CBX1000 prototype

[MarkCR750]

Just found this old photo of the CBX1000 prototype, evidently taken in 1976, looks so much better than the model they eventually produced IMO.
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[K2-K6]

Interesting,  looks like a mock up rather than prototype.

Appears to be a 750 K7 with a modelled cylinder and head stuck onto 750 crankcase, number one conrod would be going into the alternator!

Good to see early design ideas compared to however they evolved.

[Laverda Dave]

Great photo & would be good to see some more prototypes.  I remember seeing one in the past of the CX500, that did look odd!

[Woodside]

Cx prototype
Little v engine in the cb200

[MarkCR750]

Great photo & would be good to see some more prototypes.  I remember seeing one in the past of the CX500, that did look odd!

How about this.....

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/motorcycles/2016/2016-Honda-CB-Four-Prototype.htm

[hairygit]

Nice for something modern, but a few things just look so wrong! Clocks are too small, and a cable from front brake lever to master cylinder just looks "wrong" the master cylinder needs to be on the bars, using a cable just leaves more problems, stretching/getting stiff/seizing. And worst of all, NO kickstart!

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[Tomb]

I don't like the solid discs, the clocks are Ok for me, a bit like the early clocks.

And defo need a kickstart. I still use mine on my XS1100

[K2-K6]

Didn't the SS50 and the CB200 have entirely cable operated discs as production models?

[hairygit]

Yes they did, along with the CB100N and CB125T 1+2 models What I don't like is the mix of cable and hydraulics, just more bits to go wrong!

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[AshimotoK0]

CB750 early prototype sandcast on test in 1968 ...... Lots of CB450 parts on it!

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[MarkCR750]

Yes they did, along with the CB100N and CB125T 1+2 models What I don't like is the mix of cable and hydraulics, just more bits to go wrong!

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And in the case of the CB200 which I owned in 1980 I can confirm that they didn't work very well at all 👀

[Johnwebley]

Yes they did, along with the CB100N and CB125T 1+2 models What I don't like is the mix of cable and hydraulics, just more bits to go wrong!

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And in the case of the CB200 which I owned in 1980 I can confirm that they didn't work very well at all 👀

 I seem to remember 70's BMW bikes had a cable to the mastercylinder ,then hydraulics to the calipers

[steff750]

  yes i think the cbx1000 is just a mock up there are lots of cb750 bits on it ,like the cb750 prototype had lots of cb450 bits on it. as you would expect; this reminds me of the honda cb750 prototype with a cb450 half chrome tank on it.the owner admitted years later that it was a fake
and closer to home a guy told me 30 years ago that his brother had the first cb750 in wales and it came with a drum front brakes lol i have six the only one i have with a local reg number was sold in 1971 lol as you know the big shops in england got them before any body else in the uk
in fact my first cb750 i bought locally the owner then from swansea had too go to london to buy it.food for thought init 

[Tomb]

I seem to remember 70's BMW bikes had a cable to the mastercylinder ,then hydraulics to the calipers

And frighteningly so did the Z1R Kawasaki