That may have very well been my bike. The only new bike I ever owned bought at Honda East in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1974. The most beautiful and sweetest bike I ever owned. I babied that thing like it was a kid. If memory serves me, The front turn signals were double filament bulbs and became running lights when the headlight was on, I added crash bars and a luggage rack with sissy bar. Beautiful bike you got there take good care of her as I see you are and be safe.
Had that exact bike in the mid 70s. Very reliable, never let me down. Use to take my girlfriend with me to Banff from Calgary. It had a hard time keeping up with the speed limit on the hills, but could go all day with a couple of tanks of gas. Great little bike, still wish I had it.
So nice to take a spin out in the country. I fished one out a cancl as a towtruck driver and 30 days later I bought it for $75,00 and drove it for ovwer a year. Than sold it. A nouhter wish I still had it today at 70 years old.
When I was only 16 I got. Honda 360 cb. It was my only vehicle for 2 years before I bought a truck. Like the mailman.. I rode it rain, sleet, dead of night lol. Itvwas peppy enough to pass on the freeway.. yet light enough to take on dirt roads and easy off rode trails even. I have since graduated to a custom bobber.. but I have nothing but love and affection for that little 360.. really wish I still had it.. thanks for the memories.
My first motorcycle almost 50 yrs ago was a CB360. I sold it a couple years later when valvetrain got noisy and adjustments didn't help. I worked on a friend's CL360 a few years ago and it, too, had noisy top end. I learned recently that there was a cam chain tensioner recall on those motorcycles. I wish I had one again.
Sweet ride. I owned the same model, orange/red color, bought new in 1974. I kept it for 4 years and traded up. Had many a great multi-day trips on it in the US Northeast. I will say it let me down stranded on a multiday tour. Blew one of the valves, for some reason. In retrospect, I wish I would have gotten a new CB750 instead.
I had a CL360 for my first bike. It was cared for from the past owner and learned how to ride with it. I had it for couple of years, then sold it to my Dad. He enjoyed it for another couple of years and sold it to our neighbor. It just keeps going.......I like your bike and wish I had it back......Glad it is up and running. Good job, M.S.
After working on these older motorcycles for the past 10+ years I've developed an appreciation for how expensive they can be to repair. Besides, 50 mph on a small displacement motorcycle feels plenty fast to me. Thanks for watching!
I found one that was identical (except had straighter pipes) in Visalia. It had been under a tarp in a garage untouched since 1975. It had a little over 800mi on it. The guy needed to get outta town and all I had was $50....I got the bike
Nice looking 360! I cheaped out on my rebuild with rattle can aluminum engine paint and it is already showing some wear. I am amazed at all the original parts that are still in excellent condition. Agreed that the 360 carburetors are a pain to get running right :D
Thanks! I've been very happy with the bare aluminum sealed with Shark Hide on this engine. It's easy to reapply as well. This one was done several years ago and still looks pretty good.
I worked on a CL360 a few years back for my friend. Not that I'm a professional mechanic but I put in a new clutch and cleaned filter basket, points, & carb work. I had a hard time with one cylinder slightly misfiring at idle- pfft...pfft,pffft..... it turned out to be that one carburetor needed the throttle opened slightly more at idle speed- synchronized. My first motorcycle almost 50 yrs ago was a CB360. I wish I had one now.
cafes are coming out en force right now, mine included. i think everyone finished their builds during 'lockdown' or whatever. hope to see you out there, love 360s for the disc, and the 6th overdrive. the T is for touring!
The solid state reg/rec units make a huge difference. They've gotten so affordable over the years that it seems silly not to switch over. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful bike, I had a CB250G5 in Ilex green as my first bike in 1977. I now have an early CB360 in Candy Orange, it's an American import with 4500 miles on the clock. Unfortunately I had to rebuild the engine twice, once due to the piston rings seized in the grooves and the second time due to oil starvation problems causing the camshaft and bearing faces to be ruined. It's back together now, just waiting to get the tank and side panels coming back from the painters in Ilex Green.
Candy orange is one of my favorites. The CB360s do have a top end oil starvation issue at high RPMs as you've discovered. There are a few fixes. One of them is documented here: www.dotheton.com/index.php?threads/cb360-oil-system-modification.43545/ I haven't done this mod myself so I can't speak to its success or amount of improvement gained but it might be worth looking into if the issue persists.
@@michaelsams450 The reason for my top end problem was a small bearing in the right hand side clutch casing had been lost when the casing had been powder coated. That caused a lack of oil pressure and severe damage. The seized piston rings were caused by the bike being off the road for many years, it still had the original tyres from 1973, needless to say they have been replaced!
wow, what a beauty! You are fortunate. I had only one motorcycle in my life and this was it in a light blue version. I just ran it into the ground because I had to leave the state for a job and was not a mechanic, sad. I also let a green/white basic VW van,1978, go for similar reasons a few years later. Wish I had them both still, but stupid is as stupid does, whatever, pffft.
