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CBX Motorcycle Vital Statistics

Compiled by Pete Ruff,

Sources:
Chart 1, Honda CBX Parts List 1984.
Chart 2, ICOA Membership Survey, 1993-94.



Honda CBX Parts Data
Year (U.S. Model)
Engine ID
Frame ID
Carb ID
Color Code
79Z
CB1E-2000060 to CB1E-2023296
CB1-2000042 to CB1-2023175
VB60A -A
Perseus Silver, NH-101M-U Candy Glory Red, R-101C-U
# Made
23,236
23,133
*
*
80A
SC03E-2000025 to Subsequent
SC03-2000021 to Subsequent
VB62A -B
Black, NH-1Candy Glory Red, R-101C-U
# Made
insufficient data
insufficient data
*
*
81
SC03E-2300060 to SC03E-2306596
SC060*BC300004 to Subsequent
VB64A -A
Magnum Silver, NH-110M-U
# Made
6536
insufficient data
*
*
82
SC03E-2400006 to Subsequent
SC060*CC400001 to Subsequent
VB64A -B
Pearl Altair White, NH-113P-A
# Made
insufficient data
insufficient data
*
*

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ICOA Membership Survey
Year (U.S. Model)
Engine ID
Frame ID
Carb ID
Color Code
79Z
CB1E-2000060 to CB1E-2024149
CB1-2000042 to CB1-2024573
VB60A -A
Perseus Silver, NH-101M-U Candy Glory Red, R-101C-U
# Made
24,089
24,531
*
*
80A
SC03E-2000025 to SC03E-2004631
SC03-2000021 to SC03-2013087
VB62A -B
Black, NH-1Candy Glory Red, R-101C-U
# Made
4606
7,969**
*
*
81
SC03E-2300060 to SC03E-2306596
SC060*BC300004 to SC060*BC303758
VB64A -A
Magnum Silver, NH-110M-U
# Made
6,536~
3,754
*
*
82
SC03E-2400006 to SC03E-2405317
SC060*CC400001 to SC060*CC402738
VB64A -B
Pearl Altair White, NH-113P-A
# Made
5,311***
2,737
*
*

The data presented in these charts is based on production data derived from an analysis of the Honda CBX Parts list and modified by data obtained from the I.C.O.A member survey conducted in 1993-94. The '# Made' is the difference between Honda's reported beginning number and the highest number reported in the survey.

** 1980 Frame numbers require additional study. The fifth digit (from the right) apparently changed from 0 to 1 when production moved from Japan to the USA. The engine numbers do not have a 'jump' and are probably closer to the true total number of '80 CBXs built. 1980 is the only (known) model year with some USA production at Marysville, Ohio. See Shoichiro Irimajiri's letter to Clint Hooper.

~ Only one '81 had an engine number this high, most were in the 3,500 range, max. Frame number is probably the true indicator of the number built.

*** Late '82 production shows large jumps in engine number range. We suspect that the frame number is a better indicator.

(c) Pete Ruff and International CBX Owners Association 1997


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