Archive for the ‘Motorcycles’ Category

Honda CB Carburetor Rebuild

Sunday, September 21st, 2014

Rebuilding the Keihin CV carburetors on your Honda CB/CJ/CL 360 goes a long way towards making it run like a well oiled machine. With age and lack of use, varnish builds up causing the jets and small passages in the carburetor to become plugged while seals deteriorate causing air and fuel leaks. Disassembling, cleaning, and rebuilding the carburetors […]

Cafe Racer / Brat Design

Wednesday, June 18th, 2014

This is a great article that covers the basic visual styling and layout of a good cafe racer or bratstyle bike. Proper planning and layout is a key step in building a good bike that both performs and flows visually. http://www.bikeexif.com/build-cafe-racer  

Honda CB 360 Battery Relocation for Pod Filters

Monday, February 10th, 2014

The factory location of the battery on the honda cb360 does not provide enough space to fit aftermarket air filers. With the price of factory air boxes increasing and their availability decreasing I set out to relocate my battery to allow aftermarket air filters to be easily installed. While many get around this problem by […]

Honda CB 360 Clutch Stick Fix

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

While building my  Honda CB 360, I ran into to the common clutch pop issue. When the clutch lever is pulled, it will work normally until a pop or release is felt and the clutch and clutch lever will not return. There are two problems that can cause this; a short clutch cable or worn […]