Cx400C

[dangerous]

Swt so forks etc from the 650C should be the same?

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yes, but as far as I know the 650 version of the CX never came to NZ through Honda NZ, inports only... pitty cos the CX is awesome (having had all the 500s from the A to Turbo)

[Mr Revhead]

there were no 500's the year of the 400C
The 400C is the same as the 650C, the engine the same as the 400E

Yes, sorry my mistake. I'm just fixated on the 500s as I have one, soon to be two....

OP, when you are saying a 400c are you meaning the 400 custom? or an actual c? some people shorten the custom to c cassing confusion

[dangerous]

Yes, sorry my mistake. I'm just fixated on the 500s as I have one, soon to be two....

OP, when you are saying a 400c are you meaning the 400 custom? or an actual c? some people shorten the custom to c cassing confusion

an actual C is a custom, you may be thinking of the EC aka euro sport, roughley
A 78-80 proto
B 81-82 shadow
C 81- 84 custom 500, 400, 650
D 650 only as in ED
E 82- 83 euro sport 500 and 400 euro 650= ED
TC 81-83 turbo 500 and 650

as above off the top of my head being roughley

[Mr Revhead]

It's confusing! Especially as some markets had differing names, eg Shadow and Deluxe.
The thing with the Customs is there is two distinct variations of them. The later ones are 400s and 650s. And the 500s were the earlier ones. So as far as the OP is concerned bits for a 500 are of no use to him.
http://msy.or.tv/bike/cx/cx_400c.jpg

vs

http://globalcarbrands.com/i/honda/h...x-500-c-07.jpg

[willk19]

It's a 400 custom

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[dangerous]

It's confusing! Especially as some markets had differing names, eg Shadow and Deluxe.
The thing with the Customs is there is two distinct variations of them. The later ones are 400s and 650s. And the 500s were the earlier ones. So as far as the OP is concerned bits for a 500 are of no use to him.
http://msy.or.tv/bike/cx/cx_400c.jpg

vs

http://globalcarbrands.com/i/honda/h...x-500-c-07.jpg

nothing confusing... C means Custom as per your attachments
Shadow was the last A the with fairing blade and 2hp extra, in 80 they were only black and named after the vincent black shadow, from 81 the shadow was red and blue aswell.
As far as I know a delux was a yank name only also knowen as the GL, high bars chrome head light instead of the plastik fairing

[AllanB]

I reckon if Honda pulled finger and produced a modern CX900 that looked like this they would be onto a winner.

[dangerous]

I reckon if Honda pulled finger and produced a modern CX900 that looked like this they would be onto a winner.

LOL, I like that, sad aye... hey I alwasy thought after the 650 a 750-900 would have been the mutts nutts, wonder why they stoped something so good... muilties I spose, high reving fairing wraped rockets.

[Drew]

nothing confusing... C means Custom as per your attachments
Shadow was the last A the with fairing blade and 2hp extra, in 80 they were only black and named after the vincent black shadow, from 81 the shadow was red and blue aswell.
As far as I know a delux was a yank name only also knowen as the GL, high bars chrome head light instead of the plastik fairing

I saw a GL500 just the other day. Had never heard of them....turns out that's because they're a CX with rust spots around the headlight.

[dangerous]

I saw a GL500 just the other day. Had never heard of them....turns out that's because they're a CX with rust spots around the headlight.

DONT you farking try n wind me up cock... LOL
GL... as in GL1000 GOLDwing
GL500 as in silver wing yes a faired cx in touring clothing
GL400 a very poor mans cx

you proberly seen an inport which has lost its VETA like fairing... thats right sunny bubbles do you even know what a veta fairing is, ohhh thats right you were just a twinkel in ya oll mans ball bag back then... oh WAIT, that was ya brother

[Robert Taylor]

I reckon if Honda pulled finger and produced a modern CX900 that looked like this they would be onto a winner.

As long as they had cam chains and tensioners with a service life longer than closely resembling oil and filter change interval then maybe yes. Ive lost count of the number of cam chains, tensioners, followers ( and camshafts ) that I replaced in CX500s and VF750FDs whilst working in the UK in the early eighties.

[Mr Revhead]

Yeah the can chain was a serious issue at first. But is well sorted now.

Just picked up Up a 2nd 500 Custom today

[dangerous]

Yeah the can chain was a serious issue at first. But is well sorted now

BOLLICKS

As long as they had cam chains and tensioners with a service life longer than closely resembling oil and filter change interval then maybe yes. Ive lost count of the number of cam chains, tensioners, followers ( and camshafts ) that I replaced in CX500s and VF750FDs whilst working in the UK in the early eighties.

ok lts not bring the vf 750 into this thread... it deserves one of its own.

now in my experance of owning near all cx modles:
A, manual camchain adjustment... fultless, 100k +
B, manual camchain adjustment... fultless 100k+
C, manual camchain adjustment... fultless (same engine as B)
E, Auto camchain adjustment... issues, due to adjuster not allowing much adjustment, replaced every 7000km (did 3)
TC, Auto camchain adjustment... faultless 40k+ and thrashed

[Mr Revhead]

So you are saying that due to frequent checks and adjustment you can avoid the damage.

The factory had several goes at fixing it until they went to the auto adjuster.

[AllanB]

Gear driven cams wirrrr wirrrrrr wirrrrrr