with your CBX 400 / 550

Are you riding your CBX? I wish, more CBX running today.
My CBX is in the store room but I will unveal it and turn on the key someday, again.

P.S. Finally, I am backing on the road with my 400 F2. Yeeee!

NEWS

28 Apr 09 Yogi contributed a nice story of his 550F, Poland. Sorry too late upload.
30 Jul 08 A 400F photo I've got from Acid53 in Osaka, Japan.
16 Jul 07 Torben in Denmark bought a 550F.
07 Jul 07 Sandro in Italy finished the restoration work of his 550F2.
--------> Update History

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I seek some photos, sounds data, tips for mentenance and after parts info. Please cooperate.

Information

• Specifications: [ CBX400/550 ] [ RS400R Parts info. ]

• Know How for continuously run. Maintenance manual info is also included.

• Videos and Sounds

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Event

1. 6 Dec. 1998 : Meets with Ivo from Chez in Kyoto, JAPAN

2. 17 Sep. 2000 : Visits to Don in Vancouver, CANADA

3. 11 May. 2002 : The 1st meeting exhibited in Toyokawa, JAPAN

4. 27 Oct. 2002 : Meeting with Yarimizu from Hokkaido in Kyoto, JAPAN

5. 4 May. 2003 : The 2nd meeting had been held in Toyokawa, JAPAN

6. 10 May. 2003 : Shiga local meeting had been held, JAPAN

7. 05 Oct. 2003 : I went to Kyoto-Shiga short touring with Ivo of Chez.

8. 09 Nov. 2003 : I have met with Yarimizu in Hokkaido again.

9. 14 Aug. 2004 : I have met with Noriyasu in Kyoto city.

Their own CBX400/550

Here are 97 owners from 22 countires.
4 / 1 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 6 / 3 / 6
1 / 1 / 7 / 34 / 8 / 1 / 4 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1

1. 400 F2, Blue/White, 1983 : Yutaka Yasuda (yasuda@bakkers.org) in Japan: 7 Oct. 1997
   
   • About CBX400F (The essay when I turn off and place CBX into the garage.)
   • Photos
   • History
   • Short story after backing the road
   • More Photos, after back on the road.

2. 400 F2, Blue/White : in Japan : 9 Oct. 1997
   
   • In yanya@ps.ksky.ne.jp's Misc. essay of Moto House Web page, this one still running now. How nice! (In Japanese)

3. 400 F, Red : koutaro@ba.mbn.or.jp in Japan : 15 Oct. 1997
   
   • koutaro@ba.mbn.or.jp's URA-SABAKU Web page, there is information of solid red color his CBX but stolen. Gee. (In Japanese with photos.)

4. 400 F, Red & 550 F, Red/White : Ivo Oprsal (io@karel.troja.mff.cuni.cz) in Chez : 5. Nov. 1997
   
   • Ivo's My motorcycle page includes his 400 F, 550 F info and pics.

5. 400 Custom, 1983 : Mizuno (info@mizuno-saketen.jp) in Japan : 5 Nov. 1997
   
   • Mizuno, the master of Mizuno Liqure shop has CBX400 Custom. It's rare one. (In Japanese with a photo.)

6. 550 F2, Red/White, 1982 : Phil Hall (webby@halltech.com.au) in Australia : 16 Jun. 1998
   
   • There are lots information about Motos in #MotorSports page by Phil Hall. He has two 550!
   • He also has The Joys of CBX page. Great CBX info site.
   • The essay, Honda CBX 550 Series (Australian Specification)
   • Photo Image of his 550 F2, touring in Victoria in 1983. with Honda shaft driven VF750, call as "Sabre" in U.S.

7. 400 F2, Red/White/Black, 1983 : Antonio Ganci (a.ganci@mclink.it) in Italy : 13 Nov. 1997
   
   • His CBX 400 F2 is beautiful red color with white/black stripe. His website (In Italian)

8. 400 F, Red, 1981 : Iseki (next-dg@japan-net.or.jp) in Japan : 17 Nov. 1997
   
   • Iseki wrote an essay CBX, in my youth age for this page. (In Japanese)

9. 550 F2, Red, 1984 : Larbi Elyassini (larbie@sitel-be.com) in Belgium : 24 Feb. 1998
   
   • Larbi's CBX 550 F2 has "Ferrari Red" and 4 into 2 exhaust.

