1983 Honda CX650T - Turbo Motorcycle: Regular Car Reviews

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  • @FortNine
    @FortNine 3 года назад +1907

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

    • @aaronclair4489
      @aaronclair4489 3 года назад +271

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

    • @Evolution_Kills
      @Evolution_Kills 3 года назад +146

      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
      @UnsightedADV 3 года назад +24

      Underrated comment

    • @TheRazePlayz
      @TheRazePlayz 3 года назад +141

      Ryan watching RCR has made my day.

    • @slippymitc
      @slippymitc 3 года назад +75

      My two favorite motorcycle reviewers in one place?!

  • @L00PdeL00P
    @L00PdeL00P 3 года назад +1671

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

    • @Strike86
      @Strike86 3 года назад +174

      FortNine?

    • @fred_e
      @fred_e 3 года назад +10

      This is why we watch

    • @fred_e
      @fred_e 3 года назад +93

      @@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
      @RegularCars  3 года назад +300

      Thank!

    • @Corkoth55
      @Corkoth55 3 года назад +28

      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"

  • @seagullsays5831
    @seagullsays5831 3 года назад +1137

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

    • @robotbjorn4952
      @robotbjorn4952 3 года назад +87

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

    • @badlydrawncars6460
      @badlydrawncars6460 3 года назад +53

      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
      @sejembalm 3 года назад +90

      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
      @badlydrawncars6460 3 года назад +8

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

    • @sejembalm
      @sejembalm 3 года назад +38

      @@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.

  • @Grumpini
    @Grumpini 3 года назад +577

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

    • @noahdement9271
      @noahdement9271 3 года назад +53

      Couldn’t hear it at all lmao

    • @moonill
      @moonill 3 года назад +14

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

    • @bethevenden4607
      @bethevenden4607 3 года назад +3

      he,s american What do you expect?

    • @terminhaider9695
      @terminhaider9695 2 года назад +1

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

  • @dakotalafrance3618
    @dakotalafrance3618 3 года назад +667

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

    • @tyrantstomper
      @tyrantstomper 3 года назад +15

      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
      @HangmanOfficialUploads 3 года назад +4

      @@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
      @2kcars507 3 года назад +2

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

    • @enriquedavid5269
      @enriquedavid5269 3 года назад +1

      420 likes. I can't like that.

  • @BeaudoinMotorsports
    @BeaudoinMotorsports 3 года назад +383

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

  • @WRXXXual
    @WRXXXual 3 года назад +332

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

    • @vcv6560
      @vcv6560 Год назад +5

      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.

  • @DrClaw77
    @DrClaw77 3 года назад +856

    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
      @techpassion4126 3 года назад +129

      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
      @12ealDealOfficial 3 года назад +68

      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
      @TheJacobshapiro 3 года назад +37

      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
      @kz1000ps 3 года назад +20

      @Tam Ago OK boomer

    • @taco_lad2849
      @taco_lad2849 3 года назад +20

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

  • @pedroseba8753
    @pedroseba8753 3 года назад +70

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

    • @Daschickenify
      @Daschickenify 2 года назад +1

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

  • @kevinbarry71
    @kevinbarry71 3 года назад +693

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

    • @badusername9903
      @badusername9903 3 года назад +54

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

    • @spamviking
      @spamviking 3 года назад +40

      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
      @alidaraie 3 года назад

      LMAO

    • @captainzoll3303
      @captainzoll3303 3 года назад +12

      "and the rest of my customers are DAAAAAD!"

    • @JuddKramer
      @JuddKramer 3 года назад +49

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

  • @theinquisitor3930
    @theinquisitor3930 3 года назад +43

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

  • @TheLiamis
    @TheLiamis 3 года назад +38

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

  • @Benzinilinguine
    @Benzinilinguine 3 года назад +302

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

    • @out_to_pasture_garage
      @out_to_pasture_garage 3 года назад +1

      Yea

    • @bansheemania1692
      @bansheemania1692 3 года назад +2

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

    • @larrylentini5688
      @larrylentini5688 3 года назад +3

      Other than quarantine depression

    • @nomadben
      @nomadben 3 года назад

      @@larrylentini5688 I know how you feel brother.

    • @legodude19999
      @legodude19999 3 года назад

      Me too man, me too

  • @AaronSmith-kr5yf
    @AaronSmith-kr5yf 3 года назад +87

    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
      @akabiscuitwaffle 3 года назад +5

      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
      @TassieLorenzo 3 года назад +3

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

    • @sv_cheats1970
      @sv_cheats1970 3 года назад +1

      @@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.

  • @kitten-inside
    @kitten-inside 3 года назад +197

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

    • @davidhater6035
      @davidhater6035 3 года назад

      Tomos

    • @Alex-di8ti
      @Alex-di8ti 3 года назад +4

      On 8 track....

