Honda invited the press to Venice
Beach, California, and planned a day-
long ride that had us cruising up PCH
(Pacific Cost Highway) before turning
inland for a tour of downtown L.A. We
hit all the famous boulevards and ave-
nues, like Sunset, Fairfax, Melrose, Flor-
ence, Manchester, La Cienega, La Brea
and, of course, Venice Boulevard. We
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.
even hit a couple of freeways, like the
101 and I-10. And we soaked in some
of the sights, too, but not the typical
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 Company, a place all things
(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.
2017 Honda Rebel 300/Rebel 500
First Test
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