Nice Video! let me just say this from somebody who has gone full circle in the modding/custom scene in both the car world and to some extent in the motorcycle world, and as an automotive engineer working at a major OEM. You're right, there is a reason you don't see more custom builds, not only are they massive money pits, but you will also never achieve OEM level results, no matter how good the quality of your parts or work is. Custom builds will never be competitive on the track and will always be massively unreliable. We spend millions of man hours engineering stuff and still get it wrong sometimes. That being said, I can also state with confidence from personal experience that nothing... Not even an Italian exotic comes close to the pleasure of riding/driving something you built yourself, just know what you're getting into and the process of building itself can be a mind expanding process. Also, if you do make a build out of what you flashed, be ready for a lot of hate from the fanboys, it is after all the genesis of the range up until recently... LOL ;-) (I have a fully restored successor to that, not sure if you caught my comment/photo on the other video)
The CBX literally gives me goosebumps to hear it go through the gears. I owned a 79 Silver CBX in the early 1990s. I regret selling it to this day. These bikes make music that NO self respecting motor head can disrespect. Thanks for you upload and all the luck with your build!
Since I first saw the CBX I wanted one. Finally, in the late 80s I acquired an 82 and then a 79 CBX. I still have them and at one point they were the only bikes I kept when I thinned out my vehicles. They are keepers! You are right.
My favorite memory of a CBX1000 was actually a "slo-mo" routine carried out by a true biker bad ass (rider unknown). While enjoying our weekend ritual of cruising through the twisty winding one way road of Flushing Park MI. this guy pulls behind us on this CBX1000 with it's HUGE engine...falls behind by 3 car lengths, pops a perfect 45° wheelie then revs the engine, pops the clutch and smokes the tire until the front tire so very slowly & gracefully comes down, touches off....then does it again and again treating the park to a bad ass demo by a bad ass bike...SO COOL!
I have owned a CBX for 25 years, they are everything you say and more, please note came with 6 into 2 as standard. Mine has a MAC 6 into 2 and sounds great, the original MAC I had had a bad habit of shedding baffles, and it doesn't improve the sound. I prefer mine standard, but wherever you go it turns heads, even when not moving.
I need 2 of them! 1 to build into a cafe racer with a modern sport bike suspension wheels and brakes. And another to swap the CBX engine into a modern liter bike chassis! The bike itself is worthless to me, but that engine! That sound! Makes it a must own someday!
That JDmax CBX looks amazing, but honestly that sound makes up for everything. I wanna hear a 6 Cylinder 600cc, i wanna hear 6 x 100cc pistons going mental and its redline...
I am currently in the process of building a CBX I have the 1979 gas tank a triple tree and the complete engine to build just waiting to get a titled frame of course it will be a street fighter with newer suspension from newer year donor models, this is also my dream bike i am also currently doing a 1985 Yamaha FJ 1100 that is now a 1500 with Yamaha R1 suspension will hit you pics when done ! Hope you get your dream 6 !!!!😜😜
I first heard this bike leaving a car show when I was 18 I didn't know what it was. I'm 32 now and five years ago I came across a vid on UA-cam called f1 sounding bike or something like that. Anyway I clicked and as soon as I heard the bike full throttle I got goosebumps and like flashes of the bike I saw that day back when I was a teenager just flooded my brain. Since then I've been hooked on this beautiful machine. And like you I too dream about owning one someday with the same mods.
Do your build, and half ass nothing! Its an investment in yourself in a dying age. That hot rod era, do it yourself, cut it apart and weld it back together mindset dies a little more every year. We seal the products shut and make em hard to work on, so it'll never be more accessible than it is now. When I was a boy I had an 80s suburban, which is an odd project. And for the most part, even today, no one cares. But I know, in my heart, what it felt like to sit on a fender well under an open hood and pull spark plugs from right under than manifold nbd. Chevy small blocks. Carburators, and 5klb trucks with no antilock brakes. Shits never looked the same since. Those memories are priceless. Old men will get rich and chase those golden days they remember. This CBX series and the Buell series really tugged at my heartstrings, and made me feel old. Love your content
I wish I could find a 6 into 1 header system for my BMW k1600GTL . Great video , I thought nothing sounds better to me than a 1976 Kawasaki KZ 900 until I heard the CBX .
I day dream about building one also nice to hear someone else's idea's on it instead of the voices in my head, im not even a huge motorcycle fanatic that sound though......
To be honest with you, it would come down to the price of it. And with the R&D needed to develop a new one, it probably wouldn't be cheap and they definitely wouldn't make it faster than the CBR1000 cause that's a recipe for internal competition.
Love the sound; a lot like old school Grand Prix or F1 racing... purely unique - when it comes to racing this is the only sound that resonates true racing.
