Did you see these other Classic features?
double overhead cams. Unlike the race bike,
however, the CBX weighed in at 253kg, had a
1047cc engine producing 105bhp, with a top
speed of 225km/h. But it was expensive to
make and sell, as well as maintain. The CBX
lasted, in production, for only four years.
In 1980 I was staying with the Hailwood
family in England, when on a spring morning
Mike handed me a set of keys, said there’s
a bike and some gear in the garage, and
took off for an appointment. The bike I
discovered was a new CBX1000 with zero
kilometres on the clock. I spent a much
appreciated day riding around Stratford-
upon-Avon with an array of motorcycle
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enthusiasts following me and asking
questions.
My other experience with a CBX1000
was during a great ride in the Canterbury
countryside, in the company of another
CBX, and a six-cylinder Benelli for company.
I’m told that in 1972 Benelli was the first
production six-cylinder machine on the
road. To hear three six-cylinder machines
roaring along a country road will never be
forgotten. The question is, were they a brave
experiment, an expensive product of race
track competition, and will they ever surface
again?
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