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.
Yeah, I've thought about that Rebel 500 ABS for my daughter. I plan to go test ride one sometime soon when she's home. Pretty sure it's the same motor as in the CBR500 detuned.
A friend of mine, former Navy flier and retired commercial pilot with more money than he can spend, used to keep a couple of those Rebels in his garage just so friends and acquaintances who didn't have bikes could go riding with him. I rode one. They're easy to ride.
Haven't seen him in a while. Not sure if he still does.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
