Top 5 Honda CX500s

Let's be honest—Honda's CX500 is not going to win any beauty contests. With a short wheelbase, high front end, awkward looking subframe and unflattering plastics, it earned nicknames such as 'plastic maggot' and güllepumpe (the German word for a pump used to shift liquid manure) when the Standard model was first released in 1978. It had a lot going for it technologically, though. A water-cooled V-twin power plant, shaft drive and tubeless Comstar wheels put it at the cutting edge. Plus there was Honda's legendary reliability, making it popular among couriers. But it was still ugly, a trait Honda tried...