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parts for 500 series from k speed, pretty good prices but design wise all suck.

http://www.k-speed.net/product_973482_th

you talked about the sliders (crash protectors) where only mounted in by 1 bolt and that usually it was 2 or more? and it did seems to be abit weak. thats your final about the sliders? i would prefer paying double or triple but for high quality and really strong set ups! as it would probably keep the bike in better shape after a slide on the side.

fellow owners of the cbr 500 r! are you feeling some engine vibrations when going above 4 to 5k rpm? thats when i start to feel them. its not that strong but i can indeed feel some more vibrations at those rpms. when driving some long distances my hands and fingers feels a bit numbed (not sure of the spelling). i remembered reading about one owner of this bike talking about like he was sitting on a chain saw! if i could only remember who it was. i think it was posted in this topic so i guess i just spend the day long to search for it.

Have you checked your oil level?

Engine oil? I havent opened and looked down in the small whole where you fill the oil if thats what you mean. Bike is brand new but I have put over 1000k on the clock already so going to honda big wing for the first service tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone else had these engine vibrations.

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fellow owners of the cbr 500 r! are you feeling some engine vibrations when going above 4 to 5k rpm? thats when i start to feel them. its not that strong but i can indeed feel some more vibrations at those rpms. when driving some long distances my hands and fingers feels a bit numbed (not sure of the spelling). i remembered reading about one owner of this bike talking about like he was sitting on a chain saw! if i could only remember who it was. i think it was posted in this topic so i guess i just spend the day long to search for it.

so how are you satisfied with the bike guys? Was it worth buying or are you tired of it already?

Can somebody make a youtube with a real bike sound, I still think it sounds like a scooter

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if youre not to impatient i have filmed some long trips with my gopro hero3 black edition camera and i will try to upload it to youtube within this week. riding on a fully stock white cbr500r .

ps if you think this one sounds like a scooter i would love to know in wich scooter model you had in mind? it might not sound to loud when idleing but once you go on the road and goes about 4 to 5k rpm plus its roars quite good to me ds

how about mounts for gps and mobile phones? i have seen ram mounts at shops like gps4u there store at fortune it mall and also one shop in mbk. touratech also good some. but they are all very expensive and i wouldnt feel safe letting those equipment stay on the bike in the public garages.

anyone knows a cheaper but strong and stable solution? appreciate some advices. im also thinking of purchasing a garmin gps and connect it through the cigarette jack from the battery. but those prices of 20k will have to wait and the iphone will have to due for now running both sygic and tomtom gps navigation system.

how about mounts for gps and mobile phones? i have seen ram mounts at shops like gps4u there store at fortune it mall and also one shop in mbk. touratech also good some. but they are all very expensive and i wouldnt feel safe letting those equipment stay on the bike in the public garages.

anyone knows a cheaper but strong and stable solution? appreciate some advices. im also thinking of purchasing a garmin gps and connect it through the cigarette jack from the battery. but those prices of 20k will have to wait and the iphone will have to due for now running both sygic and tomtom gps navigation system.

Yes this teknic chicane looks really nice designed and most importantly they look like of real strong durable build for the most important factor "the safety". I have seen a shop on the ads of mocyc that sold teknic chicane boots and gloves, but cant remember if they had jacket n pants.

That would be Banana Speed Thailandbananaspeedthailand.com

But yes they only advertise Teknic

Jacket, Gloves & boots pity as Teknic is a very nice brand

You could probably shoot them a request though & maybe?

Or just do as RSD did & order overseas

So how good is teknic compared to rst ? And is it compareble to alpine stars and dainese? Thanks!

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I already mentioned my Teknic Chicane pants, but their Violator jacket (which I got for the amazing price of $279 shipped) compares very favorably to my Dainese jacket (which was more than twice the price but certainly isn't twice as good)- it also came with a back-protector (CE-level 1 Knox) which most companies require you to purchase separately.

The hump is pretty big and it's a really tight race fit- it's very well-made:

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i have to say that i took my time to go and visit the mc shop in kaset nawamin called black steed and it was all alot of bunch of crap they got there! i wouldnt recommend nobody to drop by. all their stuff was chinese made knock offs quality and i was very dissapointed as i was planning to purchase the stunt leather pants by rst brand and it was awful the quality.

tank bags from oxford looked like the zips where gonna let go by a hard pull.

Yes this teknic chicane looks really nice designed and most importantly they look like of real strong durable build for the most important factor "the safety". I have seen a shop on the ads of mocyc that sold teknic chicane boots and gloves, but cant remember if they had jacket n pants.

That would be Banana Speed Thailandbananaspeedthailand.com

But yes they only advertise Teknic

Jacket, Gloves & boots pity as Teknic is a very nice brand

You could probably shoot them a request though & maybe?

