Engine Seized! Can I Get This Cult Classic Honda Running?

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  @babaganoosh1969 · 2 years ago

  I'm convinced that Craig can bring almost any motorcycle from the dead

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  @MotoButscher · 2 years ago

  As a birthday present, I´ve got a 1978 Honda CX500 which was sitting in a garage for the last 24 years. I changed the oil, rebuilt the carbs, cleaned the tank and took it for a four day trip to Italy. It still runs perfectly without any further service done to it. These bikes run forever. Greetings from Germany

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• PO

  @Pobrais · 2 years ago

  “It never gets old”.<br><br>No, it doesn’t boys. <br>Keep up the good work.

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  @hard2starboard312 · 2 years ago

  Back in 2000, I took a chance and bought my first bike, a not-running 1979 GL1000 I was told just needed a starter. &nbsp;Turned out it needed carb work and had rust in the tank. &nbsp;My neighbors watched me fool with it for weeks. &nbsp;Then one day I&apos;ll never forget, they were over talking to my wife in the driveway while I&apos;m working on it in my garage. &nbsp;It was time. &nbsp;I pushed that button and it coughed, a truly thrilling moment. &nbsp;My neighbors looked over and said, &quot;whoa!&quot;. &nbsp;I hit that button again, gave her some gas, she sputtered then fired to life. &nbsp;I was out there in a cloud of smoke, fist pumping and celebrating like it was a football game. &nbsp;I probably looked like a fool, but the excitement was real. &nbsp;Not a big deal for a seasoned mechanic, but it was for me. &nbsp;I rode that bike for nearly 2 years after before I sold it to get a Harley. &nbsp;Your video brought that day back for me. &nbsp;Thanks.

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• TH

  @theoneandonlyoni · 2 years ago

  Man, your videos make my week! I’ll be stressing out about life, then I get a new video to watch! It’s like when I was a kid and my pops would be watching “New Yankee Workshop”

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• JO

  @joshuaross4644 · 2 years ago

  CX500 trivia : The last of these in 1982 had a non adjustable cam chain tensioner

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• OS

  @oshitt1 · 2 years ago

  Only twenty eight thousand miles the thing is still brand new.

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• SC

  @scottfarraway34 · 2 years ago

  Guys, you two are the best! &nbsp;I love Dan&apos;s little comments that he throws in! &nbsp;Nothing like hanging out in the garage with you guys! &nbsp;Thanks for putting these videos up for our entertainment and education!

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  @susannehalvarsson5995 · 2 years ago

  This is the first video of yours that I&apos;ve watched, after my husband sent me a link, and I want to say thank you! I bought a -76 GL1000 two years ago. It&apos;s been sitting in a garage since -87 and while it still looks good, there&apos;s work that needs to be done, and I&apos;m not by any means a trained mechanic. This made me reluctant to get started, but I slowly began working on it a while back. One of the problems it had was a stuck throttle and I didn&apos;t really have a clue what to do about it, but yesterday (after watching this video) I got it unstuck. It might not sound like a big deal but it is to me. So happy about this! Again, thank you!

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• DA

  @danielklopp7007 · 2 years ago

  I owned a 1978 CX500. &nbsp;I put 68,000 miles on that bike. Some additional fun facts about the bike:<br>1. It took Honda three tries to get the cam chain tensioner system right (I rebuilt the cam chain system on mine twice, using different part numbers each time - which is how I knew it took 3 tries).<br>2. You could drop the engine out of the frame in less than 5 minutes (the carbs stayed with the frame; there were no frame rails under the engine, so you just had to remove the frame bolts between the cylinders, loosen the carb spigots, remove the clutch cable, put a transmission jack under the engine and wiggle it front off the final drive splines and carb spigots).<br>3. The original ComStar wheels had stamped steel spokes, bolted to an aluminum hub and riveted to an extruded aluminum rim. &nbsp;This was (and in my opinion, still is) a superior design to modern cast wheels (extruded aluminum is stronger and less porous than cast aluminum - so it didn&apos;t need to be sealed on the inside of the rim to hold air - and the additional strength of the extrusion meant the rim thickness could be less, resulting in lower rotating inertia; and the steel spoke provided more &quot;flex&quot; than the later ComStar aluminum spokes or cast spokes. In fact, with the current Adventure Bike craze, I&apos;m shocked no one has &quot;re-introduced&quot; this original ComStar design - combining the advantages of a modern cast wheel and a traditional wire-spoked wheel.

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• ST

  @stephenplatt2078 · 2 years ago

  Well done you, Stephen.

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• SC

  @scottferguson05 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m now convinced Craig could get a 47 year old rotten potato to run.

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