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A100man
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PostPosted: 15:09 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Ebay's most majestic bike.. Reply with quote

As an antidote to the other other thread of a similar name I bring you the most majestic bike. Would-be, could-be bargains, genuine barn finds, original machaines with contemporary upgrades that sing classic cool...

I start you with this poorly listed mis-named CX.. Current bid price 99p

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265442462392?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/btgAAOSwNFphsKAK/s-l1600.jpg
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PostPosted: 15:19 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still a CX though.
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PostPosted: 15:33 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nobby the Bastard wrote:
Still a CX though.


Shhh, you'll upset WD Shifty
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PostPosted: 15:36 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is the yardstick for the motorcycle style category known as "despatch cool".
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PostPosted: 16:38 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

What a load of crap
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PostPosted: 16:40 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

About 4x better condition than mine! Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 16:46 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's £2.70 now. Rip off Britain.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha
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PostPosted: 16:47 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Re: Ebay's most majestic bike.. Reply with quote

A100man wrote:


Now that - THAT - is majestic. It's seeping majesty from every orifice.
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought i was having a stroke when trying to read that sellers business address
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PostPosted: 17:48 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

fairing weighs more than bike
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PostPosted: 18:08 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Superficially it doesn't look too bad considering most of them rusted away entirely by 2001
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PostPosted: 18:27 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder how much that will go for?
Despite the shabbiness it's surprisingly, actually all standard and original.
Windjammer( I think) fairing often fitted at that time for folk who actually rode them
further than Starbucks
Ditto the Rickman GRP top box, I had one of them too once
The rest is as it came from the dealer especially the front mudguard.
These often rotted away and were replaced by the ugly, cheap slab sided aftermarket ones
as originals were hard/expensive to come by.

It look like a B type with its reverse Comstars, oil drain plug in the forks and breather at the rear cover.
It has AC CDI ignition which could suffer from source coil and CDI box fails but this is easily updated
to a better system.
At 38K it should have a lot of life left in it but the cam chain will be well worn by now
if it hasn't been replaced.

Then theres the typical Honda rot.
They would often rot away at the lower frame near the engine mounts and the swinging arm plus the
mainstands would seize in and rot if neglected.
All fixable of course, if I had quid.......

they're easily worked on by the home mechanic
Info abounds on them and spares are mostly still easily found apart from some rocking horse shit
parts


It's possible it will end up as a cafe (puke) racer or someone will pour money into it and make
it an overblown (dont get it wet or dirty!!)garage queen.

Not me, I've done me time on CX's

I never did get the sneers they attracted
pretty? nope
sporty? nope
Who cares?
They were always a working bike to me
Looked after, they'd be unfussy and reliably clock up many many miles.
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PostPosted: 18:36 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a bit like a Kwak GT. A middle finger to fashion. "The world may change all around me, but I won't change", sort of thing. Hopefully people will one day understand that doing exactly what everyone else is doing (e.g. making iffy cafe racers) and then seeking the approval of peers and points for conformity just makes them blend into a sea of grey, and that what they did during their phase was pointless, wasteful and inauthentic. Bikes like the CX500 actually stand out more, and look more individual and unique, when they're unmolested and wear their history and epoque on their sleeve. Seeing one in the flesh in this condition is very rare and invites interest.
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PostPosted: 19:20 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like that; I'd give it a good service and a clean and ride as is, although this picture does give rise to a question:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iGYAAOSw-q9hsKAV/s-l1600.jpg

How does it stop? Is there an anchor in the top box for the rider to throw over the side when a set of traffic lights hoves into view?
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PostPosted: 19:29 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I rode one back in about 1992 and it was as inspiring as a cg125.
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PostPosted: 20:20 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
It's £2.70 now. Rip off Britain.


Already up to £160 ! BUT have you seen what CD175s fetch these days Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

A100man wrote:
Polarbear wrote:
It's £2.70 now. Rip off Britain.


Already up to £160 ! BUT have you seen what CD175s fetch these days Shocked


Jesus. They are even worse.at least a cg125 doesn't make any pretence at having any power.
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PostPosted: 22:06 - 08 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

slowasyoulike wrote:
I like that; I'd give it a good service and a clean and ride as is, although this picture does give rise to a question:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iGYAAOSw-q9hsKAV/s-l1600.jpg

How does it stop? Is there an anchor in the top box for the rider to throw over the side when a set of traffic lights hoves into view?


In my experience the standard front brakes were often shite while the rear brake was OK for a drum type
After fitting braided hoses up front and a Kwak GPZ alloy master cylinder mine actually slowed down much much better when you pulled the lever
You'd never do a stoppie on it of course but it was OK for general riding.

I don't see how comparing it to a Cg125 is at all helpful or makes any sense,
They can cruise at 70-80 all day without busting a gut
maybe do a ton and bit if pushed but I snapped a crankpin on one doing this for an extend period.
Their ugliness kind of begged for a bit of ratting and I'd whip off and dump as much plastic as I could off them and fuck about with them.

Years ago you couldn't give a CX away and I loved it!
this made collecting spares so cheap, I even bought a whole
running bike for £40 that just needed minor electrical work!!
I never actually paid more than £100 for one. My first one.

Apart from the one where I snapped the crank, they always got me where I wanted to go and back home again so despite their flaws, faults and limitations I kind of had a soft spot for them.
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PostPosted: 09:50 - 09 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

WD Forte wrote:
Apart from the one where I snapped the crank, they always got me where I wanted to go and back home again so despite their flaws, faults and limitations I kind of had a soft spot for them.



Like dropping the engine for any kind of work.. Crying or Very sad
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A100man
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PostPosted: 12:41 - 09 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

..and another object of desire (for gentlemen of a certain age)


https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/i64AAOSwX0phqgab/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334241143845?[/img]
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PostPosted: 13:37 - 09 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd forgotten they used the same suspension both ends. Laughing
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PostPosted: 13:51 - 09 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

A100man wrote:
for gentlemen of a certain age


What? Dead years old? Laughing Razz
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PostPosted: 14:46 - 09 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

A100man wrote:



Headlamp out on a stalk?
A bike that says "I'm just here to do a job so fukuanorl"

Shut up and take my money!
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PostPosted: 15:12 - 09 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got one in July Laughing

That one is quite a mess though..
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PostPosted: 16:10 - 09 Dec 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would not be surprised if it went for over £1000
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