1983 Honda CX650T - Turbo Motorcycle: Regular Car Reviews

Honda put a turbo on a V-Twin motorcycle and the CX650T: the most daring motorcycle in the modern world.
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[@FortNine]

Well now I feel silly for taking 14 minutes to explain what you summarized in 8 seconds: 1:36 - 1:44. ~RF9

[@aaronclair4489]

You write the book, RCR writes the blurb on the back.

[@Evolution_Kills]

To be fair, if I had to explain those tariffs to a layman, I'd show them yours. RCR is an acquired tastes and not for the uninitiated.

[@UnsightedADV]

Underrated comment

[@TheRazePlayz]

Ryan watching RCR has made my day.

[@slippymitc]

My two favorite motorcycle reviewers in one place?!

[@seagullsays5831]

Holy shit Mr Regular I can practically FEEL the Harley boomers' blood pressures' collectively skyrocketing lmfao.

[@robotbjorn4952]

Excellent chance that most of their customer base is already on statins.

[@badlydrawncars6460]

I'm a Harley fan and tbh I'm just angry that they didn't follow suit. A turbo Ironhead Sportster would've been so much fun.

[@sejembalm]

Yeah? Well, screw Harley. Their clunky obsolete breakdown bikes can't compete with what they sneeringly dismiss as rice-rockets, so they get cretinous protectionist politicians like Ronald Reagan to issue a motorcycle tariff or else the iron hand of the market might force Harley-Davidson into bankruptcy.

[@badlydrawncars6460]

@@sejembalm That was Harley in the '80s. They've become a lot better in the past 20 years.

[@sejembalm]

@@badlydrawncars6460 Well I am referring to Harley in the '80s. Growing up in the '70s, I remember how Harley-Davidsons were such utter uncomfortable junk. The motors were rigidly bolted to the frames (instead of to rubber motor mounts), making the bike vibrate herself to bits, and these bikes broke down a LOT. Friends who tried Japanese bikes in the late 1970s & early '80s discovered how reliable and easy to maintain they were compared to H-Ds. The Honda CB 750, Yamaha XS 650, Kawasaki KZ 900, Yamaha DT 250 enduro, etc. really gave Harley a run for their money and Harley cried to Mommy Reagan to make them stop. So screw Harley even though they did improve their bike designs in the 1980s such as the innovative 1340 cc V2 Evolution engine, the Softail hidden rear suspension system, switched from rigid-mounted engines to rubber-mounted, etc.

[@L00PdeL00P]

There aren’t enough motorcycle reviews on the internet that are as in-depth or humorous as this dude makes.

[@Strike86]

FortNine?

[@fred_e]

This is why we watch

[@fred_e]

@@Strike86 I love fortnine vids, but the wow factor (for me, at least) comes from the store and skill of the filming and script writing. RCR offers more humorous analogies.

[@RegularCars]

Thank!

[@Corkoth55]

Its true! it's so annoying.. especially when looking at new bikes that I'd possibly be buying. just some dude with a gopro strapped to his head like "yeah it rides comfortable" *wind noise* "wow pretty good brakes"

[@Grumpini]

"I hope you can hear the turbo in this clip" -proceeds to talk over the entire clip

[@noahdement9271]

Couldn’t hear it at all lmao

[@moonill]

He did say over the wind and surely that was a lot of hot air.

[@bethevenden4607]

he,s american What do you expect?

[@terminhaider9695]

He did at least describe the sound himself with his own "noises" so I'm okay with it

[@DrClaw77]

I saw this and was like "NOT A CAR" until the part where Regular talked about how much of a coward Harley Davidson was for running to the feds because Honda was kicking their butts. Just like when the 25 year rule and the chicken tax were imposed, American motoring industries run to the government to get a "safe space" made. Good on Honda for fighting back.

