Cafe Racer Forum -

Hi guys, this is my 1979 honda cx500 I picked up from a guy who was building it into a cafe racer.
I got it at a great price as it had a running issue
Jaymo's first cafe build - CX500 Null

First things first I looked into the running issue, I don't know much about carbs but the way the bike was running it definitely sounded fuel related. So checked air line were good then took the top of the carbs off and found the float on on was sticky, so cleaned it up and lubed it a little and it seemed to sort the problem.

Decided then to start stripping her down.
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I want to go for the open frame look under the seat so whipped the air box and battery out and have ordered some pod filters and some #90 and #120 jets.

So I'm looking now where I can locate the battery and where I can locate this (starter module??) to
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Any help would be great!

Then I stripped off some parts I would like painting as the crappy black paint job does nothing for me or the bike!

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These are what I want to get painted, got a quote from a local place today for £610+ Vat haha... No thanks.
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The front discs were looking a bit worn out and grooved so decided to take them off too whilst the wheel was off to make room for the mud guard!

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I decided I would try prepping the tank to see what the condition was in and found a bit of filler. Popping to see another guy today for a more reasonable price to get these bits painted too.

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