Optimistic sellers

[jellywrestler]

Mate. A CX500 done up in a brat/cafe racer style way is hands down, by far, no questions asked thee coolest, most sexy motorbike on this planet. Period.



It's a piece of art that thing. The way the engine just seemingly hangs from the frame, the shape of the gas tank and of course that unique cylinder config with it sticking out the way it does. Oooo mate..

It's my next bike after I finish doing up my yamaha and it will be one I will absolutely not be selling ever.

i'm picking someone shook you when you were a baby?

[pritch]

The boys back at Mandello Del Lario might get their noses out of joint about that "unique cylinder config" remark.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Mate. A CX500 done up in a brat/cafe racer style way is hands down, by far, no questions asked thee coolest, most sexy motorbike on this planet. Period.


It's a piece of art that thing. The way the engine just seemingly hangs from the frame, the shape of the gas tank and of course that unique cylinder config with it sticking out the way it does. Oooo mate..

It's my next bike after I finish doing up my yamaha and it will be one I will absolutely not be selling ever.

motherfucker put down the crack pipe.

[WALRUS]

of course that unique cylinder config with it sticking out the way it does. Oooo mate..

You've obviously never heard of Moto Guzzi.. That's fair.. They're a pretty new, modern company..

It's my next bike after I finish doing up my yamaha and it will be one I will absolutely not be selling ever.

Good... You can keep it..

[Paulo]

Mate. A CX500 done up in a brat/cafe racer style way is hands down, by far, no questions asked thee coolest, most sexy motorbike on this planet. Period.



Look at it! ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you can be 40, 104 or 27 (in my case) you will look cool as fark on that thing.



Gorgeous.



It's a piece of art that thing. The way the engine just seemingly hangs from the frame, the shape of the gas tank and of course that unique cylinder config with it sticking out the way it does. Oooo mate..

It's my next bike after I finish doing up my yamaha and it will be one I will absolutely not be selling ever.

yeah nah nah , sorry bud it's still never going to be a GUZZI no matter how much customizing you do it will still be underpowered and sound like a sustained wet fart. (i am biased though)

[Banditbandit]

Mate. A CX500 done up in a brat/cafe racer style way is hands down, by far, no questions asked thee coolest, most sexy motorbike on this planet. Period.

Look at it! ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you can be 40, 104 or 27 (in my case) you will look cool as fark on that thing.


Gorgeous.


It's a piece of art that thing. The way the engine just seemingly hangs from the frame, the shape of the gas tank and of course that unique cylinder config with it sticking out the way it does. Oooo mate..

It's my next bike after I finish doing up my yamaha and it will be one I will absolutely not be selling ever.

Naaa .. not cool. And the last CX I rode I could not make the piece of shit turn against the spin - no lean at all .. no thank you ..

Jesus you have no taste.

i'm picking someone shook you when you were a baby?

They are right ...

[WALRUS]

Welp, it looks like we're all wrong.

The sexiest bike ever isn't a 916, a Britten V1000, a Bimota V-Due, MV Agusta Brutale Dragster, NSR500, original MV Augusta F4, Vincent Black Shadow or anything like that.. It's a knackered, old Honda twin with a silly seat



In all seriousness, each to their own. You can spend your money on whatever you want to

[sidecar bob]

Naaa .. not cool. And the last CX I rode I could not make the piece of shit turn against the spin - no lean at all .. no thank you ..





They are right ...

Oh fuckin please, I've done more Kay's on shaft drive bikes with North South cranks than anything else.
What you speak of is either 100 percent imagined, or is a problem with chassis set up & it's convenient to blame the lay out.
Are you aware that the clutch & gearbox on a CX spin in the opposite direction to the crankshaft, in order to cancel out torque reaction & also your theory.

[Drew]

Oh fuckin please, I've done more Kay's on shaft drive bikes with North South cranks than anything else.
What you speak of is either 100 percent imagined, or is a problem with chassis set up & it's convenient to blame the lay out.
Are you aware that the clutch & gearbox on a CX spin in the opposite direction to the crankshaft, in order to cancel out torque reaction & also your theory.

I used to pedal my CX pretty hard, never noticed the inertia or torque. Even when doing wheelies.

[Moi]

The café look doesn't appeal to me - okay, I'll wash my mouth out later with some merlot - so if I was to have a CX, I'd have this...

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...6df391a683d9ea

About to wonder off and find a merlot...

[AllanB]

BikeExif have images of some excellent CX builds - also a lemon or two (I still cannot undo seeing the one with tank etc made of actual stone)

Anyway, some cool as hell ones (Ed Turner is a fav) but no way in hell you will build one of that quality for under NZ$7k mate.

The ones you get hard over most likely have had three times that sunk into rebuild the engines, modifying and building/buying bloody expensive parts.

Pop onto the Motogadet website and price up the parts they all use as a budget starter (speedo, electrics, switches, turn signals etc) there is your $2k spent right there.

