Okay so nostalgia is not what it used to be or arguably even close but I’ll come out and say here and now – Honda’s new CL500 is a seriously good machine.
With all the major players now peddling retros of one kind or another it was only a matter of time before Honda thumbed through their back catalogue. It’s bang up-to-date yet borrows heavily from the 1960s and 70s street scramblers in terms of profile.