Beautiful CB500 and interesting review

why you aspire to own one of these is beyond me :?:

and as for his summary of yes' my blade would do most of those (better than the CB500)

1. If you like lightweight bikes - check
2. If you want a low maintenance bike - check
3. If your bike must be able to withstand a UK winter - check
4. If you want to scratch with bigger bikes on A/B roads - check
5. If you like a bike that's easy to pop to the shops on - check
6. If you enjoy pootling around the lanes - check
7. If good fuel consumption is important to you - check (30mpg pulling 130 is pretty good imo, mid-50s when not)
8. If you want a bike where running costs aren't exorbitant - check
9. If you want a change from heavy motorbikes - sorry, isn't this the first point again?
10. If you like a tank range of 200+ miles, not 100 - check
 
That review sounds like someone desperately trying to convince themselves they did the right thing chopping a VFR 750 in for a budget commuter twin.

No, you didnt, not ever.
 
Pug said:
why you aspire to own one of these is beyond me :?:

and as for his summary of yes' my blade would do most of those (better than the CB500)

1. If you like lightweight bikes - check
2. If you want a low maintenance bike - check
3. If your bike must be able to withstand a UK winter - check
4. If you want to scratch with bigger bikes on A/B roads - check
5. If you like a bike that's easy to pop to the shops on - check
6. If you enjoy pootling around the lanes - check
7. If good fuel consumption is important to you - check (30mpg pulling 130 is pretty good imo, mid-50s when not)
8. If you want a bike where running costs aren't exorbitant - check
9. If you want a change from heavy motorbikes - sorry, isn't this the first point again?
10. If you like a tank range of 200+ miles, not 100 - check
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You forgot to mention a blade costs thousands, both to buy and insure.
 
Doran said:
Thats not true. Did Honda give it these terms when it made it? Of course not.
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Of course they did. The CB500 is purely a commuter tool. It has none of the latest suspension, braking, engine or chassis technology.

It is a nice bike but don't kid yourself, it is a 500cc commuter twin.
 
Nebzor said:
Of course they did. The CB500 is purely a commuter tool. It has none of the latest suspension, braking, engine or chassis technology.

It is a nice bike but don't kid yourself, it is a 500cc commuter twin.
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But not as the people here use it. They use the term 'commuter' as a slur as opposed to class of motorcycle.
 
No, they use it as a term to describe the sort of bike people run into the ground in winter then replace come summer.

Which is, in essence, what it is.
 
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