Great City Bike. 70MPG. With premium gas, and lightly laden, mine can achieve almost 85mph. Front and rear drum brakes teach you not to go any faster than they can stop you. Bought my 2008, the last production year, in the summer of 2020, in the hopes of surviving the COVID insanity. Had not ridden since the late 70's. It only had 4,300 miles on the odometer and I paid $1300 for it. Great bike for the beginner, or one to finish with. Easy, and inexpensive to maintain, and easy to learn how to repair. Perfect, if you are not a cruiser person, or sport bike person. Simply a joy to ride, and you will smile, a lot, because it always starts, always, and you will be riding it, not fixing it. I have survived, so far.
I had one exactly like that on in my youth in 97. It is a magnificent motorbike, it is so reliable, it is practicable, almost virtually indestructuble. And looks soooo nice. If I coul fine one in that state of conservation I would get one for fure
Hundreds of dollars cleaning the carb (the one carb) and a battery? Yikes. The most expensive battery I found was 60 bucks. If you cant clean a carb and hook up a battery you should figure it out before you buy a motorcycle.
I had one of those. Very comfortable riding position, but lots of engine / handlebar vibration over 45mph. If it didn't vibrate, I would have kept it. Not as bad as a Buell blast though...
I'm curious. Will a Honda Nighthawk cb250 engine bolt onto a Honda Rebel 250 frame and work? I have a 2002 Honda Rebel. Frame, tank, rolling chasis, all the works. All it needs is an engine. My brother gave the Honda Rebel to me for free with title. All I need is an engine. I'm simply curious.
The CB is the japanse model and has alloy wheels, the turning lights.are.shorter, it has a rpm meeter, it has a little more power I think and has different colors. The nighthwak is a US model.
