Back in the saddle

Hello-just got back into biking after a good few years break.Decided on the cb500 as i think the bike is an all round classic.Its 20 years old with 50,000 miles on it but looking forward to scratching and commuting approx.45 miles a day.im 47 and work as a paramedic on a rapid response car in suffolk-i dont intend to become one of my collegues patients!-roll on spring!

Hello!

The CB500 should be fine for that kind of commute (just what it was designed for)

It certainly is a good all-rounder.

Have you got any pictures of it?

Welcome! You'll love the CB, it's very capable and easy to work on!

Hello and welcome! Whereabouts in Suffolk are you? I have a few friends who work for the East Anglian Ambulance Service. I've never needed their professional services.... Actually, I have. I got rammed up the rear last year in Oulton Broad and a paramedic (who rides a CBR900RR-X) prodded me about and past me fit to leave the roadside.

CB500s are brilliant. I've had lots and lots of bikes over the last 22 years and this is one of my all-time favourites.

Cheers mate,i live near framlingham but work in Felixstowe.One of my reasons for getting the cb is that my mechanical are pretty non-existant,so hope to be able to do bits and pieces on the "beast"!-loving it so far,not yet commuting just getting back into the swing.