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Originally Posted by TrueFaith
I'm less than impressed with the 500R. The thing it reminds me most of is the Kawasaki Ninja500 and they phased that out due to lack of interest. I don't know why Honda would attempt what Kawi couldn't do by marketing such a vanilla 500.
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I had an EX500 (same thing as the Ninja 500) and it was a great bike. It died more because the 650 was (and is) aimed squarely at the same market segment. Choice: A fresh design with a bigger, more powerful engine, or 1980s styling and a smaller motor? Of course it got killed.
They could have done what they did with the Ninjette and had a winner. A Ninja 500R styled like the newgen 250? I'd have been all over that like crabs on Snooki.