Road Bomber: Bad Seeds' brutal Honda CBX

Sportbike development has progressed at a brisk rate over the last few years. So it's easy to forget how quick some of the bigger-engined machines were 35 years ago. Take the late 70s Honda CBX: It has a meaty inline six measuring 1047cc and producing a whopping 105bhp. That’s still more than you get from the latest Honda CBR600RR, and enough for an exhilarating ride. Despite the promise of slick Honda engineering and a hefty wallop of power, this particular CBX sat unloved on the showroom floor of a Parisian dealer for two years. It didn’t turn a single head,...