Starter motor part numbers – Honda CX500, GL500, CX650, GL650

Here are the starter motor part numbers, sources and compatibility across the Honda CX400, CX500, CX650, GL400, GL500, GL650, GL700 and Turbo range of motorcycles. Looking for a starter? Check out eBay US, eBay AU and eBay UK.

Model
Part number
CX500 Z/A/B 31200-415-008
CX500 Customs 31200-449-008
CX650ED 31200-449-008
GL500, GL650 31200-449-008
CX500 Deluxe 31200-449-405
CX650 Custom 31200-449-405
CX500 Turbo 31200-449-405
CX650 Turbo 31200-ME7-008

All are compatible with each other – the only difference we’re aware of between the 415-008 and 449-008 is that the 31200-415-008 is painted silver and the 31200-449-008 is painted black. We’ll post up a photo of the differences once we get two next to each other.

The Deluxe, CX650 Custom and CX500 Turbo all seem to share a starter motor, which has different specs (according to what we can find in the FSM, anyhow) to the others – you can see the spec list here. We have yet to double check this with the Deluxe and CX650 Custom manuals.

I have seen the CX650T starter motor criticised for moving to a different number of brushes which produced an inferior starter – if/when I get more info on that I will update this article.

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