by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 08/29/2017 at 15:11
by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 08/29/2017 at 15:11
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STARS: 3
meaty front tire, no fenders, no turn signals, all the superfluous trim and bullshit stripped away, straight handlebars. Hnnng. This one also has a ported and polished cylinder head and supposedly is good for 100+mph. Sweet.
"garagemonkee" (monke)
08/29/2017 at 15:22, STARS: 1
“rebel is a chick bike”
Damn straight. Vroom vroom, scoot scoot. All bikes are chick bikes.
"jimz" (jimz)
08/29/2017 at 15:28, STARS: 1
I would have kept and modded my V-Star 250, if there were any bloody parts available over here. As it is, pretty much anything would have had to have been ordered from WeBike in Japan.
nice Rebel. Where is the air cleaner, BTW?
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/29/2017 at 15:29, STARS: 0
As a 5'6" 135lb manlet: rebel is the ideal size. So comfy.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/29/2017 at 15:30, STARS: 0
That rebel does not appear to have one. I don’t particularly agree with that decison. I’d at least get a shitty Autozone cone filter and put it on there. The factory airbox is garbage though.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/29/2017 at 15:32, STARS: 0
Well, hello there, friend!
I haven’t gone with the fat tires yet. On my wheels it would make for a sketchy, so I have to figure out what I’m going to do there. Good luck with the project it looks like a great concept!
"thejustache" (thejustache)
08/29/2017 at 15:43, STARS: 2
So... all turns must be done one handed (for signaling), water flies right into the face if it rains (no front fender) and their is nothing keeping junk from being sucked into the carbs?
Don’t get me wrong, I love a stripped down bike - I daily a chopped up bike that doesn’t have a speedo or tach. I’m not sure these are things I would do to a bike I actually planned on riding though. That said I do think the exhaust looks pretty cool!
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/29/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 1
The signals on our rebel are fucked anyways and I found hand signals more natural, I have no intention of ever riding in the rain, but an air filter is definitely a necessity. I don’t understand why this person lacks one.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/29/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 0
What did that start out as? Rebel 450?
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/29/2017 at 16:51, STARS: 0
‘73 CL450
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/29/2017 at 16:53, STARS: 0
Sweet. Were the lower bars a comfort improvement and do you have any issues with not having a front fender?
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/29/2017 at 17:06, STARS: 1
I originally had dirtbike style bars on it. The lower bars gave it a more sporty feel and look. Comfort is about the same. I live in Phoenix where there is no moisture, ever, so being fenderless doesn’t affect me. It will spray water at my face if I run over any. I get some fork twist and need to install a brace to mitigate it. I’ve gone over 100mph on her and it feels sketchy but fun.
"jminer" (jminer)
08/29/2017 at 21:25, STARS: 0
Just to warn you- an airbox/filter is not superfluous. Particulate filtration is in fact quite necessary to keep a bike running long term, and the airbox is if you want to ride in the rain ever.
Although that is one of the best looking rebels I’ve seen...
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/29/2017 at 21:32, STARS: 0
For sure, I don’t get why she didn’t put a cone filter on this bike. That’s certainly what I’d do, because the stock Rebel filtration system is apologetically godawful.
"jminer" (jminer)
08/29/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 0
Most Honda airboxes look awful, but are actually very well engineered. I can speak to specifically 70's era Hondas, but those that want the pod filter look will have to spend an obscene amount of time and tuning to simply get the bike running almost as well as it did with the airbox, and they never run better...