe racer ought to be, mostly trying to replicate the vintage race bikes that I had seen during our trips over the border. Admittedly, at the time I had next to zero experience with a wrench, let alone the patience to do a complete overhaul on a machine, so the build left a lot to be desired to say the least! Still, it was a lot of fun and turned out to be a real head turner around town, running me back and forth to school and even taking over its own parking space behind my girlfriends parents house! Sadly, after high school the worn out old CB got shelved and all but forgotten while life moved on...
Recently, that same girl who let me park my obnoxious old cafe racer on her parents patio (though now my wife) and I bought our first home together, which happens to have a little workshop where I can play with my toys… its far from pretty, but its a great start. Needless to say, the wheels got turning and I decided that the time had finally come to build the old CB into the machine that I dreamed about all those years ago.
I figured there was no better place to bounce ideas off of other vintage bike addicts, and no better way to document my build than to put them out there for everyone to see!
I've been using the DTT forum as a source of information (and inspiration!) for a while now, I figured its about time that I start putting down some thoughts and pictures as I work on my own project bike.
I've got a 1975 CB360T that I 'built' back in high school after a family trip down to Lexington Ohio left me head over heels for vintage motorcycles and all things cafe racer… I fell in love with the little CB and did my best to build it into my vision at that time of what a cafe racer ought to be, mostly trying to replicate the vintage race bikes that I had seen during our trips over the border. Admittedly, at the time I had next to zero experience with a wrench, let alone the patience to do a complete overhaul on a machine, so the build left a lot to be desired to say the least! Still, it was a lot of fun and turned out to be a real head turner around town, running me back and forth to school and even taking over its own parking space behind my girlfriends parents house! Sadly, after high school the worn out old CB got shelved and all but forgotten while life moved on...
Recently, that same girl who let me park my obnoxious old cafe racer on her parents patio (though now my wife) and I bought our first home together, which happens to have a little workshop where I can play with my toys… its far from pretty, but its a great start. Needless to say, the wheels got turning and I decided that the time had finally come to build the old CB into the machine that I dreamed about all those years ago.
I figured there was no better place to bounce ideas off of other vintage bike addicts, and no better way to document my build than to put them out there for everyone to see!