84partybus
New Member
Well, here I am guys.
My quick story... Michigan born and raised, recently moved to metro Detroit, finishing college, built a workshop in my basement so I can actually rebuild a bike over a michigan winter. First bike was a 1966 s90 (really wish i still had it) and used it to trade up to a cb550, ran it for a couple months then let it go to a friend years ago after constant oil leakage problems and poor running (I had few tools then, even fewer mechanically inclined friends, and i lived at my moms, hence: had to go).
Back in September, a Harley riding friend of mine said he had a smaller honda CB in storage he was looking to get rid of... turned out it was a 360, so I did my week of research to find pro/cons. I really missed having something to mess with the past 4 years, I had been playing drums, doing misc artwork projects, and even worked on a racing lawnmower for a summer (Throttle got stuck on full open on a neighborhood test once, that's another story in itself
so I was genuinely missing having something old with a carb to tinker with. Went out a to see the bike and it it was far from good condition... missing half the exhaust, carbs laying around, every component dented/broken/mismatched/missing, but it rolled, and motor wasn't seized. He let me have it for 100bucks after some talking. I didnt really care if everything was shot, as long as the essentials were there.
Here is how it sat the next morning.
I could go into all the details of whats wrong, but i'll save that for a build thread. Tore it down a month later, cleaned everything up, and with the help of POR15 it's now sitting as a cafe roller with a motor currently in the works (hit a snag trying to find a replacement cam chain guide).
I have plenty of other pic's to show the progress and processes, but what do you think so far?
My quick story... Michigan born and raised, recently moved to metro Detroit, finishing college, built a workshop in my basement so I can actually rebuild a bike over a michigan winter. First bike was a 1966 s90 (really wish i still had it) and used it to trade up to a cb550, ran it for a couple months then let it go to a friend years ago after constant oil leakage problems and poor running (I had few tools then, even fewer mechanically inclined friends, and i lived at my moms, hence: had to go).
Back in September, a Harley riding friend of mine said he had a smaller honda CB in storage he was looking to get rid of... turned out it was a 360, so I did my week of research to find pro/cons. I really missed having something to mess with the past 4 years, I had been playing drums, doing misc artwork projects, and even worked on a racing lawnmower for a summer (Throttle got stuck on full open on a neighborhood test once, that's another story in itself
so I was genuinely missing having something old with a carb to tinker with. Went out a to see the bike and it it was far from good condition... missing half the exhaust, carbs laying around, every component dented/broken/mismatched/missing, but it rolled, and motor wasn't seized. He let me have it for 100bucks after some talking. I didnt really care if everything was shot, as long as the essentials were there.Here is how it sat the next morning.
I could go into all the details of whats wrong, but i'll save that for a build thread. Tore it down a month later, cleaned everything up, and with the help of POR15 it's now sitting as a cafe roller with a motor currently in the works (hit a snag trying to find a replacement cam chain guide).
I have plenty of other pic's to show the progress and processes, but what do you think so far?
