Originally Posted by local_dirt
Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Of all the dealerships to walk into I find the Honda product line to be the most interesting and diverse. They’re all Hondas too so they’ll run forever. I don’t care for their cartoonish big v-twins with the fat rear times and weirdly arching gas tanks, can’t believe anyone buys ‘em. But everything else in their product line is good.

In particular I think they hit it out of the ballpark whith their inexpensive 400lb wet wt Rebel 500 twin. I could have a lot of fun flogging that thing down backroads in the Hill Country.




They felt they had to have an "answer" to Harley Davidson.

(They didn't).


Those uber-fat rear tires prob’ly seem real cool unless you actually ride enough to wear one out, and then ya find out the cost of a replacement.


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