Ratty Cafe - CX500 - Now not so Ratty :)
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Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
Cut the old mufflers off as they were welded to a PO homemade crossover setup, this will be cleaned up and painted and modded to allow me to slip on my new 17" Reverse cone mufflers but in the meantime I couldn't resist seeing how the V would sound with just the headers and crossover. Getting to the point of thinking about colours, British Racing Green and black are on the cards at the moment.
No Mufflers
Cheers
Steve
Cut the old mufflers off as they were welded to a PO homemade crossover setup, this will be cleaned up and painted and modded to allow me to slip on my new 17" Reverse cone mufflers but in the meantime I couldn't resist seeing how the V would sound with just the headers and crossover. Getting to the point of thinking about colours, British Racing Green and black are on the cards at the moment.
No Mufflers
Cheers
Steve
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
Welded some pipe to the old H box so I could slip my new mufflers on, louder than I thought and a bit tinny so I'll baffle them a little more and see how it goes.
Some pics with the new mufflers, the nice clean bit of exhaust between pipe and muffler is the new section I welded in. It kicks the mufflers out and up a bit which I think gives it a nice line. Starting to look pretty tough for an old CX 8)
Cheers
Steve
Welded some pipe to the old H box so I could slip my new mufflers on, louder than I thought and a bit tinny so I'll baffle them a little more and see how it goes.
Some pics with the new mufflers, the nice clean bit of exhaust between pipe and muffler is the new section I welded in. It kicks the mufflers out and up a bit which I think gives it a nice line. Starting to look pretty tough for an old CX 8)
Cheers
Steve
green91shoplus
New Member
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
your bike is officially inspiration for my CX500 build.
i might have a line on a CX500 turbo without a title for real cheap that i may have to research into swapping over into the bike i have sitting. ;D
i wish i had more time from travelling for work to start on the bikes i got. they're all still sitting where i found them baking in the desert as of right now, i've been trying to line up a truck to borrow and cruise out there to get them
just wondering, what is holding the seat up between the back of the tank and the raised part of the subframe? it appears to just be floating right there.
your bike is officially inspiration for my CX500 build.
i might have a line on a CX500 turbo without a title for real cheap that i may have to research into swapping over into the bike i have sitting. ;D
i wish i had more time from travelling for work to start on the bikes i got. they're all still sitting where i found them baking in the desert as of right now, i've been trying to line up a truck to borrow and cruise out there to get them
just wondering, what is holding the seat up between the back of the tank and the raised part of the subframe? it appears to just be floating right there.
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
Cool
The front of the seat is on the rear tank mount, I had to trim down the rubber but the bolt holding the tank down will also hold down the fron tof the seat.
Cheers
Steve
green91shoplus said:your bike is officially inspiration for my CX500 build.
i might have a line on a CX500 turbo without a title for real cheap that i may have to research into swapping over into the bike i have sitting. ;D
i wish i had more time from travelling for work to start on the bikes i got. they're all still sitting where i found them baking in the desert as of right now, i've been trying to line up a truck to borrow and cruise out there to get them
just wondering, what is holding the seat up between the back of the tank and the raised part of the subframe? it appears to just be floating right there.
Cool
The front of the seat is on the rear tank mount, I had to trim down the rubber but the bolt holding the tank down will also hold down the fron tof the seat.
Cheers
Steve
boingk
Standard gearhead.
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
First off, hats off with the fitment of the chambers! Very nice indeed. Loving it!
green91shopsurplus - Steer clear of the turbo version, more hassle than its worth. You can bore the 500 to a 650 though apparently.
Disco - Got the bike buying blues? Well, way I see it you get three choices: Right bike, right price, right now. You can pick any two!
Cheers - boingk
First off, hats off with the fitment of the chambers! Very nice indeed. Loving it!
green91shopsurplus - Steer clear of the turbo version, more hassle than its worth. You can bore the 500 to a 650 though apparently.
Disco - Got the bike buying blues? Well, way I see it you get three choices: Right bike, right price, right now. You can pick any two!
Cheers - boingk
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
I did this vid, the wind is mucking up the pickup of the mic though so it doesn't sound quite right, lost a lot of the low down sound it has, I'll try and get a better one on the weekend or later today.
EMGO Mufflers on CX 500
Cheers
Steve
thunderzy said:
I did this vid, the wind is mucking up the pickup of the mic though so it doesn't sound quite right, lost a lot of the low down sound it has, I'll try and get a better one on the weekend or later today.
