Yay!!! -new CBX owner, new member!

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J. Long
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Re: Yay!!! -new CBX owner, new member!

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FalldownPhil wrote:Welcome Jeff.
Now I know where there are three sets of the alphabets. Jebby in Texas has a set also.
Best,
Phil
Hi Phil, it sure is hard to find any info on our headers... I hope to find some magazine reviews or whatever else but there just doesn't seem to be much that is directly searchable on the web. I think the online CBXEPRESS mags have been OCR'd and are now searchable? -I''ll have to look there and see what I can find...
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1982 CBX1000C with Alphabet 6-into-2 (shown), DG 6-into-1, and stock exhaust
Seattle, WA USA
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Welcome and nice set of headers ! Reminds me of my CB750 Action 4 Headers with the cross over, had to turn my laptop upside down to view and Thanks ! got all the food crumbs cleaned out ! :laughing-rolling:
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Thanks! -good idea to rotate your laptop, rotating my phone wouldn't help since it always repositions the image with up as up! I noticed if you select the photo then it opens the full resolution with the correct orientation. I've started seeing this mysterious auto-rotation for thumbnail views in MS windows systems, I wonder if it's a new feature that goes nuts if your device doesn't know which way is up? (like a desktop or laptop versus a smartphone).

I'm glad to have found this club and plan to do a bunch of searching/reading soon. As a CBX owner (finally!) I've made a personal list of a couple question that I hope to find answers or more info on:

1) Aphabet Headers -how they compare to some of the 6-into-1s, if they're no good then I might switch, but I wonder if any of the 6-into-1s don't work with the 1981/82 CBX Saddle Bags?

2) Anybody replace any/all their incandescent bulbs with LED's? -seems like a good way to save electricity when idling (especially with the headlight), which I do a lot of if I'm on a freeway or highway in the Seattle area :lol:

3) I've been seeing pictures of windscreens with taller bump-ups on the back end: are they any good? -and if so, I wonder where I can get one?
Jeff Long
1982 CBX1000C with Alphabet 6-into-2 (shown), DG 6-into-1, and stock exhaust
Seattle, WA USA
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I replaced all my lights with LEDs..
the headlight I got from here http://www.xenondepot.com/H4-LED-headli ... led-hl.htm
it doesn't require a mechanical cooling fan which can fail but uses a heat sink instead.

I think this is the one you may want, looks better than the one I bought last year
http://www.xenondepot.com/H4-Xtreme-LED ... -h4-mc.htm
CBX a work in progress, still improving...GS1150EFE completed and awaiting modifications.....RD350, remnants in boxes scattered throughout the garage
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Wow, looks like they''ve got some very high-end bulbs! I

Thanks!
Jeff Long
1982 CBX1000C with Alphabet 6-into-2 (shown), DG 6-into-1, and stock exhaust
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