Hello from the Netherlands

Martincbx1000 · Post by **Martincbx1000** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:39 am

Hello everyone,
My name is Joost, I'm 32 years old and from Leiden, the Netherlands.
I have recently bought a Moto Martin CBX that has been sleeping in a garage for over 20 years. It was a dream of mine to own a cbx one day. I wasn't on the lookout for a cbx because honestly they are quite out of my league pricewise. This martin cbx was owned by one of my dad's mates. He bought it new in 1981 and he would rather see it go to me instead of some bikedealershop. Late february/early March 2023 I am going to start on bringing this cbx back to life slowly. I am not in a hurry to get it going asap. Just going to take my sweet time getting to know the beautiful engineering of this motorcycle. I will make good use of this forum and all the technical knowledge you guys collected in all the years. And I hope I can contribute in this in some way as well!

Cheers, Joost

heli_madken · Post by **heli_madken** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:45 pm

Welcome to the forum Joost, you are in the right place for great advice from this very friendly place.

Moto Martin! wow, there are many on here that would give up various body parts to own one me included. I cant wait to see your progress, post some pictures as soon as you can.

Cheers, Ken

Martincbx1000 · Post by **Martincbx1000** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:50 pm

Thanks Ken,
I will post some pictures when the bike gets to my place!

Joost

Jeff Bennetts · Post by **Jeff Bennetts** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:06 pm

Welcome Joost!

Is this it?

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wyly · Post by **wyly** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 2:01 pm

Hoi, Hoe gaat het?

Lucky for you you have one top CBX shops in the world not far away, Bert at Six Center Motoren
https://www.sixcenter.nl/

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:04 pm

Welcome to the site, Joost.
Nice to hear about any CBX being brought back to life let alone a Moto-Martin.

NobleHops · Post by **NobleHops** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:19 pm

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:13 am

Jeff Bennetts wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:06 pm
Welcome Joost!

Is this it?

I think this is a Spondon frame, not a Moto Martin.
This is a Moto Martin

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:21 am

Spondon Project:

Martincbx1000 · Post by **Martincbx1000** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:49 am

Those Spondons look really similar yes!
Mine looks a lot like this one, the colours are about the same although mine has a full silver engine and nickel frame

Jeff Bennetts · Post by **Jeff Bennetts** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:11 am

Just having some fun Joost, start a build thread on the forum so we can watch your progress, there are/were a couple Motor Martin CBX owners here on the forum, lots of knowledgeable members here.

Good luck with your project!
Jeff

Martincbx1000 · Post by **Martincbx1000** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:15 am

Cheers Jeff. I will definitely make a build thread!

Joost

Jeff Bennetts · Post by **Jeff Bennetts** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:02 pm

Joost, do you know anything about this Moto Martin? It’s taken from the Dutch site’s album you posted a link to in the tail thread.

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wyly · Post by **wyly** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:22 pm

Jeff Bennetts wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:02 pm
Joost, do you know anything about this Moto Martin? It’s taken from the Dutch site’s album you posted a link to in the tail thread.

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Send that photo to Bert at SCM if the owner is in the Dutch CBX club Bert will know who it is.

Jeff Bennetts · Post by **Jeff Bennetts** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:43 pm

Thanks wyly.

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