cooling system

Hello everyone, I took my first longer ride (120 Miles) on my CX this past weekend. I noticed that in cruising in 5th gear at 6-7,000 rpm my temperature needle was about 2 -3 needle widths above the normal middle sitting point on gauge. If I slowed down to around 5,000 RPM the engine would very...

Help identifying some parts? (resolved) Edit: Thank y'all for the responses, this is so helpful! I'm still trying to learn my way around motorcycles and it can just be hard to find information when I don't know what to google, I really can't thank you enough. Hey ya'll, I'm a noob and I have...

Hey, I'm building a modified 1980 cx500c and would like to remove anything that is not crucial to the function of the bike. I would like to remove the air dam spoiler to gain a cleaner look, but am concerned about how this will effect the performance. Is this part crucial? Thanks for any thoughts.

I've been lurking on this here forum for a while now, and it has allowed me to successfully accomplish many mechanical undertakings by my lonesome. I own a 78 cx500, and I just recently completely a triple bypass. SOOO here's the issue After getting engine back in frame and putting the bike...

Being new to the CX500 just curious what is the "NORMAL" operating temperature ? This is where mine runs. Cheers Mike