Project Checkbook; Chris' Small Project

I got a lot done over the weekend, though I’m nowhere near where I should be. I welded on some plates to cap of the rear. This should add some strength back in. I also moulded it in and smoothed them out. It isn’t perfect. I didn’t take the time to do so because it will be covered with the seat. At some point, I have to call it good enough.

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Here is the side view of the same thing. You can see where I smoothed it out getting it ready for powdercoat.

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Here is the underside of the seat pan. Again, I could have gone crazy here and made it perfect, but thai should be good enough.

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While I had the welded out, I welded up the spine

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Here is the underside of the seat pan. Again, I could have gone crazy here and made it perfect, but thai should be good enough.

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I also welded the neck. I have no idea why Honda didn’t weld this round. I did, and it should be much stronger this way.

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chrisf said:
You guys have seen my work and my attention to detail; the way I design and engineer. So you basically know the type of product I could turn out. The question is: will the market bear these prices? If not, I'm not going to bother and will just make the single aluminum seat for the CB360. If these prices are reasonable, I will consider making these seats on a limited basis. So far, I know the seat will fit the CB360 and the CB350.

I look forward to your responses.

--Thanks, Chris
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Hey Chris,
Sorry about the server fuck up.. Seems like when there are many people posting to the same thread at the same time, (see how popular this build is), it seems to get confused..
Anyhow, Tintin is looking into this along with a few other issues that we are hoping there are some patches for!!..
REgarding your seat.. It looks amazing... I think however, ( and I could be wrong), you might have a bigger market if you made it to fit a cb750... ( also more competition)
That being said, Im seeing more and more cb360s coming out in the market place, more than ever.. So mabe thats an untapped market for ya!!..
 
I’m a little afraid the kickstand will interfere with the rear control. I could have moved it, but that would be a major operation. Instead, I lopped off 2” or so. There should be enough surface area to hold the bike up. Based on my rough trial of of, there should be more than enough room.

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Some tank/fork love. I will just weld a 1/8” or so bead on the fork stop. Doing so will give me ½” clearance.

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Handlebars from the top. Like I said elsewhere, these are cool bars, but could really use some more drop.

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Close-up from the front.

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From afar

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I then set about modifying the brake lever. The CB360 used a way over-engineered pivot to pull the brake rod. It also has a nice mechanism for pulling the brake light switch. For this reason, I kept it. First, I had to figure out the motion ratio—God I hold I got this right.

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Then I gut the lever down, sanded off the plating and welded in a bung. This was tapped to ¼-28. A rod end will be bolted to this.

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So next up is finishing off the wooden buck I started for the aluminum seat. Once I’m reasonably sure this will work, I’ll tear it down and send it off to powdercoat. While it’s at powdercoat, I’ll fabricate the seat. I’ll also have the tires pulled and clean up the wheels, then have the new tires put back on.

Comments and concerns are always welcome!

--Chris
 
Chris - for drop on the bars you need to rotate them down - sorry if I'm making a dumb-ass stating the obvious comment ;)

It may change the angle a bit of course. Splurge on some adjustable Tommaselli clubmans and you can make them go whereever you want.
 
Hi:

I thought about that. If I do that though, the tops will point to the sky. It may look alright once the headlight is on.

To be honest, I should have bought the eBay ones with the fishmouth/TIG welding or the Builtwells. Live and learn.

--Chris
 
This is getting out of control. Hopefully, third times a charm...

I made some progress on the seat buck last night. What you're going to see is actually the second seat I made. I think this one will work much better. But first, I bought a tabletop sanding station last night. I cannot afford the really nice tools, so it is a Hitachi unit. So far, Hitachi had been an increadible value. I have a few of their tools now and none of them have let me down. This was a great buy and I really wish I would have bought this sooner. My se7en, namely, would have benefited from it. I cannot say enough good things about it. Next to my Milwaukee grinder, this thing is the bee's knees.

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