Saturday 16 May 2020

Phour days to phantastic - gets on the road

Well, when you read this, the dirty snowflake CX500 is officially on the road. Lately my dad was able to score a white (god bless the 80ies) Giuliari seat hence the little CX finally being named.



Now in preparation for its roadworthyness-test, the main fuse blew and as it turned out the whole bakelite-holder was well beyond its due-date, so a "holder" for modern blade fuses was improvised (it was Sunday of course and dad wanted to get it inspected on Monday). The other thing I found was that the rear brake-light switch had finally given up and was most likely the reason for slowly draining the battery as it had some sort of weird internal shortage.


Dad's verdict was rather positive: The carbs need some more attention as it's a bit sluggish in the middle and the handling is a bit top-heavy, which in my book is not surprising with those pogo-sticks mimicking real shocks in the back.

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