Or just do as RSD did & order overseas

So how good is teknic compared to rst ? And is it compareble to alpine stars and dainese? Thanks!

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I already mentioned my Teknic Chicane pants, but their Violator jacket (which I got for the amazing price of $279 shipped) compares very favorably to my Dainese jacket (which was more than twice the price but certainly isn't twice as good)- it also came with a back-protector (CE-level 1 Knox) which most companies require you to purchase separately.

The hump is pretty big and it's a really tight race fit- it's very well-made:

I like that jacket alot! Especially the back protector. I bet it lasts for a long back slide when in need

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Yes this teknic chicane looks really nice designed and most importantly they look like of real strong durable build for the most important factor "the safety". I have seen a shop on the ads of mocyc that sold teknic chicane boots and gloves, but cant remember if they had jacket n pants.

That would be Banana Speed Thailandbananaspeedthailand.com

But yes they only advertise Teknic

Jacket, Gloves & boots pity as Teknic is a very nice brand

You could probably shoot them a request though & maybe?

Or just do as RSD did & order overseas

So how good is teknic compared to rst ? And is it compareble to alpine stars and dainese? Thanks!

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does anyone here knows if this is good stuff or some cheap crap? blacksteed sells this for 11k and its 1.1-1.2mm cowhide. i think brand is razor leather jn. RST CE approved knee armour. ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1364925784.991124.jpg ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1364925794.998225.jpg

thanks for comments and thoughts in general.

Check out the similar Teknic Chicane pants- $225 shipped to Thailand off eBay, so even with the customs hit you're at around 9K- I have a pair (which makes a nice two-piece suit with my Teknic Violator jacket) and like them a lot.

Yes this teknic chicane looks really nice designed and most importantly they look like of real strong durable build for the most important factor "the safety". I have seen a shop on the ads of mocyc that sold teknic chicane boots and gloves, but cant remember if they had jacket n pants.

What do you guys think of the puma gloves they sell at big wing? I tried one pair in a hurry but it was 1 size to big so it was really bulky.

Looks good though! and for about 3000 to 4000 thb they should compete with alpine stars and dainese.

Thanks alot for the tips! I really appreciate this alot.if I dont find any gear that satisfies my needs I just start of with my dainese jacket I bought for over 8 years ago but still looking really good in my opinion hehe.

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does anyone here knows if this is good stuff or some cheap crap? blacksteed sells this for 11k and its 1.1-1.2mm cowhide. i think brand is razor leather jn. RST CE approved knee armour.

thanks for comments and thoughts in general.

Well at first I thought the bike could rev more but that honda restricted it at 9k.but now that I know that it is what it is and after been watching tons of videos on youtube and also reading alot of good stuff here on thai visa I felt the bike was very worth its price. Sure I want something stronger but I dont have the cash for the 600k thb price ranges so this will have to do.

You can laugh its okay! I find it funny myself haha.

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i bought the bike today! cbr500r white. just waiting for it to be ready for pick up in a couple of days.

i didnt expect it to be done but it is indeed done! its a decent bike for the money i guess.

i have made the big decision and i bought the cbr500r white color today. now just wait for it to be done with the tests and ready to pick up. i think im not doing the motoman break in but also not thinking about keeping it below 100kph. just ride it like im planning to do.

putting synthetic oil after abit of 100km and a new oil filter sounds more tempting than waiting 1000km for the first service.

what do you guys think of that?

where do i find good crash protectors for cbr500r? (in bkk) and a tank potector (thick sticker)

moriwaki full exhaust at bigwing looks good but 38k isnt really what i had in mind.

i think i know why honda didnt want the rpm to be to high on their new cbr 500cc bikes

There's really only one thing for it.

A good ol' fight behind Paragon.

Tuesday 6pm.

Be there or be a Lifan 125 rider, losers.

who do you wanna fight? LOOOL!! im guessing by the most hate posts coming from tan in thai hahaha!

should i come to? i just need to find my read k1 shorts...

when you all are done arguing dont forget to shake hands and keep beeing friends okay! i didnt want to create this thread to have alot of fists and bad words flying all over here! but yeah i have to say that i find it quite entertaining reading some of your arguments haha

All the posters complaint about the cbr 500r not rev enough,don't ever buy a ducat then because they to do not rev high either 1098 limited at 10,700 revs best stick with an er6 me thinks......lol

talking about low rev i believe is maybe a bit different from oneself to another. but if you do the match correctly the cbr at 9000rpm vs the ducati at as you stated at 10700rpm thats 1700rpm more. wich i wouldnt directly think of a low rev bike as it already stepped by the 10k limit. atleast thats what i think.