I just bout a CBX 1000. I was extremely lucky to get it for what I did. If I told you the price, you would hate me that much more. Be on the lookout for some 6 into 1s up and down blood mountain on my channel very soon.
you should take a pic on some videos of the cbx 750 f. never sold in the US but is a amazing bike and a bikers dream in brazil, it was sold in japan, europe, brazil and australia
bro,thank you for these videos! it was a pleassure to learn about CBX and always awesome delivery. PS: k100 definately dig it. best of luck with gettinh it just the way you want ✌👍
For me the CBX is the second best sounding bike ever,. Don't kill me, hear me out. The Norton Rotary race bikes sounded like God farting, but in a good way, you know?
The k-bike is going to look dope and also different than normal cafe racers, if you keep the stock swing arm. It makes it look like it was never a sport bike.
I've got a 1998 Honda VFR800 and I've definitely spent twice the money on mods than what the bike cost me to buy. Swapped the whole front end(cbr954), cbr929 rear shock, Power Commander V, LED lights and replacing electrical wiring, brake lines and more. I still haven't finished the tuning and yet to even start the cosmetic side of mods... But its a bike I love to ride and love the reward of when it comes together and puts a smile on my face. It's definitely an addiction.
Wonderful job on both parts 1 and 2. Love your narration style, fast and witty. Great detail too. I'm lucky to have a '79 and '82 CBX, both stock. Probably better to leave them that way but some of your custom ideas are certainly cool! Here is an amazing bike that bends imagination: ua-cam.com/video/v62pCre4Lfk/v-deo.html
The BMW 6 cylinder touring bike sounds like that, has modern suspension already, and is on the downward swing of depreciation. Just cause it to lose about 200 lbs. and you are there!
There's a BMW K1600 by "Krugger" and even with that custom straight through 6 into 1.... It just doesn't do it. I'm sure there's a good reason why though
I know this is an older video, but damn. The witty remarks, perfect editing, gorgeous music choice of classical and blended beautifully behind the narration all while filling the video with useful and amusing content about the CBX hitting every inch from the sound to the engine to the cosmetics to the F1 aspects. It made 10 minutes seem like 5. Extremely well done. You sir have EARNED this subscriber. Cheers mate!
....6 carburators? :D fork me. No thanks. XD. I wonder if the bike would run on the fuel injection system from the new Goldwings or a k1600. That in addition to all the mods you talked about sounds like a pretty good bike.
Proud owner myself of the ANGRY X Restored Drag bike very close to factory look keeping the Kosman Wire wheels a Russ Collins exhaust and lowered 3" Bike is bad to the bone and very popular , Thanks for the Vid great narration ! Gearheadgreg
You're momma raised a smart boy! What you said about how what you do reflects who you are, is 💯% bang on! Your channel... your custom bike(s)... the way you choose to present everything... that's your *Brand!* Now, more than ever before in the history of mankind, branding is extremely important. My assessment: You're going to be successful, because you've got a unique style, which blends humour, nostalgia, quality... and *cool* all in one. Give your momma a hug; and let her know you're going to be alright! 🍺😋👍
You are a great ranter. Love what you said and you have great principles, which is rare these days. Newly subscribed, and I do recommend a channel you MUST check out if you are into building or maintaining bikes. "The Workshop" a lot of great bike knowledge to be gained there. His channel helped me get through A/P School (aircraft mechanic). Even after 25 years as a industrial mechanic/electrician and 4 years as a mechanic on a submarine, I still learn new stuff every week. He's an Engineer and a pure motorcycle fanatic, no cage BS. Lastly, goodluck on your K project and I look forward to your new content. Godspeed
Great job. The CBX brings back memories to me from when I was a kid (around '79/'80 ) and my Dad would take to watch production bike races (in the UK). There was racer who had a CBX painted all metallic green with the Hulk on its tank. Coming out the hairpin he would always wheelie it up the straight for a bit. Awesome. Hey, random thought, bling out the K100 to make it a 100K :o)
ive own a 1979 cbx (silver) and i drag race 1980 cbx (black) 1/8 tracks, love the six pack motor, nothing like them 6 into 1 header open. 1 gear got thru 1/8 MILE @98 MPH, Tight as a banjo string, shifting to 2nd did help my time, i all most died on that bike a few times, it not for the faint heart , she a heart pumper for sure, bike was machine drilled everything to lose weight , hard tail with wheelie bar pengle, on a cold track it was a wild ride , ppl call me rocketman LOL
Hi, I bought my CBX new, left over in a crate in '80 at a cost of $3100 cash. I owned it for 20 years and gave it to my brother. He had it since '98, I retained ownership of it earlier this year. My brother passed away 2 years ago, he left it out in the weather years before he passed, made me ill to see it in the condition its in, it was running when I gave it to him. It is currently sitting in my garage, I would like to get it running, just need the funds to start. Great videos, I had open 6 into 1 pipes on it, it would rattle windows and set off alarms going through town, it was great.
