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1147cc CBX from a restomod master...Ten years after their introduction of the CB750, Honda unveiled the CBX 1000 -- a six-cylinder, 1047cc superbike intended to show the world they were still the tip of the spear in the motorcycle game. According to the bike's designer, Shoichiro Irimajiri, who'
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Honda CBX1000R Spotted at the Pukekohe Classic Festival 2012.
With a vast history of racing machines utilizing 5- and 6-cylinder motorcycle engines, Honda didn’t need to dig too deeply to create the technology for the Honda CBX 1000.
For those who are ahead of their time there must be a desperate frustration, often a deep depression, as the
With a vast history of racing machines utilizing 5- and 6-cylinder motorcycle engines, Honda didn’t need to dig too deeply to create the technology for the Honda CBX 1000.
A drop-dead gorgeous Honda CBX cafe from Canada, a new Yamaha HL500 replica from Husky Restorations, a subtly brilliant custom Moto Guzzi V9 bobber, and the first custom Scrambler from Ducati's new ‘Mavericks’ project. Yamaha HL500 by Husky Restorations The story of the rare and celebrated Yamaha HL500 is one for the ages. By combining a lightweight Husqvarna frame with a Yamaha 500cc 4-stroke motor—and adding some longer travel suspenders—Torsten Hallman and Sten Lundin turned the motocross world on its pegs. The factory-backed replicas endorsed by Yamaha were a little porkier, but the four hundred that hit the mud in
Restored Honda CBX1000 - 1979 Photographs -
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Honda wasn’t actually the first to put a 6-cylinder powerplant in a production motorcycle – Benelli earned that honor with the 750 Sei. Thanks to the modern day Goldwing, the idea of a …
Any student would have had a real job of it trying to tune a Honda CBX. Yet in 1981 Honda donated many such bikes to high school shop classes. Originally published as "1981 Honda CBX" in the November/December 2009 issue of Motorcycle Classics Magazine.
Ah, the late 70s: a time when 'superbikes' were naked brutes, and more cylinders were the order of the day. And the Honda CBX is the poster child for that era. Powered by a 1047cc inline six, the CBX punched out 105bhp. It was an insane figure back then, and still respectable by today's standards. Except—like most muscle bikes of that era—the running gear couldn't quite match the ferocious power plant. German Karp and Federico Lozada were well aware of this when a 1979 CBX landed on their bench at Herencia Custom Garage in Argentina. “We spoke with friends who
