Honda CX500 Cafe Racer Build 46 - Road Test Day

[@woodywoodpecker2708]

Really great to see this beauty on the streets. Minor setbacks should NOT discourage you. Keep it up. So sad she couldn't meet the other distinguished gentlemen. Keep up the good work and the videos coming.

[@forthebold]

Absolutely not, they come to test us ;) Luckily nothing major and nothing that a little welding wouldn't sort

[@dickietickerworkshop8278]

100 videos spanning 3 years and still no bikes finished. You could sell snow to Eskimos 😂. Saying all that. Love the vids 👍

[@forthebold]

Glad you love them, the bikes will never be finished as they'll continue to evolve, but the GS and this are finished.

[@UrbanMonkTV]

Let's not forget he's building more than motorcycles here - he's also building a body of blog work that is extensive, informative and entertaining. The video and editing work makes building a motorcycle look like building paper airplanes in terms of the time required. Oh, and he goes to work and has a family. I understand the sentiment and even had the thought myself for moment, but then I tried it myself. Agree with you...love these vids.

[@Firetech1961]

Oh those shake downs can be interesting ! Glad it wasn’t a major fail! 👍

[@forthebold]

Nothing major, a quick weld and it's fixed.

[@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

Well done my friend! Great looking bike! Congratulations on the build. I can’t wait to see the GS completed. Ride safe.

[@forthebold]

Thanks Willy's GS soon, just rear lights to wire in.

[@benhawke7231]

What a perfect video to wake up to. Haven't had my coffee yet, so sorry for the short comment. Man that bike sounds like a beast.

[@forthebold]

Thanks Ben, glad you enjoyed it.

[@nathanchristopher9752]

Sounds great. Don't sweat the bugs...all builds have them.

[@havoc010101]

Congratulations on finishing the build and getting her on the road! She looks and sounds fantastic! With few minor tweaks you'll have a great bike! Keep the content coming!

[@forthebold]

Thanks, sure is done, looking forward to riding it more.

[@OldManTony]

Wonderful to see you out on the bike. It seems to be done for shakedown. I’m glad you enjoyed it, it would be a shame doing all that work to hate it!

[@forthebold]

Thanks, quick weld on the lever and it's back on.

[@tree_monkey87]

Nov in Canada and that just sounds so delightful lol

[@DifferentRides]

For the rpm there's a setting where you choose mono cylinder or two cylinders easy setting and that will change the rpms . About the speed make sure that you "let the speedo know" how many magnets you have on the bike and insert the correct diameter on the speedo settings otherwise you will have bad readings. Great video as always!

[@forthebold]

Would make sense as at a guess it was twice as much as what it should be.

[@DifferentRides]

@@forthebold exactly what I spotted you were a 4k rpms and it sounded 2k

[@qashi9940]

Thats one hell of a beauty..love your cx500 build... waiting for cb750 build vids...big fan of cx500 now cause of your build😛

[@forthebold]

Thanks, glad you like it, it;s turned out better than I could imagine, and keeping it twin shock is a decision I'm glad I went with,

[@carltonolson6813]

She sounds awesome 👍love the scenery around there... great vid

[@forthebold]

Thanks Carlton, was a lovely morning.

[@mrbusak3]

Looks really good on the road - the riding silhouette has a really nice stance. Look forward to seeing more of the CX on the road. And the GS soon, yeah?

[@forthebold]

Thanks, it's good to ride, more videos coming :)

[@Nick-jr9pc]

@@forthebold any idea on when you will give the GS it's first ride?

[@forthebold]

Realistically in the next 3 weeks. I have a lot to do these next few weeks but finishing the wiring (indicators) next weekend.

[@voin3858]

Love the finished bike. The bugs you can fix they are a minor problem, I do hope we get a few videos of you with a chase car or a chase bike. Cheers

[@forthebold]

Absolutely 100% it's in development.

[@jsturgess3456]

Hope to see more of the GS in future

[@forthebold]

Definitely, will have a riding video soon.

[@MegaKencam]

The thing that scares me about the 1st ride is death wobble after significantly changing the stance of the bike.

[@olliededhar2948]

Try flipping the Speedo magnets over. If you have them with the wrong side against the sensor, you'll get a 0 reading

[@forthebold]

Good call, I'll try that.

[@samellis7965]

Love your video's, have just bought a '79 cx500 and will be taking a lot of inspiration from your channel for my first cafe racer build. I like your rear seat hoop frame mod, and the repositioning of the rear shocks. I agree that changing the ride angle looks much better with this and lower front end but, reading on forums, this seems to be a bit controversial with a lot saying it would adversely affect handling. Just wondering if you could comment on the new ride profile and, in particular, the bike handling as a result. Cheers

[@forthebold]

I read so much on forums nowadays that you can tell it’s a lot of keyboard warriors that just type what they’ve read else where without actual experience. So hard to believe anything these days. The ride isn’t affected. The front forks did so I’ve raised them an inch back up. But no issues with the back.

[@jishh]

She sounds naughty!

[@forthebold]

Very naughty. especially to the neighbours.

[@jdwhite2dw]

Hope you figure out speedo. Seen videos about how a pain those are to wire up.

[@forthebold]

I think the magnets were too far away and there's a setting to adjust the revs, but I'm going to replace the dials.

[@colbypasour353]

What are you going to go back with? Have a CX of my own and am looking at possible speedo/tach combos

[@johncarlson1877]

A little more fine tuning and then the photo shoot remember tuning for perfection is the best and most fun k and n stage 1 carbine kit?????

[@johncarlson1877]

Oops meant Kand N stage 1 carbie kit for street use they can match up all ur custom mods also re gear it properly a most beautiful job on the whole I wish I was working with you started at 5 on a taco mini bike and am 54 now love doing gravity fuel systems

[@marcusmcclelland]

sounds like its running good.

