The CBX1000 wasn’t a technical leap by any means and certainly not one that took the bikes limits beyond that of the rider; it was just a big heavy bike with two more cylinders than most of the other big heavy bikes of the era.
The real game changer bikes were the CB750, the Z1, the GPZ900R (which really was better than most riders), the CB900R fireblade and the R1.*
The CBX had nothing and did nothing that moved the game forward, it was typical Honda of the era, good looking but overly complicated.
* You could possibly add the RC30 to the list but that was really a race bike.