CBX Racing

[hultarn]

Very interresting video, nice develepment, impressive figures!

But... please with sugar on top: remove the annoying music!

What's better than listening to a CBX 6-cyl on high revs? :-)

[aaaarrrgggghh]

was all that on a standard crank?

[1mcysu]

cbx is classic my dude mcysu1

[winkdinkler]

Spent 3 years building my Turbo CBX. The second time I rode it someone stole it. I miss that bike. Havent had anything like it since. Insurance paid me 2600. on a 10,000 investment. Expensive lesson

[ManMultiBusa]

wicked vid bud nice 1 respect to you.

[runesika]

Hi , Myself and a friend of mine both have CBX turbos , i have had mine for over twenty years and it's now being rebuilt for hopefully this summer.

Watching your video has shown me how little i know ! i take my hat off to you ,top vid

[geonerd]

Notice the equally awesome GPz Turbo at 0:22  :)

[kjj0506]

Great Video - Thanks for sharing !

[seapeddler]

How much power could the engine make before blowing?

[martintrial]

I've seen the best racing machine ever... Hear the fury ! ! !

[byronkelley216]

who won that last race

[djbooby22]

3:30 oh my god

[MrRooster67]

12 years of devolpment,12 years of exhillerating fun,12 years of the ups and the downs..12 years of being proud for having a go!

[sas3220]

Hey I saw this a couple of times bloody awesme mate well done

Regards

Sas

[rdbilly]

@MrRooster67 i'm sure I have photos of your bike at santa pod 1991.

[erroneousapostrophe]

I think I saw this a Santapod one year. MCN advertising.

[guardsman25149311]

what front end was the bike running at 48 seconds into the video ? im fightering my cbx 750 at the minute just wondered what the suspension options are without too much chopping

[FlyingTowball]

funnily enough it was from a CBX750!! the frame was raked a few degrees but I can't remember how many.

[starbuck680]

what was the best time in the quarter for this bike? top speed?

[gordinho750]

@guardsman25149311

A grande lenda das duas rodas....

Não tem ronco =

Seu bem como e ter uma dessas, tive a felicidade de ter uma!

[albiz94]

ufff... how to destroy a bike...

[brantc]

A tear in my eye....

[FlyingTowball]

To answer a question that has come up a few times: after the big blow up, I left everything in the garage for some time before deciding to pack up racing, I then sold off any usable parts and the rolling chassis was sold to a guy in the UK who now Sprints it with a Suzuki motor fitted. After drag racing, I turned my attention to off-road cars and built/modified a number of vehicles that can be seen by clicking the link to my other videos.

[pablof59]

"12 years running and the engine finally failed" Make a monument to that engine!!!!!

[FlyingTowball]

don't get the wrong idea, the motor failed loads of times as it was being developed, it was just that the last failure was such a big one and at a time when money was exhausted and we were out of spares too. Developing a motor that very few people raced means that you find out all the weak points yourself the hard way!

[Philscbx]

@FlyingTowball

Absolute, we did the same in 79'-81',air shifter, water-alc injection, pretty much like yours. Each step up of 15-20psi, the engine failed, good rods bent by 1/2", valve faces sliced like hot knife in butter, parts in the ditch that blew in tests on the freeway, and used the stock fuel tank. Air intake blows off the head.

When pressure got up to 80, the head blew off stripping every custom bolt, and bent the frame.

At least 5 major rebuilds in a month. It hit hard @6500.

Cheers

[newk1974]

go for the mad max

[newk1974]

i no the bike,my bro was rideing super street then went into funny bike and comp bike on his FJ

[alvarengaadilson]

12 years of fun, awesome video, better say awesome memories...

[Brainiac83]

What a sound..Realy makes me choak up in my throat, of how beautiful this sounds.Almost puts a tear on my face as im smiling constantly:o)

[hoosyerdaddie]

Honda should make a new CBX to compete with the B-King and new V-Max. Enough with endless inline four racer reps, already! They're all cookie cutters and have no personality! Plus, they make your wrists sore.

[Maxzoe20]

Considering the design of the original engine and how much power was hidden waiting to be released, I imagine a modern remake of the CBX 1000 would be quite powerful.

[hoosyerdaddie]

Both the B-King and V Max are coming with around 200 horses, so it better be powerful. It better feel good, too. I sat on the V-Max a the Long Beach cycle show, and that seating position was dead-on perfect. For my new bike, it's a toss-up between that and the Harley XR1200.

[2004LEBUSA]

Nicely tuned six

[LockHoodlum]

The CBX 6 -1000 had a comparable status in the 80's to the one that the Suzuki GSX 1300R carries on today! It is the bike for the riders with BIG balls!

A true legend, and still an incomparable engine to anything build today!

Thx for sharing this!

[FlyingTowball]

funny you should say that! after all those years racing the CBX, I now ride a new Hayabusa on the roads!! Glad you enjoyed the vid.

Andy T.

[LockHoodlum]

Well... I kinda see a connection, lol!

[docrw]

I loved mine but don't think it's near as intimidating as what built today. Mine wasn't scary except the handling sucked. Had mine to 145.

