I had a cx500 years ago and a 250 Super Dream and loved them. But they were in there original state, that cx looks good, apart from the wrap and is to loud. Nice bikes thou 👍
Merry Christmas Nat & family! Welcome back & hopefully the move went well? All the best for 2025. Looking forward to the new projects! Edit: personally, the CBX would be better with road tyres, a paint job, a tidying up & new exhausts, lose the bags & a rear tyre internal mudguard. The Super dream bobber...I'm completely lost on. Bugger me. Edit2: Nippon Denso rev counter not working on not connected. Fortunately, i have one of those from my 1982 Ducati Pantah donor spares....
Different styles for sure...did Otto drive through Ali Express warehouse lol . Those cx engines are so bulletproof ( London couriers' main stay back in the 80s). I'm surprised you didn't call it Max as in Mad Max, lol. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you n yours have settled in OK.
These twisted twins make excellent cafe' units... swap to a mono rear shock ..... great looking machines.... I have a Cx trike.. purpose built police unit.... they made 200 of them back in the early 80's... 😎
Don't worry about us Nat, just get settled in the new house first. Does the missus know she bought you those two bikes for Christmas or will it be a surprise? The CX certainly looks quirky and I agree with you about the gold 'enhancements. Stripping off the wrap could well open a completely new can of worms but at least he runs. First priority , find out where that smoke is coming from, cooling system or engine wear (you said it had been around a bit). Now to the Superdream 125. I like the look but I think it should be upgraded to a 250 ASAP then you can do comparisons to check why your other one is just a garage ornament.🤣
rid Otto of the gaudy stuff, and a nice tasteful classy paint job and I think he will look rather good - how about an update on your plans for the other superdream and the 650 Nat? anything changed?
RFY shocks aren't too bad, they're a chinese copy of ohlins etc - the little canisters are meant to be pre-filled and pressurized with nitrogen, they're a little bit softer and best suited to low CC lighterweight motorcycles, not too sure how well they'd fair on the CX500 - the pre-load looks like it's been tweaked, from factory there's about an inch gap from the gold-adjuster to the black mounting bracket at the top.
best wishes to family and you for 2025, nice couple projects liking the CX, agree those silencers and the wrap need to go, i do wonder what hides under the tank wrap, Otto sound like wants a tune try match the jets to those horrid pod filters..do you think will keep the urban scrambler, look i think with bit of paint and some titivation that would make a cracking London bike, on a plus the engines sound fine so no weeks of pain like those past Yamaha;s,
Solid bikes them CX500, exhaust wrap seems little suspicious could be hiding rotten pipes. Seems to be blowing a bit inline with the centre stand. Popping will be those cheap cans. Apart from the paint job looks tidy. Gold adonizing is easy enough to get rid of. Either way they're good fun to ride and sound lovely. RFY shocks seems to be Ohlins knock offs but have decent enough reviews. The Super Dream looks to be fairly well done, the proportions look good but, as you say, the devil is in the detail.
@@sidwainhouse I will have a closer look tomorrow at Otto and a bit of a clean. Aside from the paint scheme I think he looks good. I may just paint over the gold as an interim to time it down I think.
Jesus wept, Nat, did Del make that horrible hotchpotch of parts? How to take a plastic maggot and make it look worse. That seat's foul, my money's on the pipes being rotten under the wrap, and it wants a factory airbox putting back on it.
Good to see you back and happy new year to you Nat
I had a cx500 years ago and a 250 Super Dream and loved them. But they were in there original state, that cx looks good, apart from the wrap and is to loud. Nice bikes thou 👍
@@tescan1961 let's see how they go
Merry Christmas Nat & family!
Welcome back & hopefully the move went well?
All the best for 2025.
Looking forward to the new projects!
Edit: personally, the CBX would be better with road tyres, a paint job, a tidying up & new exhausts, lose the bags & a rear tyre internal mudguard.
The Super dream bobber...I'm completely lost on. Bugger me.
Edit2: Nippon Denso rev counter not working on not connected. Fortunately, i have one of those from my 1982 Ducati Pantah donor spares....
Different styles for sure...did Otto drive through Ali Express warehouse lol . Those cx engines are so bulletproof ( London couriers' main stay back in the 80s). I'm surprised you didn't call it Max as in Mad Max, lol.
Thanks for sharing, and I hope you n yours have settled in OK.
These twisted twins make excellent cafe' units... swap to a mono rear shock ..... great looking machines.... I have a Cx trike.. purpose built police unit.... they made 200 of them back in the early 80's... 😎
Don't worry about us Nat, just get settled in the new house first. Does the missus know she bought you those two bikes for Christmas or will it be a surprise? The CX certainly looks quirky and I agree with you about the gold 'enhancements. Stripping off the wrap could well open a completely new can of worms but at least he runs. First priority , find out where that smoke is coming from, cooling system or engine wear (you said it had been around a bit). Now to the Superdream 125. I like the look but I think it should be upgraded to a 250 ASAP then you can do comparisons to check why your other one is just a garage ornament.🤣
I quite like Otto as he is, even with the gold accents, but each to their own eh? Matt black might suit it though?
Cx500 paint job gel solid
@@grahamhider3754 sorry, what?
@ all I would do is one of your paint jobs. Be good to go . And the gold parts on it
rid Otto of the gaudy stuff, and a nice tasteful classy paint job and I think he will look rather good - how about an update on your plans for the other superdream and the 650 Nat? anything changed?
@@timparker9235 thanks mate. No real update on the others. I really haven't had time.
RFY shocks aren't too bad, they're a chinese copy of ohlins etc - the little canisters are meant to be pre-filled and pressurized with nitrogen, they're a little bit softer and best suited to low CC lighterweight motorcycles, not too sure how well they'd fair on the CX500 - the pre-load looks like it's been tweaked, from factory there's about an inch gap from the gold-adjuster to the black mounting bracket at the top.
best wishes to family and you for 2025, nice couple projects liking the CX, agree those silencers and the wrap need to go, i do wonder what hides under the tank wrap, Otto sound like wants a tune try match the jets to those horrid pod filters..do you think will keep the urban scrambler, look i think with bit of paint and some titivation that would make a cracking London bike, on a plus the engines sound fine so no weeks of pain like those past Yamaha;s,
matt black cx little one polish the cases All the best for 2025.
Solid bikes them CX500, exhaust wrap seems little suspicious could be hiding rotten pipes. Seems to be blowing a bit inline with the centre stand. Popping will be those cheap cans.
Apart from the paint job looks tidy. Gold adonizing is easy enough to get rid of. Either way they're good fun to ride and sound lovely.
RFY shocks seems to be Ohlins knock offs but have decent enough reviews.
The Super Dream looks to be fairly well done, the proportions look good but, as you say, the devil is in the detail.
@@sidwainhouse I will have a closer look tomorrow at Otto and a bit of a clean. Aside from the paint scheme I think he looks good. I may just paint over the gold as an interim to time it down I think.
Jesus wept, Nat, did Del make that horrible hotchpotch of parts? How to take a plastic maggot and make it look worse. That seat's foul, my money's on the pipes being rotten under the wrap, and it wants a factory airbox putting back on it.
if all else fails there is always a skip
@@fredbailey2076 oh ye of little faith!