[@techpassion4126]

This reminds me of how the US automotive companies were losing to cheaper, more fuel efficient Japanese cars after the 70s, so the US said "Alright, y'all Japanese companies can only sell 1.68 million cars a year, no more than that" So Toyota was like "Fine, we'll sell less cars, but we'll make it a luxury car with higher profit margins, and it'll compete with all the other luxo barges. It'll be more expensive than a usual Toyota, but it'll still be cheaper than the competition and at the same time still be luxurious and more reliable" And so in 1989 Toyota made the Lexus LS and the rest is history

[@12ealDealOfficial]

The Fed needs a mighty kick in the ass to make fun and affordable cars, trucks, and motorcycles legal again in the United States. Honda is more American than Ford at this point. And the Fed needs another kick to be reminded to leave body armor and guns alone. And yet another to get its hand out of the USPS cookie jar, otherwise that jar is going to bust.

[@TheJacobshapiro]

TechPassion and then GM and Ford got mad because they were taking Cadillac and Lincoln customers away because GM and Ford couldn’t make a good luxury car to save their life at that point.

[@kz1000ps]

@ OK boomer

[@taco_lad2849]

@Charles Szasz True. Harley is like Chrysler, they had a second chance in the 80s, did well for a while, then blew it all.

[@dakotalafrance3618]

"You ever drink an espresso while getting high at an Ikea?" Sounds like a regular Tuesday night.

[@tyrantstomper]

You see, the way to do it is to get lost in ikea on purpose, then hit a dab pen or whatever and try to find the exit.

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

@@tyrantstomper The real sport is doing it in the middle, where they sell the carpets, where they have all the shortcuts. See if you can make it out by closing time.

[@2kcars507]

I mainly come here to have my deviant behaviour and desires validated and normalised. Dont ever change.

[@enriquedavid1705]

420 likes. I can't like that.

[@WRXXXual]

"I will hop on one foot. It will be no factor." Gold. Pure gold.

[@vcv6560]

A few years later the Regan administration did it again with restrictions on dynamic memory from Japan. The result there was shortages and price surges. It was madness trying to upgrade your PC for almost two years.

[@BeaudoinMotorsports]

one foot, hands tied behind his back and a Gunshot wound. STILL FASTER THAN YOU *H A R L E Y*

[@PrydeWater901]

Blindfolded.

[@AlienLivesMatter]

With a parachute

[@BeaudoinMotorsports]

Uphill, in the snow, with a Boner!

[@zacharychavez3482]

..and bare foot.

[@PrydeWater901]

On a drunk night. 🥴

[@kevinbarry71]

This is Harley today: "all my customers are dead"

[@badusername9903]

they still have some but they physically can't ride a bike anymore

[@spamviking]

This is any bike store today: "No we won't take your Dyna Glide as a part trade we've already got 6 we can't shift."

[@alidaraie]

LMAO

[@captainzoll3303]

"and the rest of my customers are DAAAAAD!"

[@JuddKramer]

That's why one of their best selling models is a giant mobility scooter.

[@pedroseba8753]

Honda Cx650 Turbo, the oficial bike of "NO LOWBALLERS I KNOW WHAT I HAVE" and actually knowing what you have

[@Daschickenify]

For real, I want one. Hearing that it was number 2 collectible makes that hard though.

[@TheLiamis]

Honda: " we ran out of crazy" Guy at the back of the room: "we could put a turbo on a bike" Honda : "yes"

[@theinquisitor3930]

The story of Harley crying to Regan is beyond spot on. Slow claps.

[@AaronSmith-kr5yf]

Love the freaking TURBO stickers everywhere. Always felt like that was some sort of inside joke with the Japanese back in the 80's. Looked at a 2wd 1987 Toyota SR5 TURBO pickup yesterday, it had a red TURBO sticker on the tailgate(on a grey truck), TURBO on the b-pillar, TURBO on the bucket seatbacks, TURBO on the gauge cluster, TURBO on the valve cover.

