Regular ends up asking the owner if he’d be interested in selling the CX650T with the kind of nervous chuckle that only seems half-joking. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

When you revved the CX at a standstill I have vague memories of it doing something weird like lifting up at the back or maybe lowering itself for a second. The bike would fling itself forward, turbocharger whistling, and you could easily mistake the blur of passing scenery for the blur of a Doppler shift as you reached terminal velocity.Its engineers, conscious of the need for innovation, thought the CX might be used as a platform for something more exciting. Perhaps the most common problem with CX’s, the tensioner had jammed and allowed the loose chain to thrash around in chainsaw mode.

The included angle of the CX is 80°, and the heads are twisted 22° so that the inlet tracts do not interfere with the rider's legs. The fuel-injection control system was substantially revised for the CX650 Turbo, and the rear shock received an update as well by adding a manually operated damping control mechanism in addition to the "air" pre-load of the previous model. As well as an expired crankshaft, the gearbox had become absolutely useless, so it just wasn’t worth the effort of tearing the machine apart.For those unfamiliar, they mostly do cars, but Brian also likes bikes, so sometimes they show up as well. I worked for a short while for a despatch company in Romford and what should I see parked outside but my XS250. I've reposted it several times on various forums; always in response to someone asking, "how many miles is considered high mileage on a motorcycle?

The below is an interesting despatch series that features the CX (500) an awful lot in the passing pictures. My test ride revealed that the bars shook a bit at low speeds and swung violently from side to side if I took a hand off. CORSAIR CX Series Power Supplies are 80 PLUS Bronze Certified, offering up to 88% operational efficiency for reduced heat and lower energy costs. Turbo lag was still a thing with these bikes, and how sharp the contrast was between being on-boost and off-boost was also a factor to consider.The Honda had been imported from Italy by the previous owner in 2017 (see documents on file relating to its purchase from Italy and the registration process together with a photocopied Italian title).