asdfqwer426
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Like the title says, I've had this CB360T for almost a decade. Between starting work after college, having a kid, other life stuff, I just never really had time for it.
This is the summer though!
I got it from my brother in law, he had had it for a few years himself before passing it on to me. He got me into bikes originally and found me my CL350, then I did some work on a CB500T (still ride it, it's the one with the suzuki pistons), and also had a CB360T project that I fixed up and sold over ten years ago now.
Luckily my brother in law had done some work on the engine before he passed it on to me, and after looking it over myself it sure seems to be in good shape. It's a later model from after the recall so no worries there. Over the years I had it, I would occasionally kick it over and check the oil to make sure the engine didn't go to crap.
It's got quite the patina on it, but is otherwise just about all there. I had to buy a replacement front fender (accidentally got the drum model), and just all the usual wear parts. After cleaning the carbs and sorting the electrical, it fires right up at the touch of a button.
Rebuilt the forks with new seals a couple days ago.
I still have some miscellaneous nuts and bolts coming in the mail, as well as some of the tank mounting rubber hardware. Unfortunately the metric section at the local ace hardware is always out, and the selection is poor, so I wait for them in the mail.
Still need to finish the brakes (master cylinder rebuild kit is in the mail), and get some tires.
a week or so ago I attempted to patch my seat cover.
I read around online and wound up cutting a strip of denim to sew in as a backing cloth to keep the new thread from ripping through the old vinyl. Used strong upholstery thread and a curved needle with a ladder stitch to hold it together. unfortunately it had been sitting split for so long that the vinyl was permanently stretched open. It was hard to get the stitching even with the curved needle. Regardless, it seems pretty solid, if not as good looking as I hoped.
I'm waiting a few days for parts in the mail, so there it sits. in the meantime my CL350 had a bad head gasket so I'm working on that this week.
This is the summer though!
I got it from my brother in law, he had had it for a few years himself before passing it on to me. He got me into bikes originally and found me my CL350, then I did some work on a CB500T (still ride it, it's the one with the suzuki pistons), and also had a CB360T project that I fixed up and sold over ten years ago now.
Luckily my brother in law had done some work on the engine before he passed it on to me, and after looking it over myself it sure seems to be in good shape. It's a later model from after the recall so no worries there. Over the years I had it, I would occasionally kick it over and check the oil to make sure the engine didn't go to crap.
It's got quite the patina on it, but is otherwise just about all there. I had to buy a replacement front fender (accidentally got the drum model), and just all the usual wear parts. After cleaning the carbs and sorting the electrical, it fires right up at the touch of a button.
Rebuilt the forks with new seals a couple days ago.
I still have some miscellaneous nuts and bolts coming in the mail, as well as some of the tank mounting rubber hardware. Unfortunately the metric section at the local ace hardware is always out, and the selection is poor, so I wait for them in the mail.
Still need to finish the brakes (master cylinder rebuild kit is in the mail), and get some tires.
a week or so ago I attempted to patch my seat cover.
I read around online and wound up cutting a strip of denim to sew in as a backing cloth to keep the new thread from ripping through the old vinyl. Used strong upholstery thread and a curved needle with a ladder stitch to hold it together. unfortunately it had been sitting split for so long that the vinyl was permanently stretched open. It was hard to get the stitching even with the curved needle. Regardless, it seems pretty solid, if not as good looking as I hoped.
I'm waiting a few days for parts in the mail, so there it sits. in the meantime my CL350 had a bad head gasket so I'm working on that this week.
