Looks good!! I need more money!

 

The gl500 swingarm isn't bolt on, what were the steps necessary to accomplish this ?

 

hahahaha, that's actually a shitton of work. The pivot points have to be ground off and CX500 pivots welded on. The front half of a CX500 driveshaft must be mated to the rear half of a GL500 driveshaft. (2" of wheelbase gained). Then you have to mount the monoshock to something -- I cut off a portion of a GL500 frame and welded it to the CX500 frame, but if I had to do it again I'd just weld on a lower shock mount and leave the frame more or less stock. (I really wanted the rear brake pedal pivot location from the GL500 too, which is why I did the whole thing. Allowed me to use a CX500 Turbo rear brake pedal with reversed GL500 footpegs to get a nice rearset setup that looks stock. Left side uses a Turbo shifter mounted on an adapter (diameters are different) and bent slightly.

Charles.

 

FYI, after riding with the steel harley rim for a while, I caved in and re-laced my hub to a Warp-9 17x4.25 rim. There is slightly more tire clearance with this rim (I tested and it does mount to a stock CX500 swingarm with minimal rubbing), and it's a shitton lighter. I also got a proper over-under lace by ordering Buchanan spokes designed for the moto-synthesis rings. Overall very happy with my setup. Current rim here:

Charles.

 

From Buchanan.

Charles.