Can I Turn An Auction Honda Into An Adventure Bike?
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- It may not be rideable, but it wants an adventure. I can tell. @BrickHouseBuilds made the inspiration.
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I don't do adventure riding, but every time l ride my $100 1978 XT500, it's an adventure to me.
Honored to have been the inspiration for the build Craig! That CX500 adv build was super fun!
I spotted that right away as well. You guys should do a trip with the 2 bike when he is done
Brickhouse sighting in the wild! love your videos. inspired me to take on my own project
@catsoop2739 that's awesome man glad to hear it!
You built a sick bike!
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I said to myself "He saw BJ's Adventure Build." Sure enough. You Two should definity colab in the future or maybe even on this build.
I'm SHOCKED a seized piston with old head gaskets while cold managed to pull 150psi. Honda really just built different.
That’s how they got their reputation
I work on pretty much everything from harley, suzuki, kawasaki, yamaha, amongst others. Nothing magical about honda stuff.
Honestly I wouldn't touch this platform. The ignition systems are trash and when it fails its game over.
Something like an old Vulcan 800 would be a great old crappy bike to start with.
My dad used to have an '83 CX650 (674cc) Custom (made only one year). Thing just never could idle quite right and those compound-angle-mounted carburetors were a nightmare to work on. Engine was 80° Vtwin so it was less than smooth, one handlebar would damage your nerves and one mirror was completely uses blur. Otherwise an okay bike in terms of ergos and comfort. Shaft drive is a no brainer.
I have a friend whose CX500 Silver Wing is approaching 70k miles, it runs like a graped ape! He stripped the Honda luggage off it and outfitted it with stiffer forks springs and slightly longer shocks, and dual-sport tires and panniers. He takes it on both interstates and fire roads, no problem! The only problem he's ever had to fix were the stator and its connectors.They tend to overheat and melt.
I sell lawnmowers and people demand Honda over Kawasaki almost every time if they care which engine they’re running.
I think most of the weight saving was achieved in random bolts falling out each time Craig hit the bike!
Stopped watching Sean to come watch Craig 🙂
Let's not forget the impressive fact that Craig can and does accomplish far more than Sean with less beard!
Same! Less bible and more actual DIY 😂
Craig made it worth watching Sean. Now there is no Craig there so less reason to watch.
This is the way.
You got to head back over after this.... Massive surprise at the end of that video, got me😭😭😭 & craig is involved too
Craig building a DIY adv bike from a CX500, this I gotta see! cheers from .au.
Loved my cx500. When I sold it I made sure to finish fixing a few issues for the new owner. Things I learned: if backfires on deceleration , replace the low speed idle cutoff diaphragms in the carbs. If you get timing issues the first thing to check is that the plug wires have the correct resistance: and its two different values for left and right wires.
When I was harvesting parts at the local bike yard they told me the couple bikes they had in were at like 180k and 260k miles on original engines....... expect greatness from these durable machines.
“That’s alright $30 feels good.” That’s the mantra this bike needs.
Your channel is more and more popular without any clickbait, just by being an overall good guy, thanks for that !
Dear Viewers , Craig is even cooler in real life .
Such an enthusiastic individual .
Thank You for all you do Craig . - Charlie from Lake Charles
Adventure bike builds are doing for less popular bikes what low riders have done for a lot of less popular cars; saved them!!! I have seen low rider builds bring long unappreciated (non impala) cars to Sema levels of beauty. Thus preserving them. Now I am seeing cafe racer builds and adventure bike builds do the same for some unloved vintage bikes. What a cool project, Craig! Can't wait to see this build put to the adventure trails!
Me too
"This video doesn't have the chair budget" - classic Dan
Olivia is a great dog.i had a red nosed bully back when my kids were teens.best baby sitter ever .even the cats were safe around her.
I think I put this comment on the wrong video.
Ive never bought "merch" from a YT creator before until now. Bought the hat, and the blue BM shirt! This channel deserves it!
Sweet. I built a 1981 GL500 into an ADV bike years ago. Now, at 70,056 miles, I still love it! The GL makes a much better platform with the Pro-Link air suspension. BTW, I only paid $200 for the bike. I wish I could send you a pic.
