Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
8/2/17 5:21 p.m.

its got a bike engine and it's ugly

is it an automatic? I dunno.. column shift manual?

boy is it homely..

Dusterbd13
Dusterbd13 UltimaDork
8/2/17 8:05 p.m.

Thats an old mas fiberglass bantam body. Intended for drag cars like alterds. God did the builder screw it up....

Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit SuperDork
8/2/17 10:00 p.m.

He must need more weed whackers

That car could be fixed but it would take a lot of work.

bearmtnmartin
bearmtnmartin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
8/2/17 10:37 p.m.

I do not hate it.

FlightService
FlightService MegaDork
8/3/17 4:45 a.m.

You could fix that grill and completely change the perception of that car. I don't think it is as bad as it gives the first impression of being.

Pete Gossett
Pete Gossett GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/3/17 6:24 a.m.

If that has a motorcycle shift pattern on the column, that would be...uh...interesting.

singleslammer
singleslammer PowerDork
8/3/17 6:44 a.m.

That is a Honda CX engine. Mostly 500cc making 40 something horsepower. They don't appear to have an automatic transmission as an option so I am guessing hand clutch and bump up and down to shift.

Edit: there appears to be a clutch pedal on there but it is really low compared to the brake pedal.

APEowner
APEowner GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
8/3/17 9:18 a.m.
singleslammer wrote: That is a Honda CX engine. Mostly 500cc making 40 something horsepower. They don't appear to have an automatic transmission as an option so I am guessing hand clutch and bump up and down to shift.

I can't find anything to back this up but I could have sworn that Honda did have an automatic available on the CX for a year or two.

Apexcarver
Apexcarver PowerDork
8/3/17 9:25 a.m.

I get the cosmetic hate, but its not that bad to change.

Grill, windshield...

wonder if the suspension under it is at all decent and what it weighs.

Needs more power and big fat sticky tires all around.

singleslammer
singleslammer PowerDork
8/3/17 11:24 a.m.

In reply to APEowner:

I thought the same thing but same as you, I went looking and didn't find any info on it. Guess it was the 400cc hondamatic

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
8/3/17 11:46 a.m.

Why does the front end of that car remind me of old garden tractors?

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
8/3/17 2:41 p.m.

The CX weighs ~400 lbs., how about the blue thing?

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
8/3/17 2:47 p.m.

needs a track nose

ProDarwin
ProDarwin PowerDork
8/3/17 2:55 p.m.
APEowner
APEowner GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
8/3/17 3:11 p.m.
singleslammer wrote: In reply to APEowner: I thought the same thing but same as you, I went looking and didn't find any info on it. Guess it was the 400cc hondamatic

I think I might be combining the Moto-Guzzi V-twin automatics with the Honda automatic bikes in my head somehow. Who knows. All kinds of strange things happen in there.

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