NEW BIKES! Honda CL500

Honda’s a bit late to the ‘60s-styled retro scrambler’ party. But there’s definitely something sweet about this new CL500.

It’s an homage to the firm’s CL72 and CL77 of the early 60s, which took the basic 250 and 305 CB/Dream engines and put them in a mildly tweaked off-road chassis. The 2023 CL500 does the same thing using the CMX500 Rebel cruiser as a base: the CL uses lightly tweaked versions of the parallel twin engine and steel tube frame, and adds a dash of scrambler style.

There’s a 19-inch front wheel, rubber fork gaiters, and a high-level exhaust silencer. Power is an A2-friendly 46bhp, weight is around 192kg, and it will be in the shops next spring, price TBC.

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