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Title: Leaving the forum Post by Ebikerman on 09/25/10 at 14:29:26 :-[I sold my S40 today and do not plan to get another. I purchased something else. Many thanks to all of you that contributed to my pleas for help. You are a great bunch. Thanks for all the help....Dan |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by drums1 on 09/25/10 at 14:58:54 Well what the heck did you buy that's better than a thumper? |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by verslagen1 on 09/25/10 at 15:24:40 succumbed to peer pressure, another one bites our dust. sorry to see you go. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by SimonTuffGuy on 09/25/10 at 15:32:38 Just because you sold your bike doesn't mean you need to leave the forums... ;) Enjoy the new ride. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Paladin. on 09/25/10 at 16:05:02 0403080A04130C000F610 wrote:
SO? You are ashamed of what you bought? Was it a Chinese Electric Scooter? Worse? Are we now too good for you? Did you get a BMW? (my brother-in-law is now too good now that he got a BMW.) As far as I know, there is no requirement for anyone to have an LS650, or even a motorcycle! My wife is a member and she is a CAGER! |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by thumperclone on 09/25/10 at 17:09:32 [quote author=7B687F7E616C6A68633C0D0 link=1285450166/0#2 date=1285453480]succumbed to peer pressure, another one bites our dust. or just sick of micks carp |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Phelonius on 09/25/10 at 17:17:59 He probably bought a full blown Chiang Jaing with all the bells and whistles. Phelonius |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by kimchris1 on 09/25/10 at 18:21:08 Feel free to post pics of your new ride. It does not matter what brand of bike you ride, it is the fact that you do ride. Best of luck to you with your new bike and stop in or better yet stay here as were a fun bunch.. :) kim |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Ebikerman on 09/25/10 at 18:33:06 Wow ! What a send off you guys give. A couple of good ones and the rest, well I started to just disapear. For your information, no peer pressure. In fact, I went against peer pressure. At 73, I am too old for that. Been through the Harley thing, don't have to wear black anymore or any other color I don't choose. I have had Harleys, a Whizzer, Yamahas, Kawasakis, Hondas and a Suzuki. Dirt, street and dual sport bikes have had their place in my life. Three wheelers and four wheelers too. Yes I suppose shame did enter in my not disclosing my new purchase. Since it is a step down in size, but not fun I figured you would make fun of it. When I tell you, what kind of remarks will you make? I bought a repeat of one I had several years ago. A Honda Rebel 250. In fact a new one. I don't take long trips anymore, just ride for fun. It is almost perfect for for my riding. My riding buddy does not agree, but he is not me. I have ridden his Harley and find it to be like a Mac truck. Not much fun like the S40 and Rebel 250. Anyway, I Enjoyed my time on the Forum and appreciate all your help along the way. I hope this goodby can be gentlemanly and not full of sarchasm. I hope each one of you enjoys their choice ride regardless of what anyone else thinks or says. God Bless you all every day through His Son Jesus. May our final meeting be in heavenly places. Ride Smart.....Dan |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by jef.savage on 09/25/10 at 18:40:25 A Rebel is a great bike. The only caution I would ever warn someone about is that they might outgrow it too soon but since it's not your first you know what you're getting and if it's what you want more power to you! Enjoy! |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by kimchris1 on 09/25/10 at 18:41:03 Hey Dan, I rode a Rebel for 2 years before my S-40 purchase 1year ago. I loved my Rebel. I will admit it took me about 1200 miles before I did start enjoying it. I rode that bike all over Wa.State and even brought it here to Ca via trailer and rode it here. Their great bikes and it never left me stranded anywhere. I will not make fun of you for going to a smaller bike. The fact that you again still ride and enjoy it is enough testimony for me. Keep the rubber side down and enjoy that Rebel. :) kim |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Ebikerman on 09/25/10 at 18:42:59 THANKS KIM, YOU ARE AN ANGEL.....Dan |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by verslagen1 on 09/25/10 at 19:27:11 A rebel on a rebel, you picked your own ride, I think we all can salute that. Hope to see you again, till then, hope it's a pleasant ride. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Trippah on 09/25/10 at 19:43:42 Now that we are mature, we know size does not matter when it comes to motorcycling enjoyment. the Rebel is a good ride, enjoy yourself. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by buttgoat1 on 09/25/10 at 20:03:17 stick around, its good that you are still riding. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Lupo on 09/25/10 at 20:05:39 I belong to a BMW club and haven't had one for 2 years. Nobody cares. A brand brings us together, but motorcycling keeps us together. I for one would like to hear from your past experiences and your new adventures. There are some, well ..maybe just one in particular on this forum that talk a tall tale yet as I read between the lines I can tell the ink is still wet on his M/C endorsement. I'd rather draw from your experience. Besides, You Meet the Nicest People On a Honda ( yea, I got one ). |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Paladin. on 09/25/10 at 20:11:11 6D626129746468716E6B6B62070 wrote:
