Month: August 2008

This is the bike in its current state.  With new tank paint. Next I have to find some side covers since the bike was missing them when I bought it.  They will be painted the match the tank.

OK so I guess I lied. I can't seem to leave the bike alone. Last night I just finished up painting the tank. I went with a semi-flat black for a nice stealthy look.  After the paint is good and dry I will follow it up with a mild polish

Here is the mostly finished product.  Its running tip top but I still have some small things to fix and then its time to repaint. I think I will go with semi-flat black.

Well the bike is back together and running. I cut the engine restore work short because I came to realize it was a project best left for the winter months. I replaced the coil and coil wires and also the engine gaskets. I still need an oil seal for the

I got my new coils and started on reassembly after a trip to a few parts stores. I am going to hook up a relay between the battery and my coils so that I can get a full 12v to the coils. This is a simple concept. Just use the

Today I ordered 2 new Dyna Coils and a new starter solenoid. I also took the right side crank case cover off to replace the gasket and install the new stainless Allen head bolts.  While I was in there I cleaned everything up really good and inspected the clutch. Everything

I started paint work on the engine tonight. Instead of polishing the entire head cover I decided to paint it black to match the engine and only polish the breather cover, valve caps and points cover. This will flow a lot better when the head and sleeves are painted to

Last week I splurged on a blast cabinet and 50 pounds of garnet abrasive. I was a little worried it may be to harsh for the aluminum I wanted to use it on but it seems to be OK. I started pulling the engine on the cycle apart which had

I have started this blog to keep track of the on going cycle project. I am not too good with keeping anything up to date including blogs but we'll see how it goes. Early last summer I purchased a 1975 Honda CB360T on eBay. When I went to pick up