2017 HONDA REBEL 300/REBEL 500
FIRST TEST
P76
perhaps more important than any
of those things: bobbers are the
happening thing right now and
appeal to both the younger and
older crowd.
So I buckled up my visor-less
helmet, grabbed a leather jacket
and goggles and hit the road on
the new Rebel. Honda invited the
press to Venice Beach, Califor-
nia, and planned a day-long ride
that had us cruising up PCH
(Pacific Cost Highway) before
turning inland for a tour of down-
town L.A. We hit all the famous
boulevards and avenues, like
Sunset, Fairfax, Melrose, Flor-
ence, Manchester, La Cienega,
La Brea and, of course, Venice
Boulevard. We even hit a couple
of freeways, like the 101 and
I-10. And we soaked in some of
the sights, too, but not the typi-
cal L.A. tourist sights, but cool
motorcycle-related ones, like
Lucky Wheels Garage, a…well,
garage, you can take your bike
to and do all the work yourself
(they even supply the tools and
stands), and the Garage Com-
pany, a place all things custom
motorcycles. And the ride was
capped off with a traffic break
at Deus Ex Machina surf shop
(Above) There is nothing "entry-level-
looking" about this bike. (Left) The
instrument pod is a little hard to read but
you won't be looking at it much anyway.