Your beard game is getting more powerful
Your passion for wrenching is epic, never lose that passion. Humor definitely helps! God Bless
This channel helps me appreciate the old bikes and reminds me that they deserve sun too. I rode my 1982 GPZ1100 today and the bike I affectionately call 'Ol' Breaky' felt great to ride. That big 4 has a soul that makes me smile when it sings.
Big G'day Craig from Down Under 🇦🇺
Just watched you on Bikes & Beards latest video.... & yes I will admit it got me😭😭😭😭 as you rode up & handed over the keys, God bless you & everything you guys do.
May all your days be Harley days
💪🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤💪
Safe travels 🙏♥️🐾🐾🇦🇺
I have to say, I have almost zero interest in motorcycles, never owned or driven actually. But I still find myself watching your videos more and more. Nice, happy, relaxed quality content. 👌 Greetings from Finland.
Quick tip from an old CX500 rider: if you have the chance, replace the oil pump chain tensioner if you can. It’s the one weak point of this otherwise fantastic engine.
BEST LINE EVER "I THINK EXPOSED IS WHAT GETS YOU IN JAIL" freaking dying over here. LETS GO BROTHERS
After that comment on the Honda snowblower... I have to share mine.
Bought my 2cnd Honda lawnmower in 2003. It still works fine. My brother in law is still using my 1st Honda mower, its old, really old. But 2 years ago, I thought maybe I should get the latest and greatest - the one with the "autochoke". The one that will make my life easier. The "autochoke" that stopped working last year. Rather than take it in to the dealer, who doesn't give a crap about lawnmowers, I give her a shot of starting fluid to get her working. Now that's progress Honda! Those choke cables and stuff... who needs em?
Great channel guys!
Thanks for helping me kill time at work with these. Everyday I just can’t wait to get back into the garage and start wrenching. Got my 05 crf450r I’m restoring and this is great motivation
Wasn’t Graig supposed have this bike torn down for you? Pretty certain he needs to have a sense of urgency! Luckily Craig doesn’t disappoint! In all seriousness, this channel is awesome!
Craig I’m working on a similarly colored 78’ Honda CX500 for my uncle, making it a full on adventure bike for him.
If you’re missing any pieces or forget how something goes on just reach out! Hopefully his will be running soon!
My first bike was a CX500. What a fantastic little bike that was.
Miss my 1980 CX500. Bought at 17,000 miles, added another 20,000 no problems. Took me 4 months to get it on the road, thanks to CX forums and Murry's Carbs.
I'm disabled but I enjoyed touring before becoming disabled. I rode a CX 500 like that across the country twice in the early 1980's while in the Navy. I can't ride modern touring bikes simply because they have become small economy cars with 2 wheels instead of 4. I discovered by accident I could install a 1970's era Vetter Windjammer fairing, bags, and trunk on a Honda VLX 600 Shadow. I did that and it became the perfect lightweight touring bike that manufacturers no longer make. Later I added a Velorex sidecar because my age required me to give up two wheels to continue riding. The only mistake I made was not adding the Sidecar a lot earlier lol.
Why don’t you have someone 3d print all missing side plastics or all plastics sand em paint em the unobtainium are now obtainable via 3d printing
Literally everyone else ever;
Looks at CX500 "that'll be a great cafe racer"
Craig:
"What an adventure bike!"
Haha, great content, keep it up guys
You know it’s gonna be a grate day when Craig posts early !!!!!
I love the CX500. It was my second street bike, my first being a Suzuki 450. I'd still have mine, but my father sold mine without my permission while I was deployed (note to other service members, don't sign power of attorneys unless you 100% trust the person)... we didn't speak to each other for years afterwards. I loved your build and it brought back a lot of good memories.
Really cool video! Adventure bike, yeah!
My favorite quotes.
Craig " look at that! , look at how adventurous this thing is looking"
Dan " is it looking adventurous, or is it just looking stripped? "
Craig " one man's stipped is another man's adventurous"
I miss my cx. Had a 78. Best way to fix it was to drop the motor. Better than working on it in frame.
