Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!kehoe From: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: motorscooters Message-ID: <1833@reed.UUCP> Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:20:43 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.1833 Posted: Sat Aug 24 15:20:43 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:14:04 EDT References: <11@cornell.UUCP> <28300024@ISM780.UUCP> Reply-To: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 21 "Cycle World" magazine compared the Honda Elite 250 scooter with the Honda 250 Rebel motorcycle a few months ago. In sum, the scooter was very easy to learn to ride -- supposedly easier to ride than a bicycle even. But in handling, accelaration and braking the motorcyle was better: 0-60mph in 14 seconds vs 18 seconds, 60-0mph (braking) in 112 feet vs. 144 feet. This compares to a typical 500cc motorcycle's 0-60 time of around 6 or 7 seconds and braking around 120 feet. I suggest that you buy your 16-year-old daughter an old Honda CB450. First, they're cheap (I paid $100 for mine); second, she'll be 18 by the time she gets it running. -- He still remembered hearing Andy Warhol say, "No, the best was when this guy bit off this guy's nose. That was the best sex." And William Burrough's answer: "I heard about that." -- "Wasn't that the best sex, Bill?" -- "Ah, yes, I imagine so." -- "The best." Dave Kehoe tektronix!reed!kehoe (503) 230-9454