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My Former Pride & Joy
« on: March 20, 2020, 08:16:00 PM »
I thought I'd start a thread where members could share photos of their former pride & joy...and no, I'm not referring to former wives or girlfriends but your previously owned motorcycles"... :whistle

I'll kick things off with a few pics of my trusty ol' 1982 Honda CX500EC...purchased brand new from Geoff Taylor Motorcycles in Dandenong for $3,152...


Ahh, the good ol' days before tourism took over...Not a boardwalk or fenced off area in sight...  :runyay
I think this may have been Australia Day long weekend, 1987 or thereabouts...Damn alzheimer's!!! :-[




I believe this was taken in 1988...I was in Canberra for the Happy Birthday Australia Rally, me thinks...
Can you imagine parking your bike there nowadays?
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Although I was a keen rallyist back in those days, I kept my CX in mint condition...



This was the start of my love for Vee engine motorcycles...


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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2020, 08:39:23 PM »
Veery noice.
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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2020, 08:46:32 PM »
Thanks Shillas!  :beer


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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2020, 09:02:05 PM »
One day I still hope to have a CX500
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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2020, 09:10:47 PM »
Beautiful  :like. Was that the turbo version?
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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2020, 12:21:37 AM »
Hey Jd, no, it was just a stock CX500EC with an aftermarket turbo style fairing fitted.
I got the fairing from a company in Queensland...I can't remember their name.

I did a few mods after fitting it like making an aluminium dash to which I then fitted a radio cassette player.  :thumb
I also fitted aftermarket wing mirrors sourced from a local car accessory shop.

I fitted a Givi topbox with mounting brackets for a Kawasaki GPZ600 as Givi didn't make any to suit the CX...
I just had to fashion a few extra brackets to mount it solidly. I then swapped out the rear blinkers with (I think) Kawasaki KL250 trail bike units.

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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2020, 07:19:59 AM »
In the very early days I owned a little 1969 Yamaha AS-1, a 125cc twin road bike. (no photos)   I did one camping trip on this to Burra, and sold it when I discovered girls and that a car was much more compatible with that discovery.     In the mid 1970's I owned a 1948 BSA M21, a 600cc single side valve thumper.   It was a lot of fun, and I would love to have it in the shed again.  (I can't find any photos)



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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2020, 08:05:28 AM »
Thanks for that, Pete... :thumbs

That's the trouble with the good ol' days and having to buy & have film developed, the lack of photos. :'(
I had that issue with my home built sidecar, I think I only have one or two pics and they were taken before I'd completely finished it.
Hmm, perhaps I'll dig a photo of it out and post it up...

By the way, I really like the styling of the XJR...just a shame it didn't come with shaft drive... :grin
Still, I reckon if I was after a "naked" bike that would've have been high on my list.


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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2020, 11:11:02 AM »
Wow. Love that CX. My last bike pre-kids was a black CX. Not my favourite by looks (I would have gone for for a white or a red one) but it was a great little baby tourer. It took Ruth and I on a trip from Brisbane to Rocky and back with surprising ease. Sadly no photo.
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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2020, 11:51:19 AM »
Thanks Steve!  :thumbs
Was yours one of the original "Maggots"?
Like you said, the CX made a great baby tourer. I remember dealers sprouting that they'd cruise all day at 140kph.
Personally, I reckon it was revving too hard at those speeds, 120-130kph was a bit more realistic...


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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2020, 12:17:52 PM »
By the way, I really like the styling of the XJR...just a shame it didn't come with shaft drive... :grin


The Yamaha XJ900 "Diversion" was a 900cc transverse air cooled four, with a shaft drive, and was high on my list.   However it had just gone out of production, and I prefered the traditional naked look for the XJR.
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« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2020, 12:25:42 PM »
Thanks Steve!  :thumbs
Was yours one of the original "Maggots"?
Like you said, the CX made a great baby tourer. I remember dealers sprouting that they'd cruise all day at 140kph.
Personally, I reckon it was revving too hard at those speeds, 120-130kph was a bit more realistic...

Yep. And in black it wasn’t particularly pretty, but it was good on the highway. My ST is all over it in the handling department though. From memory it was doing about 5k rpm at 100km/h. Which was better than my CB400NB’s 6k rpm, but I much prefer the 3.5k of the ST.
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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2020, 01:41:41 PM »
The Yamaha XJ900 "Diversion" was a 900cc transverse air cooled four, with a shaft drive, and was high on my list.   However it had just gone out of production, and I prefered the traditional naked look for the XJR.

Hey Pete, I'm actually pretty familiar with the XJ, my brother had the earlier XJ900, (I think it was a 1983 model?) so I got to ride that a fair bit.
Also, when I was bikeless I hired an XJ Diversion a few times just to get my motorcycling "fix"..lol.


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« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2020, 01:55:14 PM »
Yep. And in black it wasn’t particularly pretty, but it was good on the highway. My ST is all over it in the handling department though. From memory it was doing about 5k rpm at 100km/h. Which was better than my CB400NB’s 6k rpm, but I much prefer the 3.5k of the ST.

