As the title suggests the engine sometime stalls when put on the side stand, any ideas before I take the carbs apart looking for anything amiss. Otherwise the bike runs very well, no hesitation starting, good steady tickover, pulls well (for an old 400cc motorbike), reasonable fuel consumption...

Hello, I finally got my CX 500 running and rode it around a little. It has a few quirks such as reving to 7000 all of a sudden when in first gear and making gunshot-like bursts. But my main problem happened when i started it up today to check the state of the battery. It started fine on the...

Hi Guys, I just picked my 1981 CX500E up from the shop after getting its road worth certificate done. Riding home I only made it 2km before I noticed a significant lack of power in 4th and 5th gear and then the bike stalled. I tried to restart the bike but didn't have enough battery to kick her...