about the cables, you can search ebay motors/motorcycle parts for "universal control cable kit" and find a kit to do custom-cut clutch and two throttle cables (about $50 plus shipping)...or, you can do it yourself with a torch, a dremel tool and some silver solder...i'm about to cut my cables down myself, if i mess it up really bad then i'll buy that kit off ebay. i put clip-ons on my cx cafe and the throttle cables were so long that the throttle sleeve would stick open, that's why i'm going shorter. as for carbs, stock are fine but you'll want to re-jet as noted above, i am also currently cleaning my carbs and have the new jets to install, in all my research folks seem to like the 90/120 jet config for pod filters, but i also plan on running straight pipes, so i'm going with a 90/130 jets. you can get the jets from jets-r-us (.com) for pretty cheap, but know this, you aren't replacing the idle and main jets, the idle jets on the cx carb is fixed...instead you are replacing the primary main and secondary main jets...primary main=120, secondary main=90, so when you order you'll be ordering both jet sizes from the "main jets" section, not from the "idle jets" section...that was a point of confusion for me for a while until a local shop owner clued me in. as for exhaust, i'm going to try to build my own...i removed my H-pipe and wasn't planning on putting a crossover in, but they say above that you should...i'd like to know why, because frankly, i don't know, and knowing is half the battle. as for cleaning the engine, mine isn't too bad, i'm using a gallon can of parts cleaner and a toothbrush, but i like to suffer.
good luck! (look forward to some pics)
~J
good luck! (look forward to some pics)
~J