[@akabiscuitwaffle]

I think that had to do with displacement. Since normally you'd slap FOUR LITER V8 or whatever on a car as a badge, with that displacement number as the dick measuring contest for how manly the car is, and most turbo engines use smaller displacements. IE they needed to make sure you understood that the engine size was irrelevant, because it has a turbo in it. Elsewise, most people would just see "2 liter" and think "no power girl engine". So you bury that displacement number deep in the owners manual, and slap TURBO everywhere to reinforce that it can't be compared to a regular engine.

[@TassieLorenzo]

All turbo vehicles in the 80's made a big deal about it! Not just Japanese ones.

[@sv_cheats1970]

@@TassieLorenzo well it was a big thing since it really kicked off in the 80s being perfected in the 90s. From the economic turbo diesel 4 bangers to the performance oriented Turbo Fords and Japanese brands, come to think of it the Germans didn't boast much about having a turbo.

[@Benzinilinguine]

I knew there was a reason to stay up until dawn.

[@out_to_pasture_garage]

Yea

[@bansheemania1692]

I gave up on counting day's..is it Friday, might as well have a drink🥃🥃 Morning 🖐️

[@larrylentini5688]

Other than quarantine depression

[@nomadben]

@@larrylentini5688 I know how you feel brother.

[@legodude19999]

Me too man, me too

[@danica9882]

*chanting* : motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLE For real tho I enjoy these motorcycle reviews

[@nitehawk86]

*not a car*

[@melvinphilip4842]

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[@kitten-inside]

I think we need an album of Mr Regular making engine and turbo noises.

[@davidhater6035]

Tomos

[@Alex-di8ti]

On 8 track....

[@robotbjorn4952]

Absolutely. His 'reverse gear' sound on the Goldwing review is AMAZING!

[@amtic9696]

And fake crying sounds

[@Destroyah5000]

That turbo flutter noise he mimicked sounded like the gobble of a turkey.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Honda: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM, HARLEY?!

[@echos5823]

Obviously it only applies to american corporation making profit off foreigners.

[@verdunian595]

Wave the flag of freedom until you have competent competitors, then you ram that same flag up their ass until you have enough of an unfair advantage to win

[@PHRCpvh]

Harley: The market is closed!

[@TwoDollarGararge]

Because companies only wanted to be a free market until they're big after that they don't want that

[@olliefoxx7165]

@Jeff Dittburner Honda did the same thing to American bikes. Same with our cars. Im all for competition in BOTH countries.

[@BrilliantBenGaming]

Mr. Regular explaining Honda's big PP energy from the 1980's

[@cjaysez]

"I will hop on one foot, it will be. No factor." Dog Gamn Genius.

[@TheRazePlayz]

Hondas response to anyone trying to claim the top spot in any category "lol"

[@chrisreynolds6391]

Imagine if they made a full-sized pick-up and it succeeded. That would be crazy.

[@theshawnofficial6180]

@@chrisreynolds6391 they wouldn't though, because in AMERICA you need an AMERICAN truck.

[@captainzoll3303]

reminds me of that time in the 70's when honda asked GM if they wanted to use honda's CVCC pre-ignition chamber emissions tech, to which GM's CEO rudely dismissed them. so Soichiro Honda, the mad lad, gets his engineers to buy a new chevy impala, ship it back to japan, redesign its heads to contain a CVCC system, then ship it back to california, then get the EPA to test it, and of course, it gets better fuel economy and preformance, just to rub it in GM's face.

[@killaco23]

Only Vanilla coming out of Honda today. Yawn... 🤦‍♂️

[@pleepler]

@@theshawnofficial6180 And yet, the Toyota Tundra sells pretty well! Although, yes, it's built in America

[@MrChubbygamer]

Going to take my motorcycle road test today boys! Wish me luck! Edit: Passed!

[@OaksCU1]

Good luck!

[@GIGABACHI]

😎👍🏻🤞

[@cameronhall6733]

Good luck pal🤞🏍

[@alidaraie]

Good luck mate! Do a wheelie when you ace the test

[@bigmike8847]

Just remember to pop the clutch and SEND IT

[@JeffinTD]

The CX engines were imho under appreciated. Electric motor smooth with responsive parking lot off idle manners, and acceptable passing power when reved above 5-6k. Can tune and service one including valve adjust during lunch break, and with moderate care they could roll the odometer over.

