Honda CBX owners group

[Bagster]

If there are any owners of Honda CBX1000 bikes out there who are interested in a riders forum/group to arrange rides or exchange tech info etc. drop me an email. 6 pack rules! :Punk:

[TLDV8]

:violin: 1990

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[Bagster]

Bet you wish u still had it!

[Brains]

If you guys do get a club together, let us know, would love to see a group of those beauties together. First production bike that topped 100bhp wasn't it?

[Bagster]

Hi Brains
Yeah it would be great if we get some interest though there are not to many left around these days. You're right they were the first production bike at 103hp to top the 100hp mark. Pretty tame these days but back in 1978 they were fast! Like most bikes of their day the engine was a few years ahead of the frame.

[Sensei]

Hey dude welcome . Haven't seen this bike on the roads round Taranaki . Excellent bike , thought the 1990 CBX had Prolink ?? Lets know if ya keen to hook up for a beer would love to see your bike in the flesh :Punk:

[hondacmx450]

If you guys do get a club together, let us know, would love to see a group of those beauties together. First production bike that topped 100bhp wasn't it?
more reading brans hahahah
any way on topic i have a freind in auckland that has one of them each the cbx 750 and 1000 he is part of the nz japanese clasic bike club give them a serch on the web thay have a few members that ride them and some nice ones too i will add nice bike used to have on sold it and hate my self so much right now :crybaby:

[scumdog]

Yup, got one of them down here in Hicksville too, guy's had it for yonks, still uses it from time to time.

[Bagster]

Hey Sensei

The 81 & 82 bikes had prolink, I think he means he owned it in 90, the photo is of a 78-79 bike. My bike has been up in Auckland but I am bringing it down on the weekend, so will hopefully be out and about on it as the weather improves. By the way the photo is not my bike but is similar.

[Bagster]

Hondacm

Ill check the vintage site out.

[hondacmx450]

Hondacm

Ill check the vintage site out.
the person i know is in auckland and has a red 1000 and 750 and a 400 all like new his name is mark but year good luck

[TLDV8]

Hey Sensei

The 81 & 82 bikes had prolink, I think he means he owned it in 90, the photo is of a 78-79 bike. My bike has been up in Auckland but I am bringing it down on the weekend, so will hopefully be out and about on it as the weather improves. By the way the photo is not my bike but is similar.

It was a 78.. caned for 7+ years from 82/83 until 1990 (might have been 91)..... I remember a guy on a then brand new CBX750 who goaded me on the motorway,silly as it was he was a speck in the mirror by the time it hit an indicated 235kmh and still had some more (by then it had been modded).the pic is from around 83 after i bought a brand new set of pipes.. when it had the stock 120 rear you could light it up on rounderbouts in the dry..in the wet,if you got a green..get it sideways going on at Kyber pass,still have it out of shape when you came to the motorway... a great bike and glad i had it then going through the 1980's,it could hold its own,even the handling was good for a 600 odd lb bike..power from 2000 to 9000rpm...Armchair 11's but also a great cross country bike that would eat the miles while turbine smooth........Do i miss it?not really ..great memories are enough.

[LB]

If you guys do get a club together, let us know, would love to see a group of those beauties together.
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What he said.

Ah, the memories.....

Anyone remember the one in the Castrol Six Hour blowing in a big way? I can't remember who was riding it (come in Merv!!)

Anyone remember Mike Gane from Tauranga who used to race a silver one, mainly at Bay Park (the old BP, not the new one!) He was last heard of, many many years ago, working at Norjos in Christchurch.
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[skidz]

Yeah, I fell in love with the first one I ever saw in Woodville years ago. Clive Mathews owned it way back then. It had six into two and sounded grouse.

[Beemer]

My husband has a CBX550 in mint condition. He was only the second owner and has had it for more than 20 years now. He loves using it at track days because no one expects it to be fast!

[TLDV8]

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What he said.

Ah, the memories.....

Anyone remember the one in the Castrol Six Hour blowing in a big way? I can't remember who was riding it (come in Merv!!)

Anyone remember Mike Gane from Tauranga who used to race a silver one, mainly at Bay Park (the old BP, not the new one!) He was last heard of, many many years ago, working at Norjos in Christchurch.
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Don't forget Vince Sharp on a CBX/6 ... apparently some of the CBX problems were from fitting CB oil filters,the CBX item was designed for more flow and pressure it was said.............. The 78 Castrol Six Hour should have been a CBX shoe in but it all went a bit pear shaped.....Knight/Keyes bike finished 20th after having the cam cover gasket suck in 15 minutes in to the race..the Glen Flack/Mick O'Brien bike was dropped and puntured the engine cases..the Graeme Crosby/Hatton bike was was said to have been having overheating partial seizures so was out in 20 laps,Crosby had qualified at 58.1 seconds,a full 1 second quicker than the 77 pole ......Mick Cole/Dennis Neill were the sole surviver coming home in 3rd after a 4 minute 10 second tyre change when running 6th pushed them back ......... Yamaha first home with the Warrian/Kelly Ducati SS900 second..............It was also the race Mike Hailwood rode in on another SS900 with Jim Scaysbrook.

