2000 Honda CB500 review from United Kingdom

Nothing has gone wrong with it. The only thing I've had to put on it are consumables, which it is kind with.

All I can say really is 'wow'.

This bike has a lot of character, and you find yourself quite attracted to it after a while.

The specs don't suggest much in particular, except a bog standard commuter bike with an uninspiring 50hp. Basic specs, basic frame.

But those guys at Honda really knew what they were doing, and it all comes together wherever you are out and about.

The power delivery is strong and smooth, from very low revs. Although it is quite flat up until 7000 revs where it finds the power band and becomes a different bike; it leaps forward and the exhaust wails like a sports bike.

And in the twisties, keep it in the sweet spot and you are guaranteed to have a smile on your face... it's solid as a rock, light, flickable, and comfortable to fling about. If you push it to its limits, the forks tend to wobble, which feels wrong, so back off a bit-only if you are scraping the pegs though.

The brakes again are low spec, but are Brembo and stop the bike fantastically.