It’s together!
With a few spare hours over the last weekend I managed to get the CX500 back together. There are many things that I still need to address but I wanted to try and at least see how it was going to come out with the new bars on it and fixed and painted tank.
I still plan on cutting down the throttle and clutch cables, I also need to build a battery mounting box so I can hide the battery (right now it’s just temporary placed near were the old air box was. I think I’m also going to still do something with the seat. As it sits now I’ve re-stretched it and cleaned it up. 
One problem I ran into right away was that I found the fuel delivery T-bar leaks from both carbs. This was always a possibility after rebuilding the carbs so I’ve got a set of new o-rings on order from ebay. The other remaining items to take care of before it’s really rider friendly are installation of the dynabeads in the wheels and removal and packing of the megaphone exhaust. Right now it’s so loud it rings and that’s not very nice.
Other than that my bench balance of the carbs worked great. It started nearly right away and ran well enough for me to ride it down the street and back.
Still need to do something about the gas cap, but for now it works. Man… don’t those gauges look great!