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[MENTION=63939]anarchy911[/MENTION] I've been commuting across Delhi since I bought my CL500 in November and to be honest it is a bit of a fix in heavy traffic. Handle gets a bit heavy in slow speeds etc. But you know what? It's one helluva ride and I don't mind slow speeds cos it does give one cred on the streets i.e auto wallah, buses, taxis etc give side to overtake easy ( must be the respect for Bullet or cos they think one must be a policeman probably ;-) ), goes over speedbumps and potholes smoothly . So, all in all one feels safe on a CL500 in the city, if u don't mind 30 Kmpl and can handle a heavy bike in slow traffic CL500 is your beast !

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How are 500ccs as city commuters?

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[MENTION=72230]TVSian[/MENTION] For Pillion comfort , Bullet 500 is a must. For the pilot , CL500 seat is awesome! But pillion seat is not all that if I'm being honest. I got a wider one made for me at Khajanji, Karl Bagh cos my Mrs complained about the back seat !
So for seat comfort, Bullet 500 is a safe bet!
Hope that helps,
Peace

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Hell, I couldnt cross 115 on my CL500. The vibration we so high, I was wondering whether am i riding a bike or using a vibrator :P

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For one, I have a CL350 and maybe luck, maybe extended breaking up period, my bike doesn't vibrate all that. True, 125 is max I have achieved, but still the soul guzzling vibration is only in the band of 60 Kph to 65 Kph. Not above and not below. and my carb is set to normal and am not running rich. giving me around ~45Kmpl when I ride sanely. and am running total stock, save for the Wildboar Reverse Cone.

The point being RE's are still unpredictable :/
Regards,
Achyut.

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That will be there little but trust me over the time you would get so used to it that you would stop feeling it . Telling you from experience. Now I can ride my 350 countinously at 105-110 (if road condition allows) without getting shaken. First time I was shaken to the core

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120 without those scary vibrations?

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Thanks for the info. I am greatly relieved now and going ahead with cl500. Bangalore is 400km from my place. I think i can straight away ride to bangalore and do the conversion from there itself. Could you please pm me the contact number of indimotard if available?

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500cc around 120

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How much are DS and TB500 able to cruise at on the highway? I once rode CL350 at 100, and my hands were buzzing for the next half n hour due to the shaking of handlebars. Is the situation same with 500ccs?

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My comment will give you lot of relief. Few points below:
1. If you want 500 and afraid of EFI failure then you can go for STD500.

2. If your inclined towards Classic 500 only then: The EFI is prone to failure and I have seen few cases of fuel pump getting kaput at very early stage and it cost a bomb.. 12K. But good news, you can get it converted to carb if it fails and the carb conversion is plug and play. Changing to carb will not effect the performance and it will remain all same, not only that the FE will improve as well and I have met people who are getting 32-34 in city (Bangalore) from their 500 after the conversion. Now if you have read till here you must be surely elated but for sure must be doubting the credibility of my statements. Let me tell you I am not shooting in air, Greasehouse Indimortad is very famous in Bangalore and they are highly skilled and professional bunch og people and their main man Prashanth happen to be a racer as well, they have developed this carb conversion kit along with the TCI unit and TPS as well and 100s of users have converted their EFI to carb and they are very happy and whomsoever I have met they had no complaints. They courier all over India and I guess the whole kit costs around 6.5-7K something, you can check on that. Let me know if you need more info.

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You are right bro. But either way i am gonna miss some thing. I shouldn't have test rode the 500 😔. If i buy a new 350, i am sure i will regret for not owning cl500. More over my place is flooded with black and silver CL350 and soon they will outnumber pulser's and fz's. I am tempted towards buying 500, but my primary concern is the efi system of cl500. Also if i convert it to carb using std500 parts incase of a failure, will i get the same mileage of efi?

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Just my opinion bro.. Have booked my TB350, had a great wish of getting a 500 one but here too same money constraint. One thing I felt is each new bullet is almost like a dragon but a little one. That has to be trained by the rider and it should live the whole life with you. May be dramatic but I see people who rides cast iron old diesel bullets, for any cost they are not even ready to speak about it.

Sorry if I am wrong and outdated. Last two weeks of my waiting period

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Owning a bull has been in my dreams for a while and i booked a 350 CL two months back. A week back i had a chance to ride a CL500 EFI and totally fell in love with it. But sadly, i did not have the budget for a new CL500 and started hunting for a used one. Finally i did find a 2013 april CL500 DS which has cloaked 12k km and the owner is asking 1.20 lakh as the final price. On doing some research, i found horrible stories of fuel pump failure, sprag clutch issue, open loop, missing lambada senson etc etc. Guys please advice me. should i go for the used ds or new cl350. Is the EFI system prone to failure? I can't afford to spend 13K on new fuel pump. Also is the asking price is OK for the DS?