Highlights

• The 1970 Honda 750 took the motorcycle world by storm but by decade's end Honda's street bike lineup was boring, enter the 1979 CBX
• Honda flexed its engineering muscle with the CBX building something outrageous simply to prove it could
• The CBX engine is a direct descendent of the six cylinder Grand Prix race engines Honda produced in the 1960s, the 250cc RC165 and the 297cc RC174, which contributed to the short twoyear development time
• The CBX was sold for only four years, 1979 and 80 in its standard/naked appearance and 1981 and 82 as a sport tourer
• The engine is a four stroke inline 1047cc six with four overhead cams, 24 valves, dual Hy Vo cam chains and a wet sump
• It generates 85 bhp @ 9,000 rpm and does the standing start 1/4 mile at 11.552 sec @ 117.49 mph