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Boofer on 09/25/10 at 20:24:03 Ebike, My cousin worked on a Honda 50 in the 60's for a friend of his. It was the one that later became the 65. It LOOKED like a real motorcycle. No floorboards. He told me to ride it every chance I got till the guy came after it. I had that bike on gravel roads for a whole summer. My first motorized bike. My first face rash and bruised shoulder. Gas was what? .35/gal? My first time with a girl hanging onto my skinny waist. My first realization I would ride my own motorcycle (Kawasaki) when I could afford it. Just a rhetorical question. How many people got started on a Honda? Say what you want, but you have gone back to the roots of MODERN, troublefree riding that made the big 4 have to keep up. Enjoy and ride safe. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Routy on 09/25/10 at 20:30:35 In a few years I could see myself downsizing. The savage 40 mite be a lightweight easy to handle bike for a 650, but as I become of age, it is still a big bike, and (me at 180lbs,) can be a bit challenging at times. But like someone always says, the 650 is what makes it fun,......for a while yet anyway ;) |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by drums1 on 09/25/10 at 20:35:19 I, too, began the journey on a Honda 50. I forget what year it was but I remember the gas tank being under the seat, and it was a 3 speed automatic. I was 16 and I loved that bike. (Until I crashed it.) So, no matter what you ride, as long as you ride. I hope I am still able to at 75. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Boofer on 09/25/10 at 21:01:14 Drums, I just Googled the one I started on. Don't know the exact year, but it was just like the 1963 Honda S50. Real between the legs gas tank. I think the ignition key was just under the front of the gas tank. It would be interesting to know just how many passengers still have a scar on the inside of their right leg from the exhaust. Can't remember the speed, but it reminds me of the quote about one of the first Piper airplanes: "It will fly just fast enough to kill you". |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by lukeduck on 09/25/10 at 21:44:39 Honda Rebel, excellant bike. My 07 250 Nighthawk (same mechanics) resides with my S-40 and GSZ650F. They seem to get along just fine togeather. Took the Nighthawk on a 2500 trip in August 08. You just travel a little differently. I also love the 75-80 mpg. It's more fun to ride a small bike fast than to ride a bigger bike slow. Have fun and enjoy---Luke |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Wolfman on 09/25/10 at 23:40:00 Old saying: 'Ride YOUR Ride.' Stick around and dont sweat what other people think. Your the one rideing it. Long as you got the wind in your hair and bugs in your teeth the model/size dont matter to most. Those it does matter to usualy are just trying to make themselves feel better about what their rideing. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by youzguyz on 09/26/10 at 04:22:07 Ebikerman, Like people say.. don't matter what you ride. Only matters THAT you ride. And another favorite: You don't stop riding because you get old.. you get old because you stop riding! So.. Ride ON! :D |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by drums1 on 09/26/10 at 06:36:54 Boofer--ya on mine the gastank was actually under the seat. Like a girls pedal bike. I don't remember the exhaust being an issue. And my top speed was 48mph downhill, with the wind at my back. I remember that eventually, Honda turned the "50" into a minibike. Mine was older than that--looked like an actual motorcycle, except for the tank under the seat. A buddy of mine had a Honda 90 at the time and we all thought that bike was the shiznit. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Paladin. on 09/26/10 at 09:36:07 The old Honda Super Cub 50cc: http://www.thaiscooter.com/image4/c102.jpg I had the Sport 50cc with a clutch and manual transmission: http://www.rcycle.com/CA110_154_cropped.JPG Mine was in 1964. In 1966 I was in the U.S.A.F. in tech school, Biloxi, MS. Rented a Suzuki 90cc bike that looked like the Super Cub -- and rode it a 150 mile round trip to New Orleans. In 1967, on leave in Detroit, I picked up a Suzuki TwinJet 100cc 2-stroke 2-cylinder. My first ride on the freeway. