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Sep. 20th, 2008 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
roadrunnertwiceI tried to go motorcycle shopping today, but it didn't really work. The west side Honda dealership had only one smaller used bike, and it was a bit bigger and more expensive than I was hoping for. So now I need to:
- Call other dealerships,
- check out Craigslist,
- and keep checking back to see if the west side gets anything in.
Oh well, I guess I didn't really expect it to be that easy.
Anyway, I totally took the one bike they had out for a test drive (first time I've ever done that!) along with my spiff new helmet. It was a 1998 Shadow, 600cc, and I was actually quite taken with it. Black with teal accents, which was much more charming than it ought to have been, and the ride felt pretty wonderful. I kept it pretty close to the shop, but it felt like it would be a better freeway bike than, say, the Rebel I did my exam on. The fuel economy was only 50 MPG or so, and I'm still not sure how I feel about that. Like I said, I was hoping to do some shopping, and I couldn't really measure it against anything.
So, on to Phase 2.