I built a 1971 xs650 into a desert sled. It was awesome and I took it all the way across the country to the Mojave desert where I raced my buddies. Then I sold it cuz I didn’t need it lol
I used to have an Ascot 500 and a goldwing 1100, I miss them both. Both motorcycles were basket cases and needed serious help. However with lots of Labor of love and lubrication they both ran perfectly.
Part mechanic,part comedian,total entertainment,great channel
So much fun! This was my first big bike as a teenager. 1981 Honda CX500 custom. Mine was blue and black. I loved that bike. It took me on some great adventures! I love your vids! Thanks for sharing.
I absolutely love what you've done with the channel. This is a fantastic build. Would love to see you do the same thing with a cafe build, maybe using a classic goldwing.......
This miniseries could be one of your best. Looking forward to seeing the build and ride with Brock.
Hey Craig, I just bought a CX500 and pulled a big windshield off of it that your welcome to.
Also it does have adjustable suspension, the front forks are air forks and you can adjust the pressure for preload, almost like its meant to be an adventure bike.
Had a ‘79 CX500c last year. Got it running after accumulating a box of four carbs and carious carb parts.
Modded a CB500 into an adventure bike when i was in Uni. Took bits from a wrecked KTM. Basically the only things that were left from the Honda was the chassis, the engine, tank and seat. Pretty much everything else, including the rear fork were from that KTM. Lots of machining and welding, but it was fun. Unfortunately, the engine assploded, and i pushed it off to a friend. If i were to do it again, i'd probably focus more on the engine, even when that thing was running, it wasn't enough. The "big engine" is important. You want a smooth one, but it needs to be potent.
The bike is shedding bolts like an old dead Christmas tree.
The CX block is very easy to drop! You can, and should, drop it as a unit with the cooler amd such in place. The haynes manual (or a online rip) has all of it on it.
Had two of these CX500s back in the day. Indestructible!!!
Gotta turn the snowblower into a duel sport!!! Go where no Craig and Dan have gone before!
Love It! My first street bike, mid 80's, was a 81 CX 500. Looking forward to seeing it done.
"On this episode of The Bearded Mechanic, Craig tries to do things correctly." "Hmph - that's weird." Gold. Can't wait to see what you guys do with this one!
If you are taking much of the engine apart, you should look up the CX500 "Triple Bypass". It's a common set of three maintenance items that CX500 owners always end up doing at some point.
You really should have credited Brick House Builds for using the photo of his Honda CX500 Scrambler build.
As if he's the only person who's ever done that.
Thanks dude!
that motor is rock solid, and the shaft drive problem free...so, suspension, wheels, seating, instruments.... could work.
Ne Güllepumpe...so nannte man die damals in Motorradfahrer-Kreisen.War bzw ist ein prima unkaputtbares Motorrad...
Ha! This reminds me of a friend's project from a couple decades ago. He started with a Honda VT500 Ascot and made an adventure bike from it. He rode it for most of a decade, and it became well known among the Adventure Rider gang in the Rocky Mountains. I took a couple long rides with him. Besides sitting a bit low, he managed to ride it like an adventure bike competently. I don't remember what all he did to it, beyond adding knobby tires.
I did something like this starting with a mid seventies CL400 Scrambler. I had great luck on that build shortening the seat, by simply cutting off the back half of the seat pn, then playing with the cushion shape before sewing up a very simple seat cover. I shortened the seat in part to allow space for a luggage rack behind it. It looked great in the end!
11:00 Nice job on the editing, love the timing on that.
I like what you are doing here. Two long videos in progression with the same bike. Adventure is a state of mind and we can all see that this bike is already an adventure. Thanks for taking us with you.
You and Sean got me into riding! Can’t express the amount of love I found in this community! You’re awesome and I’m happy to see your channel doing so well!
Craig doing it again!
very cool build. nice to see a cx used for this.
Epic bike build, hopefully it works out.... See ya next week
Dan you nailed these shots when the music syncs perfectly with Craig hitting the screws with a mallet :D
I have a cx500c that I want to build a adventure/ flattrack style bike and this video is getting me super excited and giving me knowledge on were to look for parts.
