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  1. Technical Help Forum
    Hello all, My name is Eddie and I just joined this forum. Ive got a 1980 Honda Cx500 deluxe that i picked up on marketplace for cheap, running. It rode pretty well for about 400 miles this summer, the engine health seemed okay and ran pretty well for the most part. Now, when i bought it the...
  2. Technical Help Forum
    Hello, I am new to bikes and picked up a 1982 Honda CX500c. It was under 0 degrees f when I picked up the bike so we assumed the battery was dead but I have replaced the battery and cannot get the bike to start. As I said, I replaced the battery (went from a 14L-A2 to an ETX15L) and I also...
  3. Technical Help Forum
    I'm leaving for a trip 3 hours upstate tomorrow morning and my clutch started slipping today. Cable was tight so I loosened it and it's not as bad but it's still starting. Oil is fine, i use the same in my other bike with no issues. Bike won't slip untill about 7k in third grabbing the...
  4. Technical Help Forum
    Hey guys. Currently doing the triple bypass on my 79 cx500 , water pump dowels did were siezed on bolts so got a bit torn up and bent went getting them out , looking too see if there is a part number or anyone have some laying around , also need piston rings , I know oem are very hard to find...
  5. Technical Help Forum
    I just got a 1982 GL500 for 600. Already half way built into the cafe that I envisioned. I’m fairly savvy in electrical and mechanical as I am a technician. The guy before me got the bike and never finished it. He did some kind of janky wiring work with the ignition system. I’m attempting to get...
  6. Technical Help Forum
    Hey sorry I’m new to electrical but I’ve been searching on this throughout the internet. I have my engine completely apart and decided to check my stator during the rebuild. I have tested each connector pin off the harness. I have tested my multimeter to check if it is reading correctly at the...
  7. Technical Help Forum
    My resto project 82GL was fairly easy to get running. Rebuilt/cleaned the carbs, threw in a new battery, air filter and spark plugs and away she goes. Although I don't have the tools to check I had a sneaking suspicion it may not have been getting good pressure and possibly leakdown problems...
  8. Technical Help Forum
    Folded up a bit of shop towel and put it under the weep hole of my 1982 GL500 resto project. These are the results after it only running for 5-20 minutes a few times while I've been tuning the carbs. The was-blue shop towel is now the green shade of new coolant I put in after a radiator...
  9. Technical Help Forum
    Started up my 82 GL500 for the first time in a questionable amount of years and noticed some (maybe) white smoke. I've searched the interwebs but have had a hard time finding an exact explanation with images of exhaust smoke and what it means, to compare to. It has brand new oil + filter...
  10. New Member Introductions
    Hey guys! I want to say that this forum has already saved my a** about 5-10 times in the last two weeks of owning my 82 GL500! My father has owned this GL500 since I was 2, which is at least 25 years now. He upgraded to a goldwing a few years back and this was just sitting in the shed so I took...
  11. Member Classifieds
    Hello everyone, I am looking to buy a road bike in the spring and have the opportunity to buy an 82 CX500 Custom for ~$200 from a family friend. I've ridden track and trial for a while, but have not owned a road bike, if you think this isn't a good first road bike let me know and I'll look into...
  12. General Discussion
    Hey Im new to the forum. I just bought a 79 CX500. I go to college and winter break is coming up wile i have the time I want to get it clean and running, and hopefully do a few things to make it look a little closer to the cafe racer/ bratt style look. Any one have any suggestions on mods that...
  13. Technical Help Forum
    Hi forum! I'm made it back after a year and 42,000 km on my CX500 around North and Central america. Had to rebuild the engine a couple times, so I'm getting better at taking care of my CX. In the last rebuilt I used half of another engine to fix the problems i had, but the camshaft's rear...
  14. Technical Help Forum
    My bike won't turn over unless i start to roll it in neutral like it doesn't realize its in neutral. Any idea what causes this.
  15. Technical Help Forum
    Hi so I took my stock air box off to switch out for pod filters and now my bike seems like it's getting to much air only other thing done to the bike is I took the baffles out of the stock exhaust do I need bigger jets and if so what size should i buy also what is the stock size
  16. Technical Help Forum
    Hey My bike seems to top out at maybe 70. I was going up a mountain pass and my bike started acting funny today and totally slowed down hasn't happened before but I have only ridden the pass once before. Any suggestions of things to tweak or replace will be greatly appreciated.
  17. Member Classifieds
    Anybody have side covers for sale I'm in Utah. It's a 79 cx500 here's a pic in not sure what side covers I need.
  18. Technical Help Forum
    Hello all, I am about to purchase a 1979 CX500 custom as my first bike. Bike is running fine, the only issue my friends dad (very mechanically knowledgeable) was able to spot was a coolant leak when we started the bike. the leak can be seen on on the right side of the bike where the water pipe...
  19. CX Customization and Mods Forum
    Hey guys any ideas to sharpen up this bad boy. I bought this bike this way. I have some shrink wrap tubes but I was wondering if any of you have just moved the battery and wiring elsewhere.
  20. Technical Help Forum
    Hey guys My front led bullet signal lights don't flash my rear strip led do. Is there a second relay i need to replace? or maybe I need resistors? Any suggestions would be great.
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