Если авто моей мечты это Dodge Viper 3 и 4 поколений, то мотоцикл моей мечты пожалуй CBX 1000, очень интересный аппарат А кастомы да, какие только не делали, даже V12 на основе L6 двигателя CBX 1000 If my dream car is a 3rd and 4th generation Dodge Viper, then my dream bike is probably the CBX 1000, a very interesting machine. And yes, they didn’t do any custom, even the V12 based on the L6 of the CBX 1000 engine
Cut your teeth on the K100 and learn how to do things and get comfortable with messing with things. Then go balls out and find a CBX. I'm actually in talks to get a KZ1300 hopefully
Nice video, I had to have a cbx 30 years ago, black 1980 with 6 into 1 and no baffle. Wife could hear me hot rodding 5 miles from home.still have it but i parked it about 10 years ago after a deer hit me with speedo past the 85 mark. I PICKED UP A 1979 CBX ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO THAT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE, JUST LOOKING AT THEM MAKES ME HAPPY.
Hell yeah! Love the info, as well as the insight. I've been in love with the late 80's nighthawk (box) bikes. Will definitely use your rebuild enthusiasm to keep looking...thank you!
CBX's and spare parts are drying up. I remember buying up all that I could in the 80's and 90's. I could get a beat up runner 79 for as little as $300. At one time I had 9 79's, an 80, two 81's and an 82 in my sheds. I've owned 24 CBX's over the span 1983 - today (I still have my first - a now mint restored early 79 with a rare SuperTrapp Stainless 6-2, my mild custom 81 tourer, an I am building a modded 79, plus have another 79 frame, and two more spare engines and shelves of new and used parts. And with how rare and expensive the stuff is getting, plus Honda having basically discontinued nearly every part, I won't even sell a bolt from my collection now, except maybe to another CBX owner to keep his on the road.
I owned a 1979 CBX and also a 1979 Kawasaki 1300cc 6cyl., when new both bikes had their sweet sport but the CBX was my favorite the first time I lifted the front wheel it came down hard but even with stock pipes it sounds incredible. My plan is finding the right one, wish I kept the one I had! The Kawasaki 1300 was setup with the fairing & hard bags rode from Ohio to Nova Scotia with a couple of friends R90S BMW & a Honda Goldwing, there was nothing that the Kawasaki couldn’t do but pass a gas station I could literally cruise at any speed. Great memories!
having owned 2 CBX's a 79 candy glory red and a 81 touring model I know lots about them. I tried to modify the 79 but frame and swing arm was crap. I put a Cal-Fab swing arm on but still didn't help due to toothpick like front forks. I bought the 82 which was in a accident sold the engine off to fund my project of putting the 79 motor with a OMT 1168 kit in it and Ricks Tricks 29mm smoothbore carbs. I modified the frame to accommodate the 79 bodywork put on CB1100F handle bars and front fender a Fox shock for the mono shock system put a 13 row oil cooler on it with braided steel likes also braided steel brake lines. I kept the original vented disc brakes put put on the silver rims from the 79 model even though the black Comstar wheels could accommodate slightly larger tires, they didn't look as nice. I put on Metzler ME99 rear and a Laser front tire. The bike after all this work could keep up with a GSXR until 110mph then the aerodynamics of a 8x4 sheet of plywood took over. It had so much silky smooth torque it would out pull the GSXR with 2 people on it. The other thing about a CBX they are so nice to wheelie you can wheelie them for miles but not recommended because you would go dry sump and ruin your crank and cam bearings. I used a Basani 6-2-1 header and sounded awesome. Did a mild port on the head which made a ton of difference. After it was all done the fuel economy actually doubled!!!
I remember growing up in the late 70s/ early 80s, my next door neighbor bought a Honda CBX, he revved the engine, rattled the windows, pissed off my parents, me??? I ran out of the house to check it out, I'll never forget that day, I had a motorcycle years later but the only thing my skinny young ass (back then 😂)could handle was a Honda CM 450, it was ok and kept me out of trouble but I'll never forget that CBX and the crazy sound it made😊
Next video can you speak about the Yamaha 97-99 ThunderAce 1000 cc After watching your first video of the cbx1000 I got so excited on doing my own project. I went out and bought a thunderace rolling chase with custom r1 fairings on it. Need to overhaul the engine But with this type of bike you have so much room to work besides doing a few customizations on it. I'm excited to see your next video's. If I didn't watch your first cbx video I wouldn't have found the passion to get another rebuild.
About 15yrs ago British Aerospace engineers were given blueprints for the 6cyl 250 grand Prix engine from the 60s, they were amazed at how complex the level of engineering was. If you want to see a brilliant engineer at work you should check out Allen Millyard on UA-cam, the guy is a genius, he builds all sorts of bikes from 5 cylinder two strokes to V10 monsters....
Thanks for your great video! The CBX1000 is also one of my favorites. The cbx sas also out of my budget, so i bought a Cx500 and built a pretty cool caferacer😁. You can check my bike on my channel. Be careful with your K100 project, as i ended up spending double the budget a had planned at first.