I owned that exact bike, They are bulletproof truly. I fell into a revene with it. I had to ride out on the bottom all over the rocks. It never ran better. I would love to have another one. But I think my ZX14R would be jealous.
I've got an old Kawasaki Concours ZG1000 that I'm wanting to turn into a scrambler/adventure style bike. This is super cool!
Craig with Dan The Straight Man... Gonna be a Grrrrrreat Series!!!
"Let's take everything off that's not good."
Cut to an empty motorcycle stand with just a foot peg and a turn signal cover on it.
BG is a good wholesome dude. Looking forward to seeing you guys collab
Craig thanks for all the carb rebuild tips, finally followed your lead and rebuilt the carb on my 20 year old Honda Gorilla, started 1st kick and now runs super smooth couldn't have done it without you ❤
Way to have fun with this bike that would likely have been scrapped. I’m making a mini adventure bike from a Ninja 250 on my channel, people seem to like it.
Thanks Craig for the new video ...
Poor Greg has no idea what Craig and Dan have left for him...that poor man
If it was me with this kind of bike, I would have built it into a scrambler. I think that sort of bike is perfect for that!
Love the build idea, I'll be following along for the whole series.
Had a cx 500 back 90s didn't make a lot of power but those motors where really reliable. Police also had them in trikes.
"The Bottom-Side of Average" is my Mumford and Sons cover band.
Haha! I loved how you opened your mailbox and walked away with the tire! I started cracking up because that's a joke I'd do. :) I can't wait to see how this build pans out. I'm sure it's going to be amazing and buckled up for the journey. See you next video!
I’m so I excited by this build! When your video dropped a friend sent me a message and gifted me his 1982 GL500! So I’m super excited to watch your build and hoping to do something similar.
I built a nice little Cafe racer out of the CX. Far easier task but fun anyway
Yes! More scrap to cool custom videos, let you creative mind flow free!!!!
I don't ride motorcycles, I'm not a mechanic, and I love this channel! Craig is so entertaining and funny. Keep it going, fellas..... now I want a bike, I can't wait til my wife lets me!
I laughed when you pulled that knobby outta the mailbox. Nice touch!
You know it’s going to be a good weekend when Craig posts a new video
Congratulations 🎉👏 just have been following you for the last 6 months but you made me smile every episode! Thanks! Congrats!
Amazing! I just posted a video about my experience with CX500 . I come in the house and here you are working on this gem! Those old “Twisted Twins” are the toughest!👍👍👍
As a bicycle mechanic I appreciated the idea of turning one type of thing into another type of thing. Happens a lot.
When working mechanics, you always have to do everything, the semi-medium easy hard way.
111k views in 12 hours. Wow.
Incredible work, Craig. I'm proud of you, and I don't even know you.
When you found the wire nuts I expected you to ask "have I worked on this before?"
Awesome episode!!! I love it when you work on the older bikes😍 Please keep more of that coming again!
Can't wait for this to get finished. And the adventure video.
Love the old Honda's, I still miss my old 84 Magna 1100! I have a jar of Harley Sportster rider tears I keep on the nightstand when they lost to an almost 40 year old stock bike.
What a great video idea. Craig is my favorite UA-cam channel right now not gonna lie
The fancy cinematography at the end was great fun! Trompe l'oeil! Tromper l'esprit! Keep the shiny side up friends!
That bike on the picture is from Brick House Builds channel! Really cool one.
Thanks so much!
@@BrickHouseBuilds love you're videos!
Had one and toured Europe on it, the concept of water cooled with shaft drive is perfect for distance and heat, the radiator fan is on the camshaft in the middle of the vee, I was stuck in slow moving traffic in 35deg c and the temp gauge never moved , far far better than an air cooled 4 cylinder .
Freaking hilarious!!! Trying not to wake the wife sleeping next to me while holding back tears of laughter. Great video!
Looking forward for the build! Keep the motivation up
Do a RE5 Adventure build! That’s big and heavy with fragile plastic exposed bits.
Thanks to Criag I had the motivation to get my 1986 Honda fourtrax 200sx running again.. Rebuilt the carb, replaced a fuel line, a ball joint, and now it's doing four wheeler things!