Honda’s unique Pro Arm® Rear Swingarm is a functional and stylish departure from a conventional fork-type rear swingarm. Developed from Honda’s championship-winning racing experience, the single-sided cast-aluminum Pro Arm offers balanced rigidity, light weight, simple rear-wheel removal and easy chain adjustability. Other benefits include added room for exhaust routing, easy shock access and minimal unsprung weight.

In some ways, the choice actually comes down more to who you are, because Honda, with effectively one new bike, has produced models that suit a variety of needs and tastes. Moreover, with these 500s, Honda is bringing new levels of quality and sophistication to the entry-level market.

Which one? That’s likely to be the biggest question buyers of Honda’s new line of middleweight streetbikes will face.

"Lighter, faster, cheaper." That’s what customers said they wanted in a Gold Wing variant. And that’s what Honda delivered in the 2013 Gold Wing F6B. Big Red also delivered a better-handling motorcycle, one that is lighter, easier to drop into corners, and more sporty, spirited, and engaging all around.

Had enough of winter? Then get ready to ride, because spring is a’comin’! So you’ve eaten more than your fill of chestnuts roasted on an open fire. And if Jack Frost nips at your nose just one more time, you’ll haul off and kick him in the shins. Feeling a little tense, are you? Relax pilgrim, you’re not losing your grip on reality; it’s just the winter doldrums setting in.