    • @robotbjorn4952
      @robotbjorn4952 3 года назад +2

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

    • @amtic9696
      @amtic9696 3 года назад +1

      And fake crying sounds

    • @Destroyah5000
      @Destroyah5000 3 года назад +1

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

  • @danica9882
    @danica9882 3 года назад +481

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

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 3 года назад +8

      *not a car*

    • @melvinphilip4842
      @melvinphilip4842 3 года назад

      nitehawk86 ,xxx,xxxxx,xxx,x,,,XX XX,xxxxxxx,x,,,,,x,xxx,x,x,,x,x,,xx,x,x,x,x,,xx☺️🐲🐲🐸💥💥💥🌚🌚🐸🐸🐸🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🐸🐸🐸🌚🌚🌚🐸🐸🐸💥💥💥🌚🐸🐸🐸🌚🌚🌚

  • @cjaysez
    @cjaysez 3 года назад +35

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

  • @BrilliantBenGaming
    @BrilliantBenGaming 3 года назад +44

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

  • @juanmanuelpenaloza9264
    @juanmanuelpenaloza9264 3 года назад +92

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

    • @brainkrieg1423
      @brainkrieg1423 3 года назад +34

      Capitalism is only good when America does it. Otherwise it's just them damn commies tryin' ta steal our proud American ways

    • @echos5823
      @echos5823 3 года назад +7

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

    • @verdunian595
      @verdunian595 3 года назад +14

      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
      @PHRCpvh 3 года назад +2

      Harley: The market is closed!

    • @TwoDollarGararge
      @TwoDollarGararge 3 года назад +7

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

  • @MrChubbygamer
    @MrChubbygamer 3 года назад +253

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

    • @OaksCU1
      @OaksCU1 3 года назад +2

      Good luck!

    • @GIGABACHI
      @GIGABACHI 3 года назад +2

      😎👍🏻🤞

    • @cameronhall6733
      @cameronhall6733 3 года назад +2

      Good luck pal🤞🏍

    • @alidaraie
      @alidaraie 3 года назад +7

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

    • @bigmike8847
      @bigmike8847 3 года назад +2

      Just remember to pop the clutch and SEND IT

  • @TheRazePlayz
    @TheRazePlayz 3 года назад +237

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

    • @chrisreynolds6391
      @chrisreynolds6391 3 года назад +28

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

    • @theshawnofficial6180
      @theshawnofficial6180 3 года назад +11

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

    • @captainzoll3303
      @captainzoll3303 3 года назад +92

      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
      @killaco23 3 года назад +4

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

    • @pleepler
      @pleepler 3 года назад +13

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

  • @larrylentini5688
    @larrylentini5688 3 года назад +92

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

    • @Uncle_Roadkill
      @Uncle_Roadkill 3 года назад +14

      Supercharged V-Max.

    • @captainzoll3303
      @captainzoll3303 3 года назад +2

      or that busa dirt bike.

    • @robotbjorn4952
      @robotbjorn4952 3 года назад +8

      Turbo busas make great beginner bikes.

    • @VeritasEtAequitas
      @VeritasEtAequitas 3 года назад +6

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

    • @robotbjorn4952
      @robotbjorn4952 3 года назад +7

      @@VeritasEtAequitas
      You leave Clammy Pubes out of this!

  • @JeffinTD
    @JeffinTD 3 года назад +9

    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.

  • @tt-nm4yj
    @tt-nm4yj 3 года назад +205

    More bikes please, since cars are too expensive nowadays.

    • @MC-Racing
      @MC-Racing 3 года назад +29

      And quite a bit more boring :-)

    • @DrewLSsix
      @DrewLSsix 3 года назад +2

      Cars are cheaper than they ever have been.

    • @_Clitoris
      @_Clitoris 3 года назад +18

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

    • @shawnpepin7890
      @shawnpepin7890 3 года назад +5

      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
      @clickreportifyouareacrybab5942 3 года назад +5

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

  • @edwardmeredith31
    @edwardmeredith31 2 года назад +3

    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

  • @nullmage
    @nullmage 3 года назад +31

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

  • @nielsmichiels1939
    @nielsmichiels1939 3 года назад +70

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

  • @variousengineering1965
    @variousengineering1965 3 года назад +14

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

  • @bardamari1852
    @bardamari1852 3 года назад +34

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

  • @Pauli-COJ
    @Pauli-COJ 3 года назад +34

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

  • @jeremymenning56
    @jeremymenning56 3 года назад +52

    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
    @TheRealWTFGarage 3 года назад +15

    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.

