CX500 cafe on Ebay

kz1 · 05-05-2008, 06:53 PM

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1982-...QQcmdZViewItem

kz1 · 05-05-2008, 06:54 PM

tathambenjamin · 05-05-2008, 07:03 PM

Oh boy, There is one of these that just sits rusting for about the last year and a half in a churchparking lot by my house. I would love to get ahold of it and make the rat version of this bike. Different seat and different colors maybe, but I love the exhaust and everything else.

Anyone else have any other pictures of cafed cx's? Would love to see them....

Maybe ill go down and have a talk with the gent who owns that bike again...last I spoke to him he wanted $500 for it despite its obviously poor condition, but that was before it sat outside in the chicago winter- and it hasnt been started for 2 years.

Its a shame really.

Inane Cathode · 05-05-2008, 07:16 PM

Thats pretty freakin cool.
Sure means something if you can make a cx500 *look* fast

beechum1 · 05-05-2008, 07:20 PM

i'd hit it.

notarex · 05-05-2008, 07:23 PM

That's some nice photography- Here's another plastic maggit'

ArcticBlast · 05-06-2008, 08:19 AM

man...

i want one!

Mista Vern · 05-06-2008, 08:41 AM

Who'da thunk a person could make that bike look cool?

Very impressive work!

Inane Cathode · 05-06-2008, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcticBlast

man...

i want one!

You really dont, honestly. Other than the reliability (from a honda, shocker) its a pretty doggy beast, pushrods for the win :o

Mattbastard · 05-06-2008, 04:35 PM

I took one of those pigs out to Colorado on a 3000 mile ride a few years ago.

Good bike. Had a hard time keeping it over 70, but the only thing that the bike did wrong was consume 1/4 qt oil

mark1305 · 05-06-2008, 05:40 PM

Just goes to show, every bike has potential to be transformed into something desirable.

I've always respected that bike's dependability, but passed on the styling.

Makes a damn good cafe, though.

Inane Cathode · 05-06-2008, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark1305

Just goes to show, every bike has potential to be transformed into something desirable.

I've always respected that bike's dependability, but passed on the styling.

Makes a damn good cafe, though.

Good cafe by function or look? Could say the same thing about a gl1000

mark1305 · 05-07-2008, 06:19 AM

By looks, naturally.

I think the cafe genre, like the bobber, originated out of free or cheap mods - mostly removing stuff to strip weight and improve performance. Coupled with some functional changes to ergos and stuff. All of it came to be defined by the "look" more than by which bikes actually were the fastest from cafe to cafe or bar to bar. All of this was debated at length in that recent thread/firestorm about cafe bikes - you know the one

So like many other bike genre, the look becomes the goal more or less. So even though the performance is ho-hum, the CX 500 is a good starting point for an aesthetically pleasing cafe looking bike.

Edit: Oh yeah, the GL1000 - I have seen a couple in private collections that made good looking cafe bikes - and there have been some that were made surprisingly fast.

kz1 · 05-07-2008, 06:29 AM

From Randakk's home page. http://www.randakks.com/Randakk's%20Endurance%20Special.htm

kz1 · 05-07-2008, 06:33 AM

A little more extreme.

05-05-2008, 06:53 PM	#1
kz1 ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio North Coast Oddometer: 780	CX500 cafe on Ebay I like it!!!!!!!!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1982-...QQcmdZViewItem

05-05-2008, 06:54 PM	#2
kz1 ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio North Coast Oddometer: 780	+1

05-05-2008, 07:03 PM	#3
tathambenjamin Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Dekalb, IL Oddometer: 563	Me too Oh boy, There is one of these that just sits rusting for about the last year and a half in a churchparking lot by my house. I would love to get ahold of it and make the rat version of this bike. Different seat and different colors maybe, but I love the exhaust and everything else. Anyone else have any other pictures of cafed cx's? Would love to see them.... Maybe ill go down and have a talk with the gent who owns that bike again...last I spoke to him he wanted $500 for it despite its obviously poor condition, but that was before it sat outside in the chicago winter- and it hasnt been started for 2 years. Its a shame really.

05-05-2008, 07:16 PM	#4
Inane Cathode Cheated Anion Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Arvada, CO Oddometer: 4,540	Thats pretty freakin cool. Sure means something if you can make a cx500 look fast __________________ _______ Pokey The Wunderbus The VEEP Project

05-05-2008, 07:23 PM	#6
notarex Can U taste the waste? Joined: Sep 2006 Location: CT Oddometer: 1,213	That's some nice photography- Here's another plastic maggit' __________________ 1972 GUZZI AMBO 1963 CA95 2006 RUCKUS To boldly go where no Ruckus has gone before...

05-05-2008, 07:20 PM	#5
beechum1 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Herlong, CA. Look it up, I'll wait. Oddometer: 4,796	i'd hit it.

05-06-2008, 08:19 AM	#7
ArcticBlast I Am the Street Dream Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Pittsburgh Oddometer: 10	man... i want one!

05-06-2008, 08:41 AM	#8
Mista Vern Knows all - tells some. Joined: Dec 2005 Location: McMinnville, Oregon Oddometer: 12,872	Who'da thunk a person could make that bike look cool? Very impressive work! __________________ Remodeling. Please check again later.

05-06-2008, 04:35 PM	#10
Mattbastard Lazy ass Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Sheboygan Oddometer: 1,584	I took one of those pigs out to Colorado on a 3000 mile ride a few years ago. Good bike. Had a hard time keeping it over 70, but the only thing that the bike did wrong was consume 1/4 qt oil

05-06-2008, 05:40 PM	#11
mark1305 Old Enough To Know Better Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Merritt Island, FL Oddometer: 5,515	Just goes to show, every bike has potential to be transformed into something desirable. I've always respected that bike's dependability, but passed on the styling. Makes a damn good cafe, though. __________________ Mark J Merritt Island, FL When a person asks you for advice, they don't want advice. They want corroboration.

05-07-2008, 06:19 AM	#13
mark1305 Old Enough To Know Better Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Merritt Island, FL Oddometer: 5,515	By looks, naturally. I think the cafe genre, like the bobber, originated out of free or cheap mods - mostly removing stuff to strip weight and improve performance. Coupled with some functional changes to ergos and stuff. All of it came to be defined by the "look" more than by which bikes actually were the fastest from cafe to cafe or bar to bar. All of this was debated at length in that recent thread/firestorm about cafe bikes - you know the one So like many other bike genre, the look becomes the goal more or less. So even though the performance is ho-hum, the CX 500 is a good starting point for an aesthetically pleasing cafe looking bike. Edit: Oh yeah, the GL1000 - I have seen a couple in private collections that made good looking cafe bikes - and there have been some that were made surprisingly fast. __________________ Mark J Merritt Island, FL When a person asks you for advice, they don't want advice. They want corroboration.

05-07-2008, 06:29 AM	#14
kz1 ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio North Coast Oddometer: 780	Goldwing Cafe From Randakk's home page. http://www.randakks.com/Randakk's%20Endurance%20Special.htm

05-07-2008, 06:33 AM	#15
kz1 ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio North Coast Oddometer: 780	Also from Randakk's A little more extreme.

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