What do you know about the CX500?

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Nice looking bike, VTR. I guess I'm going to learn more about CX500l in fairly short order. My friend is delivering it Thursday evening. He told me a few things, most of it good: It's a CX500 Deluxe and he couldn't recall the model year (he's out of town at the moment), but he thought it was an 83 or an 81. My cursory search of the internet tells me they stopped the Deluxe in 81. More important than the year is that it cranks. It hasn't started yet, but at it's not seized and he's getting a spark, which is good. It needs tires and probably a bunch of other stuff, too. He has an extra gas tank and a service manual that he's tossing in. I figure that if I never get it started, I should be able to sell it as a donor bike or part it out to get my money back.

Oh..CX500 riders have a forum....it's got a lot of information, but a lousy way of organizing it. Thank you CB1100 Forum for keeping things organized