03-05-2014, 10:59 AM
Anyone here ever own one of these?
I have never seen one
I have never seen one
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Honda GB500
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03-05-2014, 11:22 AM
HondaJon Thanks for sharing this picture. Can you share the link to this, I would like to finish reading the rest of the article. Btw, it looks so much like our CB1100 that this concept would work. Only with a much bigger engine.
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03-05-2014, 11:38 AM
Capo has one...see posts 10 and 11
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2197 And its not surprising you have never seen one. Honda brought them in for 2 years IIRC and they were not good sellers. Highly collectible now though.
03-05-2014, 12:16 PM
(03-05-2014, 11:38 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Capo has one...see posts 10 and 11 It's a lovely bike, built either before or after it's time, depending on one's perspective. It's a momentum bike rather than a blistering performer. Get it into a nice flow, and it's a delight to throw around the back roads. A sporting single, light and agile, and beautifully built and finished. A keeper!
03-05-2014, 12:22 PM
(03-05-2014, 11:38 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Capo has one...see posts 10 and 11 Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk
03-06-2014, 05:30 AM
(03-06-2014, 12:01 AM)redbirds_imp Wrote: Such a beautiful bike. I'd love to own one. The GB500 is a homage to a number of vintage machines, not unlike the CB1100. Difference being that it is a tribute to old British thumpers, rather than the CB's reference points of various '70's Honda models. It does a great job of capturing the spirit, but not necessarily the glory, of AJS, Velocette, BSA and others. Here are a few shots of bikes that influenced the GB500, taken on one of my trips to the Isle of Man, along with one of the GB in repose. [/img] [/img] [/img]
03-06-2014, 05:46 AM
When I worked at the Honda store when it came out all the employees called it "The Horton" because it looked a little like the Norton
Max
03-06-2014, 05:57 AM
Guys that rode and raced 500 one lungers before electric starters and counter balancers were real men.
03-09-2014, 10:46 AM
Honda should stuff the current xr 650l motor into that GB chassis and cash in on the vintage bike market.
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