The CB-1 is available through grey import and can be bought from as little as £1000 The one i bought from a dealer set me back £2350 in as new condition with only 2000kms on the clock. From the monement i first heard it fire up i knew my life would not be the same after. I've ridden all manor ... Read review
Advantages: chep insurance, low running costs, a lot of fun in a little packace Disadvantages: if your over 6ft might be a bit cramped, all to easy to lock front wheel
...though lol) and being a honda it should provide many trouble free miles , mine did 30,000 miles on just 2 services bad i know but it never was the worst for it. it's would still be going strong if not for a unfortunate encounter with a lorry at a junction with faulty traffic lights but as they say thats another story. I would always recomend the CB-1 to anyone who wants a fast inexpesive fun bike.
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The CB-1 is available through grey import and can be bought from as little as £1000 The one i bought from a dealer set me back £2350 in as new condition with only 2000kms on the clock. From the monement i first heard it fire up i knew my life would not be the same after. I've ridden all manor of bikes But none would prepare me for this little cracker. It shares the same motor as the CBR400R it also shares it's performance which takes people by suprise as it's quite a small bike. I rember one ocasion when i was behind a guy on a KR1S 250 a bike i had been hankering after for quite some time but never managed to actually own one anyway we pulled up at the lights together and i thought to myself i got no chance hear as i could see the guy was well up for it, the lights changed and off he went screaming up the road in a cloud of blue smoke i thought i might try to keep up with him so i cracked the throttle open, as the revs hit about 9 thou the little bike turned from DR Jakkel to MR Hyde and the engine howled as the needle burried itself deep into the red line without any loss of power 14 though change gear and i shot passed thy guy on the KR1S, couldent believe it. The bike has such a sharp rake and short wheelbase that changes in direction are as easy and as quick as just thinking about them quick reflexes are needed when you up the pace. The running costs of the bike are quite modest a fiver should carry you a hundred miles or so and most of the service parts i.e brake pads, oil filters ect are shared with the NTV or Revere. There are a couple of points i will now grumble about, the front brake could offer a bit more feedback as i found loking up the front wheel all to easy on a number of occasions twice ending up with me landing on my cheeks and of course being a grey import finding the bits that break off after a tumble can be painstaking and expensive but there is a solution to this Don't drp it! if you end up with one of theese machines always fit the best rubber to the wheels don't buy cheep tyres and with it's light weight, mad powerband, and sharp handling you'll be despatching Fireblades and R1's with ease (in town or the twisties not the motorways though lol) and being a honda it should provide many trouble free miles , mine did 30,000 miles on just 2 services bad i know but it never was the worst for it. it's would still be going strong if not for a unfortunate encounter with a lorry at a junction with faulty traffic lights but as they say thats another story. I would always recomend the CB-1 to anyone who wants a fast inexpesive fun bike.
Advantages: Where do I start. I find that it rides like my old 250. Disadvantages: Now that I know the my bike, I find that it does not have enough ground clearance for a sport titled bike.
Like most I began at an early age and from the bottem up. I have rode many bikes, but only owned four.
1) HondaCB250G5, from the 70's. 2) Kawasaki Z1300 THE BIG SIX, of the 70's/80's eara. 3) HondaCB1100SF X11, the naked BLACKBIRD. 4) Triumph Thunderbird Sport, 2000 model in opal white and tangerine (I belive this was the last of the T-Bird models to be made).
Due to an accident at work I am now disabled can't work and have lost a lot of my physical strenth, I also have polyneuropathy. I am know unable to manage large, heavy bikes. So needed something lighter and more managable. The polyneuropathy has afected my feet badly, causing me pain day and night 24/7. For which I have to take a morphine based drug. I was unable to get my right foot under the gear change and through the NABD Club for disabled rider I had a Klicktronic gear ...
Advantages: everything Disadvantages: nothing- brakes could be better
i brought a top condition 1994 model with 28,000 miles on the clock that had a front fairing fitted for £1000, the front fairing model doesnt look as good as the naked model, but i was going for practicality not just looks, mines a full power version and as my first bike i instantly learn the controls and how to cope with a proper weight motorbike not a feather weight 125cc, the expereance so far has been simply mindblowing, i instantly thought the bike was powerful and torquey,but like everyone else has said as soon as you go over 6,000rpm the bike takes off like it has a turbo fitted, hand on heart the power is insane coming from a yamaha 125cc with 13bhp to my hondacb500 with 58bhp, the bike masters all conditions-city,open roads and motorways.
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iv owned my cb500 for just over 2 months now, and im happy to report that ...
dancb500 27.01.2009 (26.01.2009)
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