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Nice light little CB360 Honda chopper found on the Chop Cult forums.
LIGHT, SKINNY, FAST, GROUND CLEARANCE, HANDLES GOOD, stops good?, dual 18's, does dirt?

I've been wanting to build a CB350/360 attack chopper for years now... this one really gets me excited about it all over again.

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How about this little sucker swiped from the Knucklebuster blog?
(I think it was on the Gypsy run)
I think it's a Honda CM400 (Although I may be wrong.)
Jockey shift, Invader mag and all!
Check the high pipes pointed right at what appears to be a auxiliary gas tank!
It looks like a lot of low-buck, low-horsepower, low weight fun to me.

Obviously I would like some front brakes... as usual... but this one really does look like a good time!

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Nice Honda and XS650 built by Garage company customs.
The apehangers could be a bit tricky for most people, but I have seen experienced riders FLY with apehangers, and I know that I always enjoyed running them in the past.
And I always say that I won't apologize for having fun.
And apehangers are definetley fun.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again:
I will never build or own another CB750.
I have owned about 10 of them and spent about 10 years working on them... and that was more than enough for me.

BUT... having said that... I will never fault anyone for owning or building one themself.
If you can do it, good for you. I like the way they look, and some people can keep them on the road... I cannot.

However... I find that really nicely built CB750 choppers are hard to come by.
Most of them tend to be sloppy long bikes or bike that the owners call "BOBBERS" (which of course they really aren't at all!)

But every once and awhile a nice one shows up.
This is one such bike.

Not to shabby... just get me some better front brakes and we are getting somewhere!

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Nice, clean light Honda CB/CL360 chopper project.
Although I like single carbs on many bikes... I would have to be sure that this one ran good enough to justify it. CB/CL 350's and 360's make fun power with 2 carbs and are not horrifically complicated. But if you take TO much of that power away just to be able to put a single carb on there... I'm not sure I would say it was worth the trade off.
It's certainly going to be easier to work on and maintain post-Apoc however!
LIGHT, LIGHT, LIGHT... SKINNY, FAST, HANDLES GOOD, ground clearance?

Dear Broadus...

(A open response to this post and the video posted below:)
http://atlasflynched.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-son-said-this-reminds-me-of.html





..I cannot believe that you would think that I would be caught DEAD in this Civic wagon........ with that stock steering wheel!
I cannot drive a car on lose surfaces in anger without MY steering wheel... I have transfered said prefered wheel from one Toyota rally truck to another Toyota rally truck, to another.
I also made sure that I had one in my 79 Jeep CJ-7.

May I present the only wheel that ever worked for me:
The Grant Classic


Now, having sorted that out... DUDE!!! I LOVE those wagons!
I have ALWAYS wanted one!
Well... that and a Mazda 323 GTX.

I have had this article for years... I kept this issue of Sport Compact Car set out... I used to read this article several times a week... when I saw this video I realized it had been 2 years since I saw the magazine... I went and dusted it off straight away.
I scanned this in for you and your father to check out... oh... and all you readers can partake also.

Now... Broadus... find me one of those wagons for cheap, OK?

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Doesn't this ultra light CB350 Honda chopper look like a blast to you?
I see countless miles of sliding, jumping, shooting gravel on people, dirt hyjinx, puddle hopping, and general trouble making when I look at this thing.
Light choppers rule.

LIGHT, SKINNY, GROUND CLEARANCE, HANDLES GOOD, fast?, does dirt!

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Clean Honda chopper with some ground clearance issues from Rouser Rob's Rouserworks blog:
http://rouserworks.blogspot.com/
LIGHT, SKINNY, FAST, HANDLES GOOD, needs ground clearance, mid pegs

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Now... I have to tell you that I REALLY don't like CB750's at all.
I've owned about 10 of them and I have never had anything but trouble.
Plus, that motor is way to heavy for my preferences.
And if I see ONE more terrible nasty CB750 longbike that is cobbled together by some guy who really wants a Harley and his CB750 is just a stepping stone... BUT he gets WAY bent out of shape if someone suggests that his Honda is less of a bike than a nicely built, solid, and fully functioning Panhead... I think I am going to puke.
BUT... this one I like. It's about the best one I have seen in a long, long, long time.
Light? FAST, SKINNY, HANDLES GOOD, GROUND CLEARANCE, STOPS GOOD, highpipes, dual 16's

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Simple, clean, light Honda 500.
LIGHT, FAST, SKINNY, GROUND CLEARANCE, HANDLES GOOD, good brakes?, high pipes, mid pegs