| Since it was launched for the first time in the early 80s, | | | | In terms of rider comfort, the fact that the CR 500 |
| the model of motorcycles known as Honda CR 500 | | | | comes with a complete, refined suspension makes it |
| has been very popular. Reading through motoring | | | | interesting, especially given that most motorcycles |
| magazines, especially those from the late 80s and the | | | | have tended to be equipped with hardly any real |
| early 90s, it becomes very clear that this was one | | | | suspension. The later is probably the reason that |
| motorcycle model that was really hitting. Indeed, | | | | motorcycling was presented as an activity for the wild |
| although the production of the Honda CR 500 has | | | | who care less for comfort; a stereotype that |
| been discontinued (as has been the production of the | | | | machines like the CR 500 (with its strong suspension) |
| whole Honda CR series), the Honda CR 500 still | | | | have come to challenge. |
| remains a hit in some motorcycling circles. | | | | In terms of engine power, Honda CR 500 comes |
| This begs the question as to why CR 500 has been | | | | equipped with a 491 CC engine, which produces an |
| such a hit in motorcycling through the two and a half | | | | amazing 69 horse power units at a speed of 8500 |
| decades of its life. | | | | revolutions per minute. These are not modest figures, |
| Going through its history and its technical specifications, | | | | and were particularly phenomenal when the CR 500 |
| the answers are not too hard in coming. | | | | first made its debut in the market, in the year 1984. |
| 'Celebrity endorsement' emerges as one of the | | | | In terms of transmission, you have in the Honda CR |
| probable factors behind the phenomenal popularity that | | | | 500 a machine that comes with a complete |
| the Honda CR 500 has enjoyed over the years. As it | | | | five-speed transmission. Now while this may not seem |
| turns out, for instance, the CR 500 is the very same | | | | like a very remarkable thing today, you would have to |
| machine that Robbie Knievel, who first emerged a | | | | flashback to 1984 when the machine first emerged, |
| motor-jumping prodigy, used throughout his illustrious | | | | and when packing a five-gear transmission in a |
| jumping career, which went on to see him break some | | | | machine the motorcycle's size was considered a feat |
| stunning twenty records. | | | | of genius. |
| Aesthetically, Honda seems to have put a lot of | | | | According to the reviews that the Honda CR 500 has |
| thought into the Honda CR 500, which first came as a | | | | continued to receive over the more than 25 years of |
| flash red machine, before 'fighting red' and 'nuclear red' | | | | its existence, it has been consistently billed as a highly |
| versions were made. For what was billed as a | | | | stable machine; one that is quite easy to handle, one |
| 'machine of war' the presentation of the Honda CR | | | | that is durable, and one that has considerable power. |
| 500 in these variants of red makes for a thoughtful | | | | Hence the reason it has remained such a hit, even |
| decision. | | | | after Honda stopped its production. |
