CMC Bike Tours: Caleb's 1975 CL360 K1 Scrambler

[@blancolirio]

Great points! The original Honda engineers knew what they were doing, keep it stock.

[@Teeim]

Came for the Honda scrambler. Stayed for the scrubbies. 🧽

[@josephcurry4891]

I think its nice to hear people advocate for keeping this stuff stock. I like custom bikes but it's a bummer looking for old cb's and seeing a lot of hacked up half assed builds.

[@mkruk2]

The advice of keeping stock stuff is something everyone needs to take the heart. When working on my CB360 in the "cafe racer" phase, I binned a lot of perfectly usable parts. Years later when I changed the theme back to stock, I cursed at how much money I was spending on ebay for the same parts that I tossed!

[@OtherDalfite]

Not only are you rebuying parts, they unfortunately are of lower quality. I had to replace the gas tank cap gasket on my ninja 250 (they don't sell the gasket separately, you have to buy a whole new assembly) and the new assembly was visibly much less sturdy to someone trying to break in.

[@tommyhollier671]

I had one just like it in the seventies it was gold and black and I drove that thing all through Western North Carolina Tennessee Northern Georgia through the mountain kick ass little bike

[@Palumyelos]

GET ONE AGAIN....

[@udaypothakamury6315]

Nice bike Caleb. Also a big thank you to everyone at Common Motor Collective for the wonderful instructional videos. I am making a list of parts for my CB450 and will be ordering them from you awesome folks.

[@Common-motor]

Glad to help!

[@reaper20015]

Looks so much better with the black seat. Very nice bike.

[@rickmarcotte2386]

Thanks for sharing this video! My first bike was a used 1969 CL 360 Scrambler which I bought in 1975. It served me well!

[@alistairshaw3206]

Nice bike, Caleb. I'm rebuilding a CB360 at the moment, but I'm doing mine standard. Got a lot of bits from Common Motor.

[@KamieNJim]

Alistair Shaw Me too!

[@Common-motor]

Sounds great! Like I said I'll DEFINITELY be doing my 450 more standard. Send us a photo when you get it all put together!

[@Palumyelos]

YOU ROCK AMIGO...COOL BIKE!

[@grimfig]

Very inspiring! Been loving all the parts from CMC. Struggling to get it started, but it’s coming together. Thank you CMC!

[@Quatra05]

Thats a killer bike dude 🤙

[@upfactoryracing4148]

Yes sir pretty clean! I like the latest rebuild, the wrapped pipes look cool. I too am rebuilding a 74 CB360 and i am going with the cafe racer look and have quite a lot of parts from Common Motor to throw on. Happy Building!

[@Common-motor]

Right on! Good luck! Send us a photo when you're riding it.

[@upfactoryracing4148]

@@Common-motor will do!

[@jamesdaple9951]

Nice job!!

[@martincayer8486]

Hey Caleb, Great job on the bike, looks awesome! Keep up the good work ! Just wondering where you got the seat? It looks amazing!

[@californiamonster8877]

amazing summary i rebuilt 3 times as well and feel the exact same way. just nuts and bolts. dripped a circlip in one time...that was a pita. will look into vintage 1000 for sure my 360 is ready.

[@Common-motor]

haha oh yes, I had just gotten my top end back together when I blew a hole through the piston... and definitely do! Heard awesome things about it.

[@mabarbe9545]

Asking myself what exhaust to put on my "new" cj 360... Think it's done, thanks!

[@Misfit-from-Zanti]

I've had several of these.. I used to call them Fonzie bikes. Heeey 👍

[@otcantu]

Old video but hopefully you see this, I recently picked up a 75 cb360t. Do you think the stock manifolds and mufflers from a cl360 would fit easily to a cb360? I know Id have to bolt it on or do some light welding but im looking to know space wise if its worth while. Thank you and I appreciate the work you guys do. This is my first bike, was not running when I picked it up but I got it going. Need to figure out the left cylinder, and replace a load of parts but Im optimistic about it

[@brandibredeway5074]

Your bike is awesome, Caleb! I just picked up my first motorcycle, a '75 CL360, too! I'm slowly picking up parts to create more of a cafe racer style, and just picked up some Shinko244s - wondering where your rims are from, and what size they are? You did a really nice job, and thank you for the video!

[@Common-motor]

Thanks Brandi! I actually have the factory 18" CL360 rims on the bike, I just painted them black a few years ago. Message our support over at common-motor.com if you need any help during your build!

