I put 150,000+ miles on mine. Axle broke off the right fork @ 85mph. Bad day. Loved that bike. San Diego to Cleveland 60 hours

I had one brand new, my first street bike. These bikes are increadibly stable in the sand of a beach wheras a regular steet bike would snake and be hard to control this FT will get sideways and rooster like a dirt bike. I wish I could buy it.

This guy should be a test rider for all the bikes lol

Sir, great video thanks for that ! I will have an FT 500 for the fourth and last time in my life. Love these bikes. They look and drive great. Kind regards from the Netherlands by Martin !

That engine sound...gotta love it!! I’ve got two xr500’s. My favorite bikes!

Oh hell yeah, I own a black ‘83 that is jetted,a/f mod, Thumperstuff header w/ a SuperTrapp slippy. These bikes are a PURE JOY to own. They perform flawlessly! Add a 16 tooth front sprocket & you get 15-18 higher mph without sparing any low power

Love the videos man ! I bought one it's a good bike , hard to get parts ! But the Ft in the video has the wrong side covers on it , the FT500 was 82 to 83 then they change the motor to a vtwin for a year or two ! It should say FT500 !

I owned this bike and loved it. Wish they brought back a similar 750

Oh wow that's a wicked bike!!

Should have Ft 500 side panels instead of VT 500 panels

It is NOT a bullet proof engine ! The Achilles Heel is the starter mechanism that uses a weird solenoid arrangement that can disintegrate the cogs .

Dude I just found one sitting in this 81 year old mans garage, offered 1,500 for both bikes , second which is a 1988 Honda Hawk GT 650 31,000 miles he gave them both to me. I just git the ascot up and running . please take a look at.

They had so many recalls for starter motor gears, I now a owner who had 5 recalls for new gears.

"gotta let it warm up" Something i always have to tell my fuel injected riding buddies.

No wheelies on all the Yamaha Rd's, and now we get wheelies.

Just got a 83 ascot vt500 with 1,100 original miles just got new coils on it carbs done plugs turn signal relay now I just got to finish painting the fenders but I love the sound of this bike I want to do some upgrades to make it faster I do want it to last though I did take out the airbox and use pods that's what I jetted it for got it running perfect has some good power put on asking for it for it to beat my dad's 1990 GL1500 cuz that's a 900 lb LOL but it's also a six-cylinder

I have one. an iv had it for 5 years. These things are tanks. not going to lie. iv wreck mine a few time and picked her up and fired right back up. Even blow up my head unit. An my ignition was toast. Like the ignition wasn’t there nothing left behind was the wires. she fired right up when I crossed the Solenoid.

My girlfriend had one, but I ...errrr...borrowed it a lot. Fun bike! But from time to time it would wag it's head a bit from time to time.

How do you set the cam chain tensioner on this engine?

Classic Kaplan, Before the chain link fence. Before Buddy Reperton.

I am driving. A 1250 gsa. But I love thuis bike.

素敵です

Yep day late and way short I was hankering for another one of these.

I've let two of these slip through my hands . Great bike .

Buddy Cafe and Tracker are two very different styles. This is a Flat Tracker styling.

Es una buena moto sus500ccla hace ser muy potente

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How do you set the cam chain tensioner on this motor? I’ve got an 82 xl500r.

I'm 6'3 280 lbs... Would I kill this bike?

Moto fábricada em 1982 mais muito bonita e atual👍👍

How about friends, does any of you have or know where I can get the starter bendix for the Honda Ascot ft500 mod motorcycle. 82

I had a ascot

WHERE IS YOUR HELMET??????

My first bike - Black. Would buy one today.

So an XR500 dirt bike with cruiser fairings lol

Donde puedo conseguir el eje y el impulsor de arranque del ft500 ascot???

That this is considered an "antique" is scary, LOL.

Had the thumper version- no power- twin engine much better to get

ça rame grave

what is with the VT side covers?

Why does it have vt graphics but (v twin) but the thumper engine?

MA PLUS BONASSE DES BECANES. J'ai eu en 1983

I rode 1 once, floated the valves, ran like crap after that, XL 500 maybe, but I ain't buying XR 500

It is a FT.

Ft....? Vt500....yes..no?

I had one myself ft stand for flat turd, they self destruct stater moter solidoinds every 2 weeks ( same part as a cb900) Stay away .................... theres a reason these piles of crud didn't sell !