10. 550 F2, Blue/White, 1982 : Martin Jansson (am.jansson@mbox300.swipnet.se) in Sweden : 25 Feb 1998
    
    • His 550 F2's Story
    • His CBX550 F page. (In English)

11. 400 F, Blue/White/Red : Steinmetz Philippe (stein01@infonie.fr) in France: 1 May 1998
    
    • Photos of his 400 F on the beach.

12. 550 F, Blue/White/Red : Andrew Mattocks (andy.m@zetnet.co.uk) in UK: 10 July 1998
    
    • Now he has Andy's home page. See his nice CBX photos.
    • A Short sentence of his 550 F.

13. 550 F2, 1982 : Nico van Elk (cbx550@lxdr.com) in Netherlands : 27 May 1998
    
    • You can find a info about his 550 F on His own page. (In English)

14. 550 F, Blue/White/Red, 1982 : Robert Wooley (woollsm@fastlink.com.au) in Australia : 12 June 1998d.
    • Wooley in Australia makes a CBX for truck days.
    • CBX essay 12 June 1998
    • CBX essay again and photos 20 Nov 1999 appended.

15. 550 F, Red/White : Axel Bloess (abloess@gmx.net) in Germany : 14 June 1998
    • His 550 F, with an 4-1 Sebring Muffler and a little windshield.
    • In Germany CBX were sold 6300 units from '82 to '84 with and without fairing.
    • He wrote many tips. See Know How page.
      (He sold his 550 F. Thanks for your update, Axel. (July 2006) ).

16. 550 F, 1982 : Les Brady (labrady@ozemail.com.au) in Australia : 20 Sep 1998

17. 400 F : N (nnn@pop17.odn.ne.jp) in Japan : 20 Sep 1998
    • N lives in Osaka. His 400 F had been stolen three times but he repaired it everytime. it is alive!

18. 400 F, Black/Red : Mitsunori Hagiwara (mitsunori_hagiwara@zendentsu.or.jp) in Japan : 13 Oct 1998
    • Hagiwara in Hokkaido, Japan has been ridden Black/Red 400 F for 10 years.
    • His Photos are.

19. 400 F, Red/White : Fujita (vamos@purple.plala.or.jp) in Japan : 30 Jan. 1998
    
    • Fujita in Ibakragi, Japan had 400 F for 10 years. His Photos are.

20. 400 F, Black/Red : Norihiko Obata (norihiko@mvg.biglobe.ne.jp) in Japan : 11 Oct 1998
    • Obata in Yamanashi, Japan has 400 F. His machine's photo are.

21. 400 F2, 1983 : Suhaimi Hozani (yeehah_man@yahoo.com) in Singapore : 29 Nov 1998
    
    • His 400 F2's letter

22. 400 Custom, 1982 : Guillermo Brajovic A. (gba@mvelasco.enersis.cl) in Chile : 3 Feb 1999
    
    • His 400 Custom's letter

23. 550 F, 1982 : Volker Koenig (koenig_v@efwtn1.et.tu-dresden.de) in Germany : 5 March 1999
    
    • His 550 F's letter

24. 550 F2, Red/White, 1982 : Tommy Jansson (tommy.jansson@tordata.se) in Sweden : 9 Mar. 1999
    
    • His beautiful 550 F2's Photo and letter

25. 400 F2, Red/Yellow, 1984 : Peter Peshew (Peter@bulcom.bg) in Bulgaria : 13 Apr. 1999
    
    • His 400 F2's letter

26. 400 F, Blue/Red/White : BOB in Japan : 19 Apr. 1999
    
    • BOB in Kochi, Japan has 400 F. His machine's photo are.

27. 550 F, Blue/Red/White : Dave Head (headd@agrevo.com) in UK : 3 June 1999
    
    • There are some letters from Dave with photos.

28. 400 F2, Red/White, 1981 : Kishino (kishino@be.mbn.or.jp) Japan : 29 Aug. 1999
    • His 400 F2 photos.

29. 550 F, Red/White, 1982 : Erik Samuelsen (95759638@mobilpost.com) Norway : 15 Sep. 1999
    • His '80s MC garage web page.

30. 400 F, Red/White : Yuuji (PXI13462@nifty.ne.jp) Japan : 15 Sep. 1999
    • Yuuji of Osaka, JAPAN has so beautiful 400 F.

31. 550 F2, Blue/White : Charlie Smith (chazkim@xtra.co.nz) New Zealand : 7 Oct. 1999
    • Charlie in NZ from UK for working has 550 F2. His photo is here.

