this is the new cmx 500 honda rebel and in this video i'm going to tell you what this bike's like
and is it worth you going out and buying it the honda rebel costs 5849 pounds
in the uk i've got the bike in matte black here which looks awesome
it's very menacing i like the bike in matte black you can also get it in matte axis gray metallic
you've got matte jeans blue metallic pearl organic green and you've got
graphite black which is like a gloss black i think the bike looks great in matte black
now we did review this bike in 2020 but obviously i wanted to revisit the new
model and get a better review because i believe we've improved a lot since then
and my opinion of this bike hasn't really changed i still love it it is a great machine
especially for a new rider and that engine is very good so let's go into some details
about that now to be precise the engine in this is 471 cc it's a liquid called parallel twin and
this engine is great it's very smooth it's smooth throughout the rev range and it does like to be
revved it produces 34 kilowatts at eight and a half thousand rpm which translates to about 46
and a half brake horsepower and it produces 43.3 newton meters of torque at 6000 rpm
now it's all very well me telling you the figures but how does the engine
actually feel um at low rpms it's um it's not got that much torque low down
so it likes to be revved so it's best kept in the higher rpm range and that's where it really likes
to be and the engine just keeps on going when you rev it out and this spike does feel pretty fast
for what it is especially that it's a2 compliant so if you are 19 years old in the uk or europe
and you've just gone and got your a2 license you can go straight to your honda dealership and buy
this bike as it is you don't have to restrict it it meets the requirements which is 35 kilowatts
this is 34. so yes you can get on this bike and not have to do anything to it and what a bike to
start with we say this about basically any honda we review and you just can't go wrong with them
yeah i mean this bike is fantastic they've got a new exhaust on this model which is euro5 compliant
so it does meet the eurofi requirements that does mean normally that your bike's a little
bit quieter but they're quite as standard anyway i can't really tell the difference between this
and the old exhaust but it does give a nice little tone to it and you do get the odd pop and burble
on the overrun and when you shut off so i think well with an aftermarket exhaust this bike would
sound really good i have heard a few videos of them with one and they do sound good don't sound
as good as maybe a harley davidson iron would but it's not too bad considering it's a lot cheaper
so suspension you've got a 41 millimeter telescopic forks on the front and on the rear
you've got shower suspension with pro-link system the suspension is pretty good on this bike um
it's not out of this world but it soaks up pretty well a little bit of a firm ride but a nice one
lots of you have been asking that you want to see the cmx 1100 review and we want to do it so
let us know in the comments section below if you want to see us review that bike
we're very eager to so we're just asking trying to get it arranged with honda
to get one managed to get the 500 first but hopefully we can get an 1100 very soon
the rebel has a single disc brake on the front and the rear the stopping power is okay i think
it could be better maybe double discs would be more suitable for this bike i've just come off the
honda cb 500x and the brakes on that were a lot better but that did have twin discs at the front
so i think this could do with it as well but for the type of bike it is it's okay i've also just
bought a new camera so hopefully in this video you can see the difference between this one and my old
camera my old camera was a canon 750d not really that good the new one is a sony zv e10 which is
very very good from the looks of it so let me know what you think of the video quality in this video
this particular bike has been fitted with some of the honda accessories you've got the meter vision
little screen here protects your upper body slightly from the wind but if you're tall like
myself it doesn't make a huge difference you've got the pillion backrest which i'm sure will come
in handy stop you slipping off the back definitely a good accessory there and you've got this luggage
rack on the back which is certainly going to come in handy you could strap some bits to that maybe a
little backpack or something so that's definitely a nice accessory to have the seat height
is 690 millimeters and i am six foot one and this is what the bike looks like on me it feels okay
to be honest just when we're riding um i think if anything is slightly on the small side for me this
bike um but you tell me in the comments below what do i look like on it do i make the bike look tiny
or does it look just right it feels okay so if you are above six foot you're going to be fine
this bike and if you're below even five foot four you'll be able to touch the ground very
easily because it's not a very tall bike so this bike is ideal for a wide range of heights
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it's got a trail of 110 millimeters and a wheelbase of 1488 millimeters
and this bike feels very planted going along at motorway speeds 70 miles an hour it feels very
stable around the corners it's not twitchy at all it just feels very sure about itself
so you can ride this bike very confidently especially as a new rider you're not going to have
any issues on this bike and it's very simplistic there's no riding modes so you just get on the
bike off you go you don't have to think about anything it's not like some bikes where you've
got a sports mode and then suddenly you change the mode and it whoa it's a different animal
this bike's got everything on tap when you want it the rebel 500 weighs 190 kilograms which for this
sort of bike is pretty light and it does feel light it doesn't feel heavy at all so it's not
like getting on a big harley you're going to feel like it's going to topple over if you're a new
rider or if you're not very big this is very light for what it is it's got an 11.2 liter fuel tank
and it does 26 kilometers per liter which we don't do in the uk so who knows what that means it's 73
miles per gallon which is very very good in my standards comparing that to a harley-davidson
iron you know that gets about 49 miles per gallon so this is a lot better fuel economy
so you're going to be spending less time at the petrol station and more time on the open road
oh
there's no doubt in my mind that this is a very good looking bike
um it just looks so cool and menacing i think you could turn up anywhere on this bike and
people are going to look at it and go oh that's a nice bike i just had a dog walker come past
and say how nice it is and ask me what it is they thought it was a harley davidson it is that kind
of styling that's why i compare it to the iron because they're similar specs and styling so
really it's between that and this i do think this is a very good looking bike what do you think
in the comments below i just think the shape of the tank the way the lines sweep is just gorgeous
talking about how good looking this bike is another person's just come past and said
what a gorgeous bike it is and ask me about it so there's another point so
you really will get stopped wherever you go and people will talk to you about this bike
it is a talking point i think even more so with the new 1100 so we can't wait to try that out
the rebel has a six-speed manual gearbox and it's very smooth as with anything honda the clutch is
very light so if you've got not very strong hands you won't have any issues there and the mirrors
i can see about fifty percent of the road behind me so not too bad in the mirror department they
are quite a small round mirror and the bars are quite narrow so if you've got wide shoulders
it means it cuts out a bit of your visibility and with the bars being so narrow it means this
bike is great for lane splitting great in the city honestly really good in and out of traffic
it doesn't complain at low rpms so this bike is really a perfect all-rounder and if you wanted
it as a daily commuter i would really recommend it the display on this bike is very minimalistic
i like the way it comes up with rebel as you start it it tells you what gear you're in your
miles per hour what speed you're doing and how many miles you've done and your petrol
gauge so that's all it tells you the only thing it doesn't tell you which i really really wish it did
is your rpms because i feel like that's rather important to know what rpms you're at
so you don't over rev the engine or so that you can be in the right gear so that's something i
would really like to see them add to this bike but apart from that it doesn't really matter too much
got this rear pillion pad and pegs as standard so you can take someone on the back straight
out of the box it's not going to be that comfortable so probably only short journeys
but at least you can do it and if you didn't want to do it you can unbolt this and keep it nice and
minimalistic you could take off the pegs as well but you can't take the bracket off as it doubles
as the exhaust bracket so there's a little bit of a downside but to be honest with you
it's all in keeping with the style of the bike i don't think it detracts from it so there's
no point in doing that anyway thanks very much for watching if you've enjoyed this video please
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live with because that'd be really interesting to know and we'll see you in the next video