This 1982 Honda CX500 Turbo represents a series of technological firsts for Honda, the world's largest motorcycle maker. Café clad and equipped with three-spoke cast alloy wheels, the CX500 Turbo ...

At the time of its debut back in 1982, the overengineered Honda CX500 Turbo was one of the most technologically advanced production motorcycles that money could buy. It stunned the public with ...

Honda chose the CX500 engine for several reasons: (1) It was water-cooled, and water cooling is necessary for the most efficient turbocharging; (2) As a twin it is lighter in weight than the ...

And Honda saw fit to repackage the platform in a few faired variations that were quite generously clad in Japan’s best injection-molded tech. Notably, there was the GL500 ‘Silver Wing’ with its ...

It all started with a Honda CX500 in need of a comprehensive overhaul, and the Bulgarian shop left no stone unturned. After the initial teardown, they came up with a new steel subframe of sorts ...

Honda CX500 with single-sided exhaust. Thankfully, there are so many Honda CX500s being customised – probably because they look so much like a Moto Guzzi but with (supposedly) reliable electrics – ...

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You could accuse this Honda CX500 of being a stone-age machine – but that is what makes this bike so unique. Built by German stonemason and artist Chris Zernia, ...

Unfortunately for Honda and the CX500 Turbo, the motorcycle market in the U.S. pretty much collapsed in 1982, the year of the bike's release.

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