[@larrylentini5688]

You should review a turbo Busa to get the full "death on two wheels" experience.

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

Supercharged V-Max.

[@captainzoll3303]

or that busa dirt bike.

[@robotbjorn4952]

Turbo busas make great beginner bikes.

[@VeritasEtAequitas]

@@robotbjorn4952 This is a yam-free zone, squidlet.

[@robotbjorn4952]

@@VeritasEtAequitas You leave Clammy Pubes out of this!

[@edwardmeredith31]

My first bike was a cx500. Still have it 12 years later. Other bikes have come and gone but I can't get rid of it. I love that bike

[@tt-nm4yj]

More bikes please, since cars are too expensive nowadays.

[@MC-Racing]

And quite a bit more boring :-)

[@DrewLSsix]

Cars are cheaper than they ever have been.

[@_Clitoris]

@@DrewLSsix insurance, automatic, electrical gremlins. Cars suck

[@shawnpepin7890]

Here in Canada due to public health care, motorcycle insurance is just as expensive as a small car. Heck I'm paying less for my Pontiac vibe per month, then I was for my maxim 650, and I can drive all year round with my family. I really wish it made more sense, but here in Canada a 50cc scooter in the summer is the best bike. 12 bucks a month in insurance and I can still get open air in the summer and it won't double my insurance prices

[@clickreportifyouareacrybab5942]

@@DrewLSsix No, they are not actually. Nothing is.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

I like that this was pretty much a _"screw your forced rules, i got superior engineering"_ kinda bike.

[@nullmage]

I got into cars from anime, I bought my first motorcycle 2 years ago after watching this channel. Thank you Mr.Regular.

[@TheAutisticOwl]

What motorcycle did you get and why?

[@jeremymenning56]

This bike reminds me of the rip cord Evel Knievel toys we had in the 80's. Really fun when you got it right. Mostly destructive because the potential power to mass ratio was really really fun... and you just had to see how fast you could pull the cord.

[@TheRealWTFGarage]

When I was in college in the mid-90's, our auto shop class had a pristine low mile CX650 Turbo in it. I think it was donated to the school from Honda to learn on, but it was pretty much off limits to everyone. I just remember thinking how scary it must have been to ride with the boost lag that most turbo engines of the day suffered from.

[@ODean-qi5xt]

I love it when Mr. Regular gets so excited he can't help but make an offer. There's nothing quite like that *impulse buy satisfaction boner*

[@SpikerDragon95]

Y E S, it makes you do mistakes, DELICIOUS, expensive mistakes...

[@JTA1961]

Tru dat

[@mikaoshatz8082]

Followed by the BUYER REMORSE BLUE BALLS

[@scifist8665]

0:35 correction: CBX for having the BEST SOUNDING motorcycle engine ever.

[@captainzoll3303]

or does that go to the R1m? actually, no, you're right.

[@scifist8665]

@@captainzoll3303 I thought of this actually, also a few ducatis. but I gave the CBX the edge of being 40 years old 😕

[@StratfordWingRider]

That CBX1000 6 cylinder is pretty incredible

[@chrisbiker919]

The CBX sounds so good when they have the 6 into 6 pipes on them

[@roberts1677]

RC166 sounded better, but as far as road bike, yeah.

[@Pauli-COJ]

Mr. Regular, The Roman. You are my silver lining of bleak Mondays lunches (Western Europe time)! Keep up the good work 👍

[@variousengineering1965]

A collective moment of honda simply saying "shut up" to Harley. Awesome.

[@bardamari1852]

Bring back the "ARGHHHH THIS ISN'T A QARRRR". Literally my favorite part of the bike reviews.

[@flymachine014]

I'm not a bike guy but this was one of the most hilarious reviews in the channel, died at the Harley Davidson part

[@ajsmotolife5641]

Nice, I had a CX500 as one of my 1st bikes. They were dirt cheap then around 2010. $600, ran and drove fine, pretty cool bike.

