2023 Honda CL500 Review | New Scrambler for the 500cc class!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Honda’s 471cc parallel-twin unit finds its way into a Scrambler format - Alex heads to sunny Seville to review the 2023 Honda CL500.
With the main frame of the Honda CMX 500 Rebel, and given a new subframe & scrambler style (should you choose to add it on), we get to test a bike that may be just the ticket for A2 motorcycle riders. Has the Big Red Wing got this one spot on?
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0:00 Honda CL500 Review 2023
2:20 Honda CL500 Price
3:30 Engine
4:44 Suspension
7:00 LCD Dashboard
7:39 Tyres
8:12 Oil Capacity
8:56 Verdict
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Great vid, thanks! I like the look of the bike, especially the orange option! 👌
Definitely a good review , enjoyed it very much
CL 1100 will slay everything else on the market🙏🏻
Except for those who cannot afford it
It is too fast I think, I ride a Honda Hornet CB 600 until I get the new scrambler next week, it is from the son of my neighbour and it is his first bike, but it is a rocket! Two days ago I travelled through some nice curvy roads and I could not withstand the opportunity of driving fast. So I rode like how they ride on the Isle of Man, my God, what a speed! I remember the days that Ago was riding MV together with Phil Read, but I think this Honda does accelerate much faster than Ago and Phil in 1973! I am 64 now and I prefer the Honda 500 , it is a way to protect myself from very dangerous high speed! I can behave myself very well in traffic, but when there is no one on the road than I cannot withstand the sensational feeling of high speed and fast acceleration. So the Honda Scrambler keeps me in the right speed window so to say. What I also like very much is the sound of the 180 degrees twin, when I ride easy it sound a bit like a single cilinder bike and that is a sound I like very much and give me a very relaxed feeling!
Especially with both gearboxes
@@walsmachinist1 my regards to you sir, for being an inspiration at 64 🙏🏻
@@williamrae9954 absolutely!!!!!!
I think it is kind of a cool bike as well
who knows if it'll make it to the United States
so little in the lower price ranges seems to
unfortunately
appreciate the great review and wonderful video
Looking forward to getting mine later this month 🤞🏻
NGL, one of the MUCH better looking bikes honda has made in the past few years (apart from the 500X)
Good review didn't keep apologising for it not being a Hayabusa probably the best version of the Honda 471cc engine bikes?
That's a great looking bike to be fair. Especially that khaki matt.
Should totally do a CL500R/hawk55 (17" front and bullet train half front fairing)
If it had a standard looking tank like an old CB series I'd be all about it, but that awkward half-slant tank does not look good at all.
Accessories...h'lamp cowl,yes,you can keep the rest...probably buy one from salvage sometime in the future, and build it right, Fatbars, de-cat exhaust, wire spoke wheels, etc!
Hi Alex! Have you ride the CB500X? Can you compare this CL 500 Scrambler with the CB500X? Which one would you choose and why? Thank you!
This week I hope I get one, for the green one I had to wait until week 30, so I decided to go for the orange which I can ride next week for sure! Can´t wait for it, my last bike was a Honda CB 500 X. I am curious about fuell consumption, with the 500 X I once managed 2.42 liter/100 km riding on smaller roads for farmers etc. I mostly ride smooth and easy, not fast acceleration and high speed. I like it easy and most the time I try to travel with a speed of about 70 kmh. On these smaller roads it does not feel slow and I can enjoy the landscape. In the near of my town there are some interesting parts where I sometimes drive considerably faster , a bit like Mike Hailwood haha. I like driving fast through the curves, that's my only handicap, I love twisting the bike through the curves! On the other hand I like to drive easy through the city and take care of myself and others, It is a kind of relexed feeling, a kind of Zen!
1:24 probably because it's still new, that How I had it with the 500x, change the preload and then after a few hundred kilometers change it back and it was normal.
Nice video. I wish Honda would take that motor and put it in a more adventure bike frame and wheel set-up. The CL or CB500X with spoked wheels, beefier suspension, etc.
