Honda CB500 Articles
For $5,500, the most important new bikes this year
It used to be, here in the West, that motorcycling was about buying the biggest, badest, mostest motorcycle out there. Nevermind your skill level, everyone knew your Viagra was working because your ‘Busa could go 200mph. But that all changed in 2008 when the bottom fell out of the economy and Boomers stopped buying bikes with home equity loans. In 2012, the success of practical, affordable model...
Nov 12, 2012
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Honda CBR500
For the majority of today’s riders, supersport 600s are now too hot. But for American roads, four-stroke 250s like the little CBR are just too cold. What if there was a third way, something in the middle that was both accessible and economical, but also fast and fun to ride? And not just fast and fun on a race track, but on your commute, in town, on a highway, in traffic, in every kind of weathe...
Oct 08, 2012
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Spy Photos: Honda CBR500 and CB500
What you're looking at here could utterly transform the face of motorcycling. "Redline," a member of CBR250.net claims to have taken these photos at a presentation at Honda's manufacturing facility in Thailand, saying they show the 2013 Honda CBR500 and 2013 Honda CB500, faired and naked versions of the same bike. "I have not yet been informed of the markets it will be sold in," continues Redlin...
Sep 12, 2012