The year was 1978, and Honda had just unleashed the CBX on the world. Now, no OEM can know the future—and so, there’s no way that Honda could have known its completely bonkers six-cylinder bid at a return to racing glory was here for a good time, not a long time. Like many of the best Honda bikes throughout history, the CBX was only around for a scant few years before it was discontinued in 1982.
What the CBX lacked in longevity, it seems to have made up in cult status in the years since that time. That’s why YouTube channel Harry’s Garage just did an episode about it—well, that, and the fact that Harry apparently has a 1978 CBX that’s been specially fitted with a six-into-six exhaust.
