kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) (08/24/85)
"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