Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Personal home computers. Digital displays. The Space Shuttle. Princess Diana. The Falklands. Epcot Center. The early 1980s were a time of excess, and of Turbos. For this was the era of the factory turbocharged motorcycles, and leading the charge was the 1982 Honda CX500 Turbo. For certain the concept of boosting intake manifold pressure was not a new invention – both driven superchargers and exhaust gas turbochargers had been around since relatively early days of motor design. But use in a street-bound motorcycle, as built from the factory, was a brand new thing. Purists will point out the Kawasaki Z1R TC, but that was an aftermarket mod. The CX500T was the real deal, soup to nuts. And what a deal it was!
Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Personal home computers. Digital displays. The Space Shuttle. Princess Diana. The Falklands. Epcot Center. The early 1980s were a time of excess, and of Turbos. For this...∂
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