The International CBX Owners Association

Hello just wanted to introduce myself having just purchased my first CBX 1000 and actually only my second ever Honda.

I paid alot of money for this bike as i wanted one that was genuine original and not restored. The previous owner was Gerald Davison ex General Manager of Honda UK so comes with good provenance. Took a while to track this one down, seems it came from the US. It is silver has all original paint, exhausts, shocks etc with 18,000 miles.
chassis number cb1-2023454
engine number cb1e-2023628

Any help with its history ?

Thanks

Chris

Chris,

Welcome to the forum and CBX ownership!

From the frame number, it's a very late Z - Some pictures would be good!

EMS (Mike) will be along shortly to give some more detail on frame / engine numbers.

Paul.

Welcome to the site, Chris.
EMS is the resident VIN historian and should be along shortly.
Plenty of UK members frequent the site if you have any troubles.

chrispyduck wrote:
I paid alot of money for this bike as i wanted one that was genuine original and not restored.

yup they are expensive, if you'd bought a project to restore it would cost a lot of money too... so you've saved yourself a lot of time and it's silver! the fastest Z EVER!...

wyly wrote:

chrispyduck wrote:
I paid alot of money for this bike as i wanted one that was genuine original and not restored.

yup they are expensive, if you'd bought a project to restore it would cost a lot of money too... so you've saved yourself a lot of time and it's silver! the fastest Z EVER!...

The price for a correct bike is worth paying as they are predicted get into six figures. i did hear they are very expensive to restore

chrispyduck wrote: The price for a correct bike is worth paying as they are predicted get into six figures. i did hear they are very expensive to restore

I'm not the authority but about $30K usd for an immaculate almost no mile unrestored example from what I've seen...to rebuild a project into a showroom condition $20K should cover it... of course it depends on the condition of the bike you start with and what kind of deal you can negotiate...some of the prices I've encountered, a set of immaculate OEM exhaust $2-3K, NOS tank $2k, NOS tail cowl $1K, professionally rebuilt engine $4-7K, NOS sport kit $2K...and every cycle wrecker knows what they've got and don't hesitate to up charge on every part number that starts with 422...
not an inexpensive machine to own but the smiles it brings and crowds it attracts when you park it , priceless...

wyly wrote:

chrispyduck wrote: The price for a correct bike is worth paying as they are predicted get into six figures. i did hear they are very expensive to restore

I'm not the authority but about $30K usd for an immaculate almost no mile unrestored example from what I've seen...to rebuild a project into a showroom condition $20K should cover it... of course it depends on the condition of the bike you start with and what kind of deal you can negotiate...some of the prices I've encountered, a set of immaculate OEM exhaust $2-3K, NOS tank $2k, NOS tail cowl $1K, professionally rebuilt engine $4-7K, NOS sport kit $2K...and every cycle wrecker knows what they've got and don't hesitate to up charge on every part number that starts with 422...
not an inexpensive machine to own but the smiles it brings and crowds it attracts when you park it , priceless...

Thats about the price here in the UK. The CBX is an icon bike like the Z1 but there are not so many around. Probably the reason for the higher prices.

chrispyduck wrote:
Thats about the price here in the UK. The CBX is an icon bike like the Z1 but there are not so many around. Probably the reason for the higher prices.

you have a number of experienced UK cbx owners near you for advice and an excellent supplier not far away in the Netherlands, Bert at SCM http://www.sixcenter.nl/index.html I don't know of anyone else in Europe that is as well equipped as Bert, a great guy and honest...

wyly wrote:

chrispyduck wrote:
Thats about the price here in the UK. The CBX is an icon bike like the Z1 but there are not so many around. Probably the reason for the higher prices.

you have a number of experienced UK cbx owners near you for advice and an excellent supplier not far away in the Netherlands, Bert at SCM http://www.sixcenter.nl/index.html I don't know of anyone else in Europe that is as well equipped as Bert, a great guy and honest...

i have a number of receipts from that supplier. Bike came with a folder full of history.

Wow! Neither VIN nor engine serial number indicate that this is a U.S. origin bike. I have no record of this particular machine, but there were only a handful (under 10 numbers) VIN numbers in North America over 23,000 and maybe 150 engine serial numbers over 23,000.
You should be able to tell by looking at the VIN plate whether it is a U.S. or Canadian bike. Most likely it is a General Export DM (mph) bike

chrispyduck wrote: i have a number of receipts from that supplier. Bike came with a folder full of history.

if you join the Netherlands CBX club you can get a part discount from SCM, 10% if I recall correctly...

chrispyduck wrote: The price for a correct bike is worth paying as they are predicted get into six figures.

None of us will live to see that!

EMS wrote:

chrispyduck wrote: The price for a correct bike is worth paying as they are predicted get into six figures.

None of us will live to see that!

none of us old geezers at least...maybe there's a 20 something cbx owner that might, as long as electric bikes don't take over completely in 40 years...

This a picture of my cbx.

EMS wrote:Wow! Neither VIN nor engine serial number indicate that this is a U.S. origin bike. I have no record of this particular machine, but there were only a handful (under 10 numbers) VIN numbers in North America over 23,000 and maybe 150 engine serial numbers over 23,000.
You should be able to tell by looking at the VIN plate whether it is a U.S. or Canadian bike. Most likely it is a General Export DM (mph) bike

Does this help?

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