Fast Cars and Fast Bikes

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here is a pete racing a plane

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[DarkHorse]

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www.skilledit.com

[Cito Pelon]

The baddest machine I ever owned was this, the 1979 Honda CBX:

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Six cylinders, six carbs, 105 HP, 8200 redline, triple discs, unmistakable engine note. I heard one the other day on Santa Fe, I heard it before I saw it. It's like a Ferrari V12, you hear that engine roar before you see it.

[Cito Pelon]

Originally Posted by TennBronco

Pure envious you got to visit Isle of Man TT. I'd love to see the race in person someday.

Is the Isle of Man TT still alive?

[chadta]

Originally Posted by Cito Pelon

Is the Isle of Man TT still alive?

yes http://www.ttwebsite.com/

there was actually talk of doing a similar race up here, out in cape breton i believe somewhere,

[Cito Pelon]

Has anybody participated in the Pikes Peak hillclimb?

[worm]

Originally Posted by Cito Pelon

Is the Isle of Man TT still alive?

Alive and well this past year. Awesome time.

I will be at Daytona this weekend for the 200.

Nice CBX.

[telluride]

Some good info on here, if you're considering a particular car:

http://motormouths.com

Also, the exotics reviews are wild:

http://motormouths.com/exotic

[Cito Pelon]

Originally Posted by worm

Alive and well this past year. Awesome time.

I will be at Daytona this weekend for the 200.

Nice CBX.

That CBX was something special. Amazing acceleration and braking. 450 dry weight, 520 curb weight I think it was. It wasn't the best handler going into corners, but it had so much torque and HP coming out of corners. That bike had a band from 5800-6400 rpm that was unbelievable. And the roar from that engine was unmistakable. Like a Ferrari v12..

[worm]

Originally Posted by Cito Pelon

That CBX was something special. Amazing acceleration and braking. 450 dry weight, 520 curb weight I think it was. It wasn't the best handler going into corners, but it had so much torque and HP coming out of corners. That bike had a band from 5800-6400 rpm that was unbelievable. And the roar from that engine was unmistakable. Like a Ferrari v12..

I have considered getting one for my collection. Getting expensive these days. Would love to ride one and check out the power band myself.

Gotta love the old Hondas. Honda has REALLY gone downhill in the design and innovation of their motos.

[mr007]

One of my rides...

[Cito Pelon]

Originally Posted by worm

I have considered getting one for my collection. Getting expensive these days. Would love to ride one and check out the power band myself.

Gotta love the old Hondas. Honda has REALLY gone downhill in the design and innovation of their motos.

Honda builds bikes?

[mr007]

Originally Posted by worm

I have considered getting one for my collection. Getting expensive these days. Would love to ride one and check out the power band myself.

Gotta love the old Hondas. Honda has REALLY gone downhill in the design and innovation of their motos.

Ahh you must be talking about their cruisers (I wouldn't know)... their sports bikes are top notch.

[worm]

Originally Posted by mr007

Ahh you must be talking about their cruisers (I wouldn't know)... their sports bikes are top notch.

I am talking about their sport bikes.

The new CBR is nice from a technology perspective. Centralized mass and al. The RC51 is ok. They just seem to lack the soul they once did. I would go with a 1098 or Mille over anything from Japan right now.

However, I LOVE old Honda's. I am trying to obtain this NC30. Pretty small for me (6-2)...a new liter bike would be better I suppose....but this bike has soul and handles better than any other bike I have been on.

[Cito Pelon]

Originally Posted by worm

I have considered getting one for my collection. Getting expensive these days. Would love to ride one and check out the power band myself.

Gotta love the old Hondas. Honda has REALLY gone downhill in the design and innovation of their motos.

I got cute and f'd up in my last reply. I apologize. Dumb response on my part.

Sure, grab a 1979 CBX if you can. Only the 1979 has the max HP.

The 1979 engine is the one to grab. After that it was detuned, the HP was decreased. The valve timing was detuned to decrease the HP for European sales, oddly.

If it has a fairing, it's not a 1979. That's what you have to look for, the valve train, only the 1979 engine had the max HP, and only the 1979 had no fairing.

To my knowledge, every CBX that had a fairing was detuned. Only the 1979 had max HP.

[worm]

Originally Posted by Cito Pelon

I got cute and f'd up in my last reply. I apologize. Dumb response on my part.

Sure, grab a 1979 CBX if you can. Only the 1979 has the max HP.

The 1979 engine is the one to grab. After that it was detuned, the HP was decreased. The valve timing was detuned to decrease the HP for European sales, oddly.

If it has a fairing, it's not a 1979. That's what you have to look for, the valve train, only the 1979 engine had the max HP, and only the 1979 had no fairing.

To my knowledge, every CBX that had a fairing was detuned. Only the 1979 had max HP.

1979 CBX was the exact one I was looking for due to the reason you detailed. People say the later ones that were detuned were a better ride...but give me the max HP of the earlier model. Really heavy bike...but a definite classic.

Saw a perfect 1979 CBX in the Barber Museum in Birmingham AL (awesome place if you haven't been) last year during a dinner benefit with Cook Neilsen and his 1977 Daytona Superbike winner Deja Blue.

Hope to get some track time on Barber this year. The track and Museum are as good as it gets for motorsports anywhere in the World. Any bike you can name from any era is there in pristine condition. This is motoheaven.

