2023 Honda CL500 retro bare worth introduced, arriving …

Honda has launched the pricing for the 2023 Honda CL500,  a cool retro-naked with relations to the CMX500 Insurgent, which is slated for a spring arrival 2023.

The 2023 Honda CL500 was introduced final November on the EICMA present in Milan as a relative of the Honda CMX500 Insurgent cruiser and as a gap of Honda’s neo-retro vary which is anticipated to incorporate a CL300 doubtlessly by the tip of 2023.

It’s anticipated that the 2023 Honda CL500 will arrive in UK sellers in April 2023, and also will be obtainable on a PCP settlement. 

The value for the 2023 Honda CL500 has been introduced by Honda to be £5,999 (OTR), and a PCP instance might be discovered under.

2023 Honda CL500 PCP instance:

Go to the Honda UK web site to search out out extra, and to discover your nearest Honda seller.

This text was initially revealed when the 2023 Honda CL500 was introduced on 8 November 2022, and was up to date with the above textual content on 15 February 2023. The unique article might be learn under.

The CL nameplate will likely be acquainted to these of a sure age, who will bear in mind bikes widespread and now useful scramblers that ranged from 125 to 450cc. For 2023 the identify makes a return, within the type of the brand new Honda CL500.

2023 Honda CL500 options and specs

The design of the motorbike is pretty carefully associated to that discovered on the CMX 500 Insurgent, though now gone is the low-slung sub-frame and instead is a rear finish that apes the unique CL-series bikes, full with a high-level, shrouded silencer. The engine is straight lifted from the CMX 500, which means you may have a 471cc parallel twin-cylinder engine that produces 34.3kW (45.9hp), and 43.4Nm (32lb-ft) of torque. The brand new bike options up to date gas injection settings for the CL500, together with a brand new, shorter closing drive for extra shove off the road. The six-speed gearbox is mated to an assisted slipper clutch for a lighter clutch really feel and improved management when down-shifting.

Just like the engine, the chassis bears greater than a placing resemblance to the merchandise discovered on the CMX, at one finish no less than. It’s a newly designed tubular diamond body, and a looping rear subframe. The rake of the CL500 is about at 27 levels, whereas the path is 108mm and the wheelbase is 1,485mm. The quoted kerb weight of the brand new bike is alleged to be 192kg.

The entrance finish of the bike is suspended by 41mm telescopic forks with 150mm of journey, whereas a set of dual shocks work on the rear. The one adjustability comes within the type of a five-step preload adjustment, most journey is quoted at 145mm on the rear.

Braking is taken care of by a single two-piston caliper and 310mm disc on the entrance, with a single-piston merchandise on the rear engaged on a 240mm disc. ABS is included within the type of a traditional two-channel system. The wheels are a 19-inch entrance/17-inch rear mixture for assured grip and light-weight dealing with throughout various terrain. The OEM hoops on the bike are Dunlop Mixtours, sized 110/80 R19 entrance and 150/70 R17 rear.

An enormous change over the CMX500 is within the ergonomics of the bike. Gone is the easy-going cruiser stance of the Insurgent, and instead is a barely extra targeted scrambler model. That stated, the seat top of the CL500 continues to be an accessible 790mm, with the identical slim mid-section because the CMX.

The cockpit of the bike encompasses a reverse LCD show housed in a round casing. It shows data to the rider together with gear place indicator, gas consumption and particular person indicator arrows. The gas tank of the bike holds 12 litres, and the quoted gas economic system of the bike is 27.7km/L (65mpg).

Just like the XL750 Transalp additionally launched right this moment, the CL500 is arriving in UK Honda sellers in spring 2023, pricing is as but unknown, we’ll replace you when it’s introduced.

For extra data on the brand new Honda CL500, head to: www.honda.co.uk

2023 Honda CL500 specs

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