I ride a bmw r1150gs just because i had an accident with my honda cbr 600 my back hurts quickly on a bike , only not on my current r1150gs i would mod the cbx1000 in a way it looks and handles like my current bike so i would be aible to enjoy the sound of the cbx1000 and to be aible to ride it myself ,,, DREAMS,,, we all need them! Great channel love you’re work
As the owner of a full custom cbx1000 bike you do not buy a bike , you buy a halo motor and it's legacy other than a guzzi v8 there is no better wail of a motor. To clear things up f1 sound like a cbx 1000 at full noise. Nuff said
Dreams are incentive work hard and stay focused! That being said ,the sound of the cbx1000 is better than sex ..how could u ride it with out taping it out from every stop lite ..found your channel by accident and really liked this vid! The only thing I could complain about is not enough audio of that perfect sounding cbx 1000 ..u could have not said a word because it speaks for itself .good luck with your build !
Always thought the cbx irrelevant, corporate masturbation, BUT your talk of making sensible power and handling hummm now that's an idea, although it will always be like riding a sideboard! Lovesya!
One of the better sounding sixes, the R34 Skyline: ua-cam.com/video/4FmRt57tpmo/v-deo.html Then again, how about that custom Aussie PGM 2.0L R1 V8? ua-cam.com/video/cIm3_HDv8YE/v-deo.html The ZX-RR Kawasaki "screamer" GP bike: ua-cam.com/video/bjou0zRJZBE/v-deo.html The brutal H2R Isle of man TT flyby: ua-cam.com/video/cL3MH3Nllic/v-deo.html A good Daytona triple with Two Bros sounds nice: ua-cam.com/video/D_tD20AAWYg/v-deo.html There's that crossplane R1 again: ua-cam.com/video/2KslMYNEl1s/v-deo.html And for twins, a 2-valve Ducati is hard to beat: ua-cam.com/video/QiCUT32H_KQ/v-deo.html Grand finale, the Y2K turbine bike: ua-cam.com/video/-BjtvJe_PjY/v-deo.html
@@Theillestrator1050 :) I get around the webs. I'm sort of an engine sound nut, very particular. But that varies from cars, to airplanes, to bikes, to trains and ships etc.
Nice Video! let me just say this from somebody who has gone full circle in the modding/custom scene in both the car world and to some extent in the motorcycle world, and as an automotive engineer working at a major OEM. You're right, there is a reason you don't see more custom builds, not only are they massive money pits, but you will also never achieve OEM level results, no matter how good the quality of your parts or work is. Custom builds will never be competitive on the track and will always be massively unreliable. We spend millions of man hours engineering stuff and still get it wrong sometimes. That being said, I can also state with confidence from personal experience that nothing... Not even an Italian exotic comes close to the pleasure of riding/driving something you built yourself, just know what you're getting into and the process of building itself can be a mind expanding process.
Also, if you do make a build out of what you flashed, be ready for a lot of hate from the fanboys, it is after all the genesis of the range up until recently... LOL ;-) (I have a fully restored successor to that, not sure if you caught my comment/photo on the other video)
Well said, had to pin it
- The illestrator - wow... I’m honored :-)
@@Theillestrator1050 bro you have great knowledge about this legendary bike
The CBX literally gives me goosebumps to hear it go through the gears. I owned a 79 Silver CBX in the early 1990s. I regret selling it to this day. These bikes make music that NO self respecting motor head can disrespect. Thanks for you upload and all the luck with your build!
Dude! That was excellent! You are rapidly becoming my favorite bike channel. Great work... Respect. :-)
I'm honored
Since I first saw the CBX I wanted one. Finally, in the late 80s I acquired an 82 and then a 79 CBX. I still have them and at one point they were the only bikes I kept when I thinned out my vehicles. They are keepers! You are right.
My favorite memory of a CBX1000 was actually a "slo-mo" routine carried out by a true biker bad ass (rider unknown). While enjoying our weekend ritual of cruising through the twisty winding one way road of Flushing Park MI. this guy pulls behind us on this CBX1000 with it's HUGE engine...falls behind by 3 car lengths, pops a perfect 45° wheelie then revs the engine, pops the clutch and smokes the tire until the front tire so very slowly & gracefully comes down, touches off....then does it again and again treating the park to a bad ass demo by a bad ass bike...SO COOL!
I have owned a CBX for 25 years, they are everything you say and more, please note came with 6 into 2 as standard. Mine has a MAC 6 into 2 and sounds great, the original MAC I had had a bad habit of shedding baffles, and it doesn't improve the sound. I prefer mine standard, but wherever you go it turns heads, even when not moving.
For sure, no matter the exhaust set up, its still a gem!
I need 2 of them! 1 to build into a cafe racer with a modern sport bike suspension wheels and brakes. And another to swap the CBX engine into a modern liter bike chassis! The bike itself is worthless to me, but that engine! That sound! Makes it a must own someday!
Man, I would LOVE to have this bike! The sound alone is worth the price of admission!
That JDmax CBX looks amazing, but honestly that sound makes up for everything.
I wanna hear a 6 Cylinder 600cc, i wanna hear 6 x 100cc pistons going mental and its redline...
Hands down best bike channel out!
