antique Honda restoration

i was supposed to pick it up today, but our crappy house had other plans, so i'm getting it this Sunday, i'm not 100% sure, but i'm thinking it is a Honda CB 360, but its missing the pieces on the side that tell what model, and i didn't feel like cleaning off the serial number, any way its a old Honda parallel twin motorcycle that i'm going to restore for me to drive

Fantastic! Post pics when you can. Way back when, I had a '73 CB500, I4 engine. Very cool!

lol id love to have one of the ole honda four cylinder bikes, but im happy with this for the price, im getting it sunday if plans work out, and i got some work lined up mon-wed, so ill have a lil cash to spend on her, id love to have one of the old cb 750 triples lol,

AFAIK, there was never a CB750 in a triple configuration, only the I-4. Originally SOHC and then DOHC.

Doc Sprocket wrote:

AFAIK, there was never a CB750 in a triple configuration, only the I-4. Originally SOHC and then DOHC.

,it might not have been a cb then, lol i just saw one online and it was next to a cb 350f so i think i just thought it was a cb lol....my mind is shot at the moment...had like 2 hours sleep in three days:shock:

good news  picked the bike up today, and it is a 1975 cb360t  has a hydrolic disc brake on the front instead if the drum brake the normal cb 360 had , now for the better news i was asking him about the seat cause it wasn't on it, and he said "well, my old 360 over there does, take a look at it," so i did, and he gave it to me for free, it is a cl 360,  so i got the best deal ive ever come across 2 70's honda motorcycles for $20

richie thomas wrote:

good news  picked the bike up today, and it is a 1975 cb360t  has a hydrolic disc brake on the front instead if the drum brake the normal cb 360 had , now for the better news i was asking him about the seat cause it wasn't on it, and he said "well, my old 360 over there does, take a look at it," so i did, and he gave it to me for free, it is a cl 360,  so i got the best deal ive ever come across 2 70's honda motorcycles for $20

Awesome, will you rip them to bits and use the parts for mower fun? Or will you be boring and restore them

Pics man!

Thunderdivine wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

good news  picked the bike up today, and it is a 1975 cb360t  has a hydrolic disc brake on the front instead if the drum brake the normal cb 360 had , now for the better news i was asking him about the seat cause it wasn't on it, and he said "well, my old 360 over there does, take a look at it," so i did, and he gave it to me for free, it is a cl 360,  so i got the best deal ive ever come across 2 70's honda motorcycles for $20

Awesome, will you rip them to bits and use the parts for mower fun? Or will you be boring and restore them

these are getting restored, the body on one is in a lot better shape than the other, but the motor on one has had the plugs off for almost 20 years so im kinda scared to see whats in it....im going to take both motors apart and try to get the better one and use the other for parts,
doug, ill get pics tomorrow, its dark lol

You had better.

Doug Fackler wrote:

You had better.

i will lol

Hey if you need it i have a factory service manual PDF file on the 500 and i should be able to find one for the 350 also. I can send it to you. If you need any help i can see what i can do, i have been working on the honda CB bikes/motors for several years now.

Nice finds i hope you can get both of them running.

And as for parts, Ebay is your best friend. Honda thinks parts for those things are made out of gold.

goesman wrote:

Hey if you need it i have a factory service manual PDF file on the 500 and i should be able to find one for the 350 also.  I can send it to you.     If you need any help i can see what i can do, i have been working on the honda CB bikes/motors for several years now.

Nice finds i hope you can get both of them running.

thanks man, the green one is a cl 360 and the red one it a cb360t,i have more pictures, but the weather has my internet messing up where it aint letting me upload any more, both of these motors are going to need tearing down as they are both seized at the moment

Here you go

manual for the cb and cl 350 bikes

http://www.mediafire.com/?5f3menxnmzm

And any thing else you may need
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=17788.0

Gotta love the old CL / CB 350/360 twins.

Also a big fan of the CB750 Fours.

You have enough there to build a killer ride, if you can handle the work.

I built this a few years back. Its a 71 Cb750 Four, with a custom hardtail, and stretched downtubes.



Those bikes have a lot of sought after parts. The high pipes on the scrambler (cl) are woth a fortune in good shape.

the cb 360t

the cl 360

Chopperhed wrote:

Gotta love the old CL / CB 350/360 twins.

Also a big fan of the CB750 Fours.

You have enough there to build a killer ride, if you can handle the work.

I built this a few years back. Its a 71 Cb750 Four, with a custom hardtail, and stretched downtubes.



Those bikes have a lot of sought after parts. The high pipes on the scrambler (cl) are woth a fortune in good shape.

that bike is gorgeous man   what parts i dont use on these im going to sell off probably, the guy i got these from also has what looks to be a 750 triple, but im not sure, the pipes on the scrambler aint in the best shape, but all the crome on it is in surprisingly good shape, im looking into making a hardtale bike out of which ever motor i dont use here on the cb360t

The only 750 triples are the kawi 2 stroke and the Yamaha xs 750.

The kawi is a wheelie monster, and the xs is a classic old thumper.

P.S. I have a 70's vintage springer that would be really sweet on a skinny twin.

Chopperhed wrote:

The only 750 triples are the kawi 2 stroke and the Yamaha xs 750.

The kawi is a wheelie monster, and the xs is a classic old thumper.

then this aint a tripel lol i didnt get a close look but it did say honda on the tank,....what you gone do with the springer....

well, im going to use the lights and stuff off both bikes to get the cb360t in good shape as a restoration, the cl has bent forks. however, im going to make a chopper out of the cl, any advice on this chopperhead?, im thinking of trying to keep it woth the shocks for a better ride, i have some ideas on how to do it to, whats yall's ideas on this?

richie thomas wrote:

well, im going to use the lights and stuff off both bikes to get the cb360t in good shape as a restoration, the cl has bent forks. however, im going to make a chopper out of the cl, any advice on this chopperhead?, im thinking of trying to keep it woth the shocks for a better ride, i have some ideas on how to do it to, whats yall's ideas on this?

The frames on these bikes use a strange cradle setup. and they are stamped out of sheet rather than being built up from tubing. any proper frame mods will have to be well thought out.

Successfully chopping one will take some work. You're best bet would be a custom frame built out of tubing.

get on-line and see what the other guys are doing.

A bobber on the other hand, would be pretty simple.