My BlaCXter 400

for those of you that have M.B.S. (multiple bike syndrome) and have the "silver wing" models.
as our sponsors also have supplies for those bikes and they are popular with the "wing" crowd.

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Thanks all for the enthusiastic comments !
You are right for the t-trees confish86, but the stem is custom made, only the bearings are standard CX.
The front wheel axle was custom made too, with hub, bearings, supermot brake disk coming from an NX650 Dominator and a 7mm spacer machined in order to have the disk aligned with the GSX-R caliper. Master cylinder comes from a recent CB500.
The rear shocks are noname aftermarket (found on eB..), not that nice btw, I am still looking for something else (not red at least :lol: ).
The rear hub (and the drum brake... no choice :-? ) is the original CX one, the Comstar spokes have been removed and 2 specific steel discs (custom-machined, black epoxy painted and drilled for the 32 chrome spokes) have been bolted instead. Front and rear rims are black Excel 3.5*17.
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I have seen that setup before on the rear & stock frontend on the dutch CX site. Is there someone that makes & sells these , as i`m sure some one on the Chopper charles site would buy them. Ever think of putting in a 650 from an e model. I like my CX650c but there is nothing that is easy to do to the rear clip without magor surgury. (they should have put the 650 in a deluxe frame , instead of this 83 compact setup)
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Nobody is doing these disks as a product you can buy. You need to find a lathe operator in order to have them made-to-measure.
And as you said with the casted wheels you have on your bike it is not easy because the spokes are not removable...
In Europe we never got this 650C, only GL/CXE/Turbo, all with rear disk brake but monoshock and Comstar 2 wheels as shown on the CXE picture below.
Maybe the rear wheel of a european 650 can be adapted to your 650C ?

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