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Thanks for posting. I need to get a test ride.

I'm going the other way, no commute and don't like motorways but often find myself with a combination of small road and bad weather where less weight would make life easier.

The Bullet I had felt unhappy above 60 mph until the second or third oil change. How many miles on the demo bike?

If I may ask how tall are you? I'm 5 foot 8 with a 29 inch inside leg so can't think of a bike since my CB100N that I found cramped, but worth asking

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Thanks for posting. I need to get a test ride.

I'm going the other way, no commute and don't like motorways but often find myself with a combination of small road and bad weather where less weight would make life easier.

The Bullet I had felt unhappy above 60 mph until the second or third oil change. How many miles on the demo bike?

If I may ask how tall are you? I'm 5 foot 8 with a 29 inch inside leg so can't think of a bike since my CB100N that I found cramped, but worth asking

Cheers

Andy
At the start of the test around 180 miles on the clock so still very tight - the engine was very willing up to around 5k rpm and that equates to around 60mph so I was happy to stick to that but it was starting to reach its limit.

I am just shy of 6 foot with an inside leg of 32 inches so not extreme in size (apart from a too large gut).

One thing that I forgot to say yesterday was that the screen for me could have been a little taller and the breeze would have been held of nicely. Having said that I didn’t realise until I got back onto my naked BMW R80 that the screen really cosseted me and I felt really quite exposed (not in a scary way) on the BMW. I am now thinking that I would like some sort of screen for the BMW for longer trips / commuting - not a fairing, just a screen. Hmm food for thought and time to ask some airheads for their opinions / preferred screens.

I see that the Interceptor can come with a screen........ - I think that She Who Must Be Obeyed may have accepted that I am getting a new bike in a little while.
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Funnily enough, just noticed itchy boots Dutch woman has just switched from her famous Him to 500X.
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seems Noraly has both, a himmy in quarantine Peru, and a cb500 in holland.
Himalayan for Asia and Latin America and a 500X for Europe. Makes a lot of sense to me....
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My 2019 CB500X was a great bike but had this slight buffering at highway spend that caused it to weave enough to get tiring over time.

I am sure you could have changed the screen or seat height or something to fix it as it got worse with my daughter on the back.

Great bike otherwise.


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The CB500X screen is literally starting to do my head in.

Currently on lower setting, 3mm spacer bottom, 6mm top. Going to try this on Sunday.

These spacers on the top setting reduced the point at which is passes my test* from standing on the pegs at 90 mph (private autobahn etc.) to sitting at 50 or standing at 70.

Could decide if it was better with the screen removed.

No weaving though.

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*the test is the ability to hear enough of Vaught Williams Lark ascending to enjoy it, without being deafed by the following tracks while stationary. The CB500F passed at any speed it would do.
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Interesting reading the thread I've pretty much ended up at the option of the same two bikes ruled all the bigger beemers out once my rd250c sells.

Thanks for posting the motorway opinion up Jay that's a big help for those of us who are looking at the same bikes. One bike I did consider was an f800gs again had one two years ago which I sold for the 250c.

The Honda does look an interesting bit of kit quite fancying the new shape on myself.
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