Tag Archives: cx500

received some pix and info from mister justin allen about his custom 1979 honda cx500 deluxe about a week ago. this is what he wrote about the build, with a little editing done by some ****** who posts bikes on ...

it’s been a hard week. being a blog dude of a popular-ish website that challenges the competition while creating a start-up manufacturing company is tough sh*t so please accept my apologies for the dearth of decent posts lately. having no ...

give me this image when i typed in “stripper housework?” now this is more like it! >> make sure there are no wrinkles in the cuffs, dear. please don’t think i am misogynistic. i know for a fact that being ...

pix only today. met greg over the summer in florida. he was cool. thought i’d share some of his stuff. if my beer-addled brain correctly recalls, he was riding this yamaha xs750 triple. photos by erik runyon of choppershotz. for ...

you f***ers don’t want me to quit. remember, i don’t owe you sh*t. regardless, one nice message came from michiel recently. he’s a student in the netherlands and digs building low budget bikes. we all dig that, too. michiel believes that ...

went up to mansfield/lexington ohio to the ama mid-ohio vintage motorcycle days this weekend with eric to a race that broke out in a flea market. it was an interesting trip. we met the guy who built that old honda cx500 ...

this is the current world record holder in the 500cc pushrod class at bonneville: it’s the very derided honda cx500, motherfu***ers. they hit over 114 mph with a stock motor and half-assed body work in 2008. watch the video below. ...

hot off the revolutionary-inciting internet, the copenhagen cats at wrenchmonkees have created another bare bones cafe-style bike. i do wish they’d have turned the drive from shaft to chain. maybe some day… best known for their work with cb750 bikes, ...

First, something I’ve been saying for years: There. Now you wonder less why I make such a racket about ****** revolution when I’ve had a few beers on a Friday. Also, now that you’re a little freaked out, click this ...

When I was 18, my first bike was a 1978 CX500.  It had a Windjammer with a stereo that jammed the Doors, the Who, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and the Dead Kennedys as I yelled along, speeding down the road.  ...