Quote Originally Posted by ben2go View Post
I bought a brand new bike.Honda CB500X adventure bike with fuel injection.I put 45 miles on it on the way home from the dealer last Wednesday.I have close to 300 miles on it now from commuting and the tag game on ADVrider.





The display tells me MPG,fuel capacity,miles before empty,and gallons until empty.It has two trip meters and can be switched between mph/kph.It has a few other things in the display as well.
Congratulations on the new ride. I rode a CB500X in northern Thailand for close to two months (Jan & Feb) 2014. Clocked up 15000km+ in that time. Rode both on an off road. Lots of dirt roads, 4x4 tracks and some single track. Granted a better set of DS knobbly tyres would have been a help, but the CB500X did very well considering. I luved the bike, and would buy one in a heartbeat if the CB500X were legally distributed in PRC (only the CBR500 & CB500F are legally imported here - TIC).
This year I rode my BMW G650GS from Ningbo PRC to Northern Thailand for two months of folly before returning to PRC last week. The GS was able to go places where the CB500X probably couldn't. There are a pair of CB500X that have been used on fairly serious off-road that have modified suspension front and rear, taken from a KTM model. Met the riders/owners in Nan and saw the bikes out back of the Vespa shop (they own). The guys have a FB page. There's a great resource on the CB500X with discussion about making the bike more off-road capable...

I noticed that many rental/hire CB500X's are being shod with VeeRubber knobbly tyres. VeeRubber are made by a Thai tyre company.