With the popularity of customization and Cafe Racers of smaller bikes I'm thinking that this is platform aimed at that group as well.
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 8:39:22 AM UTC-5, Joey wrote: > > I like the displacement - I don't care for the looks. It has very little > in the style department - IMHO. Black on black with blacked out exhaust and > the water jacket has no fins on the outside so it looks like a black blob > on the top of the engine. > Being a Honda - I'm sure the engineering is top notch - and fuel > injection and electronic ignition will put it ahead of many of the bikes > out there in the same class. > $6000 for a brand new one. Not a bad price point - but - I bought > a slightly used 1300 cc Yamaha for that! (Granted - this is not a fair > comparison, used vs new, different type of bike etc, but, purely on > displacement for the buck - I got a much better deal) > Some time back people were asking about why the only new bikes > that were offered were cruisers / Harley clones. Although there are always > exceptions - most of the sport bikes have traditionally gone to younger > riders, particularly the 600 cc (or 500) models that were on the bottom of > the line. These are also the people that are the highest credit risk and > highest insurance risk. This makes a motorcycle like this a very expensive > proposition for the people least likely to be able to afford it. > I am wondering if this is the case with this new 500cc Rebel - > the new ones will sit because the folks looking for that sort of motorcycle > can't afford a $6k price tag and those that can afford the price tag aren't > interested in that small or that style of bike. > Just my thoughts! > -Joey > > -Joey Kelley > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Steven Nelson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I got to say that I really like the new Honda Rebel as a commuter bike. >> 471cc, watercooled (probably adds reliability and longevity), reasonably >> light and quick. I'm thinking this fills the gap left open since Honda >> killed the NH450. >> >> http://jalopnik.com/tag/2017-honda-rebel-500 >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