[@VeritasEtAequitas]

@KILLJOY yeah, hard to find one cheap now. They've all been chopped in the last 2 years.

[@mescko]

I've always liked the Silverwing. Just try to find one...

[@rslover65]

Rode one through most of college. It looked like hell, but ran great.

[@owenb7911]

Harley being a brat and telling mommy Reagan sure sounds like regulation..."tEh fReEmArKet"

[@sebschimeck1273]

"Conservatives are spineless hypocrites Take 15! _action!_

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Meanwhile now in 2020 USA FED has surpassed 40% of total market on its books after a decade of quantitative easing. Blind faith in free market reasoning for the working class, counterbalanced with preferential socialism for the finance pirates and tax evaders. The US empire was at its best before Vietnam and endless global conflict.

[@ShadowsOfGames]

@@AlienLivesMatter based

[@aaronleverton4221]

@@AlienLivesMatter Privatise the profits, socialise the losses, it's the Republican way.

[@sarahdell4042]

These are a riot! I’ve ridden one with modern forks, brakes, and larger wheels. Prices keep going up, and finding a good one is tough!

[@tilio9380]

Lolol I laughed so hard at the bit when Harley ran to Regan like a baby. 😂

[@killaco23]

Wow! Looking at that bike I would never know it has a Turbo. 😂

[@VeritasEtAequitas]

Insurance company: is the frame modified or forced induction used? N.... No..?

[@danielspinali920]

My dad's buddy from high school has had one of these since new. He just finished restoring it last week!

[@sam2920]

not a car Thank you guys so much for your reviews, they're great and on a lot of these bikes it's hard to find video reviews, especially older ones! Keep doing what you do!

[@shaalis]

This has to be one of my top 5 episodes to watch. there's so much joy in this review!

[@serginietor]

I didnt understand a single thing the owner said

[@captainzoll3303]

are kiwi accents really that bad?

[@serginietor]

@Your Greatest Ally I just got the "unreal" bit lmao

[@Corkoth55]

I didn't until I realized it was aus/nz accent then it clicked lol. I thought he was speaking German or something 😂 😂 😂

[@onyx8231]

When you need English subtitles to understand someone from an English country who is speaking English. Must be Australian.

[@robotbjorn4952]

@@onyx8231 Don't forget about the Scots.

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

"Momma Reagan was folding clothes" I have officially lost my shit. I lived through this terrible and foul decade..

[@fixman88]

You plainly weren’t around during the 70s.

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

@@fixman88 well, ok, Nixon and Vietnam, but at least motorized vehicles of the 2 and 4 wheel variety had not yet completely de-evolved into useless piles of shit.

[@markmiller3279]

It was horrible and embarrassing. Reagan was this old man who just couldn't get complex ideas about science or history, preferring platitudes and bromides. His Cabinet was a bunch of outright crooks. Bush the elder wasn't a good President, but it was a great relief when he took over, because at least he wasn't stupid.

[@markmiller3279]

@@kristofftaylovoski60 Uh, 70s cars were perfectly awful, too. In a decade they went from massive, inefficient personal luxury barges to wheezy, downsized, underdeveloped disasters. At least by the end of the 80s cars were getting a bit more interesting again.

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

@@markmiller3279 My 1981 Chevette was probably a prime example

[@MaD707MaN]

4:55, "I hope you can hear it over the noise of the wind"... And also me just continuing to talk over it completely.

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

The contemporary V45 Sabre was pretty damn fast too. I routinely cruised 115 mph going cross country. 115 calculated off the tach because of the mandatory 85 mph max speedometer regulation.

[@zookr]

That bike was unstoppable - literally

[@coosey3764]

"Ever drink espresso while getting high at IKEA?" No but I will now.

[@JVAlexis]

Well no, because I would get kicked out from the Shop if I do that, and spend a night at the police post with carrier-shattering charges on top of that.

