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Best Memories from Your Responses to the www.CBXclub.com Survey



More than half of the respondents to our ICOA web site survey include a "Best Memory" in their reply. We'll update this feature with your Best Memories as we receive them.

Except for arranging them into the powerful stanzas of free verse you see below, we do not edit any readable reply we receive, and now you have them as we get them.

Taken as a whole, they form a remarkable record of the CBX Experience. Here they are!


The CBX Time

"The first time I saw a CBX my jaw hit the pavement. Been in love ever since!!!"

"The first time I rode it"

"Bringing my 81 home for the first time"

"Riding new '82 off the dealer's showroom floor - first time I ever rode a CBX - what a perfect fit!"
"First time I redlined through fourth gear....rush, sound, attitude!"
"Bought it sight-unseen in Oklahoma, rode it 500 miles each day for two days back to Virginia."
"Getting it started for the first time"
"starting the bike for the first time after a 3yr. on/ off again rebuild!!"
"Since first sight...thats' a six. God bless a ""milk cow""!!! Look at that!!!"
"So far all memorys are great but my best has got to be my first ride on my CBX what a thrill!"
"First time it hit 10,000 on an open megaphone"
"THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ONE IDLE"
"The day I talked my friend into finally selling his 82 CBX to me"
"The day I drove it home from the person that I bought it from. Better than ANY of the new bikes."
"11 yrs after its market launch, being able to buy my 1st CBX and riding it home !"
"The look in my eyes when I found my current '79. It was like being a kid again."
"As a new CBX owner, I hope to have some good experiences "
"still getting to know my cbx"
"IN MAY 1979 WHEN I TOOK A NEW CBX OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE.IT WAS SO SMOOTH AND FAST I BOUGHT IT FAST."
"First test ride of a friend's CBX: Power from 2,000 to 8,000 over rpm"
"Buying it, a dream come true, then fixin it."
"the time I could ride it. I am facing some head ( valves/guides ) problems."
"hearing the monster run for the first time, WOW"
"Finally riding it after working on it for a few months."
"When I first saw one 25 years ago, the second, when I bought my Red one 3 years ago !"
"Finding one in Colorado that makes all the dealers say ""WOW"" That's the best one in the state!"
"Owning three at one time. A perfect red '80 and two '82s. Last one for my retirement bike!"
"This is my 3rd CBX and my last. I'll keep it forever"
"Of course there was the time I rode it to a local ABATE meeting. Jaws dropped!"
"THE DAY I PURCHASED MY BIKE AND TOWED IT 1,800 MILES HOME-SEEING IT IN THE REAR MIRROR"
"Not finished yet!!!"

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The CBX Kickass

"Blowing the doors off a Kawi Z1R in 1978 when I had my first CBX"
"pulling into gas station next to a Porsche 911-he revs his engine-then I do-Bystanders go apeshit!!!"
"1st thru 5th gear 85mph+ wheelie's which two are caught on film, this was on my first CBX."
"Blowing away all the modern competition (bikes) on Mad Sunday Isle of Man for the last 10 years"
"best memory of my dad's 79 CBX is when a guy tried to race me on a CB550, stoplite to stoplite!"
"Absolutely demolishing some disrespectful punk on a GooF2 at a stoplight. Oldie my ass!"
"Passing a brand new Trans-am at about 135, and leaving him for dead."
"Awesome torque anytime you twist the grip."

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The CBX Ride

"Screaming CBX's on the road to Montana!"
"Each Mile with my Baby"
"Every ride is a good Memory!!!"
"Riding Randy Patton's Turbo CBX across Florida, chasing Rod Libby on Terry's Turbo CBX, 150mph rush!"
"The hair on my neck standing on end at the red line. (Never did hear Hailwood's bike)"
"95 Daytona, took ride to W Palm Beach and back 1 day, my ass hurt, stock seat"
"Cruising at an even 90 mph with that bike feeling absolutely rock solid. What a rush!"
"the thrill of riding and enjoying the ""X"""
"First multi day ride was the Blue Ridge Parkway. Up there and back by way of the Natchez Trace."
"Discovering in 87 Fall,that my 79 was a great touring bike"
"Every time I ride it ."
"Cruising on my 1982 westbound out of Burlington Vermont on old Route 4 with my father on his Beemer!"
"Just riding."
"Flyin down the highway at 9500 rpm in fifth gear"
"The evil banshee howl of that 6-1 pipe across the mountain"
"The empty mind of the desert"

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The CBX Style

"fun fun fun"
"Most enjoyable characteristic is all the different songs it sings as you wind it through the gears"
"I test rode Laguna Seca on my CBX w/ Kenny Roberts in 1983 as a guest of the San Diego Yamaha Club."
"Around the track at the Scandinavian raceway"
"When at a motorcycle show & being ask to bring in my ""79"" from the parking lot & show it."
"Realizing that it feels and corners as well as my 95 Suzuki 900R, and looks cooler"
"all the attention me & my mint 80 (red) get when riding around town (Calgary, Canada)"
"Just the way People LOOK at the Pipes"
"A guy asking me if he could just sit on it in a parking lot"
"Riding to '94 Sturgis Rally and having the hog riders comment on what a cool bike the X is..."
"Riding with 6 Harleys- We stopped and everyone at the station came to the CBX with an OOOOh, AAAAh!"
"Still working on it."

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The CBX Brethren

"Joining the cbx club in 1981,seeing Stan start this club. I want my orig #168 back!"
"1983 Daytona meet when I finally got to meet Stan Carpenter"
"Riding a rough trail with 4 other X's to a remote and scenic waterfall, and beers later on"
"Every annual run to Loudon N.H."
"LAST YEARS N.E. RALLY& 95 DAYTONA RALLY"
"Rallies with new friends from all over the country. Many"
"Touring the Smokey mountains two up with my wife. Slaying the Dragon at Deal's Gap."
"9 days on the road with my 7 year old daughter"
"Attending western Canadian rallies and meeting with Washington State members at their rallies"
"All rides are good memories. Enjoyed Sturgis this year on the red 79! Should be more CBXers!"
"Big meet in Ohio"
"Daytona, Daytona, Daytona"
"I really enjoyed the national event at Deal's Gap last year."
"Ride with ICOA from Norfolk,VA to Kitty Hawk, NC."
"Riding with my Dad anywhere. Second best, would have to my trip to the National Meet in 1995 (Ohio)."
"RIDING THE ROADS OF S.E.OHIO WITH CLUB MEMBERS AND THE SOUND OF ALL THOSE ENGINES"
"About 20 Rallies- Camping in Wisconsin-Motels in Missouri-3 National Meets-Charity Rides-Breakfast R"
"SOLD MY GREAT 81,NOW WANT AN 82.WENT TO ST.CLAIRSVILLE NAT.MEET A FEW YEARS AGO, WAS THE BEST TIME!!"
"RIDING TO SPRINGFIELD ILL. TO ATTEND THE PEORIA TT WITH FRIENDS, THEN LEAVING ON MON. FOR STURGIS."
"Me and my wifes trip to lil' sturges last year we had a blast"
"1996 ICOA National Meet at Lake George,NY"
"rallies where the real members show up...."
"seven years of CBX's at Steamboat Springs Bike Week"
"working on moto-martin CBX at nat'l ralley after midnight, really drunk!"

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