I think the discussion should travel down the volumetric efficiency road. You take off the rev limiter and you probably won't gain much as the engine still has the same size intake, valve size and exhaust size. People are dreaming if they think they will get more from their 500cc engine by using more revs. Even the Isle of Man Honda team had to modify the hell out of their bike engine to get it competitive.

correct its the same people that think there bike is going faster because they have put a noisy exhaust on it.....

loool what the hell is this comments really! haha.. allright! let me tell you this buddy! putting out that stock exhaust and replacing it with a good brand of racing exhaust like for example acrapovic,arrow,two brothers ,yoshimura etc will GAIN HP IMPROVEMENT!!

its out there on youtube in dyno charts if you dont believe me go make a research yourself.

and for the record! hell yeah that noisy exhaust will make the bike faster

Lol...... Them 20% more revs are getting you no where,in fact if you had a short drag race between an er6 and cbr 500,you on the er6 takin it to max revs and the cbr rider changing gear at optimum rev range you may be in danger of losing the race,the cbr would be into the next gear hitting his peak power while you are to busy over revving the engine being fooled by the thoughts of higher revs means higher speed.....lol

Don't know did any one ever teach you how to ride a bike.

er6 has 650 cc and 70hp , our thai version of cbr500cc delivers with 47hp in wich the u.s version gets 54hp.

but sure if you wanna talk about drag racing with this 2 in comparison lol.

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No, I was originally disappointed to see it had a redline around 9000rpm. And not like the 250 @ 10.5k rpm or 150 @ 11.5k rpm.

I think everybody was, tbh.

Now upon learning that on top of this the rev limiter kicks in bang-on at redline at 9k rpm, and not at least 1k after like the 250 (11.5k) or 150 (12.5k), it is doubly disappointing.

It will of course suit some people, and not others. As long as those thinking of buying one know what they're getting.

Strange as it seems only ONE poster has even mentioned the limiter. And he managed to hit it once on a test ride at Big Wing in 1st gear on a Bike with minimal fuel. The test area is fairly small. It would be interesting if the Op would try a proper test ride on open roads (say rent one in Pattaya)

Until then he and every one else who hasn't ridden one has NO idea how the Bike rides in real road situations.

The Redline starts at 8800. Op says the limiter comes on at 9000. For sure!

You mentioned the Cbr250 recline/limiter. Personally I have hit the limiter once and that was early on in riding the bike. I then realized that there was absolutely no reason to rev it so high as I had already gone past the power peak.... that's what its all about at the end of the day ..... power.

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Yes you are right about that! My test on this bikes where not proper and it was at the change to the 2nd gear I felt this clutch jammed feeling not revving it max on the 1st gear loool what would be the use of that hahaa.

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Christ!It's the design of the engine. At 67mm stroke it's a very square bore/stroke ratio.good info but i still think rev limit at 9k is a joke and unaccepptable.why by a 500cc for over 200k and get that kind of limit?As mentioned a few times already it is a torques based engine. ( Low Rev )You ask why pay & get that limit? Well because that type of engineis what some are looking for .....Yes not everyone including myself.The reason for it is because even if the limiter was disabled & allowed to rev to 12,000 rpmyou would not get even 1 kph more speed out of it. Not one horsepower more, In fact you would slow downas the valves start to floatThat IS the design of the engine & its peak power has been reached.Not because the limit of RPM but the design of the engine.It would make no sense to have revvs climbing any further as there is no more power tobe made, no more purpose, you would actually slow down not speed up...understand?Funny though that the reason manufactures even have to put a rev limiter on enginesis because folks like you cannot feel the end of power & will rev the tits off it thinking youwill make more power & destroy the engine. Then probably try to claim it is a warranty service.There are different bikes with different bore x stroke ratiosIf you seek higher revs & a different style powerband they are there to be bought.

No the funny part is that you don't get what I mean.

I wasn't revving it on 100% really. I was more fast accelerating and it let me down before it even felt close to the limit.

Perhaps to make it more clear I didn't know it was such a lame engine power wise. And the Rev limit set 9k is already maxxed out for that engine. Will that make you happy?

OK.. let me get this straight. You tested the bike at Honda Big wing in Bangkok.. correct?

Big wing test rides are on a relatively small track. Correct?

And yet now you claim you were not revving it 100%. If you got it into the red in 1st gear. I would say you were revving it 100%.

It's also absurd to say that mania's description of the engine design is not relevant. It explains exactly WHY this engine is not a rev monster. Honda have built the engine for every day riding were you want the power down low in the rev range.. for a none sports/racer bike that's were you want it.

If you want a rev monster go get yourself a Cbr250 mc22. 18000rpm red line. No power under 3000rpm. And just to do 60-70kmh you have about 6000rpm. Cool

sent from my phone with TV Android app. if the Quotes are screwed its not my fault. its the bloody app.

