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Classic Scrap: Honda CBX1000 vs. Kawasaki Z1300
By Simon Bowen on 18/01/2011 09:21:24
In 1984 if you wanted to go faster, you needed more cylinders. Honda’s CBX1000 and Kawasaki’s Z1300 are 12 pistons of sheer muscle.
very large motorcycles, at war with one another for some time, and both desperate to settle this row once and for all. Honda’s CBX1000 and Kawasaki’s Z1300 - what a lot of metal.The two contenders are representatives of sparring Japanese giants, both
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10,000-mile Honda CBX1000, £13,000
By Tim Skilton on 14/07/2010 11:42:48
Fancy a bit of retro musclebike action?
THIS IS a low mileage 247kg chunk of motorcycling history and it could be yours for just under 13,000 big ones.Motorcycles Unlimited are selling this near immaculate example of Honda's legendary CBX1000 musclebike, which has covered just over 10
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Groovy motorcycle ads from the past
By Visordown on 01/12/2011 09:32:13
Step back in time with the funniest classic adverts of all time. Wax your moustache, pull on your Belstaff and pull women on your motorbike
1978 Honda CBX1000From an era when going faster simply meant having more cylinders than the rest, this shot of Honda’s mighty CBX on its side-stand isn’t very clever. But there’s an appealing simplicity to this advert, and the rider’s helmet
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First Ride: Honda CB1300
By Grant Leonard on 13/09/2010 14:36:47
Remember the Big One, the Honda CB1000? Well this is the Even Bigger One, a bike that, like its rider(!), combines massive muscle with definitive retro appeal
've been wallowing in waves of nostalgia. Nostalgia is an appropriate emotion here as, if you're greying at the temples like I appear to be, your youth would've been spent wankering after bikes like the CBX1000 or CB900F which were top shelf material for me
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The Joy of Six... (cylinders)
By Stuart Barker on 05/08/2010 09:56:23
For the first time in more than two decades, you'll be able to buy a bike with an across the frame six-cylinder engine. We look at the enduring appeal of six..
bike.The enormous-looking engines of a Kawasaki Z1300 or Honda CBX1000 might be a vital element to their styling but they’re not conducive to extreme bank angles. Once again, however, modern technology is coming to the rescue, allowing thinner cylinder
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Motorcycle Radar: 1978
By Roland Brown on 21/11/2010 15:16:22
In 1798 the French army entered Rome. Who's have thought it? However in 1978 the GS1000 was born. Unlucky for Kawasaki
, was ugly as sin and initially unreliable, but the liquid-cooled transverse V-twin went on to become massively popular, especially with despatch riders.Pick of the cropIt’s tempting to pick Honda’s CBX1000 as the year’s outstanding machine. Its 1047cc, dohc
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Jamie Whitham Column - May 03
By Jamie Whitham on 01/05/2003 11:30:51
I've had loads of work offers since announcing me retirement but nothing yet that jumps out as being "well, that will do me just fine, that."
, and an absolutely brand new twin shock CBX1000 Honda from 1977. You name it, he had it.As well as about 100 finished bikes, he had another shed at the side which was full of projects ready to start. I thought to myself, "what am I doing. I've got two 250TZs, an LC
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Every type of four-stroke bike engine ever made
By Robin Goodwin on 21/11/2011 12:32:25
Well, every one that powered a production motorcycle, to be precise. A compendium of four-stroke motorcycle engines.
forgotten.Good at: Smooth, balance, sound
Bad at: Expensive, complex, wide
Sum up: Trophy of engineeringIconic six: Honda CBX1000V-twinAn unmistakable booming sound denotes a v-twin engine. The angle of the V can vary with around 30 different permutations
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