this is the honda cbr 500r and in this video i'm going to give you my perspective of what this bike
is like from someone who rides a harley-davidson
so i don't typically ride these sorts of bikes so i'm going to give you my point
of view and tell you what i think of it now from the offset i didn't think i would like this bike
a single bit you know i actually thought i wouldn't like it at all
but i've been pleasantly surprised by this bike i thought it would be uncomfortable due to the
very sort of leaned over position of it with your legs back which is not something i'm used to but
it's actually pretty comfortable it does squash the old tomatoes slightly against the fuel tank
but not very much so not to worry about and it is very fast even though it is an a2 compliant bike
and i'll go into the figures of what the power and torque is in a second it's actually surprisingly
fast because it's very light only 192 kilograms um the power to weight ratio is very good and this
engine is absolutely fabulous because it's a honda and they know what they're doing they make things
absolutely spot-on so yeah i was very surprised by this bike
to be a bit more precise the engine in the cbr 500 r is a 471 cc liquid called parallel twin and this
engine is superb it's so so smooth throughout the entire rev range and it does climb and climb the
more you rev it out and it does like to be red so right up near the red line is where it likes to be
and it produces 35 kilowatts at 8600 rpm which is just on the limit of the a2 license requirements
so you can go out and buy this bike and ride it on your a2 license
in europe and the uk without having to do anything to it and 35 kilowatts translates to thereabouts
47 brake horsepower and it produces 43 newton meters of torque at six and a half thousand rpm
and although that doesn't sound like a menace on paper this thing is pretty fast and it's certainly
for someone who's just passed their test it's going to give you pretty much a lot of thrills
but without getting you into serious trouble and winding you up in a bush it might do if you're not
careful but this thing does not to 60 in under five seconds so for someone who's 19 years old
that's pretty fast and to get that performance out of a car which you probably already have
if you've done your license at 17 you'd be looking at a ford mustang or a porsche 997
carrera s so that is a lot of performance and it's not very expensive for the performance
you get so i'll tell you how much it is in the next clip
so if you decide you want to go out to your dealer and buy one of these it's going to set you
back 6499 pounds in the uk and that's pretty good value for money if you ask me you're getting a lot
of performance for your money and it comes in two different colors one of them being grand prix red
which is what i've got the bike in here this is definitely the color i'd go for and then there's
a gunpowder metallic black some long name which i can't remember um i'd definitely go for this
the black's definitely a nice stealthy look but this is classic honda and i like honda's in red
it just looks right so i'd choose this color and definitely this is a lot of bike for your money
now although honda's now come with data tools i like to go into a little bit more
security when it comes to my own bikes and that's why i recommend using sizzap tracker
it is a very small device that just bolts on to your battery and then off you go you download
the app on your iphone or android and it will tell you exactly where your bike is on a map
it'll tell you if anyone sits on the bike it will come up with an alert notification saying
unauthorized access of your motorcycle so you know someone's tampering with it it'll also give you
alerts on your battery level my harley was getting low during the winter and it was coming up saying
you need to charge your battery which is great because i probably would have forgotten about
it and then come to start it when it's a nice sunny day and it wouldn't have started so that's
definitely a good feature they've also added a new feature which shows you how fast you've been going
so it's a neat little thing to share with your friends and brag about how fast you've been going
just don't show your girlfriend or you might get in a bit of trouble
and it also lets you share your roots with your friends on the app as well
so if you want to hear a little bit more about this product head to the link in the
description to their website and if you want to purchase one you can use our code mdatum
to get a little discount on there that's our channel initials and there's no monthly
cost it's just one upfront free so i highly recommend it and make sure you check them out
i think the engine could sound really nice if you got an aftermarket exhaust maybe an akrapovic
that would sound really nice and throaty the standard exhaust is quite quiet it's got a nice
little tone and rumble but it is very suppressed and that's of course due to the regulations um
that we have throughout europe and the uk um in america as well but they're not strict over there
and that does mean that when you're going along at motorway speeds my helmet gives quite a lot of