This was the first bike I installed a voltmeter on. I got stranded about an hour from home when a loose connection prevented the battery from charging. Since then I've installed one of these on just about every bike I've owned. It's a cheap mod that brings great peace of mind.
@@dannymotovlogs4254 The simplest setup I've found it to wire the voltmeter into the switched power (solid black wire on older Hondas) and ground (solid green on older Hondas). You can find access to both in the headlight bucket. I usually make splitters/pigtails out of scraps of wire and the appropriate bullet connectors. The accuracy of these cheap voltmeters can vary and there will be some voltage drop between the battery and the voltmeter due to all of the connections in the circuit. You can check the voltage at the battery with a multimeter and compare it to what the voltmeter reads and that will give you a reference point for what the battery voltage actually is when you're riding.
I actually just picked up this color 1974 CB360 yesterday w/ 90%+ of the parts included. Everything is in good or great shape, needs assembly. Any advice?
The first thing I do with any "new" bike project is to print out the parts fiche/schematics from a site like CMSNL. That way you can note which parts are missing or damaged as you're going. It makes searching for and ordering parts much easier. Other than that get yourself a manual. The original Honda service manuals are best if you can find them. Many are available in PDF form on forums as well. Good luck.
I have the same bike I am trying to put back together that the po was making it a cafe racer. Is there a way I can get some closeup pics of the headlight holder and the rear fender under the seat. I believe I am missing parts.
Sure. Do you have build thread on a forum that I could post them to? If not I might be able to create a shared album on Imgur. If you haven't already make sure you check on the parts diagrams as well on cmsnl.com or just about any Honda dealer site. They will breakdown exactly what parts make up each section of the bike.
Not sure if this will help, but your right side carb is missing a welch plug that covers the throttle shaft. Could cause a lean condition. Maybe it runs fine, just thought I would let ya know. Super cool bike!
You're right, in fact I just went out and checked the bike and the left side carb is missing it as well. Not sure how it would have happened, or when it happened for that matter. This bike has always had a slight popping issue on hard deceleration not matter how much tuning I did. Maybe this has been the issue. I'll do some digging and see what I can find for a suitable replacement. Thanks for pointing it out.
@@michaelsams450 The only reason I noticed is because it happened to my 1970 CB 350 on one carb. Mine ran perfect after plugging the air leak. Hope it solves your issue! Oh, and I used a brass rivet that is the same size as the hole, and just tapped it gently in with a small hammer. Good as new for .89 cents!
@@bestbuds333 I found a plug assortment kit online that looks like it has the correct size. This bike has already been put up for the winter so I won't know if the popping issue is solved until the spring. Thanks again for spotting that, I've owned this bike for over 8 years and never noticed they were missing.
@@michaelsams450 the popping MIGHT be normal . when you close the throttle.... vacuum spikes... and it draws in extra fuel once that fuel hits the hot exhaust.... (especially if their is ANY air leaks in the exhaust)..... it can give you the "pop poppa-dop-pops"
@@kainhall I think you're probably right about the popping coming from an exhaust leak. Everything on the intake side has either been repeatedly checked and/or replaced, sealed, etc. I can reduce the popping by using the clutch to lessen the engine braking. It's most noticeable when decelerating down hills when the engine braking is more pronounced.
7:50 how did you rig up that charging indicator? ya just hook it right to BATT + and -?? . also..... where can i find a little display like that? . thats a pretty "trick" way of doing it.... almost looks factory
I just made some pigtails and plugged it into the black (positive in Honda wiring) and green (ground in Honda wiring) circuits in the headlight bucket. That way it is only powered on when the key is in the "on" position. I purchased the volt meters on Amazon. Just search "digital voltmeter". Make sure you get a water resistant version.
I had this same bike except for the orange color. I got it when I was younger but the engine had locked up hard from the previous owner and was basically shot although it did run (Horribly).
I had one. One year-17000km, some trips (tour de Corse/ warmly recommended, Alps). I had bought it cause twin and nice look. But was an iron...weak engine, weak brakes, poor comfort from saddle, approximative handling... I sold it and bought a XT500, he he he he....😎
When I purchased the bike the PO had been running some junk foam filters which caused the bike to run poorly, and very lean. I'm guessing that combined with improper tuning caused the discoloration. I had to replace one of the headers because the original was damaged which is why they are unevenly discolored.
@@michaelsams450 thanks for responding. they sure got hot! My 69 cb350 (traded in my 65 cb160 ) never blued..I think they had pipe in pipe headers. I had a Vetter (the short lived model that looked like a 60's road race fairing) on it and it was a fairly good tourer. THe engine started wearing out at 30K,though. Thanks for the tip on engine finishes
@@dennisgreene5055 You are correct on the double-walled headers. Which means they sure did get hot at some point. That bike lived a hard life before I got my hands on it. There was evidence of a prior engine rebuild due to some kind of ring/piston failure when I rebuild it.
