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Message started by raydawg on 11/27/16 at 08:11:46

Title: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by raydawg on 11/27/16 at 08:11:46

This was my rig before my savage....
But not THIS one, my has she changed.
I had the 250, not this 500 tho.
Rumored Honda was doing away with this bike as the profit was so low.
Seems the rumor false.

I like it, looks like sumtin Bot would build  ;D

https://powersports.honda.com/2017/rebel-500.aspx#specifications

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by Serowbot on 11/27/16 at 14:39:32

...but mine's better,... 'cause it's paid for... ;D

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by Ruttly on 11/27/16 at 15:05:58

Turn the tank around and slap some clip ons on it and be done '

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by MMRanch on 11/27/16 at 20:34:22

Honda just can't understand , about belt drive.  

Hello .... Honda   ,   Chain drive is for dirt bikes !!!  :o


Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by Dave on 11/28/16 at 09:21:18

It is a huge step up from the 250 Rebel - I just can't figure out why they make all this stuff in a foot forward/cruiser style?  I really prefer a "standard' riding position, with my feet underneath my butt.  Unless I want a Yamaha SR400 or a Suzuki TU250......there isn't much choice from the Japanese makers (if I don't want a Dual Sport or an Adventure bike).  

So....Honda Marketing Department - Why is this photo supposed to make me want to buy this bike?


Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by Kris01 on 11/28/16 at 18:00:07


615A5740515D46405B535E41320 wrote:
So....Honda Marketing Department - Why is this photo supposed to make me want to buy this bike?


Guys who ride Hondas are so cool that they don't have to button all the buttons on their jacket?  :-?

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by Dave on 11/29/16 at 03:07:06

And they don't need eye protection (or a razor).

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by LANCER on 11/29/16 at 03:12:29


4C756E743736070 wrote:
[quote author=615A5740515D46405B535E41320 link=1480263106/0#4 date=1480353678]So....Honda Marketing Department - Why is this photo supposed to make me want to buy this bike?


Guys who ride Hondas are so cool that they don't have to button all the buttons on their jacket?  :-?[/quote]


Especially this time of year.

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by raydawg on 11/29/16 at 04:40:45

As a ametuer photographer, taking product shots of my wife's beads to sell, camera perspective can talk without using words.
I think this shot is saying I am cool, as a perspective buyer is looking upward.....
As if they could buy the bike and look down on the other insecure people....
It's marketing, shallow, but rooted in scientific psychology, and it works.
Look at this past elections as an example, folks are surmising the future based on nothing but supposition based on what they are being told, and fueled by a weakness in themselves......

Yeah Dave, riding with forward controls invites lower back strain, a good bump puts lots of stress on a curved lumbar instead of sharing the impact equally down a straight spine  :o

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by RaleighGuy on 11/29/16 at 05:00:58


I think the photo also says...

"Yeah, I ride past old buildings that may fall apart at any time but even if it does, my bike is so fast I can outrun the rubble falling of the walls."

Lots of messages in the foreground and background here.

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by old_rider on 12/03/16 at 08:28:23

I think it says.... "what is this red toggle for?"

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by batman on 12/04/16 at 13:29:30

Well his hand isn't on the throttle ,I think it's on the mirror,I think he's looking at himself to see if he looks cool/tough....whatever!

Title: Re: Gee....my old sweetheart is looking good
Post by raydawg on 12/04/16 at 14:00:09


6261697F6469687F0D0 wrote:
I think it says.... "what is this red toggle for?"


Upon review, I have a different take....

Look at the position of his left arm/shoulder.

I think he is in the process of making it a five stroke  :o

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