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With the exception of the CX500E Sports, the stock front wheel on a CX500 is a 19" Comstar or reverse Comstar. The CX500EC uses an 18" Boomerang Comstar wheel. See below for some pics of the differences.

Front axle

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Front suspension

• How to figure out if a front end or set of forks will work with your CX or GL
• Front end swap database - lengths of stock and CBR600RR etc. front ends
• Front fork spring database - lengths, sizes per model etc. and new alternatives
• Disassembling 37mm forks
• Rebuilding 37mm CX650E and CX500E TRAC fork legs
• When to replace the CX500 springs?
• Fork swap considerations
• 33mm triple trees - a closer look
• How to disassemble the 33mm forks
• CX650E front fork leg length differences

Front wheel

• Visual differences between the various Comstar wheels
• CX500 18" front wheel options
• Removing the front wheel on a CX500
• How much do the different wheel variants weigh?

Speedometer drive

• What thread is the speedo drive screw?
• Speedo drive part numbers