  • @scifist8665
    @scifist8665 3 года назад +76

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

    • @captainzoll3303
      @captainzoll3303 3 года назад +1

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

    • @scifist8665
      @scifist8665 3 года назад +1

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

    • @StratfordWingRider
      @StratfordWingRider 3 года назад +6

      That CBX1000 6 cylinder is pretty incredible

    • @chrisbiker919
      @chrisbiker919 3 года назад

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

    • @roberts1677
      @roberts1677 3 года назад +1

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

  • @ODean-qi5xt
    @ODean-qi5xt 3 года назад +83

    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
      @SpikerDragon95 3 года назад +5

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

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 3 года назад +1

      Tru dat

    • @mikaoshatz8082
      @mikaoshatz8082 3 года назад +2

      Followed by the BUYER REMORSE BLUE BALLS

  • @flymachine014
    @flymachine014 3 года назад +11

    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
    @ajsmotolife5641 3 года назад +28

    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
      @VeritasEtAequitas 3 года назад +1

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

    • @mescko
      @mescko 3 года назад

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

    • @rslover65
      @rslover65 3 года назад

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

  • @tilio9380
    @tilio9380 3 года назад +9

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

  • @owenb7911
    @owenb7911 3 года назад +86

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

    • @sebschimeck1273
      @sebschimeck1273 3 года назад +26

      "Conservatives are spineless hypocrites Take 15! _action!_

    • @AlienLivesMatter
      @AlienLivesMatter 3 года назад +23

      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
      @ShadowsOfGames 3 года назад +6

      @@AlienLivesMatter based

    • @aaronleverton4221
      @aaronleverton4221 3 года назад +11

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

  • @sarahdell4042
    @sarahdell4042 3 года назад +15

    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!

  • @danielspinali920
    @danielspinali920 3 года назад +4

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

  • @killaco23
    @killaco23 3 года назад +24

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

    • @VeritasEtAequitas
      @VeritasEtAequitas 3 года назад +1

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

  • @serginietor
    @serginietor 3 года назад +147

    I didnt understand a single thing the owner said

    • @captainzoll3303
      @captainzoll3303 3 года назад +7

      are kiwi accents really that bad?

    • @serginietor
      @serginietor 3 года назад +5

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

    • @Corkoth55
      @Corkoth55 3 года назад +16

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

    • @onyx8231
      @onyx8231 3 года назад +3

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

    • @robotbjorn4952
      @robotbjorn4952 3 года назад +2

      @@onyx8231
      Don't forget about the Scots.

  • @shaalis
    @shaalis 3 года назад +10

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

  • @sam2920
    @sam2920 3 года назад +22

    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!

  • @MaD707MaN
    @MaD707MaN 3 года назад +10

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

  • @kristofftaylovoski60
    @kristofftaylovoski60 3 года назад +84

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

    • @fixman88
      @fixman88 3 года назад +3

      You plainly weren’t around during the 70s.

    • @kristofftaylovoski60
      @kristofftaylovoski60 3 года назад +3

      @@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
      @markmiller3279 3 года назад +2

      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
      @markmiller3279 3 года назад +4

      @@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
      @kristofftaylovoski60 3 года назад

      @@markmiller3279 My 1981 Chevette was probably a prime example

  • @rocket3me695
    @rocket3me695 3 года назад +1

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

  • @fullmetalf4i
    @fullmetalf4i 3 года назад +1

    I love the energy you bring to the motorcycle review.

  • @coosey3764
    @coosey3764 3 года назад +31

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

    • @JVAlexis
      @JVAlexis 3 года назад +1

      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
      @coosey3764 3 года назад +1

      @@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.

  • @larryfromwisconsin9970
    @larryfromwisconsin9970 3 года назад +3

    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
      @zookr 2 года назад

      That bike was unstoppable - literally

  • @princechingo
    @princechingo 3 года назад +1

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

  • @nomadben
    @nomadben 3 года назад +1

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

  • @johnornelas
    @johnornelas 3 года назад +4

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

  • @MrAdrianoandrade
    @MrAdrianoandrade 3 года назад +3

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

  • @jordonbiondo2403
    @jordonbiondo2403 3 года назад +1

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

  • @dereklewis6889
    @dereklewis6889 3 года назад

    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...

  • @compu85
    @compu85 3 года назад +8

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

    • @mescko
      @mescko 3 года назад +2

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

    • @ilpatongi
      @ilpatongi 3 года назад +1

      @@mescko T-Jet is Fiat lol

    • @mescko
      @mescko 3 года назад +1

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

    • @ilpatongi
      @ilpatongi 3 года назад +1

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

    • @mescko
      @mescko 3 года назад

      @@ilpatongi Not mad, just a little miffed.

