New Rider!

[The Flying V*]

Hello fellow adventure riders!
I just joined and wanted to show off some shots of my sweet new ride! sorry about the quality there cell snaps
I hope this is the right thread..





~Bumbl bee

[GB]

Moved it to the Road Warriors forum.. welcome aboard

[The Flying V*]

thanks for the assist Gadget Boy, all I need now are some engine guards. going to take her out for a spin on some flat ground tomorrow!!

[Dranrab Luap]

Welcome to the forum. The pics are hard to make out. CX500? If so, I always liked those bikes.

[Grainbelt]

The Honda-Guzzi! Nice first bike.

I gave you a little help with the pics:

[Dranrab Luap]

Ah! the good old days when seats were seats.

[The Flying V*]

thanks for fixing those grain. I took her out to At&t park in San Francisco yesterday for some test rides in the huge parking lots and was getting her into second pretty smoothly by the end of the day!

I dont know if this is common with these types of bikes but the brake for the back wheel is VERY touchy, it locks up with minimal pressure applied, my friend told me its just a bike characteristic, but I don't want to get to used to using the front break for most of stopping power, something worth tinkering with or nothing to worry about?

thanks~bB

[The Flying V*]

Hello all!
Figured I should post something new so this thread doesn't wander to far south...



and oooo, ahhh look blue parts of the bike are sprayed with gloss so it shows up in headlights!!

Regarding the rear shocks is it possible for a well equipped shop to just pull them off the bike and rebuild the rear shocks, thus saving some monies? or is it time to start hitting the scrap yards looking for replacements.



I don't remember were I am suppost to look for the tag that tells me when the tire was produced is it

here or

My other Iron horse, nicknamed Big Red:


some instruments:


and the warden of the garage



Well congrats if you made it through all those and are still conscious

sorry all the pix are still to small cant figure out how to make then zoom to fit

thanks
~bB

[the darth peach]

Originally Posted by The Flying V*

sorry all the pix are still to small cant figure out how to make then zoom to fit

SMUGMUG!!!

[The Flying V*]

Originally Posted by the darth peach

SMUGMUG!!!

thanks peach I will deff use that for the next upload...

[midengineracer]

The second picture is of the manufacture date of your tire. It appears to be a 3 digit number on your tire. This means your tire is rmore than 8 years old and really should be replaced ASAP. If it is a 4 digit number, the last two tell you the year of the tire.

The first picture was your tire size, it is what you need to search by when you go to buy new tires.

If your tires really are that old, it is a crying shame as they do have great tread...

[The Flying V*]

Originally Posted by midengineracer

The second picture is of the manufacture date of your tire. It appears to be a 3 digit number on your tire. This means your tire is rmore than 8 years old and really should be replaced ASAP. If it is a 4 digit number, the last two tell you the year of the tire.

The first picture was your tire size, it is what you need to search by when you go to buy new tires.

If your tires really are that old, it is a crying shame as they do have great tread...

I just rechecked the tires after your post and verified that it is indeed a 4 digit number '3005' assuming their four years old there about half way through their life?

also anyone have a good image hosting site that's FREE as I just forked over my last $250 for my MSF course, starting on 2/11/09

[dbarale]

Originally Posted by The Flying V*

Hello all!
Regarding the rear shocks is it possible for a well equipped shop to just pull them off the bike and rebuild the rear shocks, thus saving some monies? or is it time to start hitting the scrap yards looking for replacements.

Any mechanic, make that anybody with a wrench, should be able to pull them off the bike. Rebuilding them, even if it is possible which I'm not sure,
is not worth it. Same for junkyard shocks.
Look on ebay for Harley Sportster shocks of the proper length (I believe 13" eye-to-eye but double check). You'll find tons of new take-offs for around $20, they usually fit without modifications, worst case you may have to reuse the metal sleeve that came on your shocks. They are not high performance shocks but work better than 30 years old parts and the spring ratio is about right for the weight of the CX.
With that said, again, don't focus too much on the shocks until you have the rest of the rear end checked out.
I really wish you were closer, I would hate for you to spend a lot of $$ in useless repairs following the advice of a "reputable mechanic"...

Your tires are from July 05, they are still good but need to be "re-scrubed".
Be careful, especially on the wet stuff, until you get rid of the yellowish film that formed on the rubber.