Best Bikes under 500cc

[ob1ventura]

Not OEM... when I asked Honda's engineers at Daytona they told me "its
impossible to belt drive their bike... Larry you'd have to start with
the belt and engineer the whole bike around it"... really??? well 8
months of engineering and machining parts my 86 VF500F Interceptor
became the famous 500 Belt-0-Ceptor and I racked up 98,000 trouble
free miles... you should have seen the look on those engineer's face
when they inspected THEIR bike... they asked "what's next?" build my
own frame I shot back... "OK" they said "you probably could do that".

Belt-0-Ceptor

I don't have to tell you that chains are a pain... thats why I have plans to belt drive Mr.RC45...

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[TrackCage]

This. Honda cbr250r all the way. Hi-tech, FI just makes it smothier . Plus 70+mpg you cant go wrong with.

I bought one of these to commute to work back in November. Already put almost 6k miles and the thing is solid. Certainly underpowered next to my 600rr but I expected that going in

 

[Darwin]

Yamaha VStar 250!

 

[monkeythumpa]

The Kawi Vulcan 500LTD is the same as the Ninja 500, but in a cruiser body.

 

[Caddywumpus]

Klr650.

 

[Kornholio]

Klr650.

 

[Saul Goode]

KLX 300 was plate able back in the day

 

[louemc]

Not OEM... when I asked Honda's engineers at Daytona they told me "its
impossible to belt drive their bike... Larry you'd have to start with
the belt and engineer the whole bike around it"... really??? well 8
months of engineering and machining parts my 86 VF500F Interceptor
became the famous 500 Belt-0-Ceptor and I racked up 98,000 trouble
free miles... you should have seen the look on those engineer's face
when they inspected THEIR bike... they asked "what's next?" build my
own frame I shot back... "OK" they said "you probably could do that".

Belt-0-Ceptor

I don't have to tell you that chains are a pain... thats why I have plans to belt drive Mr.RC45...

That is Fantastic..Using Your Engineering and make anything Ya need, skills to enhance a great bike into a greater bike and

 

[Caddywumpus]

it makes less power than an EX500. it should be considered.

 

[Kornholio]

it makes less power than an EX500. it should be considered.

Displacement is the consideration, not power output.