[@daveco1270]

Cool bike. I can't believe you cut out all of the bullet connectors and soldered all the connection. Glad you realized that was a bad move. I didn't realize you could blow a whole in a cylinder by being too lean. That's scary, I better double check my spark plugs and make sure they look healthy. Must have been extremely lean to do that kind of damage. Common-motor, you should have chased down the person who said they have a Sunbeam so you could do a video about that bike. I know it's not a Honda CB, but those are cool motorcycles. Honestly, I think they said Zundapp (not Sunbeam) which is also a cool vintage bike.

[@Common-motor]

Oh yes it was a bad move for sure! I just enjoy making it impossible to work on my bike apparently. Jetting too lean is definitely catastrophic I would always stay on the rich side of things as barely edging towards that line especially the first time re-jetting. They are cool! He stopped and talked to me about it but it was his childhood bike he didn't still have the zundapp.

[@rumrunnersden4359]

Great bike Caleb! Is the seat a little thinner than stock? I have a CL350 k5. Looking at that seat but hoping it’s a bit leaner than the stock seat. Also, I can’t make up my mind. Shinko tires like those (I would need a 2.75 up front because I’m on a 19) or the heidenau scramblers? Thanks for your time!

[@Common-motor]

I have an aftermarket texavina seat on this CL360 versus a stock that does have a slightly thinner profile. Shinkos can be good but I gotta say after a few months the 244's rode absolutely awful when I had them on mostly because of the offroad tread pattern. Parts of the knobs broke off and left them slanted, causing it to ride incredibly bumpy. I much prefer the golden boy shinkos for basic off road use. The heidenaus are fantastic if you are mostly riding on road.

[@senimorybbob]

Did you get your original seat pan reupholstered? Looking to do the same on my cb350.

[@fusioncat1967]

I’m thinking of taking my chainguard off. You have any issues with it off?

[@AaronStrumpel]

Love those smaller side covers - where'd you get those?

[@Common-motor]

Those are just the stock air filters that have the badges glued to them instead!

[@AaronStrumpel]

@@Common-motor i dig the look!

[@ProjectKennyB]

I'm building a CL360 right now... My wireing was shot and I'm doing a minimal cafe harness from scratch. Mind doing a video on pros-cons of running a kick start only bike without a battery for those of us toying with the idea of doing a battery delete?

[@Common-motor]

Hey kenneth, you actually need to run some sort of battery in the 360's but theres definitely an option of running kickstart only bike with a significantly smaller battery. We do have a video comparing the pros and cons of the different types of batteries you could run though: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWiki6iImtiihc0

[@thewarmfuzzies]

I love everything about this bike! Great work! I'm in the process of rebuilding my dad's '72 cb350 and I love your handlebars on your bike. What kind are they? Thanks!

[@Common-motor]

They’re just a basic steel scrambler handlebar I bought a few years ago off amazon actually when my stock ones broke.

[@nicolecoppinger1166]

Looks great. What tires do you have on the bike?

[@sorrygtfo]

If you don't mind me asking, what was the cost of everything, including the original craigslist bike and upgrades/repairs? Thanks

[@Common-motor]

I bought the motorcycle off craigslist for $1700(too much from what I know now). As for the budget haha I'm not sure, I spent too much going through several iterations to what it is now and redid a-lot of the bad "custom" products I had bought when I first got it. I thinking nowadays I could probably build the same motorcycle for no more than 3,500 if I found a good starting motorcycle.

[@Knak123]

I love the look. Which seat did you use? Custom made or bought somewhere?

[@Common-motor]

I bought it from Texavina actually! Only place we’ve found that sells seats that hook up with the stock hinge.

[@akcorbel]

Awesome bike! Quick question from a noob to bike mechanics but are you able to switch a standard muffler that goes under the bike to having it run up and along the side? Like you have going on with this bike?

[@Common-motor]

Its going to depend on whether or not the high scrambler style pipes are made for your motorcycle. Either that or finding someone to make a custom set. Its all about the actual pipes though and not the mufflers though for that.

[@geoffreyjones2000]

I do have an original used exhaust that I purchased a few years ago... in Maryland

[@thomasjamo961]

Nice, vid Caleb. Curious...how many miles do you have with the scrubbies in the mufflers?

[@Common-motor]

Probably somewhere around 2,000 with these mufflers/scrubby combo. Was out of commission for awhile when I blew that hole through my piston haha.

[@chadhoffman1102]

Nice bikcaleb! My cb360 wears alot of cm parts! Did you make the seat? I've been after a similar look while retaining factory mounting.

