CX500 back end help please

[Fido666]

I've managed to find a friendly garage witha jig who have offered to make me up a back end for my CX500 trike. I'm gonna use a reliant axle - does anyone know how to produce a drawing for them to work to? Or even have one that they could mail me?

Ta.

[Mitch]

Why are you using a reliant axle?

Best axle for a CX is one off a Ford Escort! Believe me!! :D

If you can get a pair of wheels off a TVR, even better. ;)

One of my ex clubmates did this and it ran like a dream - much better gear ratio than the reliant.

[v8_trike]

I can send pics of a part finished project if thats any good?

[Blackjack]

Here.

I've got an idea.

Why don't you let me have a look.

Or is Kingswood too far to go?

[Fido666]

Here.

I've got an idea.

Why don't you let me have a look.

Or is Kingswood too far to go?

Sent you PM

[lowrider]

Just before you start the whole project.
I had a CX500 trike,bloddy awful.
So slow it was boring for any distance. :(
Up to you but thought i would let you know. ;)

[Mitch]

That's cos you didn't have the TVR wheels and the Escort axle, eh? :D That one did shift!

Lowrider has got a point in a way - better with the CX650.

[growl bunnie]

The CX500 is ok, the CX650 is much better (friend had one)
Escort axle is ok but expensive to get the right ratio, best ratio is an RS2000, £120 just for the diff if you can find one. :mad:
Reliant is ok, with 15 inch MG rover wheels and 235-75-15 tyres, mine would sit at 80mph and would do just short of the ton.
They make an ideal first bike trike.
Not to fast to learn on and reliable.
GB

[Blackjack]

Just before you start the whole project.
I had a CX500 trike,bloddy awful.
So slow it was boring for any distance. :(
Up to you but thought i would let you know. ;)

Sometimes it's a bit like asking directions in Cornwall.

Quite often the reply is "Arrr, you don't wanner start from here....."

On the other hand, a lot of bloody awful trikes are bloody awful due to the way they were triked..... :eek:

[growl bunnie]

On the other hand, a lot of bloody awful trikes are bloody awful due to the way they were triked..... :eek:
To true, seen many of them. :(

[Blackjack]

To true, seen many of them. :(

Last three we've been asked to "look" at...

Frame disintegrating due to being made out of basically exhaust pipe.

Axle falling off. That's falling off where did the welds go? Not falling off where did the nuts go?

Rear brakes not working because they never had.

:rolleyes:

[growl bunnie]

Saw one on new years day, there is a ride out local to me, there was a CX500, it had the axle held in with exhaust clamps (1 each side) and the rear part of the frame was bolted in and the metal can only be described as washing line pole (thin wall galv)! :eek:
Didnt hang around long enough to find out if it made it round leicestershire, dont like cleaning up "claret".
GB

[Blackjack]

Saw one on new years day, there is a ride out local to me, there was a CX500, it had the axle held in with exhaust clamps (1 each side) and the rear part of the frame was bolted in and the metal can only be described as washing line pole (thin wall galv)! :eek:
Didnt hang around long enough to find out if it made it round leicestershire, dont like cleaning up "claret".
GB

A favoured quote.....

"The suprising thing isn't the amount of **** you see, it's the fact that it's bought in by people who are still alive......"

:eek:

[kawasaki800]

I've managed to find a friendly garage witha jig who have offered to make me up a back end for my CX500 trike. I'm gonna use a reliant axle - does anyone know how to produce a drawing for them to work to? Or even have one that they could mail me?

Ta.
hi, did anyone come up with a drawing for u? i also have a cx i want to trike, but i dont know where to start

[kawasaki800]

hi, has anyone come up with a drawing for u? i also have a cx i want to trike but i dont know where to start

[Blackjack]

With all these CX500 afficiandos around, don't suppose anyone knows the ratio of the rear bevel box????

preferably for the Custom...

[Mitch]

bollox, haven't got my book anymore... :(

[odie]

With all these CX500 afficiandos around, don't suppose anyone knows the ratio of the rear bevel box????

preferably for the Custom...

The ratio is the same on the CX's even the custom, seems different because the custom has a 16 inch rear wheel against the stock 18 inch, Euro's might be different (500 and 650 euro)
I think it a 3.0 to 1

[Blackjack]

The ratio is the same on the CX's even the custom, seems different because the custom has a 16 inch rear wheel against the stock 18 inch, Euro's might be different (500 and 650 euro)
I think it a 3.0 to 1

Think or know? 3.0:1 is a bit odd because it would be poor gear design. If you had 10 teeth on the "pinion" and 30 on the crownwheel, you'd always have the same three teeth on the crown wheel contacting the same tooth on the pinion on each revolution. So normally what you'd do is make the crownwheel 31 or 29 teeth then it all wears evenly, as any given pinion tooth will meet any given crownwheel tooth the same number of times over a period of time.

But, this is Honda we're talking about...... :rolleyes:

[odie]

will find my old CX 500 manual and let you know.
Odie