I'm curious MM, what bike are you waiting on?  

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I know this might sound a little CRAZY ... but ...

The short ansure is the Super Meteor 650 . the Red and White one with the touring seat and back rest.
I'd like to test ride one of them before buying one.  

I really like my Meteor 350 but have to admit its a little short on ridding double and going uphill.  Its geared like the Stock Savage and is up  to about 23HP now w/a little less torque feel.   It reminds me of a 1980's Chevy S-10 4 cylinder I had for a commuter truck , Great fuel millage but no hot rod !  
I do have the performance cam to put in next time I have the valve cover off.  That will add another 4 or 5 HP  and will make it just a little less than a stock Savage .  

If the Super Meteor had of made it to my local dealer in 2023 I'd have one of them now ... but now I'll wait and see how the new cam makes the 350 feel ... the 350 isn't lacking much to be just fine like it is now.  

Part of the equation for me is fuel millage.  

I'm also sure that some motors just never can .   I had a Kawasaki 440 that didn't feel as powerful as a stock LS650 than only got 42mpg.   Also had a 4 cylinder Kawasaki LTD750 that only got about 40mpg.   It's like the manufacture never even thought about fuel millage .  I knew a guy who rode a Honda CB750K four cylinder with just as much power and his bike never got less than 50mpg and most of the time got more like 55mpg. that was a 1976 model like the Red one.  They don't make any more of them.  (besides they had primary chains that rattled)  

So once I get "enough HP " too much excess is just excess  .  
However ...
Some folks don't give a hoot about fuel millage , and the term "cheap transportation" never occurs in their thoughts ?

I'm averaging over 80mpg on reg. fuel now.  

https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/Honda/honda_cb750k_76.html

I'm going to Fuelly to check on the Newer Honda bikes next.  

MMRanch wrote on 11/07/23 at 18:12:08:



The Honda Shadow Spirit is a V=Twin, the Rebel is a parallel twin.

Here is the Rebel 1100 Fuelly = only 6,000 miles reported by 4 owners. (It appears the Rebel 1100 owners don't ride much.....or if they do they don't tell Fuelly about it).  

https://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/honda/rebel_1100t

I went on a ride today with some friends.  The day started out just a bit below 60 - but approached 80 in the afternoon.

The riders were all pretty much the same - old retired guys who still enjoy motorcycles.

The motorcycles were quite diverse.  A Triumph Bonneville, Moto Guzzi V100 Mondello, BMW F800GT, Ducati Scrambler, Kawasaki KLR650.  There were 2 parallel twins, 1 lateral V twin, 1 longitudinal V twin, 1 vertical single.  There were 3 chain drives, 1 driveshaft and 1 belt drive.

We had a good ride and good company - the wind kicked up a bit later in the afternoon to let us know that the colder weather is blowing in.