Aftermarket offroad parts available BEFORE the bike was even made....Rally Raid Products
basically you want a V-strom 650XT version of the cl/cb500(x)?
@@adam346 Could be, but the V is too heavy. If the CB had more of an enduro frame and suspension set-up, it'd be a tad lighter.
does it have a fuel gauge?
Ｉ ❤this Reckless blue.
You're weight influences how soft the suspension feels too.
Very nice bike, but I'm waiting for the CL750 🏆
Don’t worry; when that one arrives you’ll want a CL900.
@@TheHkluivert only 12mths away for the 750,no 900cc motor yet,but there's an 1100? CL750 and GB750 for 2024
@@cowmath77 I don't think it will be too heavy. Ex. Ducati scrambler 1200, triumph 900 and 1200 scrambler 😄
@@cowmath77 A scrambler with the 1100cc Africa twin engine would be nice
Seems to fill the gap between the CB500X and the CB500F. But was it a gap that needed filling?
For a retro scrambler styling, HECK YEAH! With this HONDA got all the styling covered, cruiser Rebel, sport cb500R, naked CB500F, adv CB500X. Covers the sub500cc for all sort of riders
Does it have an electric starter?
USA date when?
How tall are you?
Good review, I think spoked wheels would have finished the look
I wouldn't own anything with tube-type tires.
@@kenhoward3512 cool.
Of course tubeless spoked wheels are a thing, its 2023 lol
@@Thepreppersbunkeroutdoorsthat would bump the price quite considerably though.
@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff
Functionality and aesthetics also...
Preload doesn't change the boinciness, that's what damping is for.
Well yes but damping has to match the spring rate so apparently the adjustment he did improved the match.
Does anyone know if a centre stand is available for this bike 🍻
Hepco Becker...keep your eyes on them
I think it's kind of cool, but the tank and frame feel all wrong. That motor needs a proper scrambler chassis.
Scrambler chassis?¿
@@fingerscrossed2317 That's what I was thinking.
A straight-backbone frame with space for a bigger gas tank.
@@fingerscrossed2317 a standard chassis would probably be more accurate.
This or a "used like new" CB500X for the same price?
Thanks!
Wow that is a tough choice.
Turn the gain down on the mic, you're clipping like crazy.
It’s a city bike. There is so little suspension travel, it will struggle with the pots holed roads in the UK, let alone a decent off-road track. Add to that the cast wheels, definitely a city bike only. It’s such a shame, there is so much potential in the 500 Twin motor borrowed from the CB500X. Just look at what Rally Raid did with the CB500X to turn it into a pocket adventure bike with true off road ability. The CL500, as a stripped down light weight CB500X promised so much, the actual end product is just a long list of disappointments for many. Not least of which is the styling, particularly the sloping shape of the tank which visually challenging. If Ducati, Triumph, Fantic, BSA and even Mash can make a decent fist of styling their Scramblers what went wrong at Honda HQ?.
You could probablu just get the rally raid kit for the 500x if you really want to take it off roading
World tourer...all offroad parts for the CB500X should fit...better this than a Tenere 700,your arse will thank you
@@williamrae9954 this over a Tenere 700??😂😂😂
@@Theoriginalramjammer Good luck pushing your 'grapes' back in!(I own an XSR700 and Tracer7, I would even consider a Tenere 700 with that seat).
I dunno what you were smoking but, pot holes? This bike is springy as fuck, in fact so much all the fat test reviewers were complaining about it. Cracker a2 machine
Should have used the 750,but then again I think they should have made an NT750 with cruise
2024....bike and it's GB750 sister already on RUclips
Maybe a replacement for my 390 Duke as a second bike. It looks better without the oddly-shaped high mudguard.
Good review, not 'rambly' at all.
The high fender is because a low fender (t7) collects mud and can cause issues
They've just hipstered the rebel. Was quite looking forward to this one, but now disappointed. Looks small, and the exhaust is ugly, as is the tank.
Had a versys 650, 180 degree engine is very dull noise. Like a lawn mower.
Will go for Yamaha xsr 700 instead, even a used one is better.