Add a entire front end off something modern......... oh that will need custom trees to hold the forks.

Or build a shitter like most of the ones on Trademe then advertise it for what a decent build would cost!

[Fresh Oats]

The boys back at Mandello Del Lario might get their noses out of joint about that "unique cylinder config" remark.

Semantics.

yeah nah nah , sorry bud it's still never going to be a GUZZI no matter how much customizing you do it will still be underpowered and sound like a sustained wet fart. (i am biased though)

I'm fine with this.

Welp, it looks like we're all wrong.

The sexiest bike ever isn't a 916, a Britten V1000, a Bimota V-Due, MV Agusta Brutale Dragster, NSR500, original MV Augusta F4, Vincent Black Shadow or anything like that.. It's a knackered, old Honda twin with a silly seat



In all seriousness, each to their own. You can spend your money on whatever you want to

Definitely each to their own. But I'm not a fan of the sports bike/90% fairing look at all. Especially the old school ones (and especially the ones with square headlights *gags*).
I much prefer a minimalist look (obviously). I mean why would you want to cover up an engine and hide it? Especially a gorgeous one. Leave that for cars to do.

It's so much cooler (and sexier IMO) for the main focal point of the bike to be the engine, and to a secondary degree the gas tank, without all this added 'fluff'.
I mean at the end of the day what makes a motorbike 'cool'? It's the idea that it's perceived as scary and/or dangerous. It's just a rider, an engine, speed and two wheels. That's what makes motorbikes cool. That's why mums wont let their 16 year olds get one (unless you're my mum, thanks mum). Soo, in saying that, arguitively speaking a minimalist approach is 'cooler' than one where the engine and everything is all covered up and it's a big bulking ball of plastic. It's borderline fact at this point. :P

BikeExif have images of some excellent CX builds - also a lemon or two (I still cannot undo seeing the one with tank etc made of actual stone)

Anyway, some cool as hell ones (Ed Turner is a fav) but no way in hell you will build one of that quality for under NZ$7k mate.

The ones you get hard over most likely have had three times that sunk into rebuild the engines, modifying and building/buying bloody expensive parts.

Pop onto the Motogadet website and price up the parts they all use as a budget starter (speedo, electrics, switches, turn signals etc) there is your $2k spent right there.

Add a entire front end off something modern......... oh that will need custom trees to hold the forks.

Or build a shitter like most of the ones on Trademe then advertise it for what a decent build would cost!

Yea I know it wont be cheap don't worry. It's my dream bike, no detail will be left unturned and that's the fun part, doing something up to a high standard over a period of time.
It's like a painting or something. The more work and detail you put in, the better the result, and I'd be going for perfection. Nothing crazy like that Ed Turner one mind you, I do really like the tank of the CX500.

[F5 Dave]

Ok when I was a teenager I had some pretty silly ideas about what was a good bike. I was wrong.

Blag a ride on something plain Jane but made near this century like an SV650 or even something nice and you will lose interest in CXs pretty quick. Styling is subjective but riding bikes should be for fun not just posing.

[HenryDorsetCase]

BikeExif have images of some excellent CX builds - also a lemon or two (I still cannot undo seeing the one with tank etc made of actual stone)

Anyway, some cool as hell ones (Ed Turner is a fav) but no way in hell you will build one of that quality for under NZ$7k mate.

The ones you get hard over most likely have had three times that sunk into rebuild the engines, modifying and building/buying bloody expensive parts.

Pop onto the Motogadet website and price up the parts they all use as a budget starter (speedo, electrics, switches, turn signals etc) there is your $2k spent right there.

Add a entire front end off something modern......... oh that will need custom trees to hold the forks.

Or build a shitter like most of the ones on Trademe then advertise it for what a decent build would cost!

I reckon if you were paying someone you would have not less than thirty grand in something decent. Full motor rebuild, paint, induction and exhaust. Frame modification (note all of those CX's have had it done - its why they look good... all the shit ones on tardme have the stock curly tube dropped subframe. Dont forget to legally use it on the road it needs to be certified LVV) custom tank custom front end, custom instruments custom wheels and brakes. And then you have an uncomfortable 40 hp bike that is worth one third of what it owes you.

[HenryDorsetCase]

It's so much cooler (and sexier IMO) for the main focal point of the bike to be the engine, and to a secondary degree the gas tank, without all this added 'fluff'.
I mean at the end of the day what makes a motorbike 'cool'? It's the idea that it's perceived as scary and/or dangerous. It's just a rider, an engine, speed and two wheels. That's what makes motorbikes cool. That's why mums wont let their 16 year olds get one (unless you're my mum, thanks mum). Soo, in saying that, arguitively speaking a minimalist approach is 'cooler' than one where the engine and everything is all covered up and it's a big bulking ball of plastic. It's borderline fact at this point. :P

Son, you need a Harley