Major Softie wrote:It was certainly not a touring bike. It was a "lightweight" sport bike.
The longest rides I do now are a few day-trips each summer.
I go out several times a week for 1 or 2 hours just for fun or perhaps an errand.
I know it's a lightweight, but at 155lbs, so am I.
I've spent most of my money on women, motorcycles, and beer.
The rest of it I just wasted.
Major Softie wrote:It was certainly not a touring bike. It was a "lightweight" sport bike.
The longest rides I do now are a few day-trips each summer.
I go out several times a week for 1 or 2 hours just for fun or perhaps an errand.
I know it's a lightweight, but at 155lbs, so am I.
I certainly didn't offer that comment as a criticism of the bike. My point was that Duane's comment seemed to have assumed unreasonable expectations of the machine.
dougie wrote:Too expensive ($3500) but looks to be in very good original condition. (1967 Honda 305 Superhawk.)
Anyone here ever ridden one?
I ride with a guy who has one, with a rebuilt motor. It seems like a wonderful bike and he pushes it hard. But, there is no way that his motor can keep up with a slash five. I have a lot of fun riding with him, but just use half throttle.
dougie wrote:Too expensive ($3500) but looks to be in very good original condition. (1967 Honda 305 Superhawk.)
Anyone here ever ridden one?
I ride with a guy who has one, with a rebuilt motor. It seems like a wonderful bike and he pushes it hard. But, there is no way that his motor can keep up with a slash five. I have a lot of fun riding with him, but just use half throttle.
That's not surprising, or unreasonable, since it comes from the days of /2's. It will smoke an R50/2, and annihilate an R27. Your /5 had certainly better be able to do that too.
Chuey wrote:What differences were there in the CS?
Chuey
The CS was the same bike as the RS, just with a different fairing. It ran from 81 to 84 (?) and had the same compresion as the RS for your country and had a rear disc. They also had an R100CS label on the tail section rather than R100. Not many made it over to this side of the Atlantic.
George Ryals wrote:I don't think the model Robert Pirsig rode in the book was ever spelled out.
No it wasn't but there are some clues like the revs he was running and the probability from frequency of changes that the engine/gearbox ran in the same oil. He is supposed to have mentioned later in an interview that it was a Honda 305. This is reckoned to be Robert Pirsig and his son Chris. Who knows for sure.
Chuey wrote:What differences were there in the CS?
Chuey
The CS was the same bike as the RS, just with a different fairing. It ran from 81 to 84 (?) and had the same compresion as the RS for your country and had a rear disc. They also had an R100CS label on the tail section rather than R100. Not many made it over to this side of the Atlantic.
or perhaps an errand.
