The power of the 650, what endure bike comes close to that sort of power and weight.
The Honda CR500 is a **** cart when compared to the 650 berg, when a mate got rid of his CR500 and always being a devout Honda man went and bought his 07 berg he was getting about bagging the CR500 saying what a ill handling heavy bucket of **** that it was, sure it went fast and could scare you rearing up like they do, but you can not enjoy the bike really or totally like the 650 gives you back all the time and the CR is some what like a bull to ride, yes that's fun but the 650 can blow a CR500 into the weeds anywhere with ease, it does not try to bight you, you just hammer it and if you f up it's your fault not the bikes.
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