Honda CBX 1050 - The Motorcycle That Sounds Better Than A F1 Car
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2018
- When it was launched back in 1978 the Honda cbx1050 was like any other late 70’s superbikes. A large and powerful engine showed into an severely under engineered chassis with poor suspension set up. You had to have some kind of death wish to push this motorcycle to it’s limit. But despite all that down sides one characteristics of the motorcycle made it stand out from the crowd forever.
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After 20 years of not owning a bike I've suddenly remembered how it felt. Divorced now with cash in the bank I'm off to get one..... Today.
I'm 72 and over the last few years I sold off most of my motorcycles until I was down to 2 that will never be sold, a 79 CBX and an 82 CBX. The 79 has the glorious Pipemaster 6 into 2 into 6 that brings out the F1 sound shown here. At 70 MPH and above it has that heavenly wail that I cannot get enough of. The 82 is a magnificent touring bike. Thank you Honda for enriching my life.
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THE legend. THE CBX. Greatest exhaust note in motorcycle history.
Unfortunately, F1 cars don't sound like that anymore... 🙁
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Back in 1979 I remember one passing me on the freeway when I was on my LTD Kawasaki. Had a Vance & Hines 1171 motor polished and ported heads and V&H 4 into 1. I was the Badass in S. Houston Streets. When that Honda CBX passed me it sounded like a pissed off F1 engine. That day I was no longer the King of the hill.
I remember reading about the exhaust sound in one of the cycle mags when the CBX first came out. A 6 cylinder engine has some unique tuning possibilities. Back then, Honda R&D would develop a product and then invite the manufacturing side over to show them their new product. R&D sent a team of acoustic engineers to the Hokkaido Air Force Base in northern Japan with a bunch of equipment, and they recorded the sounds of a F-4 Phantom jet taxiing, taking off and landing, then they came back and engineered an exhaust that had that same sound. When they introduced the bike to the build side, Mr. Honda was there, and he said in no uncertain terms that they would not build a bike that sounded like a jet fighter! So they went back and designed the exhaust to sound like an F-1 race car. Legend had it that somewhere in an R&D warehouse there was the original exhaust, and there were a lot of motorheads lusting to find it.
The only Motorcycle that sounds like being in race with itself.
Every time someone revs a Honda cbx 1050, a mechanic finds his 10mm.
When I was 16 my first job was a motorcycle mechanic. I remember taking these out the crate and building them. I'm 56 now and yes, your absolutely correct.... the CBX is thee most awesome motorcycle ever created.
My late father had a friend who had one of these for a short period and it really did sound like a F1 car. We lived in a small valley with a 2 mile straight road. This bike wide open was glorious...no bike I've ever heard sounds as amazing.
Who cares about HP and top speed ratings when it sounds so good.
an engine with a bike attached to it 😍
I bought my first street bike in 1982. It was a Honda CBX and I was 18 years old. I kept the bike until 1989. When I sold it she had 40,000 miles on it and had never been down despite being raced 3 times in an iron butt rally from Spokane WA. To Las Vegas. I still miss that bike
I remember this bike with mixed emotions. The engine was in every aspect formidable, the brakes and manoeuvrability let me fear for my life. I had it only for 3 weeks and sold it, i was afraid of this bike. I sincerely wish i never sold it
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Suprised youtube didnt block this for pornographic content.
I can still remember hearing a CBX1000 with a 6 into 1 exhaust at a track day many years ago where they were doing drag races the length of the main straight. The sound was unbelievable.
I used to love working on these as a franchised Honda mechanic. Our first one sold developed a carb problem which kicked out a crank bearing and the whole engine needed rebuilding under warranty. 6 carbs, 24 shimmed valves, 6 cylinders. When it was all stripped out on the bench it was a sight to behold! I loved the challenge of shimming the valves correctly and resetting the carbs. When done right the beautifully crafted engine ran like a Swiss watch, but if a carb or two were out, or a shim was too tight or loose, then your ear went straight to that rattle or rumble that wasn’t quite right and the frustration could really set in! But that was the challenge and to get these things running sweet was greatly rewarding. I still fondly remember our bank of 6 vacuum gauges flickering away with all their rubber hoses like spaghetti lying over those carbs.