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Nov 23rd, 2004, 04:55 PM
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#1 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 385 Model: 02 wide glide Interests: harleys-jack daniels-that "one thing" Occupation: trying to make a living
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Here is one of many murals on the flood wall in Portsmouth Ohio. | 
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Nov 23rd, 2004, 05:02 PM
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#2 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas Coastal Bend
Posts: 561 Model: Which one? Interests: Hunting, fishing, riding and racing motorcycles Occupation: slacker and part time small engine mechanic when I feel like it
| Wow, how cool! That's a CX500 on the far left, not one of my favorite motorcycles, but rather notable for its weird design.  Cool artist! I don't really relate to art, can't draw stick figures, but I know I like that. | |
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Nov 24th, 2004, 11:34 AM
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#3 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,980
| Hope it isn't done in water colors lol
Thats pretty nice, when I lived there it was just concrete, typical cincy stuff, plain german boring no dirt LOL | |
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Nov 24th, 2004, 11:47 AM
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#4 | | Administrator Has posted 500+
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 1,558 Interests: Fishing, wood working, flipping off Fred Fox Occupation: Founder of Bike Talk....retired and lovin' it
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Originally Posted by Goose Wow, how cool! That's a CX500 on the far left, not one of my favorite motorcycles, but rather notable for its weird design. Cool artist! I don't really relate to art, can't draw stick figures, but I know I like that. | Not only ugly but really weird to ride. If you hammered it at low speed, the torque tried to lay the bike over to one side. Only rode one once and only for a short while. Long enough to know it was not something I wanted to ride a lot lol! | |
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Nov 24th, 2004, 05:52 PM
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#5 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas Coastal Bend
Posts: 561 Model: Which one? Interests: Hunting, fishing, riding and racing motorcycles Occupation: slacker and part time small engine mechanic when I feel like it
| Yeah, CD, had a horrendous torque reaction, much worse than a GoldWing, BMW, or even a Guzzi. I think the only "bike" worse that I've seen is the reaction to blipping the throttle on the GM small block in a Boss Hoss, LOL!
It also had among the worst shaft drive torque reactions I've EVER ridden, possible exception is the XS11 Yamaha. That danged thing would try to toss you over the bars when you dropped the hammer.
I've worked on a comple of CX500s in the last year. You do not want to even think of doing a water pump seal in one. It's a royal pain. I'd rather rebuild the thing. It has an "interference fit" mechanical seal, rubber portion in the case cover and ceramic seat behind the impeller. You must pull the engine, pull the case cover, pull the stator, pulser coils, countershaft seal, and shifter seal out of it, clean it completely, stick the case cover in the oven for an hour or so at four hundered degrees, then you can drive the seal in. You will only mess up the seal if you try to press it, trust me, LOL! The cylinders, like a Wing's are cast into the cases, no base gasket to leak. That's all fine and good until it's time to go one over on the top end. 
Did I say I didn't care for that motorcycle? Strike that, I HATE that motorcycle! Sorry if someone here likes it, no accounting for taste. I guess it might have been a fine bike in its day if you never worked on your own stuff.  Even though it was pretty reliable, it had modest power, pogo sticks for forks, spring guides for shocks, mmmm, what am I leaving out? | |
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Nov 24th, 2004, 05:56 PM
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#6 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas Coastal Bend
Posts: 561 Model: Which one? Interests: Hunting, fishing, riding and racing motorcycles Occupation: slacker and part time small engine mechanic when I feel like it
| Oh, yeah, the Fred Flintstone brakes. | |
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Nov 26th, 2004, 12:29 AM
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#7 | | More than 100 posts!
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lawrenceville, Georgia
Posts: 167 Model: HD, 2001 Heritage Softail Classic Interests: My Family and Riding Occupation: Network Administrator
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Sorry but I have to ask, what are Fred Flinstone brakes??? You have to stop the thing by dragging your feet? 
The wall looks nice. Thanks for the pic. | |
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