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
• The CBX engine is a direct descendent of the six cylinder Grand Prix race engines Honda produced in the 1960's, the 250cc RC165 and the 297cc RC174, which contributed to the short two year development time
• This bike is equipped with the rare Euro GP kit which consists of shorter handlebars, a top cable throttle control, footpegs set back 3 inches and revised shifter linkage and rear brake pedal components
• 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 in 11.55 sec @ 117.49 mph
• This CBX has 3,333 original miles