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Well new owner picked up the CB 500X about 10 mins ago.
I never got comfortable with it. It had enough power if you kept it stirred up, and always made sure you were in the right gear. But that is not my style. Then again it was only a 500 and I'm used to liter bikes which dont care if you shift or not. Ironically the last ride I had on it the other day was the most enjoyable ride I've had on it. I think it was because there was zero traffic and I could keep my speed up on the country curvy roads I ride.
I did enjoy the light weight of it, and it handled well, held a line and transitioned side to side well. But in the end was not a good fit for me, so ....
Now there is room for another bike I am considering once I get a look at one in the flesh, and a test ride, a 2021 Honda NC 750X DCT/ABS. For 2021 they upped the power and torque, lowered the weight, lowered the seat height an inch or so, added led lights, now has ride by wire, self cancelling turn signals, a new flashing brake light on emergency braking, ride modes, new either led or tft instruments, new windshield, and it gets like 70 mpg.
I test rode a 2019 NC 750 X that my son's FIL bought, and I think I could live with it for at least local rides. He had no trouble keeping up on the Men's Fall Trip to North Carolina last year.
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If it's just for local rides, why do you want one? You already have the CB1100 for those.
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Trying to have something to share the burden. The CB has nearly 60,000 miles on it now. The FJR will turn over 40k soon. I tend to ride a lot lol.
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I thought the CB500X belonged to a nephew? I like your moves, Ferret: 'Honey I just got rid of a bike. I think I'll get a [insert name of bike here].
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I had a CB500X, I liked that bike, it was a great commuter.
I put 30,000 trouble free kms on it and sold it for almost the same money I bought it for.
Ferret if you didnt gel with the 500X, do you think the 750X might be a bit similar for your tastes?
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Maybe cover the empty space up and the urge to fill it goes away? 
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(03-08-2021, 02:22 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: I thought the CB500X belonged to a nephew? I like your moves, Ferret: 'Honey I just got rid of a bike. I think I'll get a [insert name of bike here].
technically that is correct Cormanus. My Nevada nephew bought it to keep here so that he would have something to ride when he came home. He paid for the bike, I titled it, and I paid for plates and insurance and rode it while it was here. He never made it back to ride it last year and due to Covid, him taking a new job, his son getting married this summer, etc, he didn't see getting back here for a couple of more years and suggested we sell it to a buddy of his that was looking for a bike. I thought that was a good idea.
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You want a third bike to spread the riding load around?
Easy enough solution.
Get another CB1100.
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(03-08-2021, 04:11 PM)treedoc_imp Wrote: I had a CB500X, I liked that bike, it was a great commuter.
I put 30,000 trouble free kms on it and sold it for almost the same money I bought it for.
Ferret if you didnt gel with the 500X, do you think the 750X might be a bit similar for your tastes?
treedoc...at a soon to be 71 I am looking to downsize a bit, and thought the CB 500X would be enough. Alas it was not. I guess technically it had enough power but it was all the dang shifting that got to me. shift, shift shift shift shift. Didn't seem like you could go 100 yards without upshifting and if you let off the gas for a curve, or traffic you had to down shift once or twice or thrice to get back in the power. I don't know for sure if the NC750X will do it, but it's in between the 500 and the liter bikes. It's a pretty torquey bike and the DCT would allow for NO manual shifts and may allow some extra riding time and relief to a toe that sometimes gets gout and bunion attacks which make shifting (and walking) very painful. Bunion started hurting Friday and kept me off the bike Saturday, so I am heading in for a cortisone shot in my toe in a couple of hours). I did ride Sunday and Monday but it was very painful to upshift.
(03-09-2021, 12:23 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: You want a third bike to spread the riding load around?
Easy enough solution.
Get another CB1100.
VLJ the scenario I am envisioning is, the FJR will eventually get sold. I love the bike, but it's big and heavy and I don't need that much bike anymore. My wife told me the other day she thinks she is done riding. We will see when summer hits. Due to a replacement hip and two replacement knees (and a pelvis broken many years ago), she was only able to ride 30-50 miles at a time last year and had trouble mounting/dismounting and walking after getting off the bike. I told her as long as she wants to ride, even 50 miles a day, I will keep a big bike for two up riding, but if she is done, there is little need for me to have the FJR. So in my mind the CB would move into the long distance bike position, and the NC would be the local rides bike. I had considered another CB 1100 by the way, but then I'd just be shifting another bike and have 2 identical bikes in the stable. Think I want to try something else, but my CB isn't going anywhere.
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Mentioned maybe a few times before, but will say it again: I personally found a bike like the NC750XD nicely complemented the CB1100, and in a way The Ferret is evaluating. I did not expect it to be so, but my CB1100 became the weekend tourer and the NC for everything else including weekday long hauler. I found the NC just fine on the freeway, passing and sustaining speed not a problem. I will say the NC is lighter than the CB, so a bit more mindfulness might be required for wind gusts and 18-wheeler air pushers on the freeway, but nothing an experienced rider would not expect.
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