C/L: 1979 Honda CBX $6900 CO

[srsupertrap]

Honda CBX on C/L posted a couple of days ago. Pretty stock with 31K

https://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/d/silver-honda-cbx/6688467939.html

[rphillips]

Gosh, that looks verrry trick. I could really enjoy riding around on that thing & from others I've seen seems to be a pretty darn good price too. I really don't remember the last time I saw one of these out on the rd.

[Deuce]

I don't trust ads that have one picture. Especially if it is a really good picture that looks like it was lifted from somewhere else. Whenever I sell on CL, I have as many pictures as is allowed. After all, getting something sold is the whole idea.

In fact, a 30 second search on Google for "Silver Honda CBX" brought forth this image from cyclechaos.com

[rphillips]

surely the picture wouldn't be deceiving? Now you've busted my bubble !!

[jabcb]

The Cycle Chaos image is dated 2006-10-12. Who would use a 12 year old photo to a sell a sweet CBX that they actually own?

[850 Combat]

Ah well. Too good to be true.

I've owned two of those, both 1979, although one of them had 1980 body work (only body work difference is the 1980 has a hatch on the tail piece). They are fun bikes full of personality. The first one, silver like the one in the photo, cost me $1500. It had 8000 miles and a flat tire. That was 1988. It had a Russ Collins 2 into 2, and needed nothing except tires. The sound of going from 60 to 90 in third was worth the price of admission. I toured all over Alaska on it. It never got less than 27 mph nor more than 29. The only problems it ever had were a worn out brush on the alternator, which caused it to stop charging 300 miles from home, and a blown starter solenoid which occurred at the last gas stop in Nenana. I jumped it from a pickup, and the solenoid never forked again.

A GS1000 is a better bike. It handles better. It rides better. It is more comfortable. It doesn't have complications like a jack shaft or a clutch on the alternator. It is almost as guick. My GS get into kind of a drone at somewhere between 5000 and 6000 rpm which can make them annoying cruising at 80 mph. A CBX never does that. It has a lot more panache than a GS1000.

The second CBX I had was equipped with a six into one with a supertrapp. It got 20 to 25 mpg. I was over it after riding to Eugene with a neighbor who had a Vincent. I decided to ride it back to Tillamook on the coast. There was a stiff headwind, and gas mileage was in the dump. I wanted to get back to the house. Numerous fuel stops just annoyed the heck out of me because of the wasted time.

Traded it on a new 2005 Concours 1000, which proved to be one of my least favorite street bikes of all time.

My brother rode an '81 GS850 on many of the tours. It had a set of Samsonite bags on it (new, not NOS in those days). We called it the truck because it was so commodious.

The X and the Truck at the Old Valdez town site. What was left after the 1965 earthquake.

https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/album.php?albumid=703&attachmentid=26581

[The1970's]

I've never owned a CBX but would really like to and I recently found one for sale on the local C/L. It's a 1982 model but I think I would pull the fairing off of it, I like the naked look better. From what I've read the later models handle MUCH better with bigger brakes and forks. They also have a monoshock pro-link suspension.

[LAB3]

Scam ad, move on to something more reasonable. If you're looking for go-fast that kind of money could be spent much more wisely.

[kingofvenus]

My dad waited almost a year for his to show up at the dealer in '79. I was 19 at the time, i was never impressed with it. Two years later, he traded it for a goldwing.....

[rphillips]

I'm not real familiar with CBX's, Combat said his had a Russ Collins 2 into 2. did he just mean 6 into 2, or is there is it something else I'm not familiar with?

[steve murdoch]

Yes, the RC Eng. was a 6-2 system.
Over the years, at last count i have owned 10 different aftermarket systems. 6-1, 6-2, 6-6.
Don't think any of them added anything beneficial performance-wise except for the weight savings but they all sounded nice. Except for the MAC of course. haha.

[850 Combat]

It was a 6 into two. I think it can be seen in the photo I linked. Input error on my part. I still like a CBX, but I'm over it. These days, it is about the trip, the time, and the opportunity. The bike is just a medium. It only has to be good enough to be suitable. I don't care much beyond that. I'm glad that I experienced a CBX as a daily ride and tourer. I would rather ride a Commando. Barring that, a GS1000G is super suitable.