Pulls like a train, smooth as butter, Honda quality, and you know, you always needed a bike, right? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />
Seriously, as your friend, get it if you want it, it stores in less room than the Jetta, but, please, please, ride it like every's mother's son and daughter out there is actively trying to kill or maim you. It's the only way to be safe, and they CAN'T SEE YOU... And get the best helmet you can afford. And leathers. Pavement hurts.
And the most dangerous time on a bike is about 4-5 months after you get it, when you start to get good on it. Bikes don't slide, they just drop out from under you, whether braking or cornering. The difference between staying up and going down is knife edged, and at 4ish months on a bike, you are starting to push into the drop range. Beware.
And one cautionary tale. I was riding along on my Ducati Diana 250cc cafe racer on Old Gunnelford Road, on the limestone gravel and chert when a country creeper in a Studebaker pickup backed out across the whole road, and I laid it down to try to miss him, wearing cut off blue jeans, a tee shirt, and ho chi minh sandals. My last somersault planted my head and left shoulder into the driver's door, which I ruined. They picked gravel out of me for 3 hours and 4 buckets of sweat I donated free of charge. Swore off street bikes for years after that one.
That model Honduh is the one I repo'ed from the biker gang in my banking days in B'ham. I could run away from 4 on foot bikers with a flat back tire and drive right up the 2x10 in to the bed of the Ranchero for the get away. Tough old bike. I'd do the deal, I guess, a man just needs a bike... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
