I guess we decided to take apart the tires next on this rebuild. They looked “ok” from the outside but internally they were a rust mess. Going to clean them up, sand off the rust and then paint black. Going to be ordering new tires soon as this will be our first big purchase for this make over. Not sure the engine works but we are getting tires. That is what I call faith.
Posts tagged cb360
Honda Cb360 Frame Primer
A couple coats of primer have been put on the frame of the cb360. Still not sure what color we are going to do but leaning towards a silver frame, black engine and blue tank and accents.
CB360 Paint Striping
Finished grinding the tank, air filter covers, and chain guard this weekend. It has a rough finish that we kind of like. Debating if we buff it down to get a smooth finish or go with the scratched look which might look real cool with the paint job. Probable going with a silver frame, black engine, and dark purple metallic for the tank and accents…
The difference is stunning.
Check out the difference
Grinding the Frame (Video)
Took the day off today to do some projects around the house and this was one of them. It has been in the woods for many years so taking all the paint off and grinding down the rust. Don’t ask me what color it will be because that is my son’s departments.
CB360 : Motor out
Well that was trickier than I thought it should be, but my youngest and I got the motor out. We are still not sure this motor will work or not. When I got the carborator off a good amount of old gas exited on the floor. The whole garage and into the house has a nice smell now.
What I have learned thus far is that you should invest in a nice set of tools. I have already busted three pieces of my new set of $10 sockets. Cheap in tools means just that, cheap.
CB 360 tear down commences
Started to get serious about the tear down of our 1974 Honda cb360. With the kids helping we have screws and parts everywhere. Here are some shots of the battery cavity and the air filters.
Motorcycle Repair Diary #3
Gas Tank Off and seat up
Next on the list was to get the gas tank cleaned out. Because we don’t have the key and the cap is locked I had to disconnect the tank from underneath. The tank is only connected to the bike via the exit valve on the bottom and the seat holds it down on the top.
I unscrewed the whole mechanism from the tank and immediately gas started to run out the bottom. and it was black and sludge ridden. I emptied as much as I could in a milk jug as I swished the remaining gas around in the tank. I will need to get the cap release to flush it out more.
The valve that is inside the tank. It was pretty sludge ridden.
gas tank off until we can find a key and clean the tank out.
Motorcycle Repair Diary #2
Elliot taking off the back seat
Alright we got it home and off the truck and it is one beautiful motorcycle. That is if you like moss on your seat, pine needles everywhere, frozen front break, engine that doesn’t turn over, foot shifter missing, back wheel locked up, flat and a bit dried out tires, gas that has been sitting in the tank for 10 years, back rest that is falling off, windshield broken, mirrors missing, rusted roll bar and tire rims, battery that is dead, spark plugs gunked up, throttle that stuck and missing side engine cap. Oh yes we also don’t have a key or a title!
Do you think that will detour us? Well yes it will, but we are determined to get this beast on the road. First things first we gave it a good cleaning. It had a nice dried out back pack still strapped to the seat that we removed along with the back rest, mirrors, and windshield. The boys took a long time washing it, taking out the pine needles and using sos pads to rub off the rust on the roll bar.
It is looking real nice. If you think a piece of unusable metal in a garage looks nice.
Motorcycle Repair Diary #1
There was a six foot pine tree growing up behind the muffler
Sit back and relax as I let you in on a story that will be developed over the coming year. This is a motorcycle that was once owned by my father in law Bill Priebe in the early 80′s. Christy and her sister remember riding on the back of this 1974 Honda Cb360 with their father on sunny afternoon. He was to completely rebuild the engine and do several modifications on it before it exchanging hands several times over the next almost 30 years.
Last winter he spotted the bike in the back yard of a former work colleague and inquired about it because he had one just like it. Wouldn’t you know, it was the same exact bike. The story is still vague, because Bill can’t tell stories without laughing and going down some rabbit trail. The friend told him last winter that he could have it back.
He also made the mistake of letting me and the kids know about his new-found treasure. I am not sure he really wanted the ride back but on a pleasant valley Sunday Mark (my brother-in-law) went by the house and picked it up. It was buried in about a foot of pine needles and both wheels were completely locked up so movement was fairly hard. It being 95 degrees and me still in my Sunday church clothes did not help any.
Like a trophy deer on the wall so was this bike in the truck
The goal is to get the motorcycle back up and running by next spring. We could bring it into the shop and have it done much quicker, but there is no fun in that. With Bill as the foreman and Mark, myself and my boys as the worker bees we have it in my garage to see what we can make of it.
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