32. 550 F, 1983 : Janos Fejes (f_janos@hotmail.com) Hungary : 10 Jan. 2000
    • His 550 F's essay is here.
    • His photos are also here.

33. 400 F, Red/White, 1984 : Matsuyama (naotune@zc4.so-net.ne.jp) Japan : 15 Feb. 2000
    • Matsuyama has 400F. His 400 F photos are here.

34. 400 F, Red/White, 1983 : Ebina (ebii01@alles.or.jp) Japan : 6 May. 2000
    • Ebina in Kochi, Japan has 400F. His 400 F photos are here.

35. 400 F, Black/Red: Takahashi, Japan : 6 May. 2000
    • Takahashi has 400 F. His 400 F photos are here.

36. 550 F, Red/White: Don Kennett (DKennett@Seaspan.com) Canada : 24 Jul. 2000
    • Don Kennett has 550 F in Canada with mint condition. His 550 F story and photos are here.

37. 400 F2, Red/White: Olivier Chatel (ochatel@free.fr) France : 31 Jul. 2000
    • Olivier Chatel in France has nice 400 F2. His essay and photos are here. Original French version are also here.

38. 550 F2 : Jaco van Beek (beek@gudjohnsen.com) in Netherlands : 10 Sep. 2000
    
    • Jaco van Beek in Noord-Brabant, Netherlands has fine black machine. His 550 F story and photos are here.

39. 400 F2, Red/Black/White : Sandro Ierovante (ierovante@rai.it) in Italy : 20 Sep. 2000
    
    • Sandro in Italy had 400F recently but now he own a 400 F2
    • His Web page HONDA CBX includes some phots. Tech info is also. Check it out.
    • He bought a 550F2 and finished his restration works. (Jul. 2007)

40. 550 F, Black/Red, 1983: Kin in Japan : 3 Jan. 2001
    • Kin has beautiful customized 550 F. Checkout his photos.

41. 550 F2, 1983: Laurent Hanser (hanser@wanadoo.nl) in Holland : 3 Jan. 2001
    • An essay and photofrom Laurent in Hague of Holland.

42. 550 F, Redd/White/Black, 1986: Niclas Hofberg (nichofberg@hotmail.com) England : 15 Jan. 2001
    • Niclas in England has 550 F. His story is here.

43. 400 F2, Redd/White/Black, 1982: Ms. Watanabe, Japan : 7 Feb. 2001
    • Ms. Watanabe in Aichi (xoxo77@aaacafe.zzn.com) Japan rode two 400 F2s. Story is here.
    • She has also own LOVE "CBX 400F" web. (In Japanese)

44. 550 F2, Blue/White/Red, 1982: Silvano Corsetti (silvaco@interfree.it) Italy : 9 Feb. 2001
    • He has a beautiful 550 F2. Photo is here.

45. 550 F2, Red/White/Black, 1987 : Niki Strandholdt (nikistrandholdt@hotmail.com) Denmark : 5 Mar. 2001
    • He bought a 550 F2 at summer in 2000.

46. 550 F2, Red/White/Black, 1982 : Roos en Jeff (roosenjeff@wxs.nl) Netherland : 9 Mar. 2001
    • He bought a 550 F2 in 1992.

47. 550 F, Red/White/Black : Matjaz Kariz (matjaz.kariz@email.si) Slovenia : 1 Apr. 2001
    • Matjaz bought a 550 F in 1999.
    • Now he succeed to rebuild his moto.

48. 550 F2, Red/White/Black, 1982 : Jonny keyes (jonathankeyes@hotmail.com) New Zealand : 29 Jul. 2001
    • Jonny bought his 550 F2 in 1982. But he is hoping to sell it, unfortunately.

49. 550 F, Red/White/Black : Michel Heusinkveld (michel.heusinkveld@wanadoo.nl) Netherland : 12 Aug. 2001
    • Michel bought 550 F in 2000. Once broken but he fixed it and was back on the road.

50. 550 F, Red/White/Black, 1986 : Ray Leask (ray@leask.co.uk) U.K. : 23 Aug. 2001
    • Ray's 550 F photos. For maintenance reference.

51. 550 F2, Blue/White, 1983 : Hiyoshi, Japan : 23 Oct. 2001
    • Hiyoshi succeed to revive his 550 F2 that had been stored at 13 years ago.