[merv]

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What he said.

Ah, the memories.....

Anyone remember the one in the Castrol Six Hour blowing in a big way? I can't remember who was riding it (come in Merv!!)

Anyone remember Mike Gane from Tauranga who used to race a silver one, mainly at Bay Park (the old BP, not the new one!) He was last heard of, many many years ago, working at Norjos in Christchurch.
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As I remember it was Mike Gane's bike that blew in a big way on the back straight - can't remember who his partner was that day. Alan Collison was on another CBX too and I don't think he did so well either. They had the speed but didn't go the distance.

TLDV8 is talking about the Aussie 6 hr when he talked of Crosby racing one in 78 and suffering it nipping up.

In the '78 NZ 6 hr Croz was on the Z1R partnered by Tony Hatton. Hatton dropped the bike during his stint, Croz then rode like a demon taking seconds off everyone, but then then the Kawasaki boys couldn't laugh anymore about the Honda blowing because Croz blew the Z1R as well and lost his title as he had won the previous 3 years in a row, initially doing it solo.

So 78 was the start of the dominance of Dave Hiscock and Neil Chivas on the Suzukis, the first guys to win it not on a Kawasaki as only Ginger Molloy had won before Croz and he was on a Z1 in 1974. Croz won 75, 76,77.

[Kickaha]

My husband has a CBX550 in mint condition. He was only the second owner and has had it for more than 20 years now. He loves using it at track days because no one expects it to be fast!

Diesel Pig Races one in Pre 82 racing down here and has won the local championship on it, engine is stock but it's had some attention paid to the handling

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9237

[What?]

Is the International CBX Owners Association still in existance? Is/was based in:

1603 City View
Wichita Falls
Texas 76305
USA

This was a few years back when only the CIA had internet access...

[Bagster]

Vince Sharpe raced one in the six hour, he stacked it big time going into the sweeper and ended up in hospital.

[Bagster]

Yeah they are still going strong. There are a number of owners club around the world, the one in Aussie is quite active.

[Bagster]

Damn Suzuki's
Bad memories for a Honda man...but.. Mal Campbell on an 1100R catching Nev Hiscock lap by lap as the suzuki's brakes faded was a pleasure to watch. Especially when he overtook him with only a few minutes to go!...Ahh the memories!

[mobbers]

Hey,

Did you ever get much interest in setting up some sort of club for these beasts?? It would be great to get a few of these monsters together at some stage. I have a few of them in my garage. It would be great to find other owners and get somethiung going..

[Hawkeye]

Does my CBX count....:wait:

[Mr. Peanut]

I saw a CBX - 6 at battle of the streets, cornering speed defied physics! And the sound.... :shit: Anyone know who owns it?

[What?]

I saw a CBX - 6 at battle of the streets, cornering speed defied physics! And the sound.... :shit: Anyone know who owns it?
Peter Thompson. Lives in Whangamata.

[Bagster]

Hey,

Did you ever get much interest in setting up some sort of club for these beasts?? It would be great to get a few of these monsters together at some stage. I have a few of them in my garage. It would be great to find other owners and get somethiung going..


I got a bit of interest, more through a CBX that was being sold on TM I put a comment in there re people contacting me and about 4 replied. I m looking at setting up a web page with some sort of owners register so that we can get some owners together. You can contact me at bagster@xtra.co.nz

[Bonez]

http://www.cbxclub.com/linkx.html

[inlinefour]

Quite fond of that model. Like Sensei said be keen to see the bike if you ended up these ways. My favourite classic is the CB350f of the 70s, have a minter somewhere in the garage amongst a few other bikes.

[imdying]

I know of a guy (lives on a friends farm) that has a 6 cylinder CBX that damn near lives in the open. Surely these must be an appreciating classic, and a sniff of a shed isn't a worthy home?

[classic zed]

Hey,

Did you ever get much interest in setting up some sort of club for these beasts?? It would be great to get a few of these monsters together at some stage. I have a few of them in my garage. It would be great to find other owners and get somethiung going..

A monster club sounds good, I have a couple of Kawasaki Z1300 6's, even with standard pipes the sound is unique and gets the blood pumping