😁😁
Need more clips of it just going through those gears, ear candy
I am currently in the process of building a CBX I have the 1979 gas tank a triple tree and the complete engine to build just waiting to get a titled frame of course it will be a street fighter with newer suspension from newer year donor models, this is also my dream bike i am also currently doing a 1985 Yamaha FJ 1100 that is now a 1500 with Yamaha R1 suspension will hit you pics when done ! Hope you get your dream 6 !!!!😜😜
You are moving to my favorite bike channel for sure, you do a great job on videos and bike work man.
I've been watching for over a year now and your videos just keep getting better and better.
I first heard this bike leaving a car show when I was 18 I didn't know what it was. I'm 32 now and five years ago I came across a vid on UA-cam called f1 sounding bike or something like that. Anyway I clicked and as soon as I heard the bike full throttle I got goosebumps and like flashes of the bike I saw that day back when I was a teenager just flooded my brain. Since then I've been hooked on this beautiful machine. And like you I too dream about owning one someday with the same mods.
We will get there one day!
Was so much fun watching. You're a really good storyteller. Dope. Got yourself a subscriber. Peace!
Do your build, and half ass nothing! Its an investment in yourself in a dying age. That hot rod era, do it yourself, cut it apart and weld it back together mindset dies a little more every year. We seal the products shut and make em hard to work on, so it'll never be more accessible than it is now.
When I was a boy I had an 80s suburban, which is an odd project. And for the most part, even today, no one cares.
But I know, in my heart, what it felt like to sit on a fender well under an open hood and pull spark plugs from right under than manifold nbd. Chevy small blocks. Carburators, and 5klb trucks with no antilock brakes. Shits never looked the same since. Those memories are priceless. Old men will get rich and chase those golden days they remember.
This CBX series and the Buell series really tugged at my heartstrings, and made me feel old. Love your content
Awesome story, thanks for telling it
I wish I could find a 6 into 1 header system for my BMW k1600GTL . Great video , I thought nothing sounds better to me than a 1976 Kawasaki KZ 900 until I heard the CBX .
I day dream about building one also nice to hear someone else's idea's on it instead of the voices in my head, im not even a huge motorcycle fanatic that sound though......
Honda needs to remake this bike. It’ll be successful
To be honest with you, it would come down to the price of it. And with the R&D needed to develop a new one, it probably wouldn't be cheap and they definitely wouldn't make it faster than the CBR1000 cause that's a recipe for internal competition.
So to be honest I'd doubt the success of a revival of a bike that wasn't super popular to begin with
A new CBX might have a chance w/ a single shock in the back, modern fuel injection, etc.
I want a 4 stroke, water-cooled inline-5 bike with a proper crankshaft and firing order. Deadass.
Great series. I need a CBX1000 and Suzy RE5 in my life
Don't we all!? 🤣
Love the sound; a lot like old school Grand Prix or F1 racing... purely unique - when it comes to racing this is the only sound that resonates true racing.
I saw a turbo CBX at the Cape Coral Bike Night. Unfortunately the owner wasn’t around so I didn’t get to hear it run. It looked amazing though.
Good stuff man! Love the CBX, and it's videos like yours that are putting them on the radar again.
I just bout a CBX 1000. I was extremely lucky to get it for what I did. If I told you the price, you would hate me that much more. Be on the lookout for some 6 into 1s up and down blood mountain on my channel very soon.
I hear your passion, and it makes me love bikes all the more. Excellent content man.
Damn this is good content
ohh man! this bike is unreal! that sound. its so dirty jesus!!! another great video man! keep up the great work!!
You're one of the best motorcycle youtubers out right now. The content is always fire
Bike and F1 car sounds in the same segment?!
....... And subscribed
😂 welcome aboard
you should take a pic on some videos of the cbx 750 f. never sold in the US but is a amazing bike and a bikers dream in brazil, it was sold in japan, europe, brazil and australia
bro,thank you for these videos! it was a pleassure to learn about CBX and always awesome delivery.
PS: k100 definately dig it. best of luck with gettinh it just the way you want ✌👍
YES! MAD RESPECT! MUCH LOVE FOR THE CBX! THANK YOU FOR THIS!
shhhhh! we don't want to drive up the price of the CBX!
Bro thank you for making these videos. Love that bike!!
For me the CBX is the second best sounding bike ever,. Don't kill me, hear me out. The Norton Rotary race bikes sounded like God farting, but in a good way, you know?
Lmfao
The k-bike is going to look dope and also different than normal cafe racers, if you keep the stock swing arm. It makes it look like it was never a sport bike.
Thanks, and yeah I'm keeping the swing arm stock
Turbo CBX motor ooooh baby that would be crazy if the motor could handle it
Nice on yer bike is one of my favourite channels really underrated.
I've got a 1998 Honda VFR800 and I've definitely spent twice the money on mods than what the bike cost me to buy. Swapped the whole front end(cbr954), cbr929 rear shock, Power Commander V, LED lights and replacing electrical wiring, brake lines and more. I still haven't finished the tuning and yet to even start the cosmetic side of mods... But its a bike I love to ride and love the reward of when it comes together and puts a smile on my face. It's definitely an addiction.
