HONDACB500X 2012 - 2013

　　Along with the CB500F and CBR500R announced at the EICMA Motorcycle Show in 2012, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer also announced the CB500X, an adventure-style machine with a fun-to-ride factor and an extra dose of versatility.

　　In 2013, Honda launched the CB500X, a motorcycle that featured a compact height-adjustable windscreen and a larger-capacity fuel tank that was carefully shaped to offer riders an unrestricted riding position.

　　Also, the 2013 CB500X model offered plenty of performance that suited the adventure sport touring riders, with a modern and torquey parallel-twin engine, an upright handlebar that accommodated a vast variety of riders, and the shape and height of the seat that gave the riders more space to move.

　　The adventure machine came with a diamond-shaped 35 mm steel tube frame in a lightweight and rigid package that offered responsive sport handling and housed a 41 mm telescopic fork with 12 cm (4.9 inches) of wheel travel and a sophisticated Pro-Link single-shock absorber on the rear that provided nine-stage spring preload adjustability and almost 12 cm (4.7 inches) of wheel travel.

　　The bike came from the factory with a set of lightweight cast aluminum wheels fitted with a 320 mm wave-style disc with a two-piston caliper on the front and a 240 mm disc squeezed by a single-piston caliper on the rear that provided strong braking performance.

　　As for power, the 2013 Honda CB500X had its heartbeat set by a 471cc parallel-twin four-stroke liquid-cooled engine fed by an electronically controlled fuel injection system that helped deliver an output power of 47 hp with maximum strength at 8,500 rpm and 43 Nm (32 lb-ft) of torque available at 7,000 rpm.