Manky Monkey Motors

helloo chaps i have a CX 500 not sure wot to do wit it bobber ? cafe racer? or a trike wot do you all think ? BD

Any of the three options sounds good to me DB .........but i would trike it  ;D

I'd trike it but that's just me. Ah go on, go on, go on go on.

From experience they make an excellent trike, so...............

Yes yes trike it!

have to agree with morrag, in the 500cc class they seem to very popular as a choice to trike.........  there is a lot of them around which i think speaks for its self  :)

Yes must agree. First time I heard of a CX500 trike I thought they were joking, I was never a fan of the bike and always thought it slow and underpowered but I wanted grunt then. I was amazed at how good the CX was as a trike, good turn of speed and plenty of torque. I am biased though as solo bikes dont interest me that much but I do like looking at the pics so post whatever you do :)

It's amazing how many people told me my 550 wouldn't be powerful enough to trike - anyone who's ridden with me know it has bags of acceleration!

I think with me it must have been because I always wanted something quicker to challenge my mates on their solo's Bobbi. Once I got the 1100 although at top end it was down on them they usually didnt have the bottle to push it :)

Step son has a CX500 trike and I have a few mates who have had them and they are great trikes, your engine would produce more power than those so like you say accelleration wont be a problem. The CX has more power than the 850 Reliant is it 50bh against 34bh or something?

99 per cent of the time  you spend time on a trike /bike/car pottering about under 70mph, and mildly accelerating,
so it doesnt really matter,
trikes arnt usually about speed etc, bikes are for that imo,
trikes are a different fun

i generally Potter around at 50 55 and that's it.......but its nice to have a bit tucked away for over taking

Helloo chaps had a couple of trikes now and love them but fancy buildin somat different for a change will post a pick so u can see wot i mean DB

I have seen a few project Cafe Racer type moded CX/GL 500's and they all look the biz.they give the impression of a short wheelbase, short circuit "Club" racer and are very pretty................naw, I'll stick with my SV at the mo, but you never know........., but purley as a matter of interest,I'm using ine of those motors for my next project, still in the planning stages at present, a 1930's Morgan Aero"look-a-similar" I hope!!.Morrag

Reliants are an enormous 40 bhp!

seen one of them they perdy them are Morag

never thought of the cx as a cafe racer but that looks the dogs wotsits

To be honest ive always thought the cx was one of the most ugly lumps ive ever seen but that does look very cool

trike it or OR ELSE.  ;)

got my eye on one locally going cheap as a project to trike it but I know as soon as my boy see's the cafe racer version I'm gonna have a helluva fight on my hands

It didn't have much in the way of lookis but I borrowed one for while when my Kwak was off the road and it was a hoot to ride!  I would have cheerfully parted with the GT for a CX except it was topheavy for me to handle when not riding it.

When we were at the Bristol classic bike show at shepton mallet, there was a cafe racer stand that seemed to be dedicated to CX500s.But i can't remember who they were.

hellooo  we are down to two options cafe , or trike pls cast yer votes  DB

trike

Trike -you know it makes sense!

got to be triked fella.


and done for the basingstoke show

trike the fekka, its worth more that way anyway if u dont like it

TRIKE, TRIKE, TRIKE!

trike it

How about a cafe racing TRIKE ;D

If you decide to trike it can I have the rear wheel "Diff" unit off it please!!! Morrag

hello chaps ive concidred the cafe trike Hunter may be nice Morag yes u can DB

It would certainly be something different ;)

google Odgies Austin 7 Morrag and look at his 2 Honda CX 500 powered specials.. not 3 wheeled but cool anyway..

At the Nostalgia Nationals drag races in Stratford on Avon a couple of weeks ago.

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isn't that superb.. not my style but one hell of a scratch build...

Yeah, have to admire the man's ingenuity although, as you say, not my personal taste. The Shedster was more my kinda thing.
Loony & I have often talked about building a little ali bodied, boat tailed hill climber style special from the Reliant he has at the workshop.

exactly what I have in mind mate but I want to use old beam axles on mine and preferably use an old 100e motor so that I can possibly have a bash in the flathead meltdown series...

talking of 100E motors  take a look at this ebay item number 221059473267  it got an 100E motor in it but realy should have the earlier ford 8hp in it ,,,guess who owns it and where it is  ::) ::) just look at the other piccs with it  ;)





p.s i,d put a ,link, to it but i always cock em up ,,,

 ;) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221059473267?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D221059473267%26_rdc%3D1

thats it  ;) now what could you do with it ?

what you need is a Pop axle and a set of spitfire hubs and hillman wheels for this mate  ;)

No, that's what Loony needs. What I need is to finish the 5 projects I've already got!

This Roller's more my thing.  8)

oh yes.. suit me as well mate.. I can see me in that towing my saltflat Panther down to Bonneville  8) 8) can't much more English than that ehh  ;)

A bit Thunderbirds, but cool.

mind you would prefer that Pug van towing a Terrot salty racer  ;) :-*

I'll tell 'em you'd like it delivered next time I'm passing the showroom. It was in Aldershot by the way.