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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2014, 04:36:42 AM »
Youtube clip so we can hear how they sound?
More photos please, so we can copy the cool look these bikes have :)
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2014, 03:04:09 AM »
Like a 1956 Chevy Nomad Station Wagon you got a rare find = UTOPIA
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2014, 03:32:26 PM »
Quote from: PeWe on August 25, 2014, 04:36:42 AM
Youtube clip so we can hear how they sound?
More photos please, so we can copy the cool look these bikes have :)

Will do soon both video for sound and photos   ;D
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #28 on: August 26, 2014, 03:36:17 PM »
Quote from: POPS 911 on August 26, 2014, 03:04:09 AM
Like a 1956 Chevy Nomad Station Wagon you got a rare find = UTOPIA

Yes but fortunately for the Japauto & even the Egli you get a better chance when  you're in France.

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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #29 on: August 27, 2014, 09:40:53 AM »
Quote from: octane on August 26, 2014, 03:36:17 PM
Quote from: POPS 911 on August 26, 2014, 03:04:09 AM
Like a 1956 Chevy Nomad Station Wagon you got a rare find = UTOPIA

Yes but fortunately for the Japauto & even the Egli you get a better chance when  you're in France.


What is a "normal" price range for bikes like yours?
Maybe better to visit France for a bike instead for Germany looking for an Audi RS6:)
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #30 on: August 27, 2014, 12:37:55 PM »
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #31 on: August 27, 2014, 01:28:51 PM »
Quote from: Sgt.Pinback on August 27, 2014, 12:37:55 PM
I have never seen a JAPAUTO  bike in Germany. Those are very special french tuning bikes.
I think a true EGLI CB 750 four will cost around 15.000 -  20.000 € here. 

Here is a project bike, offered at 13 t€

http://suchen.mobile.de/motorrad-inserat/andere-egli-honda-evh750-abgebrochene-restauration-neuenrade/193438359.html?lang=de&pageNumber=1&action=eyeCatcher&__lp=1&scopeId=MB&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.modelDescription=egli&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&vehicleCategory=Motorbike&segment=Motorbike&negativeFeatures=EXPORT


Oh, BTW, just found this EGLI CBX.. if price doesn`t matter:



I agree on those prices and maybe even higher if you can find a real unmolested frame…  :P


I don't think the  frame in the add is a real Egli frame



I own three Egli SOHC frame, and I have seen some other genuine example

and they are different.

As mine have  been appraised and acknowledge by Fritz Egli, I have good reasons to think so.

For example the headstock welding is not the same et the engraving is not correct by far.

I will not disclose why on the forum for obvious reasons. So beware of imitations.

The CBX Egli is a great frame but I will not trade a SHOC frame for it.

The Egli SHOC is the only Egli frame to have achieved  international racing success.

Godier / Genoud won the 1972 european endurance racing championship on an Egli SOHC frame.

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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #32 on: August 28, 2014, 12:56:09 PM »
As I have been asked on another forum what difference there is with a stock 750 CB , here is some more information

On their first 950cc engine Japauto used an OEM engine block together with a rebored OEM cylinder block.

That was enough to win the Bol d'Or in 1972 and 1973 but was a little too "crude" for road use with too much oil leaks.

So in 1974 they started working on a carefully rebored engine block and a new cylinder block casting made by JPX with special pistons by Bretille (see second photo)

The engine became both powerful ( 85/100hp for road use depending on the exhaust and carbs) & reliable.

On this photo you can see the original Honda CB cylinder block ( center) the first 950 SS cylinder block ( left) and the 1000 VX cylinder block (right) as well as the three corresponding pistons. 





The engine look is very different with the JPX cylinder block



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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #33 on: August 28, 2014, 02:15:44 PM »
Octane, JPX, the company that made the block, is this the same company that makes F1 and Aerospace parts to this day?

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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2014, 02:37:53 PM »
Quote from: Sam Green Racing on August 28, 2014, 02:15:44 PM
Octane, JPX, the company that made the block, is this the same company that makes F1 and Aerospace parts to this day?

