That's exceedingly generous. I had a silver Rebel 450 back in the day, it could barely sustain 75mph for general riding condidtions. I had it over 100mph once, but that was on perfectly flat ground, a tail wind, and I was lying on the tank. It was actually that bike that convinced me that my father was right, and I needed a Harley.
When I stepped back and looked at it, what I liked best about that bike is that it was often mistaken for a Harley. I know Hottie especially hates to hear this, but I owned a dozen Japanese bikes of varying types before I bought my first HD. I'm intimately familiar with them.
For what it's worth, my baby girl is getting a Rebel for her 16th birthday.
How true! You do that with a Harley for 2 months and its ready for a rebuild.