52. 550 F, Blue/Red/White, 1986 : Claus Willemar Kristensen (cwk.uua@fyns-amt.dk), Denmark : 25 Oct. 2001
    • Kristensen just bought a 550 F.

53. 400 F2, Red/Black/White, 1984 : Ferenc van der Hulst (ferenc.van.der.Hulst@AMIS.NL), Netherland : 30 Nov. 2001
    • Ferenc just bought 400 F2.

54. 400 Custom, Red, 1984 : Remon Santoso (remon@myowncat.com), Indonesia : 30 Nov. 2001
    • Remon just bought 400 Custom.

55. 550 F, 1984 : Swen Porschen (swen.porschen@gmx.de) in Germany : 19 February 2002
    
    • Swen got some common trouble of his 550 F. He wrote good report to fix troubles.

56. 400 F, Red, 1983 : Spada Paola (paola2f@libero.it) in Italy : 27 April 2002
    
    • Alberto has brilliant 400 F. Plese see his photos.

57. 550 F2, Red/Black/White, 1983 : Mark Croasdale (Mark@eMeritus.biz ) in UK : 21 May 2002
    
    • Mark has brilliant 550 F2. Plese see his photos.

58. 550 F2, Red/White/Black : Colin Windsor (c.windsor@ntlworld.com), England : 21 June 2002
    
    • Here is a letter from Colin.

59. 550 F2, Red/White/Black : Lego (voyage@tc.catv.ne.jp), Japan : 08 July 2002
    
    • Lego has a beautiful 550F and now it is modifying for the racing.

60. 400 F, Red/White/Black : Hideaki Yamamoto (twopunks@maotv.ne.jp), Japan : 29 January 2004
    
    • Yamamoto keep and run his 400F.
    • I have received the 2nd letter.

61. 550 F, 1983 : Daniel Sterzenbach (danster@mars.ark.com), Canada : 1 September 2002
    
    • Daniel who lives in Vancuver island has a beautifull aztec yellow painted 550F.

62. 400 Custom, brown : Yarimizu (honda.cbx400-custom@docomo.ne.jp), Japan : 11 September 2002
    
    • Yarimizu is living in Hokkaido of Japan. His 400 Custom is now repairing to back to the road.

63. 400F, Red/White/Black : Kitanishi (yesugei@po.incl.ne.jp), Japan : 26 January 2003
    
    • Kitanishi in Ishikawa, Japan keep running his beautiful 400F 20 years.

64. 550F, Blue/Red/White : Harry Teicher (harry_teicher@yahoo.com), Japan : 21 February 2003
    
    • Harry in Denmark bought 550F by 1375 US$ but he needs to pay 2100 US$ for registration. Of course 260 US$ every year for insurance!
    • Check his 550F page.

65. 400F, Red/White/Black, 1982 : M.H, Japan : 15 April 2003
    
    • M.H in Tokyo keep running his 400F for 20 years.

66. 400F2, Red/White/Black : Nakae, Japan : 11 May 2003
    
    • Nakae in Shiga prefecture has 400F2.

67. 400F, Red/White/Black : Fujimoto, Japan : 11 May 2003
    
    • Fujimoto who lives in Shiga has 400F.

68. 550F2, Red/White/Black, 1985 : Frank, Denmark : 30 May 2003
    
    • Frank enjoys his 550F with his wife.

69. 400F2, Red/White/Black : Peter Huiskes (yamahaxjs@hotmail.com), Netherland : 14 June 2003
    
    • Peter bought 400F2 in 2002.
    • There is a website of Peter, My Little Honda.

70. 550F, Blue/White/Red, 1982 : Thomas Bour (HondaCB500F@aol.com), Germany : 5 July 2003
    
    • Thomas lives in Germany but near by France bought a 550F in 1998.

71. 550F, Blue/White/Red : Stan Pavlov (winchesternoguns@aol.com), Canada : 28 Oct 2003
    
    • Stan is racing by his 550F in Canada.
    • 2004 Race report is on wire now.

72. 400F, White/Red/Brown, 1985 : Ned Church (nedchurch@owairoa.school.nz), New Zealand : 26 Apr 2004
    
    • Ned is restoring his 400F, in New Zealand.

73. 550F, Blue/Red/White, 1983 : Benoit Bertrand (carlmars@sympatico.ca), Canada : 24 Feb 2004
    
    • Benoit bought 2 CBXs, in 1989 and 1998. There is his long time 550F story, in Canada.

