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Offline Harry

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CBX motor sound
« on: June 12, 2005, 02:09:33 PM »

Weell, it aint an SOHC and it aint a video, but pursuant to earlier posts on CBXs I found this great soundtrack of a CBX:

www.mctangen.dk/CBX.wav
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2005, 05:29:57 PM »
Very nice!!  Nothing like the sound of an inline six winding through the gears.  Too bad there aren't audio recordings of Honda's 6-cylinder race bikes from the 60's.  They were supposed to be something to hear.
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2005, 07:15:12 PM »
Gee, sounds just like my 750  ;D Don't I wish..
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2005, 04:18:35 AM »
I think I have a couple of audio files of the vintage 6's at home - I'll check.
Can't recall exactly where I found them on the web.

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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2005, 05:56:19 PM »
Yup I have short audio clips of a 1965 Honda 250/6 and another of a 1966  4

www.vintagebike.co.uk/Sounds.htm

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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2005, 06:44:57 PM »
That is one wicked whine!
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2005, 07:38:04 PM »
 ;D~~~~~~~Beautiful~~~~~~~~ ;D

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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2005, 09:46:53 AM »
That made my day ! :D
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2005, 12:05:44 AM »
O.K. Men, stand by your beds..fall in, then go here for the Honda 250cc 6 cylinder racing bike....And others...

http://www.cmsnl.com/classic-honda-gallery/show_media.php?CheckBoxList1[]=sound&gl_mediaPage=4&id=662
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2005, 12:15:54 AM »
Ooops, my link didn't work, just go to cmsnl and poke around in classic Honda gallery.

And while I'm here, would like to say that I have only been a member for a couple of weeks but what a bunch of friendly civilised gents you all are...most forums are full of point scoring, egotistical A-holes....I have posted up a couple of posts that weren't factually correct (in hindsight) and nobody flamed the sh#t out of me..I think you guys just assumed I would learn in time..
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2005, 02:14:12 AM »
Great sounds.. How many pipes are threre on that CBX??
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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2006, 02:45:36 PM »
Ok, now I am all drooly  ;)
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2006, 03:19:14 PM »
Just finished reading an article in Motorcycle Classics about the CBX. I was surprised at how few ever made it into the world. According to the article, its demise was the result of; a) first year prod. bikes were delivered with the wrong advance mechanism and the originally rated 100 HP was limited to about 85 as a result. Consequently lesser machines beat it in the speed dept. and b) customer perceptions about how hard it would be to tune and maintain. The writer claimed this was not the case. Interesting read.
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2006, 06:59:50 PM »
I played that clip for a buddy of mine who collects 70's Jap bikes. His comment was, "Man! I need a cigarette after hearing that!" :D
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2006, 07:36:18 PM »
Ooooooooohhhhhhhh....  nice.   :)

Last summer after Laguna Seca, we were in the crowd down on Cannery Row, and a group of about 6 CBX's took off, and the one guy just kept reving the motor - I had to stop and see where THAT SOUND was coming from, just a spine tingling ripping sound.  He must have had it pretty well tuned, because it sounded an awful lot like the race bikes when they were revving up in the garages between races.  My son and I couldn't believe it was from a CBX.  Wonderful.... 
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2006, 07:37:45 PM »
Quote from: toycollector10 on December 18, 2005, 12:15:54 AM
Ooops, my link didn't work, just go to cmsnl and poke around in classic Honda gallery.

And while I'm here, would like to say that I have only been a member for a couple of weeks but what a bunch of friendly civilised gents you all are...

Guess TerryP hasn't waded in to your conversations yet..   ;D ;D
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« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2006, 04:41:23 AM »
Quote from: Harry on June 12, 2005, 02:09:33 PM

Weell, it aint an SOHC and it aint a video, but pursuant to earlier posts on CBXs I found this great soundtrack of a CBX:

www.mctangen.dk/CBX.wav
Is it a CBX 750F2 ??? ???
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2006, 06:37:11 AM »
I don't live too far from a cycle shop that specializes in reworking the cbx.  When I'm in the mood, I can go listen to them on his dyno.  Yeah, *sniff* it's about two miles down the road.   :P :-*
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« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2006, 09:57:21 AM »
Quote from: twostrokecrazy on March 05, 2006, 06:37:11 AM
I don't live too far from a cycle shop that specializes in reworking the cbx.  When I'm in the mood, I can go listen to them on his dyno.  Yeah, *sniff* it's about two miles down the road.   :P :-*
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« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2006, 09:42:43 PM »
Quote from: Jim Shea on December 18, 2005, 02:14:12 AM
Great sounds.. How many pipes are threre on that CBX??

The bike on the WAV clip, am told, is running a 6-1 Kerker.  Over on the CBX site, I posted about 3 or 4 for different sounds files of CBXs including an opne header turbo bike.  I own a 79 but has stock exhaust and is very quite.  My prior 79 CBX ran a 6-1 D&D pipe and man did it sound awesome power shifting at 8K.  I'm always torn on what sounds better - a H2 with stingers or a CBX on a 6-1.  Kinda like comparing a blonde to a brunete.  CB400F on a MAC or Kerker pipes with pod filters sounds pretty sweet too.
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2006, 05:35:50 PM »
Quote from: Mopar_Tony_SF on March 20, 2006, 09:42:43 PM
I'm always torn on what sounds better - a H2 with stingers or a CBX on a 6-1. 


Oh hell yeah!  I know they're not stingers, but they still sound good!   ;D
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« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2006, 09:31:05 PM »
Quote from: twostrokecrazy on March 21, 2006, 05:35:50 PM
Quote from: Mopar_Tony_SF on March 20, 2006, 09:42:43 PM
I'm always torn on what sounds better - a H2 with stingers or a CBX on a 6-1. 


Oh hell yeah!  I know they're not stingers, but they still sound good!   ;D

Very, very nice.  Wish my H2C was that sweet!
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Re: CBX motor sound
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2006, 07:54:58 AM »
 :(  It's not mine...  This was sold on ebay a while back for $11,700.  Rick Brett restored it.  Are you familiar with him?  http://www.classickawasaki.com/  Some sweet stuff there!
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« Reply #23 on: April 01, 2006, 03:00:55 PM »
Yeah I know of RB.  He is THE guru without a doubt.
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