Honda CMX500 Rebel - first ride impressions - unexpected conclusion
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In this video I give you my first impressions of the brand new Honda CMX500 Rebel (471cc parallel twin cylinder engine). These first impressions are based on a few hour ride and I think they are quite relevant because when you take a bike out for a test ride that's generally the amount of time you have to quickly form an opinion.
Location for this video is Surrey, England, UK.
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- Honda for loaning us this bike to ride.
Website: www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles
- Lana Shimmin for taking the time to film with us on the day.
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- Alex Rollings for shooting and editing this video.
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I picked one of these up just under two months ago and absolutely love it. I'm 5'1 so its a perfect fit for me and I can flat foot it. Does well in town, on the motorway and out in the countryside.
I'd be interested in hearing what you think of the Kawsaki Eliminator 500.
Yes, this is an interesting bike in the is category too
What's the highest max lift of its ground clearance if you raise it
I had a Rebel 500 for three years. It's a fantastic bike and I had a lot of fun with it. I made a couple of long trips, even on some gravel and forest roads. It's a really good bike for learning how to ride. It is true that there isn't much leg space for taller riders. I'm 181 cm and after many hours riding it felt a bit cramped, but still it's doable to make long trips. Last spring I changed it for a Royal Enfield Himalayan 411 because I re-discovered off roading😊
If I walk into a Honda dealership, maybe thinking that there might be a model I might want to buy, I always walk out again quite quickly. They might be good bikes but the styling is either ugly or bland - maybe even both! They don't do anything for me I'm afraid.
I think this could be a good bike, it has good service intervals and good economy and I am sure reliable, but it is ugly and bland looking. What are Honda thinking? The engine is ugly for this kind of bike, for a cruiser style bike people want to see character.
@@aljo54 I think it looks really clean and minimalistic :/
It's is ugly, downright ugly, l am sure it's a good bike but the tank/headstock area is well wonky.
I just get the feeling in the dealerships that they aren't really interested, either the company or the salespeople.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course , I think it’s an ugly looking thing, I’ll wager I’m not in the minority holding that view,
I once discussed automotive design with a world famous designer , he said the first rule of motorcycle design is that the base of the tank should be horizontal, Honda have certainly ignored that rule!
Easy for me. I love bikes….. but never a cruiser style.
Nice video, but I think that the Rebels are so ugly they look like they have been crashed in too a wall 😂
Each to their own :)
Honda has the habit the past 10 years of having a rather ugly fuel tank and frame transition area. All them square inches of visible frame just sticks out like a sore thumb., and all the different models do this as they use the same engine cradle framework.
I managed to ride for 40 odd years without owning a Honda. Rode a few but they didn't do much for me. They just work too well and don't enliven the senses. Then old age krept up on me. My Speed Triple is a handful now. So about two years ago I bought a Honda VT 750. Boring as all hell. But it has just enough power. Not too heavy. Comfortably low. And I can ride the tank out in relative comfort. It does what it says on the tin, it's a Honda. Don't like the look of the Rebel. The 500 is too small. And the 1100 is too big. 750's for me were always a Goldilocks size. But no longer popular.
I love the look and style, but I'm a six footer, I would need therapy after riding that for more than an hour.
This will be my first bike for the next summer 😁
Ah, the throaty *cough, hiss, tick-tick-tick* of a modern, soulless parallel twin 500.
it might be a soulless sewing machine but any machine will gain soul if you ride it enough
How tall are you?
6'1, should have said that in the video actually
@@TheClassicMotorcycleChannel damn.. Though you were about 6'4 looking at the size of the bike. I'm 5'10 and was looking at this for a first ever bike but think the vulcan might be a better fit.