You're a man of culture as well and you sounded like Will Smith 😁👍🇵🇭
Some where, off in the distance, I see a CBX to Kill for. I'm waiting! Great Video!
Brother Ill! Great video, man. You have an excellent narration voice. P.S. I have that James Earl Jones voice.*hint hint wink wink*
Great content. Subscribed.
So now go watch the move Knightriders (1981) that started my life long love for not only this bike but motorcycles and stunt fighting at ReFests....
My cbr1000 was a luck find at a barn for $200. But that came with a bigger price to fix 😂
as long as guys modify these into 'customs' the stock ones will continue to escalate in value. customs have very little resale value 98% of the time!
My own statistics are accurate 50% of the time
Wonderful job on both parts 1 and 2. Love your narration style, fast and witty. Great detail too. I'm lucky to have a '79 and '82 CBX, both stock. Probably better to leave them that way but some of your custom ideas are certainly cool! Here is an amazing bike that bends imagination:
ua-cam.com/video/v62pCre4Lfk/v-deo.html
This rules. Love how thorough you are! I know it has to take an insane amount of time putting videos like this together.
😁 a whole lot, but I like doing it so its all worth it!
Great video! Nicely done on how you did back to back sound comparisons with the CBX and the V12 Ferrari!
I'm not a motorcycle dude but that was nice! Are you keeping the shaft drive on the bimmer?
The BMW 6 cylinder touring bike sounds like that, has modern suspension already, and is on the downward swing of depreciation. Just cause it to lose about 200 lbs. and you are there!
It doesn't QUITE have that noise, in fact the k1600 sounds pretty cool but in its own way. Sort of like a supercharged UFO lol
@@Theillestrator1050
The right 6 into 1 exhaust would probably get the sound right. Stock CBX exhaust doesn't sound like anything special either.
There's a BMW K1600 by "Krugger" and even with that custom straight through 6 into 1.... It just doesn't do it. I'm sure there's a good reason why though
Iam sure that some of the Sound comes from the fact that the old CBX has carbs
@@htothejay
I wouldn't think that would make any difference to the sound.
I know this is an older video, but damn. The witty remarks, perfect editing, gorgeous music choice of classical and blended beautifully behind the narration all while filling the video with useful and amusing content about the CBX hitting every inch from the sound to the engine to the cosmetics to the F1 aspects. It made 10 minutes seem like 5. Extremely well done. You sir have EARNED this subscriber. Cheers mate!
badass homie
The CBX. A bonified masterpiece.
....6 carburators? :D fork me. No thanks. XD.
I wonder if the bike would run on the fuel injection system from the new Goldwings or a k1600.
That in addition to all the mods you talked about sounds like a pretty good bike.
Damn it! why didn't I buy one?, oh that's right, I throw bikes down the road too often, and the sticking out crank and heads scared me.
LMAO damn...end up with a five cylinder when you pick it up, after you rash one off 😂
You are something of a Fortnine yourself you know
NOTIFICATION SQUAD WHERE YA AT?!?!
Your username is fantastic sir
- The illestrator - thanks. I Appreciate it
Hearing the sound gets me excited again. I need to rebuild mine. It's been sitting for 20 years.
Keep up the great videos. I'm eagerly awaiting the next K bike vid
Awesome video man, subscribed!
You probably spent $1500 on brake cleaner for the k100. It's ok, really needed it :)
Can you imagine? 😂 I'd be dead
@@Theillestrator1050 :)
Of Japanese motorbikes the CBX1000 and Z1300 rule
Proud owner myself of the ANGRY X Restored Drag bike very close to factory look keeping the Kosman Wire wheels a Russ Collins exhaust and lowered 3" Bike is bad to the bone and very popular , Thanks for the Vid great narration ! Gearheadgreg
You're momma raised a smart boy! What you said about how what you do reflects who you are, is 💯% bang on! Your channel... your custom bike(s)... the way you choose to present everything... that's your *Brand!* Now, more than ever before in the history of mankind, branding is extremely important.
My assessment: You're going to be successful, because you've got a unique style, which blends humour, nostalgia, quality... and *cool* all in one.
Give your momma a hug; and let her know you're going to be alright! 🍺😋👍
Thanks a lot for the kind words bro, reassurance goes a long way 🤘🏾
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You deserve it! 🍺😋👍
Amazing! Subscribed 👌
Imagine slapping a bi-turbo on that 6 cyl !!!
I owned a 1980 KZ 1300. Had 6 into 1 There's faster lighter bikes. But man they sound brutal.
2:28 dat sound 😵
Excellent edits as always.
Bought me a sticker for my sticker table too 👍 Keep on keepin on dude!
Thanks man!
