That makes the project considerably easier to defend from a preservation standpoint than stripping the functioning engine from a healthy and original CB500 Four. Beachman then commissioned a bespoke lithium-ion battery pack tailored to the available space inside the frame. Without those figures, or preferably a proper road test, it is impossible to know whether the electric CB500 preserves the approachable nature of the Honda or merely preserves its silhouette to some extent. Classic outside, extensively changed underneathBeachman has worked to maintain the recognisable proportions of the original CB500, retaining the fuel tank, steel frame and traditional café-racer stance. An electric CB500 Four will inevitably divide opinion.