Yet another new guy here

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jrswanson1

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Good day,

I just picked up a 1974 CL360 this weekend with the intent of doing the cafe thing. but it's in such nice shape already, I'm not sure if I still want to do that. Since everyone likes pics,

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Not a lot of rust on the chrome, it shouldn't be hard to restore. She runs, she stops, she's a plate and a couple of cables and tires from being completely road worthy.
 
Hey man! Clean ride.

I bought mine with the same intentions but the more I looked, the less I could find a CL360 in the same condition (or even parts for that matter). I am just going through, making it my own but making sure I could always revert back to stock if I ever needed to.

Keep us updated!
 
Very nice bike. I say cut it up too... The smaller Honda motorcycles especially the 350 360 models are a dime a dozen. The 350 is actually the most selling motorcycle ever produced. I think out of the last 150 motorcycles I've bought about 12-15 of them were Honda 350's and I buy everything not just Hondas or a certain type of bike.. They are far too common to accept anything less than museum quality from keeping you from stepping into the cafe world... Really if you're unsure if you'll like it there are ways of still making a really nice cafe without any permanent modifications. Just keep all the original parts and convert it back if you want. A little tip though is a lot of the original parts will sell for decent amount of money and you can usually fund your cafe parts by selling the ones you take off, not completely but at least partially.. Just food for thought.

Welcome to the forum.
 
Hi Cherrysun. Make sure that you say hello in your own introduction thread. Make sure everyone knows your here. :)
 
instead of worrying about "cutting it up" "customizing" or any other "making it your own" cliches, why not make it work, then do things that make it better.
More of a slow evolution that is easier to manage and helps you learn rather then get overwhelmed and end up with a bike in a box add on CL.

Personally I would make a kick ass street scrambler out of it....play to strengths and dont be a sheep
 
surffly said:
instead of worrying about "cutting it up" "customizing" or any other "making it your own" cliches, why not make it work, then do things that make it better.
More of a slow evolution that is easier to manage and helps you learn rather then get overwhelmed and end up with a bike in a box add on CL.

Personally I would make a kick ass street scrambler out of it....play to strengths and dont be a sheep
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This is my third Honda project. I'm still working on an 83 Magna V45 and an 85 Nighthawk 700S. The Magna I got the engine running again, I'm getting the brakes and clutch working, which is an adventure. The Nighthawk runs, I'm using it as a commuter bike. She'll need new clutch plates soon. Both 80s bikes have rust everywhere, more than the Scrambler does. And all three need their paint redone. The Scrambler will get fully restored, although I won't be putting the original cable back on the rear brake. Anything else I do to it won't be permanent.
 
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