one for the older bikers..

[ogri48]

one of the fellers on the cb1300 forum has painted his bike like a silver cbx1000. apparently hunts had four done from new by dream machine paint in derby, two in red, two in silver. The reds lovely too, but the silver works best for moi...more akin to the first naked one that came out. I love the standard red/white paint on mine, but if I could afford it, I'd have the silver jobbie..

[mtread]

Saw a real cbx1000 yesterday when I took mine for mot. Looked as good as ever, albeit rather........ wide  :lol

[ogri48]

lol, I never owned or rode one, but I guessing it wouldn't have made much sense as real world bike. Pretty impressive to a teenager though when the first pics came out in MCN 

[nick crisp]

I like the red one. Red and black have always been favourite colours of mine as a combination, since my Kwak turbo really. I prefer the CBX in red too.

[VNA]

I remember drolling over the Moto-Martin CBX in BIKE magazine when I was a kid.

[darrsi]

My brother had one waiting for him at home when he passed his bike test on his 17th birthday!!!

[darrsi]

He then moved onto the Kawasaki Z1300 when he was 18.

[Dudeofrude]

He then moved onto the Kawasaki Z1300 when he was 18.

And think if that was today, at that age he wouldn't have been trusted on anything bigger than a cg125 ??

[darrsi]

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He then moved onto the Kawasaki Z1300 when he was 18.

And think if that was today, at that age he wouldn't have been trusted on anything bigger than a cg125 ??
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Fair play to him, he started working with my dad aged 14 doing tyre fitting, he paid for them himself.
He was one of those people who if he wanted something he'd just graft away until he had the money to have it.

[darrsi]

Weekend days for him were spent polishing the engine with toothbrushes.
That's where we differed....a lot  :lol

[nick crisp]

Weekend days for him were spent polishing the engine with toothbrushes.
That's where we differed....a lot  :lol

My brother had me to do that for his Z650. Oh what a sucker I was!  :lol

[ogri48]

fair play to him mate. christ, a cbx at 17!

[nick crisp]

Had my turbo at 18. Used to sneak it out late at night before I passed my test too, tsk tsk!  :eek :evil :lol

[ogri48]

I remember drolling over the Moto-Martin CBX in BIKE magazine when I was a kid.

lo me too mate. and the turbo z1 they did in America.
A turbo at 18? its bloody amazing your here nick, I messed meself up plenty on an rd350 b!

[nick crisp]

I had one moment that taught me to respect it in pretty bloody short order - got into a proper tank slapper that scared the shit out of me lol. Never stacked that one though...miracles do happen!







Wasn't long before one bike wasn't enough:





The turbo was foccin tame compared to the Denco-tuned H2.

[ogri48]

fifteen grand now that h2 if it was mint. lairy innit?

[ogri48]

my first big un was a cb900. it was utter shite. I had to wait years afore I got to the good stuff lol. First genuinely pukka bike was a zx9rb1in the nineties. then the busas. this was one of my favourites though. helluva bike. the later 1440 is even better

[nick crisp]

fifteen grand now that h2 if it was mint. lairy innit?

I know mate. Sometimes I think about what I'd be sitting on if I could have kept all the bikes I've had; RG500, GSXR750 and 1100 slabbies, two H2s, a Z1 etc etc.


Although, the H2 wasn't standard; full Denco tune with 34mmm Mikunis, Denco expansion pipes, Dresda s/arm, Marzocchi Strada rear shocks. Denco are long defunct but I don't know if that would increase or decrease its value. The latter, I suspect. It was immaculate at the time.


My brother had a mate who had a CB900, black one, with  mods. I thought that was beautiful - I was still too young to ride at that time.

[ogri48]

sadly, they rode just like what they looked like nick. a fat superdream...

[Frosties]

my first big un was a cb900. it was utter shite. I had to wait years afore I got to the good stuff lol. First genuinely pukka bike was a zx9rb1in the nineties. then the busas. this was one of my favourites though. helluva bike. the later 1440 is even better

Just had to print this off for the Mrs - said she wanted it for her wank bank.............think that's what she said  :lol