This months classic bike cb500 vs cb750

[Woodside]

Just dropped through my door

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

And??
Which comes tops can not get that here
Cheers
Bitsa

[Woodside]

Just read it
In short ....750 for long rides touring etc
500 for fun and short blasts ...
But all in all they are both favourably written up....and as normal comes down to the depth of your pockets cause the 750 has the badge and the title of the first super bike?
But 500 is probably undervalued in comparison?

[SteveD CB500K0]

Before I go out to find a copy, can you tell us who wrote the feature and who owns the bikes?

Steve

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

In my opinion both dammed good bikes reliable and bloody good looking
Thanks for that
Bitsa

[BigAl (Alan)]

Just read the CB 400f completed resto on page 94 (Classic Bike.Feb addition) I have assumed the article is in the March addition? I don't normally receive mine until the end of the month, a definite read though

[Woodside]

Words John naish
Both bikes belong to martin young

[matthewmosse]

Will depend very much on the rider too. I rode a mates 750 back from south Wales and foud it rather heavy and not the best riding position. Other owners who have had a go on both have found the 500 too cramped and small. You can of course mitigate most of either situation by swapping bars etc and both are good machines. For me the cb500 has it in terms of value and looks and does brilliantly in the mile munching department too.

[Johnwebley]

agrees with Mathew,my 500 is fast enough,and about as heavy as I want,
the main styling issue is the end of the exhaust pipes !!!  haven't like them since 1971 !!

I would have styled them like the 750,much neater and easy on the eyes,

living in a rural area,the nimbleness of the 500 is great,and modern tyres make a hell of a difference,

[steff750]

  i got to go with the 750 it beats it in everything speed and looks the 500 was not thought out at all in my mind,nobody was even riding 500s then ,unless it was a two stroke
the 500 cant pull the skin off a rice pudding and them 500 exhausts have got to be the ugliest ever made so i wont be reading the mag 

[Norniron]

i got to go with the 750 it beats it in everything speed and looks the 500 was not thought out at all in my mind,nobody was even riding 500s then ,unless it was a two stroke
the 500 cant pull the skin off a rice pudding and them 500 exhausts have got to be the ugliest ever made so i wont be reading the mag 

Jeez steff thats a bit harsh.some of us 500 owners think our bikes are timeless classics.
I would love to find a set of original pipes for mine.

[steff750]

  init
no its just a wind-up , i would love to have a 500 aswell no problem
its just the mag editors they have no real concept of bikes they just think joe public will rush out and buy thier monthly garbage because they think we cant make our on minds up, i like all bikes except cruisers (harleys)even then i would sell body organs for a wla45
 each to his own i say whatever floats your boat
 i even still own and ride two old brittish bikes how sad is that 

[matthewmosse]

Only the 750 I rode back from south Wales had its original honda 4 into 4 pipes, my 500/4 was at its best with a slash cut triumph rockett 3 raygun of 70s vintage stuck to the bsm collector. Went like stink, the only setup that could have the rear wheel spin up on every corner pulling a sidecar. I gave up reading classic bike magazines back when Rod Gibson died. The content was increasingly getting dummed down on all the mags and the pay freeze at work that is still going on was starting to bite.

[toucheturtle]

750 looks bloated to me and I luuuv the original 500 pipes. You've got to rev the 500 but what's wrong with that?

[Trigger]

How can you put a CB500 up against a CB750 ? Totally two different bikes.