74. 400F : Luca, Italy : 22 Mar 2004
    
    • Luca modified his 400F to 576cc with 98HP machine. See photos, in Italy.

75. 550F, White/Blue, 1986 : MORIYASU (fantic@orange.ocn.ne.jp) in Japan : 22 May 2004
    
    • MORIYASU who lives in Okayama of Japan is restoreing his 550F2. Here is a report and photos.

76. 550F, Red/White/Black : Noriyuki (non777888@hotmail.com) in Japan : 13 Jun 2004
    
    • Noriyuki who lives in Tokyo enjoyed a tour to Touhoku (the north area of Japan main island) with his 550F. Please don't miss his 8 days and 1800Km running report, "Solo tour of hot spas, From North Kanto to Touhoku".

77. 400F, Red, 1982 : Guido Vittorio (itrael@tiscali.it) in Italy : 17 Aug 2004
    
    • Guido is 10 years CBX owner. See photos of his fine solid red color machine, in Italy.

78. 400F, Red, 1982 : Asakawa in Japan : 22 Sep 2004
    
    • Asakawa keep his 400F in 22 years. See photos of his solid red 400F, in Japan.

79. 400F, Red, 1982 : Masanori in Japan : 29 Oct 2004
    
    • Masanori got a 400F at 2003, in Japan.

80. 400F, Red/White/Black : Mr. F-3 in Japan : 14 Nov 2004
    
    • Mr. F-3 has a mint RS400R customized 400F.

81. 550F, Red : Adam in Australia : 6 Mar 2005
    
    • Adam lives in Australia bought red 550F at last week.

82. 400F, White/Blue: Hata in Japan: 20 Mar 2005
    
    • Hata in Japan bought 400F which has 550 tank and covers, in last summer.

83. 400 Custom, Blue, 1982: Daniel Dirscherl in Canada : 16 Jan. 2005
    • Dan has Blue 400 Custom. His photos are here.

84. 400F2, Red/White/Black: Satou in Japan : 13 Feb. 2005
    • Satou has beautiful 400F2. His photos are here.

85. 400F, Red: Ushijima in Japan : 2 May. 2005
    • Ushijima is restoring his 400F. His photos are here.

86. 400F, Red/White/Black, 1982: Groseb in France : 1 Aug. 2005
    • Groseb got a mint 400F inexpensive. His photos are here.

87. 400F, Red/White/Black: Saito in Japan : 3 Sep. 2005
    • Saitoh is riding his 400F long time. His photos are here.

88. 550F, Red/White/Black, 1983: Brent in Canada : 6 Sep. 2005
    • Brent has 550F long running. His photos are here.

89. 400F, Yellow, 1985: Carsten Andersen in Denmark : 5 Dec. 2005
    • Carsten has yellow 400F. His photos are here.

90. 550F, Silver/White/Black, 1984: Bela in Serbia and Montenegro : 9 Mar. 2006
    • Bela has silver 550F. Her photos are here.

91. 400 Custom, Blue, 1984: Michael Rowntree in New Zealand : 21 Mar. 2006
    • Michael is restoring 400 Custom. His photos are here.

92. 400F2, Red/White/Black: Peter in Netherland : 22 Apr. 2006
    • Peter has good condition 400F2. His photos are here.

93. 550F, Red/White/Black: Federico Palinuro in Italy : 28 Aug. 2006
    • Federico had owned 550F. His photos are here.

94. 550F, Red/White/Black: Daniel Macfarlane in Canada : 25 Aug. 2006
    • Daniel has mint 550F. His photos are here.

95. 550F, Red/White/Black, 1987: Torben Hvass (torbensh@ofir.dk) in Denmark : 16 Jul. 2007
    • Torben recently bought a 550F. His photos are here.

96. 400F, Blue/Red/While, 1982 : Acid53 (acid53@hotemail.com) in Japan : 30 Jul. 2008
    • Acid53 who lives in Osaka, Japan is restoring his 400F. See his photos here.

97. 550F, Red : Yogi (jogi997@o2.pl) in Poland : 28 Apr. 2009
    • Yogi is living in Porland and he is restoring his 550F. See his adventure story here.

98. (Please let me know if you have some information of CBX.)

Links

• HONDA Collection Hall, Collection Search page includes CBX info. (very few info)
• The Honda Owners Club forum, How do I?
• CBX 550F forum by Billy Shannon
• CBX 550 Club Deutschland enjoys their own CBXs in Germany.
• The reviving motorbike and others. by Taka, in Jpaan.

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