my cx

[beef]

i have had bikes for the last ten years or so, and have had hard tail choppers. harleys and others as well
but me and a mate are going to hungary in june and i wanted something for the trip. he has a couple of cx's and i fancied one. saw mine on ebay and had to have it.






this is as i got my cx. complete with fairing and panniers. all for £340
needs a couple of bits doing to it. new speedo cable, and seat recovering, also needs a switch for the front brake lever, but having stripped and cleaned the master cylinder i have decided to replace the unit, got one off ebay for £20,

also want to do a couple of other bits. change the bars for some buckhorn type ones, maybe gl ones. as the one on there at the min are a tad to low and narrow for me and also catch on the fairing at full lock.
i also want to install a cig lighter socket in one of the pockets on the front fairing so i can mount my sat nav for the euro trip.
other than that there is not alot else i want or need to do to it. apart from ride it..

[Gman]

I can understand you wanting to change the bars if they catch but quite a lot of GL 500 silverwing/CX500C Custom owners go the other way and get fed up with the,"Buckhorn" bars.I had a set of Custom bars on this Cx500 similar to Buckhorns.They are terrible for high speed cornering for me so went to Daytona/Brit bars.
All a matter of personal taste and use.

If you haven't already,change ALL the fluids including the drive box oil

[beef]

i have not changed the fluids yet, but they are on the list to do. along with fitting some fork gators and the other bits i mentioned.
i need to change the bars because they are about 100mm to narrow for me really. and need to be a bit higher for them to be perfectly comfortable, will be doing some checking and comparing before comitting to a new set though.

[Gman]

I would try s slightly higher rise bar but not too swept back if possible.

The bars are standard 7/8"(22mm) bars so there's loads around to choose from,


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