BirotarUK: Honda CB500 - post crash photographs

Honda CB500 - post crash photographs

The BirotarUK CB500

August 13th 2016, Snetterton 300 Circuit. The sun is shining, motorcycles are screaming past, and banter in the pit lane fills the air. The exact recipe for the start of an awesome track day. Little did we know, it wasn't going to be that awesome.

We believe that there are few things in life that match the emotion a rider experiences on track. And even fewer match the emotion of reaching the limit on a motorcycle.

Here's a short video filmed by @Tom_Rides on his R6 following @Birotar_Max on the CB500!

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A video posted by BirotarUK (@birotaruk) on Aug 16, 2016 at 8:00am PDT

Birotar Max and the CB500 at Bedford Autodrome

Four laps into session three at Snetterton, on the entry to Oggies, Birotar Max was just about take Birotar Jonjo on the outside.

The CB500 had enough of being spanked around a circuit though, so it decided to let go of all the grip on the rear and catapult Birotar Max into a collar bone braking high side (it had nothing to do with Max running out of talent!). The limit was reached.

Here are the post crash photographs that show some of the damage on the CB500. Our plan is to strip the bike, assess the damage and start making repairs.