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Thirty years and more than half a lifetime ago, my now-long-departed grandfather bought me a twist-and-go Yamaha 180 scooter. Freeway legal and legally rideable without a motorcycle license (!), that scooter traversed California roads both city and country, and climbed and descended mountains my older, wiser self wouldn't have attempted. Three years into that adventure, the Yamaha was stolen and vandalized beyond repair. The insurance check paid for my train ticket to grad school; my riding career met its untimely end. Until...
...now? Middle-aged and better fixed financially, I find myself reflecting on those happy, mostly carefree days. In recent years a bicycle enthusiast, I find both my knees and my city (whose transportation system is a raised middle finger to pedestrians and bicyclists) failing me. A motorcycle – friendly and approachable as that scooter of yore – beckons, promising adventure anew: the Rebel 500 ABS.
This enchantment is all of three days old. I'm still in the information gathering phase—which is long for me. (I'm a professor. It's an occupational hazard.) So far, I like what I see. If all goes right, I'll let winter pass, do motorcycle safety training in April, and pull the trigger on a Rebel soon thereafter.
I've learned a lot lurking here these last 72 hours. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience so liberally. May I join the ranks of Rebel owners soon!
...now? Middle-aged and better fixed financially, I find myself reflecting on those happy, mostly carefree days. In recent years a bicycle enthusiast, I find both my knees and my city (whose transportation system is a raised middle finger to pedestrians and bicyclists) failing me. A motorcycle – friendly and approachable as that scooter of yore – beckons, promising adventure anew: the Rebel 500 ABS.
This enchantment is all of three days old. I'm still in the information gathering phase—which is long for me. (I'm a professor. It's an occupational hazard.) So far, I like what I see. If all goes right, I'll let winter pass, do motorcycle safety training in April, and pull the trigger on a Rebel soon thereafter.
I've learned a lot lurking here these last 72 hours. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience so liberally. May I join the ranks of Rebel owners soon!
