Inboard ventilated discs were honda's answer to a a question nobody asked
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Inboard ventilated discs were honda's answer to a a question nobody asked
parting of the sensory
What an "interesting" bike.
Good luck with it, Mr Trash, Sir!
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Forum whore
Could you not find a cheaper way of causing yourself intense pain and loss of sanity?
Maybe putting your head into the blades of an industrial lawn mower , or wood chipping machine? Something like that?
Originally Posted by skidmark
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Well the question was originally why don't my brakes work in the wet?, Answer 'cause you used stainless discs instead of iron like the Ities. Only thing is that; by 1983 people had sintered pads so, it was no longer a problem.
Inboard ventilated discs were honda's answer to a a question nobody asked
In the end they weren't such a bad thing for a roadbike, . . . I'm not saying they were a good thing, -but they weren't as heavy as people made them out to be & once you worked out how to take them apart it was almost as quick as a normal wheel to remove. Some people had problems, but only 'cause they weren't thinking. Never heard of any inboard discs warping or wearing out, which is more than can be said of a lot of bikes.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
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is that because the bikes theyw ere fitted to were never running long enough....!
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
My CBX550 had 96,000 on it when I sold it having done 60k of them myself in the late 80s. Don't get me wrong I'm hardly a Honda fan, they had their fair share of Turkeys. But poke fun where it is due.
As a kid we used to deride a couple of bicycles, one for their advanced gear shift technology as it was reputed that the cables can break easier. & another for some dumb arse reason. All I am saying if I am honest we were speaking out of ignorance & urban myth. The public are very fickle. In England the TL thou became a monster killer bike, but it was no where near that bad. Some bikes had glaring faults & could be fixed, but once tarnished it is hard to overcome. The VF range became the VFR after multiple problems & only Honda stubbornness kept the range going.
. . . Now CX500s, they were shit.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
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these were an interesting bike, from memory they were $3454 new and the RZ was $44?? and the RG was $5454 which when you look at the three brands of 250s on the market with a full $1000 between them and the suzuki more than 50% dearer than the honda it must have been an interesting life for the salesman.
I recall too that NZ was one of the few markets to get them and word was it that honda made them, found out that they couldn't even pull the skin off a rice pudding and were going to divert them to the crusher until blue wing got in on them?
any truth to that rumour???
Una Storia Italiana
HEY WAIT JUST A MOMENT... what ya mean 'shit' from my worked B to the TC 5 in all I never had any probs and thats including riding one from Nelson to Chch in the red (temp) due to a blowen water pump at over 160kph and all I did to it was warp the rear casing... well ok the pump seal went but hey, LOL. . . Now CX500s, they were shit.
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
Rider Coach
Hmmmm there were only two things that broke on mine......... One thing they need is a reliable clutch lever , just in case
Yup.. piston broke.... and the clutch cable....
Not at the same time thankfully.
Kiwibiker
Yes, that's pretty much it.
I had a RG250 at the time the MVX was released, I rode one (MVX) on makara rd and thought, hmm, when is it going to hit the power band, then I looked down and saw I was already red lining it
Retirement with a cause
is that because the bikes theyw ere fitted to were never running long enough....!
Bollocks , i raced a CBX 550 in the Castrol 6 hour and we did the whole race on one set of pads and thats a fact.
Inboard rotors were a very tricky bit of Honda's bikes in the day and they were fitted to many models in various guises.
Once you worked out how they worked, what to maintain and how they came aprt 9and back together ) they were great , but they did make a bit of a mess of the rims because of the material they used. They were better in the wet than exposed rotors as well.
Rant over ...... as you were.
Retirement with a cause
You could buy a VF400f for the same as an MVX and we sold heaps of the little smokers.Yes, that's pretty much it.
I had a RG250 at the time the MVX was released, I rode one (MVX) on makara rd and thought, hmm, when is it going to hit the power band, then I looked down and saw I was already red lining it
C'mon lets ride....
Agreed. Only because I have one mind you. Probably smokes more than an MVX too. Something to do with having character or some such thing.. . . Now CX500s, they were shit.
No wait, that was the knock in the engine........................
Good luck with the resto WT.
Una Storia Italiana
Oh Bonez... stop teasing me you bastards the CX was next to a perfect bike, list just 1 issue they had?... YEAH, ya cant aye
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
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Does the fact that they were horribly ugly count as an issue?
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