[Cito Pelon]

Originally Posted by worm

1979 CBX was the exact one I was looking for due to the reason you detailed. People say the later ones that were detuned were a better ride...but give me the max HP of the earlier model. Really heavy bike...but a definite classic.

Saw a perfect 1979 CBX in the Barber Museum in Birmingham AL (awesome place if you haven't been) last year during a dinner benefit with Cook Neilsen and his 1977 Daytona Superbike winner Deja Blue.

Hope to get some track time on Barber this year. The track and Museum are as good as it gets for motorsports anywhere in the World. Any bike you can name from any era is there in pristine condition. This is motoheaven.

Yah, the '79 CBX's are going for $5-6 grand. I see three on Ebay right now in that range.

I see the sellers don't say that the serial #'s for frame and engine match. That's a big deal for collectors. The one I had the frame and engine did not match, it was built by a Honda mechanic from two CBX's. Cost me $2k in 1994. When I was selling it I had most calls come from brokers, trying to buy it to resell it in Japan. From what they told me most of the CBX's are in collections in Japan - those with matching serial #'s, anyway.

I had a nice burgundy '75 CB750K at the time also. I saw the CBX at the Honda shop and that CB750 was gone not long after. It was nice to put those two out in the driveway at the same time and shine them up.

I ended up trading the CBX for a BMW R65S and $1800 cash. I just couldn't get any better offers, and I needed the cash. The guy I sold it to was another Honda mechanic that fell in love with the bike when I took it into the shop to have a flat fixed. He loved that bike. He was one of those guys that on weekends liked to go to Palomar mountain and race up and down it all day.

It was horrible on MPG, maybe 30-32 MPG, but the roar from that engine was priceless. Just a superb sounding engine, and like you said a technological innovator.

Hey, have you ever seen the Kawasaki KZ1300? That's another straight-six. I've seen only one, never rode one. It had a sweet engine note also, but never quite made the mark like the CBX did.

KZ1300.jpg

[Domostick]

Prelude motor in my 4 door sedan Accord. I put down 194whp/ 157 ftlb torque while running high 14 seconds in Colorado atmosphere. I can mash on cobra's and hang with stock corvettes. Can hang with STI's, Evo's, and SRT-4's.

[DarkHorse]

Originally Posted by Domostick

Prelude motor in my 4 door sedan Accord. I put down 194whp/ 157 ftlb torque while running high 14 seconds in Colorado atmosphere. I can mash on cobra's and hang with stock corvettes. Can hang with STI's, Evo's, and SRT-4's.

What's your elevation? Any idea what the car runs at sea level? I'm guessing low 13's - high 12's to beat the Terminators

[Domostick]

Originally Posted by DarkHorse

What's your elevation? Any idea what the car runs at sea level? I'm guessing low 13's - high 12's to beat the Terminators

5280 feet haha. Probably low 14's high 13's depending on the day and if I had slicks. People underestimate Honda's because they see all those little rice burners. My build is legit with a Limited Slip Differential tranny putting close to peak power numbers to the ground at all times.

[Florida_Bronco]

Originally Posted by DarkHorse

What's your elevation? Any idea what the car runs at sea level? I'm guessing low 13's - high 12's to beat the Terminators

Yeah I don't see a 194 hp FWD Prelude being able to hang with Cobra's and Vettes.

[Domostick]

Originally Posted by Florida_Bronco

Yeah I don't see a 194 hp FWD Prelude being able to hang with Cobra's and Vettes.

It's not a prelude those things are way to heavy. And that kind of mind set is why most cocky muscle car owners get pulled. I have dyno slips and time slips if you want.

Most cobra's run 15 secs while most vettes even the z06's run 13's. Now the SVT cobras and highly modified vettes yes they will smash me.

[Florida_Bronco]

Originally Posted by Domostick

It's not a prelude those things are way to heavy. And that kind of mind set is why most cocky muscle car owners get pulled. I have dyno slips and time slips if you want.

My bad, I misread the post.

Most cobra's run 15 secs while most vettes even the z06's run 13's. Now the SVT cobras and highly modified vettes yes they will smash me.

Where are you finding Cobras that run 15's? Even the first year (1993) Cobra's ran in the mid to low 14's and they've only got faster since that point. Hell, even my GT ran high 14's with decent traction when it was stock. The 03-04 Terminators are mid to high 12 second cars factory stock.

And the only Z06's that run 13's were the very first year, and they ran 13 flat and getting faster every year.

[bronclvr]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

1978 Kawasaki Z1-R and Z1-R TC

I bought the very first Z1R in Colorado-there was a Kawasaki Dealer on Colfax (right by JCRS-it's now called Pasternack's Pawn Shop). It is probably the only Bike I regret selling-it looked identical to this Picture (then I put on a Kerker, K&N's, chromed some parts and changed the seat)-I traded it in for a new Harley at Flatirons in Boulder after I got a ticket for over 100 mph on Hiway 58 (between Ward Rd and Golden)-I loved that Bike-

I now have my Harley Sturgis and a 2003 R6 Yamaha-getting too old for the Yamaha, so it's up for sale-white with the red graphics-

What I'm really enthused about right now is that I just got the new 502 cu. in. Big Block for my Hot Rod-I'm boring and stroking it to a 540 (shooting for 650 h.p.it should be faster than the one I just sold on page 2)-this project has been going on for a while, but I can't wait until it's done-

err, sorry, rambling on here-