I think mine was pulling around 5500rpm at 100 clicks...although, being a V2 it never really sounded that busy.
I think the gearing was a bit different to the old maggot which may account for the difference...  8)


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« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2020, 01:59:51 PM »
I've been going down memory lane with my box of old photos so I may scan & post a few more later...
In the meantime she who must be obeyed is nagging me to make a trip down to Bunnings so "duty" calls... :grin
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« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2020, 02:03:27 PM »
I've been going down memory lane with my box of old photos so I may scan & post a few more later...
In the meantime she who must be obeyed is nagging me to make a trip down to Bunnings so "duty" calls... :grin
I'll be back!
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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2020, 02:33:52 PM »



I'll kick things off with a few pics of my trusty ol' 1982 Honda CX500EC...purchased brand new from Geoff Taylor Motorcycles in Dandenong for $3,152...


The CX was quite a pricey bike, and a solid step above my own pride and joy. The CB400 Super Hawk was the only bike I bought new. $1831.  Strange how we remember these numbers.

The farkle list ran to a bikini fairing and bar-end mirrors.  It was indeed a pretty bike, and it was responsible for catching my would-be wife. She met and fell in love with the bike parked outside first. The she walked inside and met the super-dapper pilot with a full head of dark hair (sigh) and a fonz jacket and she was done for  :crackup.



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Re: My Former Pride & Joy
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2020, 04:42:20 PM »
Veery noice.

Plus 1 from here.

One day I still hope to have a CX500

I had a CX500 Custom in the early 90's, it was a good bike at the time, but I don't want to re-visit the past.

... Was that the turbo version?

A local Honda franchise, BV Motorcycles & Mowers in Montmerency, had a brand new CX500 Turbo sitting on display through to the 90's, not for sale, just display.  The story was, the owner brought two, the one on display (with zero km), the other still in a crate.

Wonder where they are now?
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« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2020, 05:09:44 PM »
Started my road biking career with a CB500/4, then 750/4 before moving up market to a Yamaha XS750D (at $2200 on road).
 
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« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2020, 05:17:26 PM »
I knew a guy with one of those (XS750), and later on my housemate had an XS850. He let me ride it a couple of times. It had an awesome low down gruff growling feel to it. Nearly lost my wife-to-be off the back when I decided it would be fun to open it up. Her feet came up off the rear pegs up to about level with my waist, I closed the throttle and thankfully her legs dropped back down into place. We were both just a tad shaken!
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« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2020, 05:31:03 PM »
Started my road biking career with a CB500/4, then 750/4 before moving up market to a Yamaha XS750D (at $2200 on road).

My road biking career commenced in 1976 on a blue '75 CB400/4 with 10,000km for $1,000.  It was a good bike at the time (Two Wheels bike of the year in '75).   Jeffrey Honda in Ringwood had one a few years back, took it for a ride whilst getting tyres fitted on the ST1300.  It confirmed how good the ST is, and like the CX500, I have no interest in revisiting the past.   

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« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2020, 05:41:16 PM »
The CX was quite a pricey bike, and a solid step above my own pride and joy. The CB400 Super Hawk was the only bike I bought new. $1831.  Strange how we remember these numbers.

The farkle list ran to a bikini fairing and bar-end mirrors.  It was indeed a pretty bike, and it was responsible for catching my would-be wife. She met and fell in love with the bike parked outside first. The she walked inside and met the super-dapper pilot with a full head of dark hair (sigh) and a fonz jacket and she was done for  :crackup.



It was quite a good looking bike...as was the CX Sports...well, in my opinion anyhow. :thumbsup
And yes, it was fairly pricey...I remember at the time I half considered a Kawasaki GT750 which wasn't much more. The Honda won out though because I really wanted water cooling, something easy to work on as well as shaft drive. At the time there weren't many water cooled bikes around...

I must admit, I would've liked a larger engine but at the end of the day, the CX did the job and never let me down.
It was also simple enough for a mug like me to service...especially with the screw and lock nut tappets...in fact I did all the servicing from new except for the first service which was free.
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« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2020, 05:48:48 PM »
Yes, the XS was a good thing in it's day but don't want another one.
Sold the XS to buy a Ford Escort RS2000 (don't want another one of them either) and later bought s/h Ducati Pantah, went trail bikes for a while then Honda FT500 (still have it), ST1100, Honda NX650, Royal Enfield classic 500 and to my present CF Moto 650TK.
 
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« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2020, 05:52:01 PM »
A local Honda franchise, BV Motorcycles & Mowers in Montmerency, had a brand new CX500 Turbo sitting on display through to the 90's, not for sale, just display.  The story was, the owner brought two, the one on display (with zero km), the other still in a crate.

Wonder where they are now?

I wouldn't have said no to one back in it's day.  :thumb
They copped a bit of flack as they were a bit of a slug off boost but, for the sort of riding they were designed for, I believe they were a very nice bike.


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« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2020, 06:23:16 PM »
Just a few more pics of my CX... :grin

That's it, I promise.... :thumb


Geez, those were the days...I've stacked on a wee bit of weight since then... :rofl


Early morning at Howqua...it was a touch freshl!


Somewhere between Hawker & Wilpena Pound, me thinks...


Remember when just about every bike sported a Gearsack?


My CX after I fitted a 2 into 1 exhaust...I also fitted 2 small tail-lights on the topbox...


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