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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Is that genuinely a thing?Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:54 am just don't try and start one with it on the side stand, they'll hydraulic lock.
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No, it won't- unless it's one with manky old carbs with non-sealing float needles then I guess it could, but so could pretty much any other bike of that eraSkub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:09 pmIs that genuinely a thing?Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:54 am just don't try and start one with it on the side stand, they'll hydraulic lock.
And Julian- they really weren't great handlers IMO- I worked at a Honda 5 star dealer as a teenager and got to ride numerous CBXs, along with pretty much most other then-current Japanese bikes at that time, and although CBXs were by no means the worst, believe me, a CB900 or 1100R was just so much more precise and manageable.
Admittedly I haven't ridden a CBX since the late 70s, and maybe it sticks in my mind as it was a bike that I came very very close to wrapping around a tree and absoloutely shit myself on, but when that happened, it was on my regular test ride route that I knew well and used to pin pretty much every other bike on without issue.
But of course It's all relative - my brother has a low milage (6k ish from new) 100% original and immaculate UK model CB1100RD, and pretty ( and cool ), as it is, jumping off any current-ish bike onto that, shows it as heavy and ponderous- back then I thought they were a razor. relatively speaking, for a bigun so feck knows what a CBX would feel like now.
That one above looks lovely though , and I still would like one though!
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I know someone who says they had a CBX hydraulic lock and bend the rods because he left it on the side stand overnight, and he seems pretty trust worthy, I hope he is because he builds a lot of race engines.Tricky wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:57 pmNo, it won't- unless it's one with manky old carbs with non-sealing float needles then I guess it could, but so could pretty much any other bike of that eraSkub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:09 pmIs that genuinely a thing?Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:54 am just don't try and start one with it on the side stand, they'll hydraulic lock.
And Julian- they really weren't great handlers IMO- I worked at a Honda 5 star dealer as a teenager and got to ride numerous CBXs, along with pretty much most other then-current Japanese bikes at that time, and although CBXs were by no means the worst, believe me, a CB900 or 1100R was just so much more precise and manageable.
Admittedly I haven't ridden a CBX since the late 70s, and maybe it sticks in my mind as it was a bike that I came very very close to wrapping around a tree and absoloutely shit myself on, but when that happened, it was on my regular test ride route that I knew well and used to pin pretty much every other bike on without issue.
But of course It's all relative - my brother has a low milage (6k ish from new) 100% original and immaculate UK model CB1100RD, and pretty ( and cool ), as it is, jumping off any current-ish bike onto that, shows it as heavy and ponderous- back then I thought they were a razor. relatively speaking, for a bigun so feck knows what a CBX would feel like now.
That one above looks lovely though , and I still would like one though!
I agree that the CB900 handled better than the CBX, but the CBX was better than the Z1000s of the same time, I don't think it was as good as the GS1000 though.
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Steam powered bike i want this! Don't know to embed vids from twitter?
Edit: how clever it did it for me
Edit: how clever it did it for me
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It's clever stuff, but with steam power, I'm always expecting a big bang.
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I guess if it hasn't blown your bollocks off then at least you'll have plenty of hot water for a calming teaDodgy knees wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:05 pm It's clever stuff, but with steam power, I'm always expecting a big bang.
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Ok, it's not a bike, but looks what motor it's got.
IIRC the proper BMW one had a 200cc two stroke with 9bhp, so that replica must be great fun*
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ISETTA-REPLI ... 4148718106
*a death trap.
IIRC the proper BMW one had a 200cc two stroke with 9bhp, so that replica must be great fun*
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ISETTA-REPLI ... 4148718106
*a death trap.
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No, the BMW Isetta as found in the U.K. was a single cylinder 300 cc four stroke.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:28 pm Ok, it's not a bike, but looks what motor it's got.
IIRC the proper BMW one had a 200cc two stroke with 9bhp, so that replica must be great fun*
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ISETTA-REPLI ... 4148718106
*a death trap.
They made bigger faster models latterly, but I don’t think they reached the British market.
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Found it.Rockburner wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 1:47 pmI keep meaning the scan the Fred Gassit cartoon I've got where he's wheeling what I seem to remember is a CBX and the forks fall off.GuzziPaul wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:31 am Mate had a CBX, he could wheelie it for miles. I was on the back of another mates CB900 when al of a sudden there was a howl as the CBX came by us at about 80mph front wheel in the air with my mate hanging off to one side so he could see where he was going. He had a GPz1100 as well but could wheelie and do donuts on the CBX much better than the kawasaki.
Of the big '70s/'80s Japanese superbikes a CBX is maybe one I fancy most apart from maybe a Z900, GPz900 or GS1000.
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One for you Ducati perverts.
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