Topic: CB360T Chopper

[Motoguy23]

Bought a CB360T the other day and I originally thought I would just replace the coil and ride it all rat.  But a friend of mine convinced me to make a mini chopper. 

So as of right now.  I've lowerd the rear end and need to make some solid struts.  My friend gave me an old sportster tank and I chopped the exhaust and going to put on a cocktail shaker type muffler on there and wrap the headers in black exhaust wrap.  I'm also going to rake the front and put on longer forks and eliminate the front brake.  I also put on different bars.

[DaytonGuy]

Nice looking bike so far....

BTW, is that a cast iron pan/pot you have there collecting oil?  I think when they say put oil in the cast iron to season it, they are talking about crisco...not motor oil.....

J/K...  I can't wait to see what you do with the bike.

[The_Crippler]

That's what I thought, too until I looked at the pan closer.   

[Zaipai]

Question, what do you have to do (if anything) to rake out the front forks? Would longer forks from another bike just bolt on?

[Motoguy23]

To rake the front end you need to cut the neck not all the way through, and bend it to where you want it.  Then you have to fabricate some plates and weld them in to take up the space you just created. 

You also have to take into acount the height of the rear end.  If you just rake your bike, your frame will be tilted at a downward angle so you have to lower the rear as well to keep the frame level.

And as for the longer forks, I'm sure there are some that bold right on because I also have a 1972 cb500 that was a chopper when I bought it with forks that were about six inches longer than stock.  I'm not sure if there is a kit for that or if it is off another bike.

[Zaipai]

To rake the front end you need to cut the neck not all the way through, and bend it to where you want it.  Then you have to fabricate some plates and weld them in to take up the space you just created. 

You also have to take into acount the height of the rear end.  If you just rake your bike, your frame will be tilted at a downward angle so you have to lower the rear as well to keep the frame level.

And as for the longer forks, I'm sure there are some that bold right on because I also have a 1972 cb500 that was a chopper when I bought it with forks that were about six inches longer than stock.  I'm not sure if there is a kit for that or if it is off another bike.

Oh, well that's all pretty much beyond my abilities. Perhaps if I can get my hands on another bike I can tinker with. I have an old 81 VT750 that is really just a parts bike my brother gave me and I really like the forks on it, however they are much longer then the stock ones on my CB550 so based on what you said, I will just leave well enough alone for now. thanks for the info tho..