You are a great ranter. Love what you said and you have great principles, which is rare these days. Newly subscribed, and I do recommend a channel you MUST check out if you are into building or maintaining bikes. "The Workshop" a lot of great bike knowledge to be gained there. His channel helped me get through A/P School (aircraft mechanic). Even after 25 years as a industrial mechanic/electrician and 4 years as a mechanic on a submarine, I still learn new stuff every week. He's an Engineer and a pure motorcycle fanatic, no cage BS. Lastly, goodluck on your K project and I look forward to your new content. Godspeed
@Tommy Salami lol that's one way to get it done. Not a bad idea.
Mmm if I ever own one of these I’m gonna put dirt tires on it and slap 6 fmf pipes on it.
Great job. The CBX brings back memories to me from when I was a kid (around '79/'80 ) and my Dad would take to watch production bike races (in the UK). There was racer who had a CBX painted all metallic green with the Hulk on its tank. Coming out the hairpin he would always wheelie it up the straight for a bit. Awesome.
Hey, random thought, bling out the K100 to make it a 100K :o)
😂 time to whip out the gold I have laying around
ive own a 1979 cbx (silver) and i drag race 1980 cbx (black) 1/8 tracks, love the six pack motor, nothing like them 6 into 1 header open. 1 gear got thru 1/8 MILE @98 MPH, Tight as a banjo string, shifting to 2nd did help my time, i all most died on that bike a few times, it not for the faint heart , she a heart pumper for sure, bike was machine drilled everything to lose weight , hard tail with wheelie bar pengle, on a cold track it was a wild ride , ppl call me rocketman LOL
Sound is good
Does it go fast?
Is just bark and no bite?
ah the good old days F1 v10
Thank you. You GET it, not just the beautiful engine music, but you get entertainment/TV. Do that, get bike(s).
Hi, I bought my CBX new, left over in a crate in '80 at a cost of $3100 cash. I owned it for 20 years and gave it to my brother. He had it since '98, I retained ownership of it earlier this year. My brother passed away 2 years ago, he left it out in the weather years before he passed, made me ill to see it in the condition its in, it was running when I gave it to him. It is currently sitting in my garage, I would like to get it running, just need the funds to start. Great videos, I had open 6 into 1 pipes on it, it would rattle windows and set off alarms going through town, it was great.
Если авто моей мечты это Dodge Viper 3 и 4 поколений, то мотоцикл моей мечты пожалуй CBX 1000, очень интересный аппарат
А кастомы да, какие только не делали, даже V12 на основе L6 двигателя CBX 1000
If my dream car is a 3rd and 4th generation Dodge Viper, then my dream bike is probably the CBX 1000, a very interesting machine.
And yes, they didn’t do any custom, even the V12 based on the L6 of the CBX 1000 engine
Cut your teeth on the K100 and learn how to do things and get comfortable with messing with things. Then go balls out and find a CBX. I'm actually in talks to get a KZ1300 hopefully
Your comparison between the f1 car and the bike was excellent.
Nice video, I had to have a cbx 30 years ago, black 1980 with 6 into 1 and no baffle. Wife could hear me hot rodding 5 miles from home.still have it but i parked it about 10 years ago after a deer hit me with speedo past the 85 mark. I PICKED UP A 1979 CBX ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO THAT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE, JUST LOOKING AT THEM MAKES ME HAPPY.
Never knew of this bike until you introduced it on your channel. Definitely an amazing bike and the sound is pure bliss.
Hey, Benelli TRE 900’s also sound the titts. The only sports bike that looks great in green 👍
Hell yeah! Love the info, as well as the insight. I've been in love with the late 80's nighthawk (box) bikes. Will definitely use your rebuild enthusiasm to keep looking...thank you!
CBX's and spare parts are drying up. I remember buying up all that I could in the 80's and 90's. I could get a beat up runner 79 for as little as $300. At one time I had 9 79's, an 80, two 81's and an 82 in my sheds. I've owned 24 CBX's over the span 1983 - today (I still have my first - a now mint restored early 79 with a rare SuperTrapp Stainless 6-2, my mild custom 81 tourer, an I am building a modded 79, plus have another 79 frame, and two more spare engines and shelves of new and used parts. And with how rare and expensive the stuff is getting, plus Honda having basically discontinued nearly every part, I won't even sell a bolt from my collection now, except maybe to another CBX owner to keep his on the road.
I owned a 1979 CBX and also a 1979 Kawasaki 1300cc 6cyl., when new both bikes had their sweet sport but the CBX was my favorite the first time I lifted the front wheel it came down hard but even with stock pipes it sounds incredible. My plan is finding the right one, wish I kept the one I had!
