Honda CL500 | ABR festival | Off road | Trailmax raids

My crf250 and NX500 out of action so I thought id do a lap on the little Cl500
Dunlop came and saved the day with a set of trailmax raids to help me out ... many thanks
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Thanks for watching

[@paulwatts905]

Well done, i love to see these things done with "whatever you have" so bored with the "you need a gs/ktm/africa twin" etc. If it,s a race and you think you,re good enough to win, you need a race bike. For 95% of us you can have fun on anything , and feel a sense of achievment when you do .👍👍

[@enzogalli2762]

good byke well done

[@philipwright-vd1yn]

I rode the Honda demo bike at the ABR around the manufacturers test track. Great fun and surprisingly capable, loved it!

[@WyreForestBiker]

I Think the CL did really well ! ... well ridden too !😊

[@Mrfish2015]

Thanks

[@Phil480]

That was some good going there, the CL did well. At that well timed dip just after you said "we haven't had any sump-busting dips", I bottomed out on that. Oops, hahah

[@Mrfish2015]

Ha ha , vision is not always a strong point lol

[@markspash178]

Considering that there is hardly any damping in those forks, you did surprisingly well! 👏

[@Mrfish2015]

I have no joints left in my body

[@Lovableblobby1]

Scrambler doing you proud there Mr Fish 👍 great weekend. Great video buddy.

[@lynsmith1096]

Nice 1 Mr Fish

[@rebeccachristie1969]

Aww that was great, I didn’t realise that you could do a more basic route, feel I should have had a go now 🤦‍♀️ however having not done any serious off road I have no skills. Going to get me a little trail bike and have a go 🤩

[@FourIntoOne]

I wouldn't mind betting you did better than some of the cosplay adventurers there with their £20k plus bikes.Proof you don't need the very latest marketing w*ank special top of the line over complicated uber heavy panzerwagon to have an "adventure" (whatever that means nowadays as the marketing depts have hijacked the genre) 👍

[@djhowse]

God help anyone on a GS that pulls up next to you 😮😂

[@Mrfish2015]

Say what you think 😂 .. if I had a tank would have been easier lol

[@teamgas]

Thanks for letting me cross the road in front of you! 😁👍

[@leeinwis]

wat were ya riding ?

[@teamgas]

@@leeinwis KTM 1290s

[@leeinwis]

@@teamgas Nice, I have a CRF rally , and a 650 cruiser.

[@Mrfish2015]

Ha ha , you’re welcome glad I was polite 😂

[@andrewharrop7932]

Quality, that first rut across caught me out still feeling it, very dusty still finding bits 😂, brilliant weekend, booked for next year 🏍👌👍

[@Mrfish2015]

Some can be a bit jarring lol

[@tarmacgorilla]

I have a feeling you were holding, I think you did well all things considered! great video

[@johndiehardmclean23]

I'm not committing to anything right now,but think I might give this a go next year! 🤣👍 Nice to meet you here...Well in the bar infact,which you deserved more than me after doing this to be fair mate! 😎👍

[@fatmarlin4674]

Always a good morning to wake up to Mr Fish.

[@leeinwis]

Phrasing Marlin, phrasing !

[@fatmarlin4674]

@@leeinwis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 It's to early on a Sunday to worry about phrasing. 😂😂😂😂

[@leeinwis]

@@fatmarlin4674 lol, coffee time

[@Mrfish2015]

Ooh hello 😂

[@fatmarlin4674]

@@leeinwis Personally, I went with c4 pre workout lol.

[@Diurama1212]

Very nice to see you getting so adventurous on the CL. I recently went on a mostly off pavement adventure on my SCL500 in central Pennsylvania. Its a 500 mile loop route through forest roads. The bike did excellent on the Heidenau tires. The suspension did great even over the potholes but this bike doesn't like the rough bumpy stuff. You get that loud clunk from the drive as you experienced in the video.

[@Mrfish2015]

Sounds like a nice route 👍

[@grays5112]

GREAT VID, I've got same, and a CRF300, put new metzeler Karoo on the CL, did a track (claerwen to Ffair rhos 16 miles) which is mainly flat but quite rocky, took a lot more concentration, and way slower even though dry, but the CL did ok, 😉 and I really enjoyed it, just worry about the clearance, good to see you outriding a lot of adventure bikes 👍

[@Mrfish2015]

Ground clearance is definitely not a strong point ha ha

[@ferkuzuel]

Great video 👍 After having a few adventure bikes over the last few years, I decided to get scl500, as a little alternative, yes I may need to upgrade the suspension later on, or maybe raise the bike a couple of inches to get a little more ground clearance, etc..but what amazes me is how easy it is to ride compared to a 700cc -1200cc adventure bike After all most of us would be doing basic off road stuff on an adventure bike especially when riding solo. Cheers from USA

[@Mrfish2015]

Easier to pick up too 💪

[@HalfManHalfPirate]

Mate, that looked fun! I will have to go one year!

