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now this is MY kind of CX500
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:27 pm
by jmillheiser
click me to see the CX500
a CX500 that competes in vintage racing. From what I read on the CX500 forum this guy finished 3rd in this race, was only beat by a pair of literbikes.
Definately gives me a few ideas for my bike
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:37 pm
by Britjoe
its all about the rider ...and yep changing the style of a CX is a great IDEA. back in the UK we used to call them MAGGOTS, basicly cause you would never see one in nice condition cause they allways had Hundreds of MILES on the clocks and they were a DISPATCH riders work horse, the turbo version was called a plastic maggot.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:07 pm
by camthepyro
What kind of bike do you have britjoe? And that CX500 is sweet.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:36 pm
by Britjoe
I got a couple a 1985 SUzuki GS1150 with modern 17inch wheels and Upside down forks.
and a 1998 GIXER 750 Streetfighter with a 2002 GSXR 1000 Motor
renthal bars and a unatural habbit of wanting its front wheel off the tarmac.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:44 pm
by camthepyro
The gixxer is sweet. I want to do something like that eventually, maybe for my next bike. Do you have a blog, or anything documenting what you did to it?
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:04 pm
by Britjoe
yeah look at my posts, theres kinda a blog of what I did and how on here.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:59 pm
by camthepyro
Wait, where? You don't have a blog (or if you do I can't find it).
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:21 am
by jmillheiser
Definately makes me want to follow through with my plans to turn my CX into either a cafe racer or street fighter (or more likely some combo of the two)
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 10:20 am
by Britjoe
Just plan ahead, Measure twice CUt once, have a IDEA of how you want the machine to look like, and have some resourses, tools, cash, and a place to work.
Re: now this is MY kind of CX500
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 2:54 pm
by High_Side
jmillheiser wrote:a CX500 that competes in vintage racing. From what I read on the CX500 forum this guy finished 3rd in this race, was only beat by a pair of literbikes.
Yep. A pair of squids on GL1000s
Seriously that would be fun if you were competing with similar bikes. The CX was SLOW even in it's day, so there weren't too many bikes out there of comparable performance..... Still one of my favorite engine layouts however. Thats my twisted side showing through......