CB500SW

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Tarby777, Jan 8, 2007.

  1. Tarby777

    Tarby777 Guest

    Hi all,

    I'll be taking a look at a 2000 Honda CB500SW shortly. I haven't heard
    of an "SW" but presume it varied from the base model in some way. Can
    anyone enlighten me?

    TIA
    Tarby
     
    Tarby777, Jan 8, 2007
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  2. Tarby777

    Pip Guest

    The suffix letter indicates year of manufacture. The preceding year's
    model would be a SV, the following SX. The S denotes a faired bike, I
    believe.
     
    Pip, Jan 8, 2007
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  3. Tarby777

    Tarby777 Guest

    Mystery solved... first half-faired sport version, apparently.
    http://groups.msn.com/CB500CLUB/history.msnw
     
    Tarby777, Jan 8, 2007
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    Lozzo Guest

    Tarby777 says...
    An SW would make it a 1998 model with a fairing, non-faired models
    didn't have the S in there. The CB500S part denotes the model of bike,
    the last letter denotes the year model on Hondas and Suzukis and they
    ran along the same format until 2000. There will be a white sticker on
    the frame under the seat with the model and year letter printed on it
    e.g. CBR600FX, meaning it's a 1999 CBR600F.

    You can work back from these:

    96 - T
    97 - V
    98 - W
    99 - X
    2000 - Y
     
    Lozzo, Jan 8, 2007
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