02-01-2017, 10:27 AM
(02-01-2017, 09:32 AM)Papa Weeley_imp Wrote:Did you join the CB500 club, too?!(02-01-2017, 04:18 AM)CB4ME_imp Wrote: .. seems that guys who gave up riding to get married, raise a family, and have a career decided to get back onto a bike assuming that they didn’t lose any skills – except that they did. Motorcycles are also more powerful than they used to be, which can be a surprise for riders who haven’t been on one in awhile.
The main reason I downsized to a 471cc bike. Less opportunity to get in trouble.
Did you join the CB500 club, too?!
I joined a CB500 Forum before I bought. It was mostly CB500R and CB500F members at that time. But they sure liked their bikes, and had very few complaints about them.
When the [url=http://www.cb500x.com/index.php]CB500X Forum opened, I joined that. There was a lot of good information there. The forum members knew more about the CB500X than the dealers.
I struggled trying to install my center stand spring. There were two suggestions that did not work. I walked away cussing. Finally someone posted about using the greased shaft of a Phillips screwdriver as a lever. Worked like a charm.