Thread: Honda CB500
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Old November 1st, 2012, 04:14 PM   #98
Whiskey
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Name: Morgan
Location: A city twinned with Kawasaki
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Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250, 2010 STR 675

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Originally Posted by choneofakind View Post
Gosh you have a wonderful grasp of how to deliver sarcasm. Do you know how to look at pictures to see what kind of forks/frame are on a bike? Or how about how to read through a thread full of links that have information about the bike?

Take a look at the picture below. It's not hard to see that this isn't a supersport.
  • Risers instead of clipons.
  • standard forks instead of inverted forks.
  • single front brake instead of dual disks.
  • skinny swingarm instead of beefy one.
  • not the same style frame they use the on the CBR600 and all other supersports
  • Comfy looking rearsets instead of high and back-swept ones
  • passenger handles.
Also, the blogs in the links talk about a doubled cbr250 engine, which makes a 500cc twin, not an inline-4.
It'll be minimum 175kg (386lbs same as a 600rr) to conform to EU's A2 class regs which put a maximum power to weight of 0.2kW/kg, but I've heard rumours that it's actually closer to 195kg (430lbs) meaning it's barely above the P/W that the ninja is putting out.
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