# The Drift King - Honda NX500 Review

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** FortNine
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bfjaf28nrU
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/44326

## Транскрипт

### Segment 1 (00:00 - 05:00) []

Hello, I'm Ryan F9 and this is the Honda NX 500. Sorry. — All right, Ryan. Camera's rolling. Action. Still rolling. — Oh. Um, the NX500 is a very interesting uh weight class and half liter parallel twins or the adventure craze Dumo Mall. First, the Tempest CF Moto Ibex 450 broke the internet in the hearts of legacy brands. Then, we got the Rust Job Klee 500 that teabagged its own promo video. And from the makers of your dentist's favorite motorcycle comes your dental hygienist favorite motorcycle in the F-450 GS. But like a sousvied chicken in a cockfight, Honda has the limpest contender by far. See, the first thing they tried to make of the NX500 was to not make the NX500. Honda made an ad campaign instead, sliding into the youth's DM Ala Drake to remind the trendies that they've been producing africa twin for the past decade over here. But no one cared about the CB500X then or now. So Honda was forced to do one tenth better by digging up the dead horse that is the NX 650 Dominator and beating its namesake onto some rewormed plastics. Thus we have the NX500. For those who wondered how the next CB500X would look, drawn by a drunkard and otherwise unencumbered by any changes. Same 180 degree twin as the CBR500R. A right, left, right, left cadence that works for a sprinting sport bike, but less so in adventure rev ranges. Same chassis as the CB500X. Same inverted showas that the CB has had since 2022. Same dual disc since then, too. The moto journals will notice that this is now the TFT off of the Trans ALP. But [snorts] don't get too aroused because it lacks all of the TransAL's features like ride modes, ABS modes, torque modes, wheelie control, and you lack all that for just 1,500 more than the ibex. 95 25 Canadian. I can't wait. Okay. I admit one peculiar thing and that's that this bike yanks like a massive on a short leash. Holy cow. The NX500 hit harder on roll on than my multistratus even more. And I'm pretty sure that this bike doesn't make 170 horsepower. More like 47 about the same as the ibex. Only the Honda has a peculiarly square borin stroke 67x 67 mm. Most of the competition is sitting around 55 by 72. And I bet you can already see how the longer stroke makes for the longer radius of crank. And that's how the same power feels much stronger here. If you've ever taken a hockey stick to the nuts, as every Canadian recently did, then you know leverage is noticeable. All right. I admit one other thing, and that's that this is the slickest gearbox that I've ever used. I mean, take a look at this. This transmission does not have a quick shifter. And even still, you just never have to touch the clutch. Even at low revs, five, six, whatever, it's so precise. You don't touch the clutch lever. See, the NX's clutch looks like this. One plate is driven by your engine and the other plate drives the wheel. When you're on the throttle and the engine is pushing, you can see how this angle here is going to squeeze the clutch pack tighter together. But when you come off the throttle and the wheel is pushing, you can see how these angles here are going to slide the clutch pack and spread it further apart. That's how the NX hooks up plenty hard, but at the meest w of the throttle, it unloads the clutch pack so you can slick into a new gear. And this is neither new nor proprietary, but it's such an elegant engineering solution that I wonder why all motorcycles don't do it so well of the NX500. It's called a gripper slipper, by the way, just like a pair of curling shoes. And no, I didn't touch it. And one final admission is that this bike tilts with zero insecurity. It feels kind of like rolling around on fly paper, and it's definitely a low bike. The NX500 is a beginner friendly ride, which just means short. Short seats, short suspension, a low slung engine. No, one can debate the wisdom of egging your sensitive parts a few inches off

### Segment 2 (05:00 - 08:00) [5:00]

the grindstoneone, but there's no doubt that it makes a bike nimble. See, any everyday object is going to tilt slow and sloppy when the mass is way up above its roll axis, but more fast and precise when the mass is packed down near its roll axis. We've stretched ourselves around this concept before, but it's a lot to take in, so forgive the repetition. This is something more, though. And turns out the rear rim shaved 1. 5 lb since before, and the front is 1. 8 lb lighter. And that's why the suspension is having such an easy time pushing the tires into constant ground force. That's why it feels like turning on fly paper. So, especially light wheels. Cool. Beginners feel comfortable. Cool. Cool. Cool. Of course, unsprung weight is also the nemesis of a drifter. If you were to send this bike sideways and a small bump, not even sent the tire airborne, but unweighted it a little bit, it spun up faster. That would rotate you around. Now you got to chop the throttle that might hook up and send you high siding. And the ideal drifting bike would have unusually light wheels. but also be something low. Would it also be something quick shifting? Something with particular torque off idle. Something that can be toggled to a tac ccentric dash. Something with a thumb side traction control shut off that works on the fly. I have no illusions that the half-assed Honda intended any of this, but the NX500 has fallen halfass backwards into being the new DK. You know what DK stands for? — Donkey Kong. Drift King. Drift. What do you mean drift? — Whoa. — Holy — What are you guys doing? — I don't care about anybody know how it's going to take the foot. Sorry, I'm just tired from partying all night with the surprisingly slidable NX500. [snorts] Can it drift? Drift King. That's so dumb.