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Our Honda CX500 project bike has gone to a happy new owner and we are now working on our next project, a 2006 Ducati GT1000. I first tested a GT1000 more than a decade ago and fell in love with its torquey engine. However, the suspension was horrible on anything less than a billiard-table surface. …
The Motorbike Writer 1980 Honda CX500 project bike is up for sale to make way for the next project bike, so make us an offer! (Update: The bike has now been sold. Check out our new project!) We won’t lie. It sometimes jumps out of second or sticks in second. However, that’s about the full …
Yes, you heard right, our 1980 Honda CX500 project bike has gone NOS, thanks to Rocker Classic Motorcycles. Notice the tell-tale blue bottle in the mid section! Well, not quite! We had a competition some months back asking what we should do with our Honda and the winner whimsically suggested NOS (Nitrous Oxide Systems). The …
Our Honda CX500 project bike has had a coat of rust as a custom paint job and doesn’t it look like a relic from behind a 1970s racer’s shed? The unique tank paint job is the genius of veteran painter Stuart Blackburne of Simca Specialist Motorcycle Repairs, in Slacks Creek, Brisbane. He’s been painting motorbikes …
It’s official; our 1980 Honda CX500 Custom will be customised into a street tracker by Rocker Classic Motorcycles. Our competition to find an innovative design for the CX, affectionately known as the “plastic maggot”, has been won by Dan Mickan. Congratulations Dan. You’ve won a $100 motorcycle accessories voucher with Rocker Classic Motorcycles at Redcliffe, …
You’d think I’d know what sort of bike I’m customising, but it seems I don’t. Nor does the Department of Transport. You see, my 1980 Honda CX500 Custom is not a Custom after all, despite the registration documents saying it is. In fact, it’s a Standard. There are also Deluxe and Sports models. I never …