I said I think his name was mania but that wasn't relevant. Do you understand? Did you read the whole message? I stated that he explain about the engine and that it was good to know. His name wasn't relevant cause its the info that counts and not who is providing it. How ever I do appreciate that he took his time to explain about it. Cause now I got a different picture of the bike. I thought Honda put that limit as a restriction but it's more the engine that can't take to much more higher rpm.

If anything is unclear please ask me and I will be happy to explain. Thanks!

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Xastunts....Taninthai isn't dissing you . When you are on this particular forum all you have to do is put their name instead of the full quote X 3-4 replies. Anyone that has been following Thai bike forum pretty much knows the posters views & will pick up your drift with just the name. One the other sidenote Although the 500 is not for me either everyone has different bike wishes & requirements & it is a great thing we have different points of views on things. Otherwise we would have zero choices on bikes when the engineers get together. I too think you would be better off with a 600 inline 4 or an Er6n 650ish bike that would give you the juice you need to enjoy your ride.

But nobody is really slamming you...You would know cause you would be getting trolled to say somethiming poorly to lead you to a permanent ban.

i have to say that i do appreciate all the good and useful answer that i have been given in this thread,however they where very few.

one member explaining about the build of the engine stroke ratios etc. i believe his nick name was mania but its not really that relevant to know.

but most of the replys where just un necessary complaints about stuff that i dont know what im talking about and etc.

i do know what im talking about! red line is there or not but one should appreciate to know that this particular engines wont rev more than 9000 rpm due to its build and due to its rev limit.

and for sure the salesman at honda wont tell you those things unless you squeeze it out of them like i did.

i am not against you to go and buy the cbr500 as a matter of fact i was going to myself until i found out about this performance issues.

now if im getting banned cause of talking the way i do then i dont know what im doing in here.

thanks for all the useful information though! i appreciate those who took the time to talk properly instead of all this haters you do got in here.

anyways i wish you all safe riding in thailand and keep living your dreams!

over and out...

you, please, do not open any topic about cbr500 or other 500 series man

as i am sure you want to post it on every single thread about 500 series and it looks confusing and really funny.The only thing confusing and even funny is that you don't understand the purpose of having set a topic!

Let me explain it to you so that you atleast understand why!

When you set a topic you do it for the purpose to aim your comments and information regarding the topic. As in this case I started this thread to talk and inform members in thai visa especially those who are interested in motorcycles about the Rev limit set on 9000rpm.

Now the other thread I started has nothing to do with this! It's about tuning and performance modifications.

Perhaps now you understand why :DXastunts where do I start ....you are new to the forum that's fine no one has a problem with that alot of the people here have been here 3,4,5+ years you can gain alot of information from them ,every bike has it's own thread here you only need 1 thread per bike you can ask any question in that thread and get an answer or start a discussion about it,you don't need to start a new thread every time you have a question or think you have some info to give out that just becomes annoying and you would end up with hundreds of threads I bet you haven't even read any of the previous 3000 posts on this thread all the info is there.

Obviously the cbr 500r is not for you ,your disappointed because you expected more from it no problem move on find the bike you like ,have you tried the er6 if not maybe hire one for a day if you don't like them then your options are really 2nd hand 600cc sports bikes which it sounds to me like that's what kind of bike your really after.

Oh forgot there is a benneli 600cc bike 275 k new ,but stepping into unknown territory

Thanks for the hostility!

Christ!It's the design of the engine. At 67mm stroke it's a very square bore/stroke ratio.good info but i still think rev limit at 9k is a joke and unaccepptable.why by a 500cc for over 200k and get that kind of limit?As mentioned a few times already it is a torques based engine. ( Low Rev )You ask why pay & get that limit? Well because that type of engineis what some are looking for .....Yes not everyone including myself.The reason for it is because even if the limiter was disabled & allowed to rev to 12,000 rpmyou would not get even 1 kph more speed out of it. Not one horsepower more, In fact you would slow downas the valves start to floatThat IS the design of the engine & its peak power has been reached.Not because the limit of RPM but the design of the engine.It would make no sense to have revvs climbing any further as there is no more power tobe made, no more purpose, you would actually slow down not speed up...understand?Funny though that the reason manufactures even have to put a rev limiter on enginesis because folks like you cannot feel the end of power & will rev the tits off it thinking youwill make more power & destroy the engine. Then probably try to claim it is a warranty service.There are different bikes with different bore x stroke ratiosIf you seek higher revs & a different style powerband they are there to be bought.

No the funny part is that you don't get what I mean.

I wasn't revving it on 100% really. I was more fast accelerating and it let me down before it even felt close to the limit.

Perhaps to make it more clear I didn't know it was such a lame engine power wise. And the Rev limit set 9k is already maxxed out for that engine. Will that make you happy?