[@forthebold]

It is, plugs are clean upon inspection after riding & good response.

[@Gus-cg9yp]

Hi, bike looks great !! What size of tyres did you put?? im working on a CX500 and I love how they look , thanks . Gus

[@forthebold]

I put 100 90 19 on the front and 120 90 18 on the rear

[@julianmeneses4083]

Awesome job man, im looking forward to transform a suzuki gn250 into a scrambler. Regards from Argentina!

[@forthebold]

Thanks, Good luck on it.

[@alkanhel]

Can you make a video of how to install this custom digital gauge please? I'm interested in buying one but have no idea how to make it work.

[@forthebold]

It's in the previous video

[@dowser81]

sounds strong nice

[@forthebold]

Thanks Alan

[@mauricehill5782]

The cx sounded great but the question that I have is it hard to rebuild a motorcycle engine?

[@forthebold]

Yes and no. If you’re careful and know what you’re doing no. But can be challenging.

[@paulevans3156]

Sounds great a job well done

[@forthebold]

Thank you

[@johncarlson1877]

Speedo inner wire and add 1 tooth to the front sprocket or take 3 from the rear which will still give A false reading. I assume you replaced sprockets with what came off ? Back to the manual boss

[@forthebold]

Ain't no sprockets on this bike, it's shaft drive.

[@tiburonzr]

I have the same speedometer on my xv750 Cafe racer build and they never work right. That's why I didn't put them on my cx500, looking for something with temp gauge.

[@forthebold]

they're not the best.

[@occultatis6387]

Maaaaan I can imagine how nervous you must have been riding your bike for the first time... Even me who is just watching the Video is like PLEASE LET EVERYTHING WORK OUT 😂

[@forthebold]

Yeah, if you over think it you're riding at 60mph on a lump of metal put together with bolts with a hot engine and a tank filled with flamable fuel! So anything could happen. But the positive side to look at it is if you buy a second hand motorcycle and just ride it without checking anything it's probably more dangerous.

[@nikolasb2933]

Interested to know what are the major differences between riding the GS & CX considering they are both around same capacity/ weight?

[@forthebold]

They’re 2 completely different bike to be honest. CX is much lighter because you have less frame and the engine is lighter, also even though they’re the same size engine the configuration between the V2 and inline 4 is a massive difference also.

[@twillum]

Go for the Koso speedos, so much better. Good video.

[@forthebold]

Definitely going to get another one.

[@ailstedt77]

There are 3 different ways to calibrate the speed according to the Internet. Measure the rotational distance of 1 tire revolution. Measure entire wheels revolution distance and measure distance from axle center to neodymium magnet. I have come to the conclusion that mine is neodymium magnet revolutionary distance in mm (probably du to that I use km/h in Sweden). But my rpm needle is fluxuatin like crazy and after about half an hour ride often goes to a full stop. There are a lot of different manuals online, but none seem to work correctly so I have combined them all. And from there it's trial and error.

[@forthebold]

Thanks, I'll look into them. RPM is the only thing that seems OK, (now I know why it was so high)

[@sevenity2677]

Hell yeah!

[@forthebold]

Yup.

[@kevinhaythornwhite1198]

Did you ever sort or replace the speedo?

[@forthebold]

Sorted it, then binned it. Then replaced it

[@kevinhaythornwhite1198]

@@forthebold what did you replace it with please? Your build has really helped with mine.

[@forthebold]

Kevin Haythornwhite a small black one from Dime City Cycles

[@f100unibody9]

Fantastic 👍🏽👍🏽

[@forthebold]

Thanks Rob

[@saratchandra27]

What's the top speed recorded on this beast

[@forthebold]

About 50mph at the moment, ha. I've not taken it out properly. I don't think I'd go above 70mph on this though.

[@artsmith103]

I owned a CX500. It's a baby touring bike. Not at all a racer.

[@forthebold]

You should try this. Completely different seating position and you can lift it off the ground with easy it’s so light. I don’t think you can judge a bike before a build. Check out The Kenzo by Death Machines London to see what they’ve done to a Goldwing which is even further a tourer than the CX

[@waynemartinez8620]

What happened to the speedometer?

[@forthebold]

Not sure yet, suggestion could be the magnet the wrong way, or it hasn't been set up right.

[@joeygreenhaw8503]

@@forthebold I'm doing the same with my CX650 and am just curious if you got the multi-display to work somewhat right? I was more worried about the tach than the speedo. Watching your vid I felt you had the mags in the wrong place. I think they need to be more on the outside of the rim. Not near the center. Also, you said the odometer kept resetting to 0 every time you turned the bike off. Is that still happening?

[@forthebold]

Magent location doesn’t matter as it’s passes per rotation. It’s the same on the outside or inside. They work well now. Just doesn’t always store mileage. My only issue with it.

[@stephenkosloff6081]

yeah - gr8 job lucky you could have only driven into your missus.....................

[@forthebold]

Wouldn't have been good.

[@knottymatt]

I'd change the exhaust for a different engine note.... maybe more like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqSmaWaYZ7eLmJY

[@forthebold]

Naaahhhh, too tame, I want people to be scared of the bike.

[@knottymatt]

😂 ok ok, love it!

[@cedre2274]

Oh, shiiit

[@rnobx]

So tiny road :D

[@forthebold]

It's what makes the roads around here fun

[@johncarlson1877]

There is plenty of power to pull waaaaay taller gears re gear puhleeeeeeze

[@forthebold]

Plenty of power for sure, a bit hesitant on the first ride.

[@MrJak427]

These engines have a short stroke they like to sit higher in the rev range also the oil pump doesn’t supply alot of oil low in the Revs so laboring them can be very bad for the rod bearings.. which you can’t get for these engines