CB1100 vs. CBX

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Is that an extra large riding light mounted on the crash bar?

Nice bike by the way.

That is a pair of Cibie driving lamps I put on to justify the crash bars. Also a pair of loud as heck Hella horns, a clock and a voltmeter.
It was a very nice bike, but the CB1100 feels so much more compact, more solid and direct. Not quicker, and without that Ferrari V-12 sound, but I'll take the CB1100 any day.

I have 2 CBX, one 79 Red and the other one 82 Pearl White with fairing & bags.
Loved both of them until the Red one had a hydraulic lock bending the connecting rod.
Now it is in pieces (basket case).
The 82 white, I removed the fairing and the bags, it looked nice naked & lighter.
I like to ride it on the 507 highway (Ontario's mini Dragon Tail?).
To replace the red CBX, I purchased a new 2017 CB1100 (serial # 000002).
Hey Gold Oxide, since I am also from Toronto (Richmondhill), may be next year, we can arrange for a test ride on the 82 CBX.

Don't know how to attach a picture.

The hydraulic lock could occur on '79s when they were parked on the sidestand, and the petcock leaked or was not shut off, and the float needle in the carb did not seal. We did a lot of bent rod warranties (#1 cylinder) on them back then. For 1980 they introduced a vacuum petcock which cured the problem.