When i was a younger kid, I would hear my dad talk about the honda CBX, "146 mph from the showroom floor" "not only did honda WIN the race, it WAS the race" and other propoganda... when i was 16, i found an article for the 2004 cbx 1600 (or so was rumored) and decided that "this was the bike for me..." in 2001, I seen a red CBR 1100XX on honda's website, and thought it looked remarkably close to the CBX posted above, when 2004 came and went, no cbx, I knew I had to have the XX, so I started my search, and finally had the coin, and opportunity back in march 2008. I picked it up from jersey, and brought it home.