Restomodding a 74 CL360

I run into the same problems I have 4 bikes in pieces right now ....Just gotta try and keep a clean work area ( which is not as easy as it sounds)
 
jrswanson1 said:
I'm also having issues pulling the battery box out. It appears that some electrical parts are directly attached to the battery box. However, the parts won't come off the box. I put a question on Honda V-Twins and got a link to the fiche, but it doesn't show how those parts are attached. Either that or I'm not seeing it.
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Disconnect block connectors, remove air boxes, take out three 6mm bolts (10mm head) and lift it up from under seat
You can then (maybe) undo the screws holding regulator and rectifier to battery box
 
crazypj said:
Disconnect block connectors, remove air boxes, take out three 6mm bolts (10mm head) and lift it up from under seat
You can then (maybe) undo the screws holding regulator and rectifier to battery box
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I did get the bolts out, I already pulled the air boxen, but when I pull the box out, the wires attached to the regulator and rectifier prevent further extraction. I'm going to replace both with a single R/R at some point, but I don't want to cut wires, either. I'll look again to see where the screws are. Thanks for telling me what those parts are.

ETA Hmm, that sounded like I was irritated. Sorry about that.
 
When pulling the carb set out, it helps if you take all of the fuel lines off first. I got the carbs out, and I got the battery box out. The diaphragms on both carbs have tears in them, and the right carb was stuck which is part of why it wasn't working. I need to order two more diaphragms and I need to remember where I put the screws for the float bowls. Thanks to some emergency dental work, I'm strapped for cash for another week and a half, so I'm going to have to put off buying any new parts and sending off the carbs.

Also, how do I get the mufflers off? I pulled the heat shields and the bolts holding the mufflers to the frame, but they aren't budging off of the pipes. Am I missing a step?
 
How she's looking now.

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What? The mufflers should be welded onto the pipes. If you want them off, you'll need to cut them off with a cut off tool. Are you talking about getting the pipes off? There is really only 2 bolts that hold the pipes on + the 4 nuts on the head.

If you are cutting off your mufflers or even replacing them, be sure to address that when you are getting you carb work done. Pod filters + modded exhaust + stock carbs = very unhappy bike. It will not run properly.
 
Yeah, I'm getting PJ to mod my carbs. Since the mid-range is going to be fat with the new jetting, longer mufflers should offset that. Or so I'm lead to believe.
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Also, I thought the mufflers were slip ons, at least that's what I was told.
 
I need to get back on track with this bike. The wife got laid off last month, the weather has been crazy, so I haven't touched the bike since I cleaned the carbs.

Speaking of barbecues, when I cleaned the carbs, the brass floats turned black. I'm going to try to get them back to brass, but in the mean time, does anyone have a source for new ones?
 
Yay, it's snowing. I took the day off to do some reloading and thought I should do something with the seat. I got the seat cover and foam off, and the steel part of the seat is pretty busted up. There's cracks in the metal, it's bent, and at this point I'm about to pitch it. The padding is in great condition, though. Not sure what to do now. I'm sending the tank and side panels to be media blasted and primered soon.
 
No media blasting, aircraft gel was used to get the paint off. I spent an hour gelling and removing paint on just the tank :o Next time I do this I'll get better gloves, the cheap nitrile gloves from Harbor Freight don't last long and the gel burns if you don't get it off right away. My "pristine" tank has quite a few small dents in it and several small spots of rust. I'm going to primer it tonight and then try the side panels. The tank's original green was under the blue, I'm hoping the side panels are the same color. I'm leaving the mufflers alone for now.
 
I sprayed on some sandable primer on the tank, let it dry over night, then sanded and resprayed primer on it. I decided to paint the tank and side panels yellow since the original green looks too much like Kawasaki's green and the orange is hideous. I'm picking up some finer grit sand paper and smoothing out the lumps of primer on the outside, clean it up with some prep and a tack cloth, and paint the tank tonight. This weekend I'm going to tackle the side panels and get the rust spots off of the frame. That's the plan anyways.
 
Plans suck. I took the seat and stripped the paint off of it. LOTS of rust on that. I'm hitting that up with a grinder attachment to my drill and getting the hard core stuff off, then the smaller stuff is getting the dremel treatment. This was originally an Arizona bike, how did so much rust get on the seat panel? Even under the padding! The tank itself was pretty rust free, there's three dents in it. I'm not going to pop those out. I'm going to strip the side panels and get them prepped tomorrow, and start the painting process for the tank, side panels, and the seat.

ETA I found this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-CB360T-CB360-T-CL360-cafe-racer-seat-metal-pan-/400316507739?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d34b9265b&vxp=mtr on eBay, that may do the trick if I can't square away the current seat.
 
The frame looks 90% better now that the spots of rust are gone. The hoop needs cleaning up and painting, but that's for another day. The tank has a second coat of green, my fuel-proof clear coat is on its way, and I'm now looking for foam to cover the seat until I buy the new one. I'm ordering the proper throttle cables as the ones I got don't work with my bike. I may be trading my Nighthawk for an 82 CX500, we'll see about that later.
 
The clear coat arrived today, and I'm at work. The guy with the CX500 is coming by tonight so we can see about a possible swap. I need to clean up the Nighthawk a bit before he gets to the house. And apparently, someone cut our back porch's screen door in half with a saw. Who carries a saw with them? Anywho, I'll see if I can clear coat the tank tonight.
 
The first coat of clear is on the tank. I'm going to do a little 600 grit sanding to get the pollen off, then another coat of clear. The tank should be good to go by tomorrow afternoon, so I'll be posting a few pictures then. If I can leave work early enough, I'll snag some 40-grit sand paper and finish getting the old paint off of the side panels. I might pick up some regular clear coat, too.

On a side note, the guy with the CX500 is coming by either tonight or tomorrow to swap his bike for my Nighthawk. Both bikes are fully operational, but his is cosmetically better than mine. That's my next project. I might be selling my 83 Magna next month.
 
It's shiny even if you have orange peel.
You can probably flat it back with 1500 grit and clearcoat to get things 'perfect'
 
Well, it's on the bike now, so that makes it a little easier to sand, since my bench is covered in reloading gear and AR parts. The carbs are back in for now, I hooked up the fuel lines and put in-line fuel filters on both of them. No gas right now, I'll be picking that up tonight. I think I'm getting some Kydex and making side panels while I undo the mess I made with the stock panels. I put the mounting stuff back on the seat panel so it doesn't get lost. Once I get the fuel going, I'm going to try to start her up. The starter was making a screeching noise the last time I tried it. I have the same problem with my Magna, it seems the starter needs rebuilding. Or I could just delete it.
 
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