  • @karlc4277
    @karlc4277 3 года назад +3

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

  • @MikeKemp
    @MikeKemp 3 года назад +2

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

  • @glennmcc64
    @glennmcc64 3 года назад +1

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

  • @Uncle_Roadkill
    @Uncle_Roadkill 3 года назад +39

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

    • @Uncle_Roadkill
      @Uncle_Roadkill 3 года назад +17

      @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
      @Arthurzeiro 3 года назад +3

      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
      @sergeantspeed5941 3 года назад +3

      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
      @grahamsmith2022 3 года назад +3

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

    • @kennetic9196
      @kennetic9196 3 года назад

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

  • @ruvindap66
    @ruvindap66 3 года назад +37

    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
      @mrdumbfellow927 3 года назад +2

      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
      @ruvindap66 3 года назад

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

    • @ryadhasanahmed5443
      @ryadhasanahmed5443 3 года назад

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

    • @echodelta2172
      @echodelta2172 3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @DustySquitoNM
    @DustySquitoNM 3 года назад

    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.

  • @uniden03229
    @uniden03229 3 года назад

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

  • @robotbjorn4952
    @robotbjorn4952 3 года назад +8

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

  • @user-qo6hz4nb2e
    @user-qo6hz4nb2e 3 года назад +3

    Love the Jocko Willinks "No Factor" reference

  • @markd7811
    @markd7811 3 года назад +1

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

  • @twpsyn
    @twpsyn 3 года назад +1

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

  • @j_mars_cars
    @j_mars_cars 3 года назад +5

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

  • @chrisvinicombe9947
    @chrisvinicombe9947 3 года назад +8

    Your rip on HD was a laugh thanks 👍

  • @mateov1423
    @mateov1423 3 года назад +1

    Great description of how the turbo works!

  • @montlejohnbojangles8937
    @montlejohnbojangles8937 3 года назад

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

  • @AshleyFoxo
    @AshleyFoxo 3 года назад +7

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

  • @rem362
    @rem362 3 года назад +15

    Insert RCR voice
    **OUUHHH ANOTHER MOTORCLEE HRRRR**

    • @phant0
      @phant0 3 года назад +2

      *OOOOOUH THE VOICE IS BACKUUUUUUUH*

    • @rrrandommman
      @rrrandommman 3 года назад +2

      @@phant0 *JALOPNIK WILL NOTA RUN DISA ONEUUUUUH*

    • @rem362
      @rem362 3 года назад

      @@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

  • @pocok5000
    @pocok5000 3 года назад

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

  • @chrisbenson3322
    @chrisbenson3322 Год назад

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

  • @yammienoob
    @yammienoob 3 года назад +9

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

  • @marshal7376
    @marshal7376 3 года назад +5

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

  • @takeister
    @takeister 7 месяцев назад

    Best review I've seen in decades!

  • @IRLtrolls
    @IRLtrolls 3 года назад +1

    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"

  • @maxm7584
    @maxm7584 3 года назад +3

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

  • @teddieteddie7535
    @teddieteddie7535 3 года назад

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

  • @boxcarbro3043
    @boxcarbro3043 Год назад

    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.

  • @CameronStPeter
    @CameronStPeter 3 года назад +2

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

  • @MrTurboTurkey
    @MrTurboTurkey 3 года назад

    CX will never die, great video man!

  • @SerialExperimentsTim
    @SerialExperimentsTim 3 года назад +1

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

  • @hooligan8595
    @hooligan8595 3 года назад

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

  • @turboslag
    @turboslag 3 года назад +2

    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!

  • @EvilSSP
    @EvilSSP 3 года назад +1

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

  • @DirceuCorsetti
    @DirceuCorsetti 3 года назад +1

    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.

  • @darius2640
    @darius2640 3 года назад +1

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

  • @UN4SS1GN3D
    @UN4SS1GN3D 3 года назад

    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

  • @pwatom22
    @pwatom22 2 месяца назад +1

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

  • @stirfryjedi
    @stirfryjedi 3 года назад +1

    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...

  • @davecollier8054
    @davecollier8054 3 года назад

    Wonderful review thanks

  • @PRRrailfan
    @PRRrailfan 3 года назад +1

    What an interesting bike. Also, I loved the "Take This Job and Shove it" parody!

  • @MassiveTrackHunter
    @MassiveTrackHunter 2 года назад

    Man, that last few seconds of idling took me back to my CX days. Had so many great memories on that bike.
    Man I miss that sound!

  • @brianmiller1077
    @brianmiller1077 3 года назад

    Excellent Johnny Paycheck ditty at the end, Roman!

  • @chrisrader8547
    @chrisrader8547 3 года назад

    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.

  • @WickedCerberus
    @WickedCerberus 3 года назад

    Finally a motorcycle review from you!