Motorcycle just for Greg T

veronese68

Was it you that loved your CX500? How about this one:

I really like the look of that. Read more here: saddo custom motorbike site. They have some lovely stuff on there.
Apologies if I'm leading you astray.

Wheelspinner

Probably rides likes a pig on those tyres, but sure looks good!

Greg T

Oh but I do . . . .

CX 500 as cafe racer - who would have thought....

That car thread has got me thinking about bikes . . An old Moto Guzzi would just be able to squeeze into the garage I'm sure . . . .

veronese68

There are some gorgeous Guzzi's on that site. Many are more style over function. But then I'm not as fast as I thought I was any more.
I'm considering not renewing the insurance on my motorbike. I just don't use it very much these days.

Fireblade96

At the first ever motorbike show I went to, Honda were proudly launching the CX500 Turbo.


A pushrod v-twin with a turbocharger :roll:
And an "Obrut" sticker on the screen !
What's not to love

veronese68

As I recall the obrut would melt it's seals if you stopped to fill up during a high speed run. Motorway gets the obrut really hot. You stop to fill up with juice and heat soak gets all the seals really hot and squishy. You get back on the motorway and the obrut spins up again and rips it's seals to shreds. Time for a new obrut unit.
Spelling turbo backwards gets eeasier after the first couple of times. A fabulous bit of nonsense that went a long way to ensuring turbo's on motorbikes never really caught on.

thecrofter

Wheelspinner wrote:

Probably rides likes a pig on those tyres, but sure looks good!

Mine used to stick like glue with a pair of Avon Roadrunners on. But I've probably forgotten how bad it really was.

Fireblade96

I do kinda like the Cafe Racer Pig though....

Greg T

Fireblade96 wrote:

I do kinda like the Cafe Racer Pig though....

I am loving it

There's something Blade Runnery about it. I want it . . . .

veronese68

I never liked them. Probably not helped by having ridden a bad example. Made my 60's Bonneville feel really sporty and agile.
But I really like that one. I like the way they kept so much of the original. Even the pressed wheels. Were they called Comstars?

rjsterry

If it's a CX500, do you get a cape with it? Can you take it on a towpath?

gtvlusso

This is how my old GS1000 looked - except it was a darker red and had a bl;ack Harris exhaust. Also shortened swing-arm to make wheelies easier.....

veronese68

That's rather nice.

gtvlusso

It was sold to a nutter with a leather wasitcoat - I rather regret selling it as it was a labout of love when I was in my yoof.

The clip ons were a bitch to find....

mudcow007

been thinking of getting a bike, i got an insurance quote on a 500 Bandit for £150 per year

great price considering i put that i had, had my license for a day (i haven't done my test yet)

there is something dangerous an naughty about a bike...i think that's why i want one

cant you buy turbo hayabusa's?

marchant

I liked this show when it was on (Discovery Turbo IIRC). Lots of old air-cooled Jap bikes being turned into Cafe Racers due to the lack of British bikes that haven't been restored to showroom condition.

veronese68

That looks interesting. Didn't notice it when it was on.
I think this is a similar reason to why the CX500 was done. Has a lot in common with a Guzzi, but a fraction of the price.
I must confess I don't know what to do as I build up my old Triumph. It was horribly bastardised by the missing link in a past life. Home made rear sets and off road exhausts. Together with a blue and gold frame. As I'm going to have to sell it when it's finished and money is tight I think I'll keep the high exhausts and wrap them and go for a street scrambler look.

gtvlusso

mudcow007 wrote:

been thinking of getting a bike, i got an insurance quote on a 500 Bandit for £150 per year

great price considering i put that i had, had my license for a day (i haven't done my test yet)

there is something dangerous an naughty about a bike...i think that's why i want one

cant you buy turbo hayabusa's?

Bandit 500 - I must be out of date they used to be a manly 600 or 1200 model a few years back. To be fair, the Yamaha FZ6 fazers are a hard act to follow for reliable, cheap transport.

I would love a Cafe Racer, but I have not got the time to build or run it!

gtvlusso

CB750 makes a good cafe Racer apparently:

http://www.cb750cafe.com/

mudcow007

gtvlusso wrote:

mudcow007 wrote:

been thinking of getting a bike, i got an insurance quote on a 500 Bandit for £150 per year

great price considering i put that i had, had my license for a day (i haven't done my test yet)

there is something dangerous an naughty about a bike...i think that's why i want one

cant you buy turbo hayabusa's?

Bandit 500 - I must be out of date they used to be a manly 600 or 1200 model a few years back. To be fair, the Yamaha FZ6 fazers are a hard act to follow for reliable, cheap transport.

I would love a Cafe Racer, but I have not got the time to build or run it!

Doh!

yeah it was a 600, it was either one of them or possible a Honda Hornet which im told is pretty much the same thing.....

veronese68

Hornet is the better bike in terms of build quality. The Bandit tends to age more in terms of rusty fasteners and such like. But I think the Bandit is a lot cheaper to buy second hand as Hornet's hold their value a lot better. If they were the same price I'd buy a Hornet, with the price difference I'd buy a Bandit.

Agent57

Aye, it was between the Bandit and the Hornet when I wanted a newb-friendly bike. I bought a Hornet, and it's been a good bike for me. Fast enough for me to enjoy, and not so powerful or hard to ride that I can't handle it.

Not much fun on the motorway mind; mostly due to its naked features.