CX500.

Good evening internets.  I'm firing up the 'ole blogging machine to share my new little project, a 1978 Honda CX500 with somewhere near 90K on the odometer.  My good buddy has '75 CB550 that got me thinking about older motorcycles, which led me down the slippery slope and to Craigslist.  On Craigslist I stumbled upon my project for a mere $400.  Alas, cash was short and the wife's grace for all things moto shorter.  So I perused my garage and remembered that I had a shiny roll bar for a Miata that some one out there would probably pay money for.  Ebay worked its magic, I payed an un-Godly amount for shipping, and the cash was available for a motorcycle.  Despite being listed for 7 days, the bike was still available, so my moto buddy and I made a little jaunt up north to an airplane hanger and took a look.  

The seller had purchased the bike brand new off the showroom floor in '78 and road it until 2000.  That's when it developed a "miss" and wouldn't accelerate beyond 3,000 RPMs.  So he parked it until he had time for maintenance.  But instead of maintenance he bought another motorcycle, then another.  So the poor CX500 had been sitting unused for the last 12 years.  It had a spare parts motor to come along with it and a hideous freeway sissy bar/fairing set up.  We settled on a final purchase price of $340 and my obsession with cafe racer parts, tech, welding and gear took off!

My motovation (spelling error was on purpose, moto, get it?) slash inspiration for this bike is heavily influenced from the Motomucci.com and the Wrenchmonkees.com CX500 builds.  I'm really inspired by the Moto Mucci build purely because he built it with a very slim budget!

Any way, when I get some more time, I'll post up some pics and finish catching up to where I am at in the work.  Peace!