Honda Cx650 Turbo Cafe Racer

But this is no drag racer. With shaft drive, air suspension, a heavy chassis, a beefy motor, nearly a of ton of electronics and the large fairing, the CX650 Turbo tips the scales significantly on the wrong side of 550 lbs. Honda wisely chose the “sport touring” theme with their Turbo bikes, partly due to necessity of packaging everything up.

Honda cx650 turbo cafe racer. Custom Honda CX650 Cafe Racer. In Cafe Racer, Japan by Abhi March 1, 2015 8 Comments. Built by retired master tech Kevin Murphy, this bike is based on a CX650 Turbo frame that has been joined with the front frame section of a GL500. That’s combined with suspension from a CBR954RR and the gas tank and exhaust system from a European-market GL650. Kevin's cx650 cafe racer Kevin's CX650 Cafe Racer 13 February 15 There are a lot of exciting custom bikes being built by amateur builders and this Honda CX650 cafe racer is a perfect example of the incredible work that can be done by a dedicated enthusiast. This one year only Honda CX650 features a rear mono shock setup, cafe racer style tank and cross stitched seat. The rear taillight/turn signal is integrated into the tag bracket. The GSX-R front end was mounted using a billet stem kit from Cognito Moto and the front end was finished off by installing original CX instruments onto the GSX-R top tree. A Turbo Honda CX500 Cafe Racer From Kingston Customs. Andrew Jones Published on July 25, 2017 Tweet. Share 4. WhatsApp. Pin 136. 140 Shares. Consider the humble Honda CX. If ever the Honda Motor Corporation made a bike that perfectly summed up the company and its ethos, this would be it. Impeccably engineered, virtually indestructible and just.

A small Cafe Racer seems much more reasonable for the traffic like in Hochiminh City. Getting around internet, study quite a lot bike types which may be converted to a Cafe Racer. Lastly, I decided that I gotta buy a Honda CX to modify it to be a cafe racer bike. There are couple of things I love from the Honda CX: 1. Good looking engine block. 2. ‘The front wheel was sourced from a Honda CX500 Turbo,’ Taylor says, ‘They were a must because they’re light aluminum and 6 spokes like the F1 car, which was a request from the client’. But there was an issue – the CX500T Turbo has a 18” front wheel and only a 17” rear. To get the stance Taylor was after both ends had to match. In 1983, turbocharging was the wave of the motorcycle future. And while the 1983 Honda CX650 Turbo was arguably the best of the turbocharged motorcycles that roared onto roads in the early Eighties, it is now one of the rarest production Hondas ever, with only 1,777 built and fewer than 1,200 imported to the U.S. and Canada. TurboTim's CX650 Turbo Cafe Racer 30 July 15 I am TurboTim and I built this Café Racer bike as a project for Unique Bike. It is based on scrap parts from a Honda CX650 Turbo combined with the front end of an old Kawasaki ZZR.The original Honda CX650 Turbo was a design project for Honda in the early 1980’s.

Honda CX650 Cafe Racer by One-up Moto Garage.. The front wheel was sourced from a Honda CX500 turbo. The problem is the CX500T has an 18” front and only a 17” rear. Matching rims were necessary for the stance I wanted to achieve so I hunted down a rare CX650E that came with the only 18” rear “boomerang” rim Honda made. 1983 GL650/CX650 Care racer for sale This bike was built by Ray Platec, Rays a retired engineer and does exceptional work. Ray and I has built several variations of these café racers. I’m a retired master mechanic and have been working on these CX’s since they first came out in 1978. This bike is currently in Turbo Tim’s collection. Honda cx650 - Une belle moto qui roule et est plaqué. Je l'avais acheter pour un project Cafe Racer mais j'ai malheureusement plus le temps. Il y a encore du travaille a faire dessu donc elle est pour bricoleur car elle est vendu tel quelle. Facile a transformer en cafe racer car le frame du siege est plat. Home; Motorcycles; Honda CX and GL; Turbo CX cafe racer featured build; Honda CX500 Cafe Racer featured build: Boostaholic - Turbocharged. Before using this site please read the site disclaimer.Also please note that any links provided may be part of an affiliate programme (viz. eBay, Amazon) which helps support the site as I will earn a commission when visitors make a qualifying purchase.

In this area the CX500 and the CX650 excel all the other bikes he mentioned. Just google CX500 cafe racer type 8 by Auto Fabrica, and be prepared to droll over and eat all the blissfully ignorant words you said in this blog. This is not about logic and speed. And also, cafe racers are not for “intellectuals”. Apr 4, 2020 - Back in the 70s and early 80's I owned 6 various CX & GL models. Still love them!!. See more ideas about Honda cx500, Honda, Cx500 cafe racer. This 1983 Honda CX650 Turbo is powered by a turbocharged 674cc V-twin paired with a 5-speed transmission and was purchased by the seller out of Idaho two years ago. Subsequent work included replacement of the front and rear master cylinders, fork seals, tires, battery, and spark plugs as well as an oil and filter change. 1983 Honda CX650 Turbo displayed at the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. The CX500 Turbo was released in 1982. The CX500 Turbo (also known as the CX500TC) was only produced for the 1982 model year. It was superseded by the CX650TD (CX650 Turbo; D=1983) for the 1983 model year, which was itself discontinued the same year.