What is he talking about suspension set up for beginners,it’s set up for weight of riders not riding experience so as your 6’4” and 15-16 stone then of course you need to adjust .😂
The footpegs seem to be too far back for off-road
A bike looking for a market?
Dreary. You'd be depressed opening the garage.
@@saltaireorangebicyclechopp8555 nope...you lack thought and vision...going to be a lot of modded ones of these made
The white accessories look like generic aftermarket pieces. At least make them in black, Honda (if not color-matched to the bike).
Marketing video
You can get CB500X with all the off-road capabilities for only $100 more than this. It’s tough to choose.
With usd forks, dual front brake discs and weather protection and a much bigger fuel tank...not that tough.
This bike feels like a disappointment. Not much of a scrambler, alloy wheels, and feels a little cheap. The Monkey was done so beautifully and is such a high-quality bike. Wish they would have done the same here.
The Monkey is not so high quality.
@@user-sw2lv3zp6o How so?
@@5150bwagner Sorry, no specifics, but I read this and saw it reported on RUclips videos by owners.
@@user-sw2lv3zp6o Right..... sounds like you don't know what you're talking about. It's a very high-quality bike.
@@5150bwagner I was only reporting what owners have said. I rather like the Monkey.
Id take one over the awful Rebel.
Hey wait.
That looks like a motorcycle
Too many complaining comments here, it's built to a price and that shows with the RRP. If you want better then there is the higher spec CB500X. Go buy that and stop complaining.
Whichever Honda exhaust designer created that exquisitely DUMB looking exhaust should be made to carry one around with them for eternity.
Thank the unelected idiots in Brussels for that
It just kinda looks too small! Like a Rebel. Being 187 cm tall I feel on it like on a scooter...
Being very tall (or very short) is a limitation, but not a fault of the bike.
@@kenhoward3512 185 is an average in Europe. So I think for EU market it is more about the bike!
@@saul78oldrite There are far more people in Asia and the average for Europeans are 180cm (5'11").
@@gullintanni even for 180 cm it looks small not only in imho...
Talks about sound and doesn't record it...
I was thinking about buying the CL500...until I saw it.
Owned Hondas my entire biking life (5 decades), but this spare-parts bin fake scrambler - and based on the "new" Rebel platform - is flat-out stupid (and ugly).
Honda can - and should - do much better. So I'm one less purchaser than they would have had.
Honda, if you're going to make a scrambler, make it a SCRAMBLER (e.g., you don't put an underslung exhaust on a true scrambler, etc.)!
100%. The CMX500 is not a good base for a scrambler at all. It's a cruiser ffs!
Those stupid always on indicators are just going to make you have an accident. In bright sunlight you can easily mistake those for someone indicating. It's just stupid. Honda puts people's lives at risk with that sort of thing.
Why can't it come looking like that as standard? You have to pay more for it to actually look good then you have to get those parts painted yourself? That is insanely poor service from such a big company, honda parts are hugely expensive now aswell. Sat on one at a bike show but it looks lackluster in real life. Would rather have a leoncino. Honda's are also extremely boring to ride, the scram 411 whilst slower has much more charm and can actually be ridden off road, same with the Ducati scram. It's very disappointing. A single cylinder , lighter, whippier Ft500 remake would have been cooler and taken on others in that class much better. This is only really competing with the yamaha scr950 and other chubsters.
Without a shadow of doubt the worst looking exhaust system of any bike I have ever seen.. what on earth were they thinking!?
I personally don't have a problem with the exhaust, but with the dash. It's far too dim and can't be read properly. Honda should be reminded, that this bike is actually not that cheap. It doesn't even have a rev counter.
This bike is extremely ugly tbh. They were so poorly designed that they copied the fuel tank from the Rebel, with a little trim. It's not beautiful!
Ugly tank n
It's a road bike.... Another bullshit model with the same frame, same engine. Those header pipes will be smashed against the engine in 5 minutes.
The concept is fair, not exceptional, but its not exactly a thing of beauty... in fact its ugly.