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CX Customization and Modifications
Started by slimvulcanrider at 07-07-2010 9:11 PM. Topic has 17 replies.
  
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 07-07-2010, 9:11 PM
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slimvulcanrider
 
Joined on 04-03-2010
Upstate NY
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Has any one made a CX500 Adventure cycle... kind of like this one:
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07-07-2010, 9:29 PM
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Blindstitch
Joined on 03-14-2009
Greenfield Wisconsin
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![Umbrella [um]](http://choppercharles.com/cs/emoticons/emotion-35.gif)
Re: Adventure Cycle
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07-07-2010, 9:47 PM
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slimvulcanrider
Joined on 04-03-2010
Upstate NY
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 Blindstitch wrote: | Duplicate post. Don't post here.
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can you plese delete this one... I didn't mean to double post... glitch in my internet connection
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07-07-2010, 10:20 PM
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Blindstitch
Joined on 03-14-2009
Greenfield Wisconsin
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Ok what the hell. The other one disappeared.
Several people have thought of making similar type bikes. Only a few have made a complete bike.
1979 CX500 Supertanker
ATGATT makes riding a bike like a sled easier.
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07-08-2010, 1:51 AM
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Panther
Joined on 05-09-2006
Las Vegas, NV
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I've got one in process.
(if you call collecting the parts "in process")
But I am starting with a GL.
Peace & Light
>^..^<
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'83 GL650swi "My Little Grey Lady"
'82 GL500swi parts bike
'78 DT175
'86 LS650 Milady's bike
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07-08-2010, 5:49 AM
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Randall-in-Mpls
Joined on 07-06-2007
Minneapolis, MN
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I'll be building one on a GL500 over the next several years.
Currently, I'm working on a mock-up of the mono-shock (the stock unit was missing from the basket),
to measure the travel range of the drive shaft u-joint. Then I'll be able to select a shock that gives
me the greatest amount of suspension travel.
R
'78 CX500 - Black Maggot --> Green Grub / Yellow Grub / Red Grub ???
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07-08-2010, 9:10 AM
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slimvulcanrider
Joined on 04-03-2010
Upstate NY
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Cool, any one got pics of their Adventure Cycle builds... I am in need of some inspiration to show my daughter... I think the CX would make a good canidate for a dual sport cross over.... (mostly it will be a street pounder with occasional dirt trail).
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07-08-2010, 10:15 AM
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Sky72chop
Joined on 08-19-2009
Chicago IL
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I too would love to see a photo of a completed one. I plan on getting one of those beemers one day when the money is better.
1979 Honda cb750k chopper (79 darkside)
1972 Honda chopper over 8' long (my blown motor love)
1982 Honda gl500 (newest member of the family)
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07-08-2010, 10:17 AM
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slimvulcanrider
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I got to ride one of them beemers a few weeks ago... and OMG... I so want one... worth the 17000 for the base package...
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07-08-2010, 10:21 AM
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Sky72chop
Joined on 08-19-2009
Chicago IL
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You are one lucky sob I know if I ride one I'm not going to want to get off let alone give it back.
1979 Honda cb750k chopper (79 darkside)
1972 Honda chopper over 8' long (my blown motor love)
1982 Honda gl500 (newest member of the family)
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07-08-2010, 1:40 PM
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slimvulcanrider
Joined on 04-03-2010
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I didn't want to get off... and as far as giving it back... yea that was hard to do as well... but it made me want an adventure bike so much more... that now I want to build one... and since I have the 500 sitting here... my brain started ticking overtime. but I might start thinking about getting an XR650 or an old XL350
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07-09-2010, 12:52 PM
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Sky72chop
Joined on 08-19-2009
Chicago IL
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I'd def lean towards the xr650. Lots of power good reliable bike and of course customizable. Not to say the 350 isn't but a 650 will move when needed.
1979 Honda cb750k chopper (79 darkside)
1972 Honda chopper over 8' long (my blown motor love)
1982 Honda gl500 (newest member of the family)
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07-09-2010, 4:43 PM
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slimvulcanrider
Joined on 04-03-2010
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the only reason for wanting the 350... I had a 78 and 79 XL350 that I restored as a kid... and never got the chance to ride them.
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07-10-2010, 8:13 AM
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jroe650
Joined on 06-21-2009
Southern Maine
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Is The Buzzard close enough? I haven't hauled too much on it, but it works on the dirt roads around here...
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07-10-2010, 8:19 AM
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Toeehad
Joined on 06-22-2010
Worcester, MA
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Hmm that's cool looking. What bike donated the fenders?
1980 CX500C
1974 TS125 (Sold)
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07-10-2010, 10:34 AM
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slimvulcanrider
Joined on 04-03-2010
Upstate NY
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| jroe650 wrote: | Is The Buzzard close enough? I haven't hauled too much on it, but it works on the dirt roads around here...
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I have seen this bike in a few other forums... I don't remember if I saw your build thread or not... care to tell us a little about the bike... I am very interested in the suspension mods, seat hight, and any thing else you had to do to get it off-road-able. How capable of a trail bike is it... I am not looking to make a motocross bike, just want to be able to take long jaunts a crossed back mountain roads and such.
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07-11-2010, 6:46 PM
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jroe650
Joined on 06-21-2009
Southern Maine
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Ahhh, lez see...
CX650C front end, swapped the headtube to a 500 frame. 10 weight oil.
Yamaha TT500 rear shocks. Swingarm is still happy with 14" eye to eye.
78 rear wheel, 18".
Fenders are both generic UFO plastic, made a bracket for the front.
Mac 2 into 1, custom 2" pipe from an auto shop, Jardine 4x20" can from ebay.
I now have standard footpegs, extended center and side stands, and an Acewell speedometer.
Tires are now Shinko 705s, and I really like them.
The seat is the cool part. Suzuki RM125 from mid 80s. It fits almost perfectly. I added a new bracket and posts to the frame, but it looks original.
I'm 5'9", and the seat is fine. I started on a KLR650, so I can't stand low cruisers. My heels are usually on the ground at lights.
The suspension feels old and soft, and really is nothing to gush about. I'll cross ditches slowly and hop off a curb, but that's about it.
If you really want a trailie, buy a DRZ400S and be happy. Wicked good performance there.
This was mostly a project for a commuter and dirt road bike that I would not care about dropping.
The side panels are cool, but the left side needs Dzus fasteners sometime.
I may make spoked wheels front and back, we'll see what the urges are in a year. I'll never sell it because of the frame mods.
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07-15-2010, 10:54 AM
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slimvulcanrider
Joined on 04-03-2010
Upstate NY
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Thanks for the info.. Not looking for a hardcore dirt bike... what you ended up doing is exactly what I was wanting to do.. but my daughter decided to take this project in a different direction... The best way to describe it is Retro-Stock. The bike will have custom paint, and be lowered 2" front and rear.. other than that, every thing will be put back to stock configuration, as clsoe to factory as we can get it.
see father daughter build.
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