[@coosey3764]

@@JVAlexis Look here's how to avoid ALLLL of that shit man. You can smoke weed in your car, use a joint itll smell better. But don't forget to out a crutch in that shit unless you like weed in the mouth. At this point I'm assuming you already have the Espresso, because I sure will. Now if you have a dab pen, you can chooch on that fucker like a choo choo train, and drink some of that espresso to make your throat feel better. If you cough, you're fucked. Rona. Nah I'm jk. Anyways make your way to the bathroom. Rip on that dab pen and butt chug the rest of the espresso. I made that last bit up but c'mon man. You ever vape in the bathroom at school? Same idea, bigger application.

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

Remember when "Honda Motorcycle" wasn't a synonym for "mediocre"? Well, that's when.

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

@Lassi Kinnunen Maybe "mediocre" ain't the right word, maybe it should've been "boring". Hondas are fine motorcycles, reliable and all that, but they just don't make anything rebellious anymore, like this one, or, say, Magna V45 or VTR 1000.

[@Arthurzeiro]

I would not call modern hondas mediocre just too formulaic, the fact Honda still hasn't released a lighter 270 degree mid displacement twin to encroach on the FZ/MT-07 territory and instead insisting on the heavy and boring CB650 is a good example.

[@sergeantspeed5941]

I had a sabre 700s and man for such a heavy bike, that thing screamed and was reliable as all hell. 1984 model, I bought with 36,000 on the odometer. Never had to fix anything. My 97 Softail with only 6000 miles has already been in the shop for 3 different batteries, 3 different tail lights that won't stop breaking, and a stupid primary case plug that won't stop leaking. 🙄 I love the look and power of my Harley but I'm not satisfied with the amount of work this damn bike needs for basically being brand new.

[@grahamsmith2022]

I'd say more 'clinical' and 'sanitised',good but somehow dull,they've had the issue on and off for decades.

[@kennetic9196]

Honda and Suzuki to a lesser degree are definitely the boring bikes from Japan right now.

[@compu85]

This story puts me in mind of when Honda developed CVVC heads for the Caprice after GM said Honda only made toy engines.

[@mescko]

Sorry, that's CVCC. Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion. Mitsubishi called their version L-jet. Or was it T-jet?

[@ilpatongi]

@@mescko T-Jet is Fiat lol

[@mescko]

@@ilpatongi Fine, I wasn't sure which it was, I think I managed to communicate that. Sheesh.

[@ilpatongi]

@@mescko Why are you mad? I wasn't trying to be a jerk.

[@mescko]

@@ilpatongi Not mad, just a little miffed.

[@DirceuCorsetti]

I think this is the only place non riders watch motorcycle reviews. Hard to pass a RCR vid when it pops on your feed. Imagine how many people you have converted to riding a motorcycle. And I'm glad you did. Riding a motorcycle makes you have another appreciation for being on the road and can make you a better more empathetic driver towards riders.

[@fullmetalf4i]

I love the energy you bring to the motorcycle review.

[@ruvindap66]

Who would have thought that creating adversity amongst your competition would make them innovate and work even harder and create even greater products & technology. Oh right. Americans.

[@mrdumbfellow927]

You realize Tariffs are almost a universal thing globally right? All it takes is an industry that government finds vital or employs too many people to fail...... also sometimes they just do favors :(

[@ruvindap66]

@@mrdumbfellow927 tarrifs are taxes inevitably born by the consumer and a bad idea.

[@ryadhasanahmed5443]

@@mrdumbfellow927 if you put tarrifs on foreign imports you've admitted you can't innovate and compete with them for shit🤷‍♂️

[@echodelta2172]

You see, America BECAME great due to innovation and invention. It fell due to complacency and entitlement. We were the foremost entrepreneurs and manufacturers until it was beaten and brainwashed out of us.

[@MrAdrianoandrade]

There’s no better compliment than hearing someone ask you to “let them know” if you ever think of selling your ride.

[@rocket3me695]

Love the motorcycle reviews! Hope to see more in the future! Awesome video as always!

