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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Turning the CX engine around in the frame was a goodin!
    a very successful one too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    a very successful one too.
    Don't think as successful as the RS750 though.

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    Honda's problem is that they make bikes for you to ride rather than bikes you "want" to ride!

    Blue Wing Honda exacerbate the issue by only importing the bikes that "they" want to sell rather than the bikes that "you" (the customer) want to own and ride!

    Otherwise Honda are the best built most reliable bikes in the world! IMHO!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Don't think as successful as the RS750 though.
    oh dear, were we not talking about the RS750?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    oh dear, were we not talking about the RS750?
    Nope. The CX turned around in the frame was a very different beast. It was the NS750.

    The RS750 was a far more competitive beast right from the get go.

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    Crasher's been waiting for me - here is the first attempt with the CX flattracker. I guess they proved it could work and then got serious - turned it around in more ways than one.

    On the RS750 - Word from the team was that they spotted the XLV750 in a walk around the Honda factory, and thought ''Hey, we could use that!'', and claim not to know how it came about. But I'm still suspicious about the un Honda 45 degree, aircooled dry sumped engine with identical bore and stroke to the XR750. Just too convenient to find in a corner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    Crasher's been waiting for me - here is the first attempt with the CX flattracker. I guess they proved it could work and then got serious - turned it around in more ways than one.

    On the RS750 - Word from the team was that they spotted the XLV750 in a walk around the Honda factory, and thought ''Hey, we could use that!'', and claim not to know how it came about. But I'm still suspicious about the un Honda 45 degree, aircooled dry sumped engine with identical bore and stroke to the XR750. Just too convenient to find in a corner.

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    loved my old cx, cr,and 360
    they have booked until the end of March at reasonable rates
    they are ok by me ......
    but seriously , they are a world unto themselves. ..... mean they earn good money, they have a safe job with really good benefits...but for they are tight with money.....
    going drinkin next month with the boys from the car design team.....last time we had a kitty ...I speak English five bucks in the kitty....
    I could have made a young woman very happy that night without money I put in that jar...baskets

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    The Boyle Bros made me use a CX400 Euro for a week as punishment once. Was the slowest week I can remember.
    Thats because Mark & J.B. knew you were too much of a pussy to ride anything with power. And i heard you never remembered a whole week anyway !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by roadracingoldfart View Post
    Thats because Mark & J.B. knew you were too much of a pussy to ride anything with power. And i heard you never remembered a whole week anyway !!!
    Fuck off Knobjob. More like because I roosted in their faces with anything like what they were riding and needed an anchor to slow me down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Fuck off Knobjob. More like because I roosted in their faces with anything like what they were riding and needed an anchor to slow me down.
    Who you callin Knobjob ?? Chrome head. Sit over there and comb ya hair like all the other cricket players.

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    Someone else obviously saw potential in the "Maggot"....
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    Quote Originally Posted by nudemetalz View Post
    Someone else obviously saw potential in the "Maggot"....
    Drugs should be banned in all sports

    Stephen

    would LOVE some of what that man smoked ......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    That one...
    so you really need to be comparing it with the 89 honda v twin then, bros revere etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    so you really need to be comparing it with the 89 honda v twin then, bros revere etc
    Not a 650 Bros, cause that's hardly fair. Mind you...they're not a powerhouse either.

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