These reverse megas sound nice and fruity! So, I've pulled another bike out of the showroom
to run you through. This is by Mokka Cycles. It's a CX500. Just pulled it out the restaurant so we can
have a bit of peace and quiet to run through the bike. This one is actually for sale. There was a chap who was going to buy it,
but he's gone a bit cold so, we thought we'd run you through this one now. So, starting from the front, you'll notice
the slightly weedy stock brakes are long gone. This is a ZX6R front end, complete with brakes,
forks - rebuilt forks, hubs, discs - brand new discs, laced to an EXCEL rim. Moving up this way, mudguard has been replaced
- that feels like steel to me. Headlight bucket with a really nice Daytona
speedo sunk into it I'll come to that and turn it on in a minute. Stock tank, but the tunnel has been reshaped
to allow it to sit lower and flatter on the spine of the frame. New subframe, with a loop and Frenched-in
LED taillight and this lovely - I'm not really sure if you can see it on camera - but really
nice, proper leather, not the faux vinyly stuff That's a really lovely seat. It's actually a practical bike. He's put four little bosses in here. There's a set of pillion pegs that can mount
there, but when they're not mounted it looks nice and clean. Actually, while you're down here, Dan, you'll
see these nice little turned ally plugs. Arpi from Mokka's attention to detail is one
of his big selling points. And again, while you're down here, you'll
see there's no join on the pipe. It's a continuous, no show off, just a nice
mandrel bent pipe. This is welded to this reverse mega here. The boss is welded on at the back there. So, it's rigid-mounted, there's no rubber
in there. It just makes it super-clean and it's been
nicely linished to a matte finish. And I'm not sure if the light you can pick
up here, but the gloss-grey of the frame nicely contrasts with the powder coat on the swingarm. And again, sort of a crackle-finish, with
a bit of some metalicy-glitter on the rocker covers there. And the engine, again, has been completely
stripped, new gaskets, seals, stainless fasteners, so it's effectively as new, good-to-go for
the new owner. So, again another XL rim on the back, wired
to Mokka's own hub conversion, so you can run a wire wheel on the stock shaft drive. This bike would have originally come with
a I think a five or six spoke Comstar alloy mag wheel. So, we've got adjustable aluminium-bodied
YSS shocks, mounted with these really nice indicators, which - I'm going to grab the
key - one of Arpi's things is that he likes to develop his own parts, while everyone else
has been using Motogadget indicators Arpi's been making his own. So, switchgear lottery, what do you reckon
the indicator will be? There we go. So, he machine's these himself, turns them
out an ally body, and then a Perspex or acrylic plug with an LED set in. I think that's pretty smart. And then you can see there, Dan, he's just
got the LED stop and tail in there. So, he machines his own switchgear himself. We'll push this outside in a second and do
a bit more switchgear lottery and see if we can get the thing to start. While you're here, Dan, this Daytona speedo
is quite a nice change from the Motogadget that a lot of people are fitting. In kilometers, but this bike can be easily
registered in the UK and you can swap that out Dayona do a MPH speedo, as well. So, let's whizz this outside and see whether
it'll fire up. So, it's been sitting for a couple of weeks
- well, more than a couple of weeks So, we didn't want to start it from cold and give
it a blip for you. It's properly sizzling hot now, given it a
warm up so, we can let you know what it sounds like. LOVELY DEEP ENGINE NOISE! Starts pretty nice and easy. These reverse megas sound nice and fruity. BRAAP! BRAAP! BRAAPP! BRAAAP! Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? So, it's listed at eight-and-a-half grand,
it's a British guy that owns it. I think he's keen to move it on, so make him
an offer. The advert's on the custom classified - find
the link on our website - TheBikeShed.cc. If you like a CX500, you'll probably struggle
to find one as nicely put together as this.
