Family Heirloom, Transformed: 1147cc CBX from Laurent Heraux x JDMAX… As far as production motorcycle engines go, few can claim the mystique, visual presence, and soundtrack of Honda’s six-cylinder CBX1000 engine. The 1047cc “slant six” […]
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Cid 6: 1100cc Honda CBX Café Racer
“Like Riding a Dragon” — CBX1100 from Cid Motorcycles… The Honda CBX grew out of the Japanese superbike wars of the 1970s. At the time, manufacturers kept putting ever larger and more powerful air-cooled […]
Bandida: Honda CBX750 Café Racer
Four-Cylinder CBX750F from Bob’s Garage… If you mention “CBX” among any group of bikers, most will imagine the massive six-cylinder CBX1000 that appeared in 1978. However, the Honda CBX750 (RC17), introduced in 1984, was […]
El Monstro: Honda CBX750 Café Racer
NO FEAR: A Cancer Survivor’s Honda Café Racer… There’s no doubt that building a custom bike is one of the best ways to free your mind from the stresses of daily life. It’s a process […]
LBC to HRC: Honda CBX250 Street Tracker
Argentina’s LBC Motorcycles builds an HRC-inspired street tracker… Built from 2001-2015, the Honda CBX250 Twister was a single-cylinder commuter bike popular in South America and South Africa. The 250cc / 24-bhp CBX excelled as a […]
Greasy Hands, Clean Bike: Honda CBX Restomod
Modern Retro CBX1000 from Dubai’s Cafe Rider Customs… In 1978, nearly a decade since releasing the world-beating CB750, Honda unleashed the CBX1000, a brawny six-cylinder superbike with dual overhead cams, six Keihin carbs, and […]
Super 6 II: Honda CBX Café Racer
Lys Motorcycles builds a six-cylinder café racer… For the 1979 model year, ten years after the introduction of the revolutionary CB750, Honda released another two-wheeled marvel of engineering, the CBX1000 Super Sport. The mighty CBX […]
Uncommon X: Honda CBX1000 Custom
Mike Common’s six-cylinder rocket ship… For many lifelong motorcycle lovers, true love was sparked on a humble Honda Z50 — a minibike with an outsized impact on the hearts of entire generations of motorcyclists. Such […]
Built for a MotoGP Legend: Honda CBX1000 Café Racer
Bolt Motor Co. builds a CBX for MotoGP legend Jorge Martínez Aspar! On the 40th anniversary of his first-ever race, Jorge Martínez “Aspar” was selected to be inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame. The […]
Super 6: Honda CBX1000 Cafe Racer
Lys Motorcycles builds a carbon-clad CBX… The Honda CBX1000 remains one of our favorite Japanese motorcycles of all time. While the stock machine didn’t have the handling some expected from Honda’s first six-cylinder production bike, […]