Loved that sound tho, nothing like it.

[PetesNikon]

Thanks so much for this video. I look at it time and again. Well produced. Really interesting. As a CBX owner, of course it's of special interest, by my CBX is quite standard and now has done over 92,000 miles; enjoyment all the way.

[SULLYPAUL]

great video .i first saw a candy red cbx when i was 15. just stared at the engine for hours.wondered how you could hold on to something so powerful. great to watch the development of the bike. looked really fast on last full run ,i remember seeing it pictured in superbike mag. on avon stand.looked fantastic. hope you still have it. paul.

[Ichkeria]

thank u for this video

[rudytheK]

I still say if I ever hit the lotto I,LL build the badest CBX ever

[rudytheK]

to rfs12345 up yours did you have one ass so I can,t spell great but I had a CBX drag bike that went9.45 in the 1/4 mile at english town N.J did you ASS by

[turbolover175]

maybe sowing a bit more oats than my Honda 175, then..

[izzzzythedog]

fantastic , i wonder if you would have done that last run with money being tight if you had know it was going to blow

[jboy1919]

damn thats great!!...do you still have that bike?...or was it not yours?...i would keep it even if it was broken...so many history :P

[rudytheK]

like i said loved to see somebody try to get one to run with the big dogs .If i ever hit the lottery I,ll billed one

[FlyingTowball]

I recon that high 7's are about it without spending a major amount of money, you would need to make cranks, crankcases, barrels, head, infact almost everything!

[indianmunda16]

respect big time

[teamfab]

Great video, what sort of clutch are you using and how many runs per clutch??

Team Fabulous.

[FlyingTowball]

We used a stock basket with spring steel banding to stop it flying apart (they let go with quite bang) specilly made heavy clutch springs and a centrifugal lock up.

It used to toast most of the plates on each run, steels and friction so the clutch would need to come out and the trashed plates replaced after each run.

[Mydadsdog]

Watching this it is impossible for me not to hold a deep admiration for the commitment and mechanical ability of all those involved in this project. However, at the end of the day this machine could not be further removed from the original bike, or for that matter a motorcycle. This (for me) subtracts from the appeal of watching this machine from genuine tuned stock bikes taking part in these events.

[rossor6ridr]

omg! I-6 sounds amazing! ever dyno the motor? did you have to make alot of the parts to handle that much power? there is not many parts left for these motors is there?

[FlyingTowball]

We were making 450bhp, and yes we had to make lots of parts including rods, cylinder block, gearbox, valve retainers, shims, design the cam profile to do 15,000RPM. Lots of work and even more money spent.

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[tpvalley]

15,000!! cool, what duration is each cam for that speed? 310 degrees of crank rotation or so opening duration?

[alimey4u2]

THE best bike video on UTube but then I'm biased... ;0)

[medfexer]

My '79 CBX what a beautiful memory!

[milf4luis]

one of the best films i have seen on youtube. respect.

have you thought about starting again one day with a different machine??

[sarcoptic]

Great vid,credit to your development of the bike,what became of it after you stopped racing??

[FlyingTowball]

The motor was comprehensively distroyed in a major blow up the remaining useable parts were sold off and the rolling chassis sold to a guy who sprints it with a Suzuki motor in it.

[southwind111]

fantastic video i think i was there when you ran it i used to own one and a red one at that now i,v moved on to gsx 1400 now really enjoyed thanks

[MRCBXMAN]

What a great job you guys did on your CBX! Lots of time and effort really paid off!

[doodman1234]

Wow. That's damn cool.

[doodman1234]

ebay... CBX 6. This guy has a wierd throttle tick going on... On off on off on off why does he do that??? Why not keep it at your optimal RPM and hold it then just drop the clutch?

[FlyingTowball]

This bike has a large Turbo fitted, if you were to hold a constant RPM the turbo would barely turn with no load on it, then when you leave the line you have no boost pressure, by bliping the throttle you spin up the turbo so that the boost pressure hits quickly and you leave the line as quickly as possible.

I hope that helps,

Andy (the rider in the clip)

[rudytheK]

I had one in the 80,s .i had a turbo falcon crank cut and polished I came up with the idear of welding a big nut on it so i could do away with the starter ,i youed a mag ,icut the third gear dogs so it woudnt miss third gear ,i youed a jack shaft for the big tire I did away with the mag and went with a dynr ins,and and youed a two step to make boost it worked i ran 9.14 in the 1/4 mile at english town new jersy ,but it cost to much money to make parts so iwent with a susiki

[rfs12345]

hard to read your comment. first of all it's idea not idear, used not youed, suzuki not susiki.

[MBilliaert]

where do i go to buy one of those engines... any one know...............???

[vaskunito]

Look at 3.10 when he does the burnout how the rear tyre increases in radius!!! :)

[tuinm103]

:D

[ricksgarage]

Great story, sold mine in 94. Rick ProMod 540

[x0x0wnx0x]

the trailers at back stop em fallying over

[FlyingTowball]

These are known as "wheelie bars" and have small wheels, like skateboard wheels, on the back and will stop the bike flipping over.

[joaorp]

the sound is exelent