Honda CX 500 first Café build

hope it all goes well with the sale
so come on spill the beans whats it based on???

The silence is deafening, I suspect Mr IDE has alreayd abandoned us and moved on to a new site, probably a trike or sommat (teehee!)

I did alright on the sale, the bike was £400, I spent anouther £500 on it and sold it for £1,900

Trike???!!!Bwah-hahahahahahaha yeah I rekon.

My next project is a hybrid its gonna be a Cafefighter. A Honda VTR1000 engine in a highly modded 1200 Bandit frame.



















I'll be starting another thread when I get a bit more done. I'm doing a few upgrades to my workshop at the moment and its taking all my spair time, but I hope I've managed to wet your appatite.

looking forward to this ,what front end you using

Busa matey

what is it with you and the easy option

Okay bud, you are officially fruit loops, can't wait for the progression, if it's anything like the standard of the CX we are in the presence of greatness!

Where's the fun in the easy option matey

Now what did I do with that grinder

dont do things by 'alfs do you

Dude, this is all going very well - but might I suggest a smaller battery?, as it's dictating the size of your rear hump. There are lots of LiFePo options that are not stupid money from the likes of Shorai and RacingBatteries.co.uk.

In fact there are also smaller Gel batteries out there that can mount sideways. My old YB12BBS mounts sideways and is quite slim for a Lead battery with loads of CCA.

Anyway, really loving your detailed pics and this thread. Keep it up.

IED wrote:

Busa matey

same with the rearend

do you use a knotcher or by hand those joints look nice and neat

Hi all, been a while since I've been on here, hope everyone is OK. I've been spending a bit of time on the Bandit forum on my latest project. if you're interested, then please feel free to drop in and have a little look.
http://www.banditforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46768.0

IED wrote:

hi sir, what tools you used to remove lock nut that "lock" pivot bearing?
and at what direction to open the lock nut?

please, i realy need help  

brekz wrote:

IED wrote:

hi sir, what tools you used to remove lock nut that "lock" pivot bearing?
and at what direction to open the lock nut?

please, i realy need help  

That's an Allan Key socket, you can buy them in sets or individually from Halfords (other tool stores are available!) The direction of rotation depends on wether it's right or left hand thread, but they should never be so tight as to not be moveable one way or the other.

If you try it with a breaker bar, or failing that a piece of thick pipe that will fit over the handle of your ratchet to give you extra leverage they should come out.

If they are still being stubborn try lying the frame on it's side and flooding the spindle with penetrating fluid such as WD40 and leaving overnight.