[@MikeKemp]

This is quite possibly my favorite of all the reviews you've done. Now, off to search for turbo motorcycles . . .

[@karlc4277]

That's got to be one of the best looking bike I've seen in my opinion. Very nice

[@johnornelas]

WOAH THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOTORCYCLE IN THE WORLD AND I'M SO GLAD THIS VIDEO EXISTS

[@jordonbiondo2403]

Yes!!!!! I've been waiting for a CX turbo video. I think this is one of the best motorcycle videos yet, hilarious.

[@CameronStPeter]

My local bike shop has one of these as a display piece. These are endlessly neat!

[@user-qo6hz4nb2e]

Love the Jocko Willinks "No Factor" reference

[@robotbjorn4952]

Love the bike reviews. Any chance you'll do one on Honda's V4's?

[@IRLtrolls]

That turbo impression at 5:13 was absolutely impeccable. I didn't even laugh. Just thought "Yep that's what a small motorcycle turbo sounds like"

[@turboslag]

Back in the mid 90's I had the opportunity to buy a CX650 Turbo, BRAND NEW!!! It was for sale in the classifieds of Motor Cycle News, a weekly motorcycle tabloid that I read religiously every week here in the UK. Described as new in the crate, owned since new! I almost broke my arm reaching for the phone to call about it. Transpired that the guy bought one and liked it so much he bought another brand new one, the one now for sale, so that he had another to use when the first one was worn out! Plans change though and he still had the first one and was riding it, with 140,0000 miles on it! Now being much older he decided he needed the money more than a new, unused 80's wonder bike, hence the sale. He wanted £5000 for it, which was alot of money even for that back then. I said ok, it's sold, I'll take it. I sent a cheque for a holding deposit and said I'd collect it that Saturday, and I said don't sell it to anyone else, I will 100% be buying it. 2 days later he called to tell me another buyer woudln't take no for an answer and offered him £6000, so he'd sold it to him and was returning my cheque!! I went ballistic and asked why he hadn't called me to ask if I'd match the higher offer, which I would have done. He said he thought I'd be angry that he was going back on our deal, I said I would have been but not as angry as I was then to lose the bike to someone else!! Fuck I had the rage about that for months!!! Imagine how much that would be worth now!! I'm still pissed about it now!

[@j_mars_cars]

I just got a cx500 cafe racer. And this was a well times video to encourage me to fix my 80's crap bike 😂

[@yammienoob]

Top 2 collectable? *Honda RC30 and RC40 entered the chat*

[@princechingo]

Been watching you since high school. Like 2013 and these vids still crack me up.

[@DustySquitoNM]

Man, I love the history lessons I get from your videos. You always find the weirdest vehicles out there from the 80s and 90s, and then I get to learn how they happened.

[@rem362]

Insert RCR voice **OUUHHH ANOTHER MOTORCLEE HRRRR**

[@phant0]

*OOOOOUH THE VOICE IS BACKUUUUUUUH*

[@rrrandommman]

@@phant0 *JALOPNIK WILL NOTA RUN DISA ONEUUUUUH*

[@rem362]

@@kbbl102.5 apparently you're around 25 years old and you have nothing better to do than to tell people to shut up because you were judging them by their profile pic? Congrats

[@AshleyFoxo]

"ever drink espresso while getting high at an Ikea" That's my post lock down weekend sorted.

[@nomadben]

I enjoy all your reviews, but I enjoyed this one even more than usual. So good!

[@dereklewis6889]

Thanks, dude. I've been looking to buy one of these since 1990 and your vid will only make the few remaining bikes go up even more in value...

[@marshal7376]

I turbo'd my Buell m2, its the best, because TURBO!

[@chrisvinicombe9947]

Your rip on HD was a laugh thanks 👍

[@boxcarbro3043]

I am a hardcore harley "enthusiast". But my step father bought one of these in the 80s, it now rests in my grandparents barn. Ive been staring at this bike my whole life. It doesnt run, but I have been trying to get him to sell it to me for years. We're almost there I think. Great video.

