Honda CBX 1050 - The Motorcycle That Sounds Better Than A F1 Car

When it was launched back in 1978 the Honda cbx1050 was like any other late 70’s superbikes. A large and powerful engine showed into an severely under engineered chassis with poor suspension set up. You had to have some kind of death wish to push this motorcycle to it’s limit. But despite all that down sides one characteristics of the motorcycle made it stand out from the crowd forever.

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- gspark77
- sjonniebigsix
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- Vitor Medeiros
- Steve Head
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- C J performance

[MrN]

After 20 years of not owning a bike I've suddenly remembered how it felt. Divorced now with cash in the bank I'm off to get Today.

[billbmsn]

I'm 72 and over the last few years I sold off most of my motorcycles until I was down to 2 that will never be sold, a 79 CBX and an 82 CBX. The 79 has the glorious Pipemaster 6 into 2 into 6 that brings out the F1 sound shown here. At 70 MPH and above it has that heavenly wail that I cannot get enough of. The 82 is a magnificent touring bike. Thank you Honda for enriching my life.

[Zabok]

The only Motorcycle that sounds like being in race with itself.

[sapandream]

5:31 that air wave, pushing those road side grasses 😱😱😱

[yeeturmcbeetur]

Every time someone revs a Honda cbx 1050, a mechanic finds his 10mm.

[carsontshering]

Who cares about HP and top speed ratings when it sounds so good.

[cristianitsirc]

Youtube recommendations sometimes really deliver :D

[doctheodore]

I remember reading about the exhaust sound in one of the cycle mags when the CBX first came out. A 6 cylinder engine has some unique tuning possibilities. Back then, Honda R&D would develop a product and then invite the manufacturing side over to show them their new product. R&D sent a team of acoustic engineers to the Hokkaido Air Force Base in northern Japan with a bunch of equipment, and they recorded the sounds of a F-4 Phantom jet taxiing, taking off and landing, then they came back and engineered an exhaust that had that same sound. When they introduced the bike to the build side, Mr. Honda was there, and he said in no uncertain terms that they would not build a bike that sounded like a jet fighter! So they went back and designed the exhaust to sound like an F-1 race car. Legend had it that somewhere in an R&D warehouse there was the original exhaust, and there were a lot of motorheads lusting to find it.

[damienmullan]

I almost got caught watching this by my wife!!! Didn’t expect her back that early!!!!

[Forestec]

Found myself smiling at a 41 year old Honda best exhaust note🔥

[rich_t]

I'm always amazed by just how good we can make a series of little explosions sound.

[jarheade]

Back in 1979 I remember one passing me on the freeway when I was on my LTD Kawasaki. Had a Vance & Hines 1171 motor polished and ported heads and V&H 4 into 1. I was the Badass in S. Houston Streets. When that Honda CBX passed me it sounded like a pissed off F1 engine. That day I was no longer the King of the hill.

[estoylaroca]

You can blast this in front of a library and they'd even thank you.

[zebby]

I had a 1980, this video takes me back, best sounding motorcycle ever, F1 sound is kick ass

[Ducati_Dude]

Unfortunately, F1 cars don't sound like that anymore... 🙁

[brandonbentley]

My late father had a friend who had one of these for a short period and it really did sound like a F1 car. We lived in a small valley with a 2 mile straight road. This bike wide open was glorious...no bike I've ever heard sounds as amazing.

[petesgarage]

an engine with a bike attached to it 😍

[btall]

As a teenage motorcycle enthusiast in '78 I remember when this bike came out. We all sat around slack-jawed and drooled over the magazine articles. Great memories.

[qeedzhr]

They need to make a 2020 version of this bike with the same engine but different body

[KittchenSink]

When I was 16 my first job was a motorcycle mechanic. I remember taking these out the crate and building them. I'm 56 now and yes, your absolutely correct.... the CBX is thee most awesome motorcycle ever created.
Just listen to it.... nothing compares to it, not even anything of today.. the H2 even. NOTHING beats the sheer awesomeness of this engine.
Best sound in the world my friend