[@Common-motor]

I tried making a seat! Haha didn’t turn out great. This one is a seat made by texavina. They make replacements that mount in like the factory ones. Searched hard to find them because I wanted one that mounted on the factory hinges too.

[@ticosandoval]

@@Common-motor Texavina is great! They build nice replacements, and mount up solid to the stock hardware. Their seat pans are a little "soft" with regard to the metal in my opinion, but overall, a great option when the stock seatpan is unusable, or you want to have a custom cover. I just had one made for my CB175.

[@chadhoffman1102]

I'll have to check em out.!! Thanks.

[@SORMC_GHOST]

What kind of rear shocks are those. I'm building a CL/CB 350 Scrambler

[@Common-motor]

Those are our heavy duty rear shocks that we make. Check them out, I have them linked in the description.

[@chrisaguilar7582]

Do u still have this bike ?

[@elliepersian7792]

Great video! Where did you source the rear rack?

[@Common-motor]

I picked it up at mid Ohio last year for $15!

[@syedal-gadrie1783]

G'day Caleb. Cool bike. What tires you got on there mate? Building 75 cb360 as a scrambler currently. Cheers.

[@Common-motor]

I'm running shinko 244 dual sports already. At the time it was the only aggressive knobbier I could find that'd fit my bike and budget.

[@syedal-gadrie1783]

Thanks heaps for the reply mate. Bloody champion. Which size in the shinko 244 buddy?

[@Common-motor]

3.00x18 in the front and 3.5 x 18 in the back!

[@stockton350]

I've got the same mufflers on my cl350 and would like to mellow out the sound a bit. How do you put the wire pads on there? Just shove em in?

[@Common-motor]

Just put 1 in each through the front. Since these mufflers have a baffle in there it holds the wire pad in. Just make sure you use a Stainless Steel Kitchen scrubbing pad. It has thicker wire that will stay inside your mufflers and the stainless steel will not rust.

[@BAMyint-ef2sx]

@@Common-motor Cool, thanks. What happened when you put in more than one scrubby?

[@stephenroughton2792]

Where’d you get the seat ?

[@jacobweibel2912]

what is the difference between a CB360 and a CL360? What do the CB/CL stand for?

[@alexblocher7596]

Yo what are those boots you got on though?

[@Knak123]

One more question: which luggage rack are you using? Where did you get it from? Thanks a lot

[@Common-motor]

That rack is a $15 STEAL I found at a swap meet. Most the people I know that have a rack on their bikes seem to have acquired a used one in a similar circumstance.

[@humblefloat]

What’s the weight? After your improvements

[@SpencerSpicy]

Mind sharing where you got that seat from?

[@Common-motor]

Of course, I bought the seat form Texavina

[@SpencerSpicy]

@@Common-motor rad thank you!

[@celestialman2938]

Can you guys do a vid on the cm400c?

[@Common-motor]

We only support the CB175/CB200/CB350/CB360/CB450/CB500T/CB500F and CB550 currently. If we had one here maybe!

[@frankiebarkovic7623]

Where did you get those turn signals?

[@Common-motor]

They're the supernovas from revival cycles if I remember right but its been a few years since I bought them.

[@senimorybbob]

Where can I find those blinkers??

[@Common-motor]

I bought them back in the day from revival! I'm not sure if they still carry them

[@johnhenryhanson6998]

Where did you get the seat cover?

[@Common-motor]

It's actually a whole replacement seat from a company called texavina. Love their seats!

[@OllieTheTamale]

Hey caleb, What are the tires you put on?

[@Common-motor]

I'm running shinko 244 dual sports already. At the time it was the only aggressive knobbier I could find that'd fit my bike and budget.

[@jims41]

the link for the gauges don’t match the ones on your bike

[@Common-motor]

Hey Jim, when I uploaded the video we were out of stock of our black speedos and tachs. Just got them back in. www.common-motor.com/honda-black-tachometer www.common-motor.com/honda-black-speedometer If you want to order the black speedo with built in indicator lights like I have message our support team on the website. We don't have it fully listed can order you one.

[@jims41]

Common Motor Collective sorry for the late reply, the reason i noticed is i’m looking for a speedo with the indicator lights. I building a Frankenstein 450. I started with a cb 450 motor I bought off craigslist will keep purchasing and refurbishing parts craigslist and ebay until I have a whole bike.

[@passthataxe]

Riding in the rain with no front fender sucks.

[@scottw550]

Some Hacker Kid in his mother's basement should swap FOX-NEWS and the CNN channels one night.