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To: archy

Honda! Yuck!! But this one sure is sweet!

But it's probably so smooth ya can forget you're moving if ya don't pay attention!!

<|:-)~~

203 posted on 06/23/2003 9:21:05 AM PDT by JoeSixPack1 (POW/MIA - Bring 'em home, or send us back! Semper Fi)
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To: JoeSixPack1
Honda! Yuck!! But this one sure is sweet!

But it's probably so smooth ya can forget you're moving if ya don't pay attention!!

I've never ridden a Val, much less the Rune, so I can't say firsthand. But long ago, I helped a pal shoehorn a Volkswagen engine into the frame of his Marusho, whose BMW boxer-engine copy had crapped out. Smoother even than a 750 Honda, Indian straght 4 or Ariel *Square 4*. His application was for use as a sidecar bike, but it was a lot of fun as a solo ride while setting it up.

Modern aftermarket styling, however, is not limited to Hondas, not by a long shot. I'm reminded of some of Raymond Lowey's styling designs, from the Pennsylvania Railroad's T-1 locomotive to the Studebaker Avanti...and the paint job on the first Air Force One.


217 posted on 06/23/2003 1:27:51 PM PDT by archy (Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
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