The Kawasaki 1300 was setup with the fairing & hard bags rode from Ohio to Nova Scotia with a couple of friends R90S BMW & a Honda Goldwing, there was nothing that the Kawasaki couldn’t do but pass a gas station I could literally cruise at any speed. Great memories!
having owned 2 CBX's a 79 candy glory red and a 81 touring model I know lots about them. I tried to modify the 79 but frame and swing arm was crap. I put a Cal-Fab swing arm on but still didn't help due to toothpick like front forks. I bought the 82 which was in a accident sold the engine off to fund my project of putting the 79 motor with a OMT 1168 kit in it and Ricks Tricks 29mm smoothbore carbs. I modified the frame to accommodate the 79 bodywork put on CB1100F handle bars and front fender a Fox shock for the mono shock system put a 13 row oil cooler on it with braided steel likes also braided steel brake lines. I kept the original vented disc brakes put put on the silver rims from the 79 model even though the black Comstar wheels could accommodate slightly larger tires, they didn't look as nice. I put on Metzler ME99 rear and a Laser front tire. The bike after all this work could keep up with a GSXR until 110mph then the aerodynamics of a 8x4 sheet of plywood took over. It had so much silky smooth torque it would out pull the GSXR with 2 people on it. The other thing about a CBX they are so nice to wheelie you can wheelie them for miles but not recommended because you would go dry sump and ruin your crank and cam bearings. I used a Basani 6-2-1 header and sounded awesome. Did a mild port on the head which made a ton of difference. After it was all done the fuel economy actually doubled!!!
I remember growing up in the late 70s/ early 80s, my next door neighbor bought a Honda CBX, he revved the engine, rattled the windows, pissed off my parents, me??? I ran out of the house to check it out, I'll never forget that day, I had a motorcycle years later but the only thing my skinny young ass (back then 😂)could handle was a Honda CM 450, it was ok and kept me out of trouble but I'll never forget that CBX and the crazy sound it made😊
Next video can you speak about the Yamaha 97-99 ThunderAce 1000 cc
After watching your first video of the cbx1000 I got so excited on doing my own project.
I went out and bought a thunderace rolling chase with custom r1 fairings on it. Need to overhaul the engine
But with this type of bike you have so much room to work besides doing a few customizations on it.
I'm excited to see your next video's. If I didn't watch your first cbx video I wouldn't have found the passion to get another rebuild.
About 15yrs ago British Aerospace engineers were given blueprints for the 6cyl 250 grand Prix engine from the 60s, they were amazed at how complex the level of engineering was. If you want to see a brilliant engineer at work you should check out Allen Millyard on UA-cam, the guy is a genius, he builds all sorts of bikes from 5 cylinder two strokes to V10 monsters....
Thanks for your great video! The CBX1000 is also one of my favorites. The cbx sas also out of my budget, so i bought a Cx500 and built a pretty cool caferacer😁. You can check my bike on my channel.
Be careful with your K100 project, as i ended up spending double the budget a had planned at first.
I ride a bmw r1150gs just because i had an accident with my honda cbr 600 my back hurts quickly on a bike , only not on my current r1150gs i would mod the cbx1000 in a way it looks and handles like my current bike so i would be aible to enjoy the sound of the cbx1000 and to be aible to ride it myself ,,, DREAMS,,, we all need them! Great channel love you’re work
How much it costs bro may be I'll start saving up
As the owner of a full custom cbx1000 bike you do not buy a bike , you buy a halo motor and it's legacy other than a guzzi v8 there is no better wail of a motor. To clear things up f1 sound like a cbx 1000 at full noise. Nuff said
9:34 nobody noticed the single frame?
Dreams are incentive work hard and stay focused! That being said ,the sound of the cbx1000 is better than sex ..how could u ride it with out taping it out from every stop lite ..found your channel by accident and really liked this vid! The only thing I could complain about is not enough audio of that perfect sounding cbx 1000 ..u could have not said a word because it speaks for itself .good luck with your build !
Always thought the cbx irrelevant, corporate masturbation, BUT your talk of making sensible power and handling hummm now that's an idea, although it will always be like riding a sideboard! Lovesya!
One of the better sounding sixes, the R34 Skyline: ua-cam.com/video/4FmRt57tpmo/v-deo.html
Then again, how about that custom Aussie PGM 2.0L R1 V8? ua-cam.com/video/cIm3_HDv8YE/v-deo.html
The ZX-RR Kawasaki "screamer" GP bike: ua-cam.com/video/bjou0zRJZBE/v-deo.html
The brutal H2R Isle of man TT flyby: ua-cam.com/video/cL3MH3Nllic/v-deo.html
A good Daytona triple with Two Bros sounds nice: ua-cam.com/video/D_tD20AAWYg/v-deo.html
There's that crossplane R1 again: ua-cam.com/video/2KslMYNEl1s/v-deo.html
And for twins, a 2-valve Ducati is hard to beat: ua-cam.com/video/QiCUT32H_KQ/v-deo.html
Grand finale, the Y2K turbine bike: ua-cam.com/video/-BjtvJe_PjY/v-deo.html
That was quite the tour lol, thanks for sharing, I didn't realize how good that PGM sounded man
@@Theillestrator1050 :) I get around the webs. I'm sort of an engine sound nut, very particular. But that varies from cars, to airplanes, to bikes, to trains and ships etc.
Man, you started talking about your project and "with the money I spent I could have..."
I FELT that shit in my soul.