[@Mrfish2015]

You’d love it mate

[@TheNorfolkThunderbolt]

I’ve just bought a blue CL500 too!

[@Mrfish2015]

Excellent choice

[@JohnRichardson-v2l]

Its a pretty decent length of off road course you got to ride innit. 'Ull' east yorkshire.

[@BN1960]

Hundreds of people gather to ride in a field Hundreds of similar videos ensue

[@Mrfish2015]

Ha ha , funny thing is when it rains the field bit is the worst 😂

[@HippoDrones]

It was a good trail this year, no idea if it was different from other years though? The hill climb at the end was fun, but yup... def want some suspension travel for it. Your Scrambler scrambled and did so perfectly. I saw another one there, not sure if they did the trail on it though.

[@Mrfish2015]

It was fun for sure , I saw an orange one at the end and was jealous of his sump guard

[@HippoDrones]

@@Mrfish2015 😀

[@MrVinnyh]

Looks like the CL done you proud Mr Fish! I don't to slow anyone down as you overtake several misadventure bike riders🤣 I must admit when I saw the CL at the NEC I thought street bike, having watched a few vlogs on the ABR one with C90 cubs anything go's or was that nathanthepostman vlog? 👍

[@fsurjadi]

Bought the cl500. Nice capable for off road. Compete w other bigger adv bike. 👍

[@GCer-w1i]

Nice, l do wonder where to find these green country lanes to ride in South Dorset

[@jesperpedersen37]

Can you make a video… Honda cb/nx 500 vs Honda cl 500…

[@Mrfish2015]

I will be doing one .. at some point

[@TwoFourCharlie007]

Ya did great there John!! My fat GSA even made an appearance!!

[@Mrfish2015]

Ooh where abouts?

[@TwoFourCharlie007]

@@Mrfish2015 at the beginning in the Q lol, me you n Craig on the KTM started off together!!😀

[@Mrfish2015]

Is that you si ?

[@TwoFourCharlie007]

@@Mrfish2015 tis indeed!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@Mrfish2015]

lol .. well have a normal name like fish 😂 you went out of the video pretty quick 😂

[@tomstc]

Be interesting to see how you get on with those tyres on road?

[@Mrfish2015]

No problem at all can get them all the way to the edge ..

[@tomstc]

@@Mrfish2015 what are they like over long distance, vibey noisey or ok?

[@Mrfish2015]

You can hear them but ok , not that vibey either

[@DiveTrainerDan]

Looks like fun. Going to upgrade the suspension, get new bars and brush guards?

[@Mrfish2015]

Noo , where’s the fun in that 😂

[@pielight7449]

Well done! Both you and the bike given a great account of yourselves. What are the Trailmax Raids like on road btw?

[@DanTube2010]

I have Karoo 4s which are pretty much the same as the Trailmax raids. The man from Dunlop told me the Trailmax raids are a bit better on wet roads, otherwise the same. Only real disadvantage of these compared to road tyres is that you'll get less mileage out of them and they're not so cheap.

[@pielight7449]

@@DanTube2010 Thanks....I'll consider all that when time comes to replacing the factory Dunlops 👍🏼

[@Mrfish2015]

Pretty good , I’ve had 2 sets in my old Africa twin and the handled great even in the wet .. a little buzzy but that’s standard

[@pielight7449]

@@Mrfish2015 thanks....I'll consider them if I get the urge to venture a bit more off the beaten track than an odd gravel road with my CL👍🏼

[@johnj2766]

Looked fun.quick question what have you on the seat is that to make it more comfortable as mine has the standard black seat and is the only thing that stops me doing more miles 😂

[@Mrfish2015]

The seat is the Honda higher one with a little cool cover thing I got from Amazon years ago it just keeps a bit of air flow but doesn’t make it softer … it’s not bad though

[@johnj2766]

Thanks for your quick reply cant go any higher on the seat as only 5 ft 3 short ass lol.Keep up the good content.