First build CB360, any help will be great!!!!!!!!
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I'm building this bike for easy commuting, the odd motorway run but living in CHCH, NZ the roads are fucked from the earthquakes so theres no issue of going super fast and mental. I managed to get these for a pretty good price for here, would have loved Avon speedmasters or something like a K80, but will ride this as is, happy to take it easy...one day change it up?!
Now the fork brace, how vital is this? I figured I need one as the old guard served as one and now i have a bulkier front end. Without one will I create any damage or is it more that It will just be a sloppy, less rigidity? I was thinking of making one just like below.... tyre tube, or if thats no good then will look at folding up a steeel one etc?
I'm building this bike for easy commuting, the odd motorway run but living in CHCH, NZ the roads are fucked from the earthquakes so theres no issue of going super fast and mental. I managed to get these for a pretty good price for here, would have loved Avon speedmasters or something like a K80, but will ride this as is, happy to take it easy...one day change it up?!
Now the fork brace, how vital is this? I figured I need one as the old guard served as one and now i have a bulkier front end. Without one will I create any damage or is it more that It will just be a sloppy, less rigidity? I was thinking of making one just like below.... tyre tube, or if thats no good then will look at folding up a steeel one etc?
crazypj
Split personality, I fake being smart
Moglix said:
Rubber band is not a fork brace.
I have no idea why that is on there?
Maybe it serves the letter of the law for a mudguard?
It serves no useful purpose
As for creating damage?
Depends if you have potholes and lumpy roads?
Bike will only get a bit scuffed up but you could end up messed up.
People fail to realise that running down a smooth road in a straight line, you don't generally need a fork brace
BUT, if tyre is out of balance, wheel is out of true, you have to make a sudden change of direction to avoid something or, when something goes wrong, the chances of falling down are a lot higher.
Remove rivets from original mudguard mount and and bolt it back on.
I guess I'll get stepdaughter to help me make a quick vid of the difference in fork movements with and without braces
Yeah I meant to do that but somehow lost my front guard through moving house to house etc..
Seems here in nz the local "Ebay" prices for cb 350 and 360 stuff is ^^^^ for what reason i dont know?
I have a friend that works at a steel laser cutters so I could try mock one up? I always figured I'd need one but
just wasn't sure how badly...
Thanks again!
Seems here in nz the local "Ebay" prices for cb 350 and 360 stuff is ^^^^ for what reason i dont know?
I have a friend that works at a steel laser cutters so I could try mock one up? I always figured I'd need one but
just wasn't sure how badly...
Thanks again!
Even the English don't speak much English and Ah Merrycans, or sepos as they are sometimes known in God zone*, speak another language altogether.
Translations:
* God Zone = God's own country = Orr stay lee are
Sepo is slang that I hadn't heard until recently and of course it meant Septic Tank = Yank
Hey. I don't make this stuff up. I just pass it along. But then again they call me a pommie bastard, so what what do I know ;-)
Kiwis are probably more polite than Aussies but they talk so funny.......
Translations:
* God Zone = God's own country = Orr stay lee are
Sepo is slang that I hadn't heard until recently and of course it meant Septic Tank = Yank
Hey. I don't make this stuff up. I just pass it along. But then again they call me a pommie bastard, so what what do I know ;-)
Kiwis are probably more polite than Aussies but they talk so funny.......
I'm going to drop to the gentleman that races cb350/360s from back in the, He's going to tune it , makes some stacks et and we'll see if that fixes it, for now heres some more updated photos, I should take the seat of etc and show the tray and all that, one day.. anyway for now heres a few pics.. I like the speedo mount, pretty minimal so chucked that on.... once finished will take some photos outside, good light...
Yeah when i get it back i will. Also if anyones interested although I live NZ am sure the same would apply to anywhere.
I got the leather free from a furniture maker, just their leftovers/offcuts , they were really helpful, showed me what would age best, wear outside the best etc...
I got the leather free from a furniture maker, just their leftovers/offcuts , they were really helpful, showed me what would age best, wear outside the best etc...
