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  1. Technical Help Forum
    Hi guys. Name is Steve. First post. I have an 81 Honda gl500 that now won't start. I took off my old carb and installed two new performance carbs from Murray's. My petcock has (what I believe is) a vacuum hose that ran to my right carb. I don't see the same brass connector on either of the new...
  2. General Discussion
    Hey everyone, I'm new to the group, first bike, first build, if I can even call it that. I'm trying to piece a 1980 cx500d together and the next step for me is the carbs. I'm going to going with Murrays carb kit but have a question about that throttle cable. Am I going to need a new throttle...
  3. Member Classifieds
    Looking to swap a set of outies for a pair of innies Wanting to hide my goods behind the fig leaf of sidecovers.... 🤭
  4. CX Customization and Mods Forum
    I'm looking into purchasing a set of Murray's carbs for my 1981 cx500c. Are there any current users within 100 miles of the Chicagoland area that would allow me to play 20 questions with them? I am very interested to see in-person how someone else has modified their bike for the new exhaust...
  5. Technical Help Forum
    Sorry for the long post but i need help. so I finally got my bike back together after putting on a set of Murray's carbs and a new rae san full hall kit. After about an hour of timing as perfectly as I could the bike fired instantly after not running for months. It ran great....until it didn't...
  6. Member Classifieds
    This 1978 Honda CX500 Cafe Racer is the result of a meticulous 18-month frame-off restoration. The frame was professionally modified to accommodate a cafe racer hoop and then was powder coated gloss black at R&R Powder-coating in Dallas, North Carolina. While the engine was off the frame...
  7. Technical Help Forum
    So obviously I've done something wrong if I am having to type the title above. 1 month ago my basically stock CDI bike had none working pickups and stator, but ran decently enough for me to ride it a bunch. The bike has been this way for a whole year, still ridable even though nothing in the...
  8. Member Classifieds
    Hello Everyone, I purchased these carbs last year and only was able to get as far as installing the intake manifolds on the engine before I was transferred at work through 3 different states. Now I am living in an apartment in NC without the time or space to continue my project so I have...
  9. Technical Help Forum
    I'm brand new to the cx500, but I found one on Craigslist I couldn't pass up. It's a 1981 CX500 Deluxe, completely stock except for the Murray's carbs I put on today. The only problem is it has been sitting since 2002, and the tach doesn't work for some reason. A new electronic tach is on it's...
  10. Technical Help Forum
    Hi guys, I'm new to the forum and working on my 1981 CX500 but now I want to get it back on the road. I ordered Murray's carb set last week and worked on the install today then I ran into a couple of issues. Today I got my airbox and old carbs taken off, and the new carbs installed but I seem...
  11. CX Customization and Mods Forum
    Hey guys been lurking for a couple months since I bought my GL500 but this is my first post. I am slowly in the process of turning it into a bobber over this winter and have gotten to the point where I have everything I need but a set of Murray's carbs. A couple more weeks of saving and I should...
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