Sam. ;)

I have no clue Sam, but I will check   :D
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2014, 07:06:00 PM »
Super cool.
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #36 on: August 29, 2014, 02:44:00 PM »
Quote from: octane on August 28, 2014, 02:37:53 PM
Quote from: Sam Green Racing on August 28, 2014, 02:15:44 PM
Octane, JPX, the company that made the block, is this the same company that makes F1 and Aerospace parts to this day?

Sam. ;)

I have no clue Sam, but I will check   :D

It was just a thought as we have a member on here who worked there, he was responsible for reproducing the batch of RC174 six cylinder motors for George Beal a few years back.

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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #38 on: August 29, 2014, 09:39:55 PM »
Yes Sam it is the same company.
Here is a replica of the Japauto with PEM frame they entered in the 1974 Bol d'Or to showcase their products:
Japauto engine parts, mag wheels, special Teflon sprocket for duplex chain etc...
I did get a JPX teflon sprocket as spare for the Japauto.




Amazing story about the Honda RC 174, now I understand why the JPX block quality on the Japauto became a legend

thanks !   :D

Eric
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #39 on: August 30, 2014, 01:09:31 AM »
Quote from: octane on August 29, 2014, 09:39:55 PM
Yes Sam it is the same company.
Here is a replica of the Japauto with PEM frame they entered in the 1974 Bol d'Or to showcase their products:
Japauto engine parts, mag wheels, special Teflon sprocket for duplex chain etc...
I did get a JPX teflon sprocket as spare for the Japauto.




Amazing story about the Honda RC 174, now I understand why the JPX block quality on the Japauto became a legend

thanks !   :D

Now thats a "proper "bike  8) 8). love the crooke lock in the front wheel as well  ;D
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #40 on: September 08, 2014, 04:16:35 AM »
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #41 on: September 08, 2014, 07:50:52 AM »
I bought a 1982 CB900F SUPER SPORT BOL D'OR from a retired service man who bought this bike in GERMANY and had it sent back home to Columbus, OHIO = I bought it from his family for $1,100  w/20,000 miles on speedo and we ride it weekly.
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2014, 12:47:05 PM »
For Japauto fans, here's another that I stumbled upon last week in a car museum in  Brittany, a 1500/6 version. It's fair to say that the styling is distinctive.






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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2014, 02:11:19 PM »
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #44 on: September 10, 2014, 11:33:33 PM »
Quote from: Sgt.Pinback on September 08, 2014, 04:16:35 AM
Engine for sale € 2.750,00

http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s-anzeige/honda-cb-750-four-1000ccm-japauto-motor-/235298157-306-1162?ref=search

Doesn't look like a JJPX apauto cylinder block to me. AFAIK the JPX was the only special cylinder block Japauto made either for street or racing. ???
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #45 on: September 10, 2014, 11:40:00 PM »
Quote from: Tim2005 on September 09, 2014, 12:47:05 PM
For Japauto fans, here's another that I stumbled upon last week in a car museum in  Brittany, a 1500/6 version. It's fair to say that the styling is distinctive.



Japauto AFAIK never made any engine or body kit for the CBX 1000 but the name is so famous that a lot of people use it for  their own transformation.
 If such a bike was existed it would be well known and discussed in the Japauto club in France which is not the case. ???
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #46 on: January 10, 2017, 01:52:33 AM »
The seat unit is a BMW R100RS single seat from the 1976 - 1985 era bikes. Completely standard in this pic except for the paint, obviously!
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
« Reply #47 on: July 08, 2020, 06:37:47 AM »

Bonjour cool ici on parle Japauto classe .
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Re: Japauto 1000 VX
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« Reply #49 on: July 08, 2020, 05:45:48 PM »
I know I am bias but the cylinder fin spacing doesn't look good on those cylinders. We had one when my partner and I designed my cylinder.
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