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Thought I'd share some recent work on my CX that was done primarily by my friend Lee who sold me this great CX over a year ago.
Here's the bike on the day I got it.
The exhaust was pretty well rusted. Sounded cool, but I followed the advice of members here and tracked down a set of Harley stock Dyna mufflers for $30 from a local shop. I dug through a pile of about 50 mufflers and picked out the two nicest ones. Luckily, 1 of the 50 actually had a mounting tab that was bolted on so it could be taken off and rotated to make mounting to the right side of the bike easier.
I took the bike to Lee's where he was able to pull coax the mufflers and HBox off. The HBox was pretty rusted. He did an amazing job of cutting up a header pipe from an Enfield and welding it onto the HBox to replace the worst parts. The new tube fit the Harley muffler perfectly.
Some high-temp black made things look nice again.
Lee then fabricated some brackets.
Right
Left
Finally, he replaced the bars that were on there with some flatter ones from a 750 Lee had in his shed.
I loved this bike already. The new mufflers sound great (though not too loud - which I like) and imho are a big improvement on the look of the stock mufflers. The only drawback as others have said is the printing on the one muffler faces out. Not a big deal. I was toying with painting them black and still might. this would probably make the printing less noticeable too.
The flat bars provide a more forward riding position that goes along well with how I like to ride it.
I've since replaced the mirrors in these pictures with bar end mirrors in black. Don't have a picture yet, but will do so when I get a chance.
The next changes will be to get rid of the windshield and replace it with simple black headlight. Already picked up the ears needed to hold the light. Got them here. I'll give them a plug for a great looking product and FAST delivery. The headlights are out of stock, but I'm not in a rush.
After that, I'll also be looking for some shorter springs for the rear. Hoping that lowering the back will help make the rear of the seat not look so high until I decide to tackle a larger project of a new seat. I love the cafe-style seats, but still want to have an option for 2 up riding.
Anyway, suggestions or comments are welcome. I'll post progress as it happens.
Jeff
Here's the bike on the day I got it.
The exhaust was pretty well rusted. Sounded cool, but I followed the advice of members here and tracked down a set of Harley stock Dyna mufflers for $30 from a local shop. I dug through a pile of about 50 mufflers and picked out the two nicest ones. Luckily, 1 of the 50 actually had a mounting tab that was bolted on so it could be taken off and rotated to make mounting to the right side of the bike easier.
I took the bike to Lee's where he was able to pull coax the mufflers and HBox off. The HBox was pretty rusted. He did an amazing job of cutting up a header pipe from an Enfield and welding it onto the HBox to replace the worst parts. The new tube fit the Harley muffler perfectly.
Some high-temp black made things look nice again.
Lee then fabricated some brackets.
Right
Left
Finally, he replaced the bars that were on there with some flatter ones from a 750 Lee had in his shed.
I loved this bike already. The new mufflers sound great (though not too loud - which I like) and imho are a big improvement on the look of the stock mufflers. The only drawback as others have said is the printing on the one muffler faces out. Not a big deal. I was toying with painting them black and still might. this would probably make the printing less noticeable too.
The flat bars provide a more forward riding position that goes along well with how I like to ride it.
I've since replaced the mirrors in these pictures with bar end mirrors in black. Don't have a picture yet, but will do so when I get a chance.
The next changes will be to get rid of the windshield and replace it with simple black headlight. Already picked up the ears needed to hold the light. Got them here. I'll give them a plug for a great looking product and FAST delivery. The headlights are out of stock, but I'm not in a rush.
After that, I'll also be looking for some shorter springs for the rear. Hoping that lowering the back will help make the rear of the seat not look so high until I decide to tackle a larger project of a new seat. I love the cafe-style seats, but still want to have an option for 2 up riding.
Anyway, suggestions or comments are welcome. I'll post progress as it happens.
Jeff