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by WD on 09/26/10 at 10:18:37 I've got the 250 Rebel's great-grandmother (1963 CL72) on my patio. Being redone from the wheels up as a ridable bike, since my Savage has become completely unreliable (electrical demons). I'm only 38, but can still recall 650s being considered a HUGE engine for the average rider. Growing up in western Washington, the rule was if you didn't ride a Harley you rode Honda or Yamaha on the street. Kawasaki and Suzuki were (and really still are) too unreliable or touchy or top heavy for onroad bikes. I've got a Harley ,a real one, 6 volt kick only Panhead. It's sitting on the patio rotting away with my Rickman. My Savage needs a $70 relay and maybe a regulator-rectifier. What am I building ? A 250 Honda parallel twin that is 9 years older than I am. My father in law will be 85 (I think, born in 1925) in November. He rides a CL100 occasionally, got rid of his GS750T and kept the small bike. No shame in dropping displacement. Ride safe. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by gerald.hughes on 09/26/10 at 11:52:59 Grew up in Arizona at a time when there was a "14 scooter law", At 14, you could get a motorcycle license for up to 125cc or 5 bhp. You had to pass both the written and riding test, and a helmet was required. Got my license in 1960 and started on a 125 Allstate (made by Vespa) scooter. For the next two years, I dreamed of the time when I would be old enough for a regular license, and could get a Honda 305 Hawk. Like everything else in our society, riding has become overwhelmed by the god of excess. Too much (but never enough) of everything from horsepower to speed, to chrome. The same is true of riding unfortunately. Oh well, this is just an old curmudgeon ranting. I looked at a rebel before getting the Savage, but at 250 #, I decided that it might not have enough power for safety. Besides, you probably shouldn't ride something that weighs less than you do. Nice bike. enjoy. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Ebikerman on 09/26/10 at 12:28:29 Now that's the best send off I have ever had. Far better than the one when I retired as a high school art teacher. Wow. I am deeply touched. I reccomended the new owner of my S40 to visit the club. He has the web address. If he should join in, his name is Ron Rohletter. He lives in Loganville Georgia. Thanks again for such a great fairwell gift. I will not forget it......Dan (ebikerman) |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by lukeduck on 09/26/10 at 13:56:38 There's a Rebel group on yahoo. Looks pretty good. Keep us posted. Ride safe, far, and often---Luke |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by mornhm - FSO on 09/27/10 at 05:33:02 Ebikerman - As a couple of people pointed out, just because you don't ride a Savagae is no reason to bail if you enjoy the site. The people don't change, just because your ride does. There are several of us who put FSO on our username - truth in advertising I gues. PS, the rebel is a great MC. I've thought about it seriously thought about a ninja also, if I didn't expect to get lots more miles out of my Concours, I'd have to think long and hard about my next ride. I sure wouldn't upsize. Connie is plenty big thank you very much, some days almost too big. That 7.5 gallon tank is a benefit only when going over rough road, and on long trips. Day to day, it's just extra weight - I look to fill up between 150 and 200 miles ridden when I'm commuting. I'll push it further only when on a trip. In any case, heres to many happy miles on your new MC. "Happy trails to you!" and of course, keep the rubber side down ;) |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Jerry Eichenberger on 09/27/10 at 05:46:43 Remember a great saying, " If size is all that matters, a cow could catch a rabbit". |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by drums1 on 09/28/10 at 09:43:35 I was gonna post a pic of the Honda 50 model I used to have but I can't figure out how. I tried to do as an attachment but it says "7144 kb won't download". I had resized the pic to 150kb, so I don't know what the deal is. And I tried doing it the "add image" way but can't figure out how. Oh well. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by babyhog on 09/29/10 at 11:14:43 213730283674450 wrote:
Have to post pictures to an external website (photobucket, bikepics, etc) then link them to your post here. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by wingsout on 09/29/10 at 16:33:38 Stick around; I might learn something from YOU. I'll be 64 in March of 11. I just started getting the bug to customize my s40. I saw a Rebel that had been customized; it was a really nice looking bike. |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by Starlifter on 09/30/10 at 15:20:10 Heck, when I get really old I intend to get a 50cc scooter. :D |
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Title: Re: Leaving the forum Post by LWRider on 10/01/10 at 14:15:35 Nuttin' wrong with a little bike. I rode my CB350 (325cc) close to 3,000 miles from FL to MI and back and had a ball. I'm about to head up to Barbers on it, too, another thousand or so. Big's not always better. Enjoy the ride, I've only heard good things about the Rebels. Cheers, Mike |
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