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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ruSTynutz on July 31, 2022, 04:23:28 PM
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I've noticed that many of our members have previously owned a CX so thought they may enjoy the following YouTube video...
https://youtu.be/OLXyYwwkNlI
I previously owned a CX500EC and I loved that bike...unfortunately after close to 30 years of ownership and due to lack of space and with no money to restore it I sadly sold it for a song. It hadn't run for many years due to some electrical fault and years stored in a garden shed had really deteriorated the alloy and chrome and the frame had a fair bit of surface rust. But it was complete and the bodywork was still in great condition.
A friend of a friend ended up buying it and carted it on the back of ute all the way to Townsville...
The last I heard was he did get it running but he was the type of guy who would have sold it on so have no idea where it is now... :-[
(https://i.ibb.co/Jz3x0h2/Russell-his-CX-outside-Parliament-House-Canberra-1988.jpg)
RuSTynutz and his first love...in front of Parliament House, Canberra 1988.
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The EC model certainly was a class act.
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Can we have a show of hands from past and present CX500 / CX650 owners?
Mine was a dark blue 1979 CX500C (Custom), low front saddle, narrow rear (Helen didn't like it - proves the saying every cloud has a silver lining), very small tank (12.5 litres), terrible range.
(https://i.ibb.co/jH0j9Jg/1024px-Honda-cx500-1981-blue-rhs.jpg)
(None of my own pics, this one from the web.)
There's a swag of 'em on BikeSales.com at the moment, including a coupla CX500 Turbos, one of which seems to be very reasonably priced.
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Sounds like the voice of Allen Millyard.
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> very small tank (12.5 litres), terrible range.
At least the EC had a decent size tank...19 litres if my memory serves me correctly... :thumbs
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I too have owned a few CX's. The first was a 'B' model shadow in the mid '90s, and several in the last ten years. I still have an old (and passed) mates last CX, an '81 Shadow with a cyclestyle Shadow fairing, for which I have also own the mold. I also have an '81 GL 500 Silverwing Interstate, which is a sort of full dress CX custom with a different tank, seat, and sidecovers, built on an EC frame. It has done just 2450 miles from new.
Edit: I am a member of a couple of CX forums, where my ST is usually referred to as the 'Double 650'. The parentage is obvious, after all.
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... an '81 GL 500 Silverwing Interstate, which is a sort of full dress CX custom with a different tank, seat, and sidecovers, built on an EC frame. It has done just 2450 miles from new.
Nice!
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(https://imghostr.net/images/2022/08/01/08c36b839c3bd59a6bb250a842cbdd58.md.jpg) (https://imghostr.net/image/fD9rB)
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I had a CX 500 Sports, it had a air adjustable mono shock at the rear and air adjustable front shocks, it was a nice machine and went fairly well, the high ground clearance enabled it to be leaned over quite a way when cornering. I had it from the mid ‘80s until 2003. Wish I still owned it!
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Gotta love the electrician's flex conduit on the front of the Siverwing's bars. Wiring for the sound system?
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Gotta love the electrician's flex conduit on the front of the Siverwing's bars. Wiring for the sound system?
For the CB Biggles.
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Can we have a show of hands from past and present CX500 / CX650 owners?
Mine was a dark blue 1979 CX500C (Custom), low front saddle, narrow rear (Helen didn't like it - proves the saying every cloud has a silver lining), very small tank (12.5 litres), terrible range.
There's a swag of 'em on BikeSales.com at the moment, including a coupla CX500 Turbos, one of which seems to be very reasonably priced.
Yours would have looked like this then Michael. One I did for my son, then sold when he decided a more modern 250 was the better option for learning on (he was probably right, too)
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Nice looking unit, although I liked the blue.
Mmmm ..... perhaps we could have a CX500 section.
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I had an 1984 model of this one . . . Mine was RED!
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/Honda/honda_cx500_euro_83.html (https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/Honda/honda_cx500_euro_83.html)
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I'm about to take delivery of a CX500 Turbo.
OK, it's a Tamiya 1:6 scale kit, but that counts, right? :rofl :rofl ;-*
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I'm about to take delivery of a CX500 Turbo.
OK, it's a Tamiya 1:6 scale kit, but that counts, right? :rofl :rofl ;-*
If it's this one, probably does count ...
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224656677810?hash=item344e94dbb2:g:wwAAAOSwJMNhcfQV (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224656677810?hash=item344e94dbb2:g:wwAAAOSwJMNhcfQV)
... otherwise, no!
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I can't even afford the time to look at these:
https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1982-honda-cx500tcc-turbo/OAG-AD-20354745/?Cr=5 (https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1982-honda-cx500tcc-turbo/OAG-AD-20354745/?Cr=5)
https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1982-honda-cx500tcc-turbo/SSE-AD-7510954/?Cr=6 (https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1982-honda-cx500tcc-turbo/SSE-AD-7510954/?Cr=6)
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I have put those up on the CX forum, Michael. Thanks.
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I'm about to take delivery of a CX500 Turbo.
OK, it's a Tamiya 1:6 scale kit, but that counts, right? :rofl :rofl ;-*
Reckon I had that one back in '82. Long gone now though...