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Honda CBX

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https://www.bikebound.com/2022/08/05/uncommon-x/

Bet it sounds ace.

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Skub wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:31 pm Bet it sounds ace.
Ideal bike for the visually impaired then :)
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ChrisW wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:37 pm
Skub wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:31 pm Bet it sounds ace.
Ideal bike for the visually impaired then :)
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Anyone else think it's really weird that rider is all geared up but has no gloves?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:49 pm Anyone else think it's really weird that rider is all geared up but has no gloves?
I have a big mate who rode for years with no gloves,his hands were like shovels so he had given up looking for something to fit. It gave me the chills thinking about the skin and bone being grated.
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Skub wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:59 pm his hands were like shovels
Mittens would probably have worked better if he didn't have fingers.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:49 pm Anyone else think it's really weird that rider is all geared up but has no gloves?
Rider? That's Reginald Twistleton-Fforbes from the modelling agency. Never ridden a bike in his life. :D
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Beautifully bonkers, I kind of like it.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:49 pm Anyone else think it's really weird that rider is all geared up but has no gloves?
Why would it matter...its going nowhere with the stand down.
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Two words to say to that.
Shite.
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Hmmm, a bit fussy and not sure about the Cyclops fairing. What's that all about?

Looks like a pirate.....arrrghh.
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None of the specials based on a CBX have been able to fix a basic problem with the donor bike - the engine is just too fucking big, wide and out of proportion to the rest of the bike. This one is no different, plus it has 'challenges' all of its own.
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mangocrazy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:59 pm None of the specials based on a CBX have been able to fix a basic problem with the donor bike - the engine is just too fucking big, wide and out of proportion to the rest of the bike. This one is no different, plus it has 'challenges' all of its own.
I love that engine. We were all drooling over it as kids :D
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mangocrazy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:59 pm None of the specials based on a CBX have been able to fix a basic problem with the donor bike - the engine is just too fucking big, wide and out of proportion to the rest of the bike.
But wasn't that the whole point? Even to having a spine frame so that nothing blocked the view of it.
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Oh no!
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Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:34 am
I love that engine. We were all drooling over it as kids :D
Yep, me too. The original, unfaired version, was a real thing of beauty.
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wheelnut wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:07 pm
Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:34 am
I love that engine. We were all drooling over it as kids :D
Yep, me too. The original, unfaired version, was a real thing of beauty.
The only bike I'd buy just to look at.
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Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:08 pm
The only bike I'd buy just to look at.
There ya go. Make them an offer. :thumbup:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385026133281 ... Sw2U1i3r9r

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Skub wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:42 pm
Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:08 pm
The only bike I'd buy just to look at.
There ya go. Make them an offer. :thumbup:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385026133281 ... Sw2U1i3r9r

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That looks like it just came out of the crate!

However....the engine is the only remarkable thing about that model isn't it? Otherwise it looks generic Honda. The wheels, seat and indicators could be off a CX, the tank off of lots of other bikes. Was there anything special about the frame/forks/brakes etc? (I know I wanted one, but what I really wanted was more cylinders than everyone apart from Benelli Sei owners :lol: ).
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Skub wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:42 pm
Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:08 pm
The only bike I'd buy just to look at.
There ya go. Make them an offer. :thumbup:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385026133281 ... Sw2U1i3r9r

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