I rode my cb500x from Scotland to Africa. Knobbly tires, some engine protection and a luggage rack honestly makes this the perfect bike for the job.

I purchased a CB500X in June, it now has a 9,000 km on it, mostly backroads, which in November I winterized and stored for the winter😮‍💨 . The bike is a nimble and light 199 kg adventure bike that even with the additional 22 kg of engine guard, skid plate, radiator guard, luggage and pannier racks, at 79 years old, that I can still pick it up. The bike proved it handles well on th ride on the Tail of the Dragon, 318 curves in 11 miles. As you mentioned the engine delivers even torque over a long range and power is sufficient. I verify and confirmed by GPS, mine did 170 km/h at 600 rpm below red line on level expressway. Other than oil changes, I've not had a single issue with the bike. It has typical manufacture tires; the tread is down to 3/32 inch. I could get another 600km out of them, but at 1000 miles, both tires picked up gutter screws that a roofers truck deposited on the expressway and they have string plugs in them. I'll be putting new shoes on her in spring, Michelin Anakee Adventure tires.

Bought one and loving it. Real value for money!

Love love love my '22 CB500x!

Nicely done guys 👍🏻🇿🇦 Loving my 500X.. Such an allround star performer 🌟🙂

Excelent bike. Could not wait for it to come to SA. I realy want one.

had 22 model nice machine very satified

I like your commentary!!

Bought a Versys x300 cos this wasn't available at the time, but recon the extra power is certainly appealing

Pushing journalists through that to prove the capability of the bike without the right tyres wasn’t a bad idea

"20km/L ...even when there is a fat idiot pinning it all day." I chuckled out loud, not sure why that tickled me so much :)

love it ,i got one!

This gem of a bike had to recently say bye to Indian shores. But I kindf feel it's validated. The unwritten law of pricing for India is- not more than Rs 1 lakh ( approx $1200) per 100 cc . So a 500 cc bike should cost not more than 5 lakh. If you want people to rush for bookings then price it agressively at 10% lesser. And this is for the current quality n performance. If you can compensate on quality in terms of lesser power, quality of fittings , nuts, bolts plastic, then people would still give you patronage at 3.5 lakhs Indian rupees ( for example Himalayan- proportionated to 500 cc ).. on the other side, if you could provide extravaganze like the soundgasm n looks that Benelli or the likes provide , Then maybe you could price it at 6 lakhs.. But with the current performance, quality, looks, sound n other attributes, Honda should deliver this at 5 lakhs Indian rupees DOT. The only way Honda would be able to pull this off is by shifting manufacturing of these bikes to their India mfg plant. Honda has been manufacturing in India since few decades, and if they say they can't start off a 500 cc platform even after these many years , is a black mark on the prowess of Honda.. And let not anyone supporting Honda give this QC bull wrt India .. That whyne is a decade old... If BMW could muster confidence to manufacture locally their 300 cc ones despite their short stint , Honda should do TWICE as better to be called as Honda in the first place. Hence although i feel sad that Honda is retracting this nice bike from Indian shores, I'd want Honda to take this hit..I'd rather want Yamaha to ( who look like- are in India with some really lazy bunch of manpower) to pitch in and pull it off and show it to Honda how it's done.

Video title would not lead those interested to this bike. Title says CBX500. Should be CB500X. Did not find this video through search. Only because I'm subscribed.

Perfect Motorcycle for India. One Bike do it all. However Honda being Honda will price it to the moon and expect people to buy it. Not gonna happen Honda, price it right and you can storm the market.

Love the work of this and the main Bike Show channel. But what was very noticeable in this review unlike most of your work was what wasn't said. The Honda does have more power, but it wasn't mentioned that it also has a lot more weight than the KTM, around 20kg, completely nullifying the P/W advantage. That extra weight will also make itself felt off road and in a very negative way. Also, the Honda doesn't have spoked wheels, quick shifter, switchable off-road ABS and switchable traction control, aluminium swingarm, all of which the KTM has. In the interests of fairness all that is is missing from the Honda should be mentioned. If only in the interests of fairness and to give the consumer all the information. This review is after all consumer purchasing advice for your viewers.

Got to love riding thru globs of snot!

now I wonder how rieju adventura 500 legend with cb500x engine is going to compete with cb500x

When is the Honda CBR500R coming into the country?🇿🇦 Is it ever going to get on our shores? And what about the Honda Rebel?

Definitely change the tires if you are gonna use it for primarily off-road, but at that point just get a ktm 390 adventure

Very intresting video! Thanks!!!⚡

Seat design reminds us cbz xtreme model

They waited until the stock bike was near perfect before releasing it to you guys.

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I bought mine a month ago and it costs the equivalent to 170000 Rand here in Brazil

Such a capable bike but in India they priced it against the Kawasaki Versys 650 and it failed badly..

is it honda cb500x original handguard?

in india ,honda priced it at double the price of ktm 390 adv, that killed this wonderful bike in india.

SKID PLATE?? 😕