Anyone ever owned a CBX1000?

[Tomb]

My mate had one, it was a lemon, it had the camchain problem that a lot of Hondas suffered with at that time (controversial on here ). It ate tensioners and chains. We rebuilt the motor several times but it kept breaking the camchains, which in turn bent all the valves, which was bloody expensive to sort having 24 valves.

The local Honda dealer had the same problems as us with a few CBX's he'd sold, always back for new camchain and tensioners, with owners getting hacked off.

And as said, the forks were 35mm same as CB500, handling was dodgy.

In the end we rebuilt the motor one last time, fired it up, made sure it sounded sweet and put it up for sale, a lad in our engineering college class said he'd swap his newish XJ750 Seca for it, we reminded him of the trouble we'd had but he was insistent so the deal was done. My mate loved that Yammy, the CBX wrecked the motor again and the lad bought a completely different engine., which I don't think lasted too long either.

[Laverda Dave]

I always wanted one and still have the giant Honda poster of one (I think it was the 1979 full range catalogue that folded out to reveal a silver CBX on the other side). I saw my first one in the flesh about a week after they went on sale, the mechanic at Bill Bun motorcycles in South Ealing had one although not for long!
About five years later I was offered a Kwack 1300 for £500 after the owner lost his license for speeding. I had a test ride around the streets of Victoria bus station where I worked. The first sharp left hand bend nearly had me off, I just wasn't expecting the weight, it was an absolute tank. I didn't buy it!

[SteveD CB500K0]

Sorry, my Inglish teacher was polish and I wasn't learned to spell proper like what you was 

I’m a pendant John.


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[SteveD CB500K0]

Here’s the CBX in question.

Yes it is a wedding.

And yes, Nik and his bride rode off into the sunset.




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[Orcade-Ian]

Great photo Steve,
Someone even dared to turn up to a wedding in an Austin All - Aggro!  My mate bough a new one of those and turned up at our house with a nearly flat tyre.  When I jacked it up to change the wheel for him, you couldn't open the driver's door.  Happy times!

Ian

[Bryanj]

All Agro's with the squareish steering wheel and failing 1st mot on rust ------ happy days.

The CBX i used to service regularly was used by a despatch rider after his F2 died

[cooleronthecoast]

The CBX i used to service regularly was used by a despatch rider after his F2 died

Thats a strange choice for a despatch riders hack Bryan.   They weren't the most fuel efficient of bikes as I recall and not exactly nimble filtering through City traffic either.

[AshimotoK0]

Tut tut Bryan   .. 'quartic steering wheel' if you please  . A consultant guy /  Uni professor used to turn up  where I worked in the 70's in an Allegro style Vanden Plas.. walnut and leather inside with picnic tables and a totally out of chracter massive front grille.

[cooleronthecoast]

Tut tut Bryan   .. 'quartic steering wheel' if you please  . A consultant guy /  Uni professor used to turn up  where I worked in the 70's in an Allegro style Vanden Plas.. walnut and leather inside with picnic tables and a totally out of chracter massive front grille.

I think thats known colloquially as polishing a turd Ash.   

[Bryanj]

Use all the fancy words you want it was still krap.
As to the despatch CBX he lived in Gloucester and only did distance runs

[MrDavo]

The first time I ever saw a CBX on the road was at the TT on Mad Sunday, my mate and I were racing each other on our T140s, and went clean round the outside of it as it wobbled around the Verandah.

A very impressive engine though, but I always wondered what would happen to it if you binned it.

[Orcade-Ian]

This is the who sold me a piece of frame and other bits when we lived in Southport, Geoff Smale and his bike is for sale on Car and Classic

This is the write up:

Big Boy" the mighty CBX 1233 z is for sale. This wonderful early stocks championship winning machine has been built, owned and raced by me loved and enjoyed as is now for sale. This famous machine comes with a magnificent history and an awe inspiring pedigree including a Carl Woodcock 1233cc engine. All tools and handbooks receipts for the build sales brochures and a transit van full of new and used parts. All mots and tax discs....trophys and prizes from 34 years of Cbx ownership. Spare keys and a long tax and mot. 23,000 miles and goes like a rocket. My Name is Geoff Smale I am a CBX owners club technical officer and have owned 52 Cbxs . I have prepared and raced the machines in Europe and America with great success. This bike is not a concourse winner .... It is a serious road bike with a great pedigree. The whole package is for sale and is a unique opportunity to own a piece of CBX history. Call to make arrangements to see or chat about the contents of this package if you are even curious cheers Geoff.


Good price too!

Ian

[ST1100]

Met this guy in the AuSTrian alps this summer...

Full livery, Swiss license, his wife as pillion, despite frequently used for touring nearly showroom condition... cool... 

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[cooleronthecoast]

Scouring the cupboard for something else I found this Polariod (remember them?), circa 1981 I think,


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