Oh boy, has this project been turned up on it's head. I'll try to keep this brief:
My original plan was to use the CBR swingarm/monoshock and keep the original CB bicycle wheels. I hadn't seen it done, and thought it would be a cool compromise. This bike won't see a track, and probably <500 miles annually, so I wasn't very concerned with the drawbacks of the OE wheels. The wheel would fit in the swingarm fine, but needed some spacers and a few new ideas for the brake.
Spacers - no problem
Brake - sort of a problem
I experimented with adapting the CBR brake caliper to the CB wheel and neither of them liked it. I threw around the idea of making a custom hanger for the CB brake but kept running out of room. I checked Ebay to see the original CB hangers aren't that sought after, so I got the hacksaw out (Honda purists look away now... if there are any left in this thread ;D)
Aside from making a new art-deco paperweight, I removed enough material to fit the hanger and get the wheel mounted. It definitely looks sketchy, but I believe there was enough material there to anchor the brake since the hanger has a built in spacer. I think it would have worked, but either better judgement (oh no, am I getting old?) or just my propensity to change my mind; I decided to scrap the first idea and jump to plan B. To be fair, I did warn you on page 1.
Pros of keeping original wheels:
1. Different from all the hipster conversions
2. Symmetry
3. ??
Pros of converting to modern wheels:
1. More/better tire options
2. More/better brake options
3. Handling
4. Shiny
5. Finally doing something I always wanted to but was too broke/intimidated (YOLO?)