1976 360CR GP project

Hello john these are some pics of my husky57 i just finished, the motor is a 77cr put in a 76cr frame i had to make the motor mounts.I ran into the same problem you did 2 bolt holes in the motor .I tried different mounts they would fit the motor but not the frame or viceversa luckily i work at a stainless steel shop so i made my own.The swing arm is a 79cr i moved the shock mounts back 2" to get a longer shock on it i might try 1" if this doesn't work but so far so good.The triple tree is 83" 40mm it works great.Is that banana swing arm factory or home made? If homemade what is it made from yr style,angle ect.I can build that.I put a longer set of curnutts on than whats in the pics and my seat hieght is the same as my 77360wr.I call it husky57 cause of all the different yr parts.good luck on your project.
tom

Are those shocks 16" Gas Curnutts? They worked great on my MR250 back in the day. Wish Curnutt was still in business most days

Did you convert steering stem to taper roller bearings or did you setup the trpiles to use tha ball and cone the frame uses. I have 2 sets of 78 triple with taper bearing I was sure could be setup for the ball and cone races

Hello Jim they are 15" gas I replaced them with a set of 15 1/2" gas curnutts with a heavier dual spring set up I'm not as svelt as I was in the day so a little stiffer spring works well for me!As for the triple tree I had steel bushings made for the original top and bottom cone the ID of the bushing is the same as the stem of the 83" trip tree. the bushs are tig welded to the cones other wise they would probably come apart in the stem and that would not be fun to be on at the time.i knocked the bearing and race off the 83"stem cleaned it up greased it well and it went together fine.If you noticed the top bearing holder on the 76" is used here.The 76"stem is larger than the 83" so it just fits over the 83"stem then the locking nut from the 83" the top tube clamp then the top nut.I used the 83" because the handle bar mounts are set back so I can slide the fork tubes up.The bushs are about 1 1/4" long they cost me 100 bucks to have made which i thought was a little steep but when you ride it its worth it.In the mean time i found out a friend from work has a metal lathe so i might see if he can make them if i decide to do this again.

Hey John The front and rear rims and hubs are off an 83" 430 if memory serves me right.I went that way cause i like the look of the sun rims and the bigger brake shoes and i got them for 50 bucks total.I put new shoes on them and i dont no why but when i apply the rear brake it feels like the pedal goes way past where it should then the brack grabs and you can feel the pedal floating so i put the 76" brake hub on the 83"wheel and it works great! I have noticed that the later bikes have a flat bar brake stay so i've made one i haven't put in on yet to try it.I've herd of a floating brake on later models is that what i got with the 83"rims?

tom

The 83 WR wheel you used is not full floating. The CR rear hubs have the full floating brake plate. You can not even swap between hubs because the interface between the hub and brake plate is unique to the hub it mates to

whats the floating brake look like and what does it do?

On the CR hub the liner is above the wall of the hub and the correct brake plate face has a groove that sits over the end of the liner. A center spacer in the plate sits on the wheel bearing to allow clearnce between the end of the liner and the face of the plate groove. This plate is exactly the same as the SLS front backing for the 160mm brake hubs.

On the WR hub, the liner is recessed into the hub and the plate sits flush. The brake plate does not have a lug like the front plate, just a stud for the strap that goes to a bracket on about the midpoint of the swingarm

My backer plate is the same as the one in the pic john just posted of his bike but i used the brake stay of the original bike i made a flat bar stay out of S/S i hope when i put it on it will stop the brake pedal from floating.

tom

Those are neat!

Thanks John very helpful

Tom

John, cr/gp 360 and wr look great. the Moroney's crew will be at Snoop's ride again with our fleet of old Husky's. not sure if Pat is coming. see ya there, Jay

be like school again...always getting your ass kicked

Where is the banana?