EMGO Mufflers on CX 500
Cheers
Steve
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
Yep, the end caps are removable and I'll muck about with the baffles. It does sound better than the vid sounds though, I think the wind in the mic limited what it recorded or how it sounds as it doesn't sound much different to what it did with no mufflers.
Cheers
Steve
thunderzy said:
Yep, the end caps are removable and I'll muck about with the baffles. It does sound better than the vid sounds though, I think the wind in the mic limited what it recorded or how it sounds as it doesn't sound much different to what it did with no mufflers.
Cheers
Steve
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
Tweaked the mufflers a bit, probably need a little more to get them sounding spot on
CX500 with reverse EMGOs'
Cheers
Steve
Tweaked the mufflers a bit, probably need a little more to get them sounding spot on
CX500 with reverse EMGOs'
Cheers
Steve
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
Welded up my frame for the fibreglass seat to mount onto, then tested it. No flex and all feels solid.
Here's the pics, the frame will be removable and the seat will bolt to the frame, just need to weld some tabs on to it to mount the seat onto. The front of the frame will have a plate on it that will slip under the tank mount like the stock seat does, the rear will have tabs welded to it that will bolt to some stock nuts on the bike frame. Another step almost done.
Once the seat is padded I'll look at moving the pegs if I need to.
And without me, I'll need to figure out something to fill the gap between seat and frame but it's waaaaaay down the list at the moment.
Cheers
Steve
Welded up my frame for the fibreglass seat to mount onto, then tested it. No flex and all feels solid.
Here's the pics, the frame will be removable and the seat will bolt to the frame, just need to weld some tabs on to it to mount the seat onto. The front of the frame will have a plate on it that will slip under the tank mount like the stock seat does, the rear will have tabs welded to it that will bolt to some stock nuts on the bike frame. Another step almost done.
Once the seat is padded I'll look at moving the pegs if I need to.
And without me, I'll need to figure out something to fill the gap between seat and frame but it's waaaaaay down the list at the moment.
Cheers
Steve
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
Took the bike down the culdesac and back again, didn't take it out of first as I had no gear on but being a dead end street didn't worry too much, I could have ridden the pushy faster This is the first time it's moved more than a few meters since I took it off the trailer when I brought it home. I'll have to gear up on the weekend and take it for a proper spin up the street, it sounds too nice to just have it idle in the driveway...
The seat is just stuck to the frame with double sided tape until I'm sure of positioning and have the tabs welded on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEcb5WwCYgc
Cheers
Steve
Took the bike down the culdesac and back again, didn't take it out of first as I had no gear on but being a dead end street didn't worry too much, I could have ridden the pushy faster
This is the first time it's moved more than a few meters since I took it off the trailer when I brought it home. I'll have to gear up on the weekend and take it for a proper spin up the street, it sounds too nice to just have it idle in the driveway...The seat is just stuck to the frame with double sided tape until I'm sure of positioning and have the tabs welded on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEcb5WwCYgc
Cheers
Steve
green91shoplus
New Member
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
i'm lovin it!
just out of curiosity, how tall are you? i'm 6'3" and wondering about rear set location on mine when i start working on it.
i'm getting a similar styled seat and eyeballing a couple of 'guzzi' styled half fairings to run.
those pipes also sound pretty good for the video too.
i'm lovin it!
just out of curiosity, how tall are you? i'm 6'3" and wondering about rear set location on mine when i start working on it.
i'm getting a similar styled seat and eyeballing a couple of 'guzzi' styled half fairings to run.
those pipes also sound pretty good for the video too.
Steve F
Been Around the Block
Re: Ratty Cafe - CX500
I'm pretty much spot on 6ft, it's actually not too bad without rear sets but the 'Shadow' (Oz model designation) has the pegs set back a little anyway. I guess with a decent run I'll know if it's uncomfortable but right no no problems. The biggest thing for me was making sure the seat wasn't too low, once padded it'll be a bit higher but any lower and it would be too uncomfortable without lowering the pegs.
Cheers
Steve
I'm pretty much spot on 6ft, it's actually not too bad without rear sets but the 'Shadow' (Oz model designation) has the pegs set back a little anyway. I guess with a decent run I'll know if it's uncomfortable but right no no problems. The biggest thing for me was making sure the seat wasn't too low, once padded it'll be a bit higher but any lower and it would be too uncomfortable without lowering the pegs.
Cheers
Steve