[@twpsyn]

Always love it when RCR does bikes. The Goldwing video demonstrates a perfect understanding of what the bike is all about

[@maxm7584]

"and the hayabusa for being the fastest" [laughs in Kawasaki]

[@uniden03229]

Hell yeah!! I just picked up a CX500. It's no 650 turbo but stoked to see you visiting the family!

[@SerialExperimentsTim]

My Dad had a CX500 Shadow when I was a kid and boy you never forget the sound of those old Honda bike motors.

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

I've been waiting on a review of a CX Turbo forever, bless your tiny blackened hearts. ❤️

[@EvilSSP]

Man this bike couldn't be any more deliciously '80s and I couldn't love it more.

[@pezz_pezzer]

Well first off this is hilarious because of course during your last bike review I mentioned this exact model as being my first scary ride in a motorcycle. Good friend of mine I met right out of high school had one, his first bike was a Honda Rebel which should just come out, this was his fun bike. So keep in mind I did not have a license and I'd only been on a motorcycle a few times as a driver/rider but as a passenger it was still terrifying. The thing is it's as you mentioned it doesn't rev very high but when that 19 lbs finally kicks in and that turbo starts squealing the acceleration is just nutty. So for example he would probably be in like 2nd gear pulling onto the freeway and he'll just let it rev out but as soon as that needle hit about 5 grand it just buried. Very similar experience I had on a modified b13 rotary installed in an RX3 that was heavily modified. I'd never been in an engine that revved that fast before. So thank you again for this reliving a found teenage memory for me.The friend in question tragically was murdered a year or so after the story took place. Of course Nick's awesome parody musical stylings. You guys always make my day.

[@mateov1423]

Great description of how the turbo works!

[@carlislecycleandscooter6929]

I have a 500 that my son wanted to get you to drive...wanna drive a CBX and finish the circle? :). Love what you do man. The 700 tarriff explanation was glorious.

[@glennmcc64]

Another great bike review, and an excellent explanation of the tariffs.

[@benvaun1330]

I have wanted one of these since my next door neighbor had one when I was 8. He bought the first one available at the dealership in my area.

[@pocok5000]

5 minutes in I can already tell this is one of your best work

[@chrisbenson3322]

The tech, the humor, the wonderfulness!! Immediate subscriber. Bless you, you beautiful weirdo.

[@markd7811]

Your so right this the best I've ever seen please review more bikes , you Rock!!!!

[@markleuck]

I remember those when they were introduced, one of the first motorcycles with fuel injection. Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki also introduced turbos about the same year. Critics at the time considered the CX500T and CX650T to be the most refined, Suzuki the most sport, Kawasaki for brutal acceleration and the Yamaha Seca Turbo wasn't much better than a standard Seca However they were too complex, too expensive and none of them were successful

[@stirfryjedi]

This is such a welcome and SATISFYING video having just driven my PRIUS past hundreds of VENDING MACHINE BIKE BROS here in Gettysburg Pennsylvania and now feeling like I know something more than them...

[@chrisrader8547]

Built a plastic model of this bike back in the 80’s. It was always my dream bike. Then, I bought a friend’s 1988 CBR-600F Hurricane and loved that thing for years and years.

[@darius2640]

0:25 i love how you embraced regular NOT A CAR reviews

[@hooligan8595]

Love these stories of motorbike rivalry with your telltale spins, enjoyed it!

[@MrTurboTurkey]

CX will never die, great video man!

[@teddieteddie7535]

I thoroughly enjoyed your way of giving us a history lesson. Thank you very much.

[@amateur3verything]

The passion in Mr. Regular's voice. He needs to do more bike reviews

[@pwatom22]

Sophisticated.. ia probably why most of us didn't give it a second glance at the time...a fantastic bike

[@UN4SS1GN3D]

This is one of the best rcr reviews I’ve seen in a while, you’re the best Pennsylvania youtuber right next to U-Tree

[@takeister]

Best review I've seen in decades!