New Honda CBR500, CB500 and CB500X

[positron]

Anyone see the new Honda models "" leaked ""?

https://static.blogo.it/motoblog/honda-cbr500-cb500x-e-cb500r-2013-a-sulmona/GammaHondaCB5002013spyshots1.jpg

https://static.blogo.it/motoblog/honda-cbr500-cb500x-e-cb500r-2013-a-sulmona/GammaHondaCB5002013spyshots5.jpg

Source & more photos: https://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2012/October/oct2512-new-honda-500s-spiedagain/

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They certainly look interesting, just wish there was some more info on them

[positron]

Well, the leaked info so far is like this:

- 470cc liquid-cooled, parallel-twin
- Six-speed manual
- 46.9bhp
- 30lb/ft of torque
- 401lbs (dry)/430lbs (wet)
- 105mph top speed
- 31-inch seat height
- 120/70-17 (front)/160-60-17 (rear)

Basically a bigger version of the CBR250R - I hope it also means cheap and good mpg!

Source: https://hellforleathermagazine.com/2012/10/meet-the-cbr500-family/

[stinkwheel]

Ahh. So they "accidentally" got seen by MCN did they?

I have a mate who worked at triumps who told me that they used to prep a bike to the extent of getting one of the apprentices to cut the nibs off the tyres then wheel it out of the van somewhere out of the way (with good lighting and a nice backdrop) at a motorway services in the wee small hours.

MCN would then receive an "anonymous" phone call later in the day saying someone had seen a strange looking Triumph.

I'm looking for how they are in any way better than the old CB500...

Weight: 12kg heavier
Power: 11bhp less
Top speed: 15mph slower
Torque: The same

Nope. Not selling it to me so far.
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[Knightsy]

I'm digging the way that "CBR500" looks. I wonder what will Honda say about it in the future.
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[positron]

[krarkol]

I'm liking the style of that CBR500

[temeluchus]

C'mon its a blatant restricted licence market filler.
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[goto10]

[garth]

[stinkwheel]

Am I seeing correctly.

Heavier than a standard CB500 and still only one brake disc on the front?

Fuck off Honda.
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[UnspeedySam]

[Wave2k]

How the fuck is that a CBR, its got a parra-twin commuter engine.
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[stinkwheel]

[nowhere.elysium]

I can't be the only one that's still getting annoyed about how anything with plastic on is having a prosthetic 'R' appended to it.

Quite aside from the fact that it's heavier, slower, distinctly more expensive, and not staggeringly pretty, I'm failing to see what these bikes do that the NC700 doesn't already do fairly well, and the current CB500 does even better.
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[positron]

Can I just add, those specs were leaked weeks or even months ago - when no one, not even the "most reliable insider"s didn't predict three versions of the 500. They were all talking at most two.

So while the base platform is all the same, Honda might have different tweaks on each model, and perhaps different weight/other figures.

Fingers crossed but it's all good news anyway - more bikes = more competition = more choice & more toys!

[chris-red]

180kg dry for a 500 twin?


Fuck off Honda.

That's only 10kg lighter than my TDM
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[pinkyfloyd]

Meh,

Most new bikes look gash. In fact the only new bikes I would say look semi decent are naked ones. Fared ones are ghastly these days.
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[Rogerborg]

[chris-red]

[thepuma]

The HRC colour scheme on recent Hondas looks poor...makes it look cheap and tacky.

As for the CBR500R...if the mpg was somewhere between the 250R and the 600R then id be interested. But if the mpg is going to be almost the same as the 600 then it seems a bit surplus. For me a CBR400R would be ideal...shame they arent making one.
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[RhynoCZ]

NOT THIS crap AGAIN. I don't get it, Japanese motorcycles were so cool, what happened to them that their today goals are only EURO 3 and low budget.

I want a proper in-line four, 250-500cc with twin disc brakes on front with fully adjustable suspension and I want it now.

I do not want to offend anyone, but a in-line 500cc twin-cylinder sports bike is a joke, in my humble opinion. I find 20yrs old 250cc in-line 4 more attractive than those eco friendly/modern things, even if that 20yrs old bike would need some special care in the garage once in a while. I just want back those bikes where R meant something

Japs don't experiment anymore and that's what keeps me in the 80's/90's, that and money
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[anthony_r6]

Won't these bikes fall within the new BHP restrictions come January? - Maybe that's the market they're catering too?
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