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A
short history of the
CBX
In 1978, Honda's
development team headed by
Soichiro Honda, finished work on
the 1047 cc, 24 valve, six
cylinder "CBX." It was the final
of three designs of the CBX
engine. The three options
initially considered for design
were the four cylinder 1000cc and
1200cc engines, and the six
cylinder 1047cc.
The 6 cylinder 1047
cc design eventually won the day,
but not without numerous design
complications. Clearly the
initial headache was that of
managing a workable design using
an engine 585 mm wide. Narrowing
the width of the crank case,
widening the tank area and
tilting the engine forward by 30
degrees were some of the design
aspects that were use to make it
work.
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