Look what I saw ( one for the CX geeks)

Fisty · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Karma :

Found this outside my local shop, the owner said he paid £900 for it in december and was using it as his winter bike! Madness.
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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

Saw one in the Science Museum a long while back. I always thought it was the strangest bike to fit a turbocharger to.
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biker_king · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Karma :

i would love to see one of them out and about good bikes but are fast becoming extinct which is a shame. Crying or Very sad

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

I dunno if its just me but I keep finding loads of those turbo CX's all over the place last year I found a turbo , then at the barn found a stock one , then at Gaz's found a fugly one with a Mr Z type black fairing, and many inbetween.
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D O G · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Karma :

I tell you, the bloke who penned that design must have been seriously drunk!

Anyway, anyone see pb mag this week.....

https://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7166/cxturbokarred1280x1024ol6.jpg

https://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2617/cxturbokarwhite1280x102uv6.jpg

ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Karma :

Loving the exhaust on the PB pictures Thumbs Up

damz · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Karma :

are the exhausts sticking out of the front of the bike Shocked

looks funky

i'd buy one

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

damz · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Karma :

yeh was a kinda stupid question lol, is that bike actually coming out or is it just a concept?

virus · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Karma :

quite possible the worst turbo bike known to man apparently,

but i still want one Cool

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mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

The thing with these is there complicated and go wrong quite often..
the good thing with cx's is there not complicated and don't often go wrong often..

so what you end up with is an "old fart" bike thats not even reliable, costs more than a significantly more powerful litre bike and nobody finds it impressive.. no surprise not many were sold.

Amazing bit of stuff though, pure insanity to choose a twin for a turbo.. its also fuel injection, the first fuel injected honda anything in fact.

I'd have one but only if i had two spares and it wasn't my only bike.. parts are rare and expensive.. a new ECU, that is no longer for sale anywhere appart from the rare second hand bits, will set you back £1000 :/

still would like a go on one..
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