wind noise so i wear earplugs and i literally cannot hear the engine at all which means
you kind of can't play it by ear and know what res you're at you have to keep looking at your speedo
to see when you need to change gear because you can't hear it whereas when it's a little
bit opened up you can hear what gear you're at you get to learn your engine learn your bike
and you just know when to change gear without having to look down at the speedo so
i definitely recommend changing the exhaust to something a little bit more throaty
the cb 500r has double disc brakes on the front and a single on the rear and the stopping power
is absolutely phenomenal it's the best stopping power of any motorcycle i've ever ridden obviously
the old man's ridden some bigger hondas and things like that which probably have better brakes
but these brakes are superb they are the best brakes i've ever seen that i've ridden and when
you pull them in you feel like your face is going to be ripped off of your head from the amount of
g-force that it produces when you break it's more more scary than the acceleration that's for sure
so i was very impressed with the brakes you definitely don't need to do any upgrades with
those absolutely phenomenal there's definitely lots of aerodynamics going on with the bodywork
of this bike the front channels the air very nicely over you so when you duck down when you're
accelerating you don't get any wind on your head at all and there's these neat little vents that go
right through to the back to channel air through them for aerodynamics so they've definitely
fought that through and it looks cool anyway so very nice aerodynamic features on the bodywork
you've got a rear seat and passenger foot pegs as standard it's definitely not the
most comfortable seat so i probably wouldn't want to take someone on there for very long but
if you wanted to go for a little joy ride it's definitely possible so it's nice to have anyway
you can also take this rear seat off you just stick the key in here twist it to the right and
off it comes there's an owner's manual in there and there's also a little tool kit so if you find
yourself broken down you can or something's loose you can tighten that up you've got allen keys and
bits and bobs in there and a little bit of space probably couldn't fit much in there
maybe a pair of pants so that might come in handy if you
need to take some extra pants with you after you've soiled yourself from braking too hard
the suspension's very good you've got upside down shower forks on the front um and they soak up the
bumps very well even the cattle grids they go over it and you don't really feel them i
thought it would be rather stiff but it's not actually it's quite comfortable so that's good
the handling is absolutely brilliant this thing goes exactly where you tell it to and that's what
you'd expect from a super sports bike from honda so it definitely lives up to the expectations and
i was surprised by how stable it is at high speeds um it's not twitchy at all and i don't know why i
thought it wouldn't be stable because it is but yeah it's very stable very confidence inspiring
so you're not going to feel like it's trying to kill you all the time it feels like it wants you
to have fun and you definitely do have fun on this bike the mirrors are pretty good on this bike for
me i'd probably bolt them so they were sticking out a little bit further so that i could see
a little bit more round me i can see a wide amount in the mirror but not necessarily what's
behind me so i'd change the positioning and have them slightly wider but if you're not
very broad in the shoulders or a little bit shorter you won't really find an issue there
i am six foot one and this is what i look like sitting on the bike it feels very comfortable
my arms are nice and stretched out it keeps your back in a nice upright position and i don't feel
cramped my knees are perfectly in the shape of the bike if i was a bit taller i might find my knees
pressing against this front panel but i'm just about right for this so let me know what you think
i look like sitting on this bike it'd probably be ideal for someone a little bit shorter than
me but i had no issues wearing this bike so if you are above six foot you should be fine it's a big b
oh it's gone oh it's coming go away okay the display is very good on this bike it tells you um
quite a lot actually it tells you the temperature the miles per hour how many miles the bike is done
in total your miles per gallon what gear you're in what the revs are how much petrol you've got
what the time is so it tells you quite a lot and this display is telling me that this spike
in itself is averaging 68.3 miles per gallon which i'm quite impressed with for how fast this bike
is so um even if you are pinning it everywhere you're not getting that bad miles per gallon so
it's definitely better off riding one of these and you are driving even a normal 1.6 hatchback
you're getting much better miles per gallon and much more smiles per gallon that's for sure
thank you very much for watching the video leave your comments below what you think of the honda
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