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Weazel · 01-26-2004, 11:28 AM

Here's a picture of my girlfriend's early "surprise" Valentine's Day present. Thankfully our garage is a mess, so it's no problem to hide something like this behind a wood pile, my smoker, and a few bins of kayaking gear. I know it's not a Suzuki...but forgive me please.

It's a pretty light little bike. Shaft drive for low maintenance. 6 speeds, which will be the first anything with 6 speeds I'll have driven. And an oversized tank, since she likes to run stuff out of gas. I'm pretty psyched to cut her lose in the springtime. Anybody had any experience with the Honda 500 V-Twins? Thanks!

**Uncle Bob** · 01-26-2004, 12:00 PM

Can you get me one for St-Valentines also.

**Louis** · 01-26-2004, 12:09 PM

That would satisfy me for a summer. Especially the $200 price tag. I'll probably have to keep in touch with Uncle Bob. I'm sure he could help locate a bargain for me since I'm not too far away from him.

Mike Burnham · 04-10-2004, 05:13 AM

The last Asscot I rode was passed from one freind to another untill it ended up with my Nephew. It ws by far one of the hardest ride bike I have ever been on. It ws only second to the Buell Blast for hard ride.
The seat kept you sliding up on tank. The foot possition was hard on legs. I would atleast try to get her some cruser pegs. The motor is the same as the 500 shadow. It is a good machine but, valve adjusting is hard. Still with cruser pegs could be a good bike.

MadCow · 04-24-2004, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Weazel

Here's a picture of my girlfriend's early "surprise" Valentine's Day present. Thankfully our garage is a mess, so it's no problem to hide something like this behind a wood pile, my smoker, and a few bins of kayaking gear. I know it's not a Suzuki...but forgive me please.

It's a pretty light little bike. Shaft drive for low maintenance. 6 speeds, which will be the first anything with 6 speeds I'll have driven. And an oversized tank, since she likes to run stuff out of gas. I'm pretty psyched to cut her lose in the springtime. Anybody had any experience with the Honda 500 V-Twins? Thanks!

I used to own a same year Honda 550 (4), loved it.

01-26-2004, 11:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Weazel Newbie Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 10	Got the girlfriend a new toy Here's a picture of my girlfriend's early "surprise" Valentine's Day present. Thankfully our garage is a mess, so it's no problem to hide something like this behind a wood pile, my smoker, and a few bins of kayaking gear. I know it's not a Suzuki...but forgive me please. It's a pretty light little bike. Shaft drive for low maintenance. 6 speeds, which will be the first anything with 6 speeds I'll have driven. And an oversized tank, since she likes to run stuff out of gas. I'm pretty psyched to cut her lose in the springtime. Anybody had any experience with the Honda 500 V-Twins? Thanks!

01-26-2004, 12:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Uncle Bob Site Admin & Squeegee Boy Joined: Dec 1969 Bike: 2003 Volusia SE Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada Posts: 107	Can you get me one for St-Valentines also. __________________ Yadda yadda yadda, whatever, they ain't going to listen anyway.

01-26-2004, 12:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Louis Administrator Joined: Sep 2003 Bike: SV650S '05 (Blue) Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada Posts: 10,655	That would satisfy me for a summer. Especially the $200 price tag. I'll probably have to keep in touch with Uncle Bob. I'm sure he could help locate a bargain for me since I'm not too far away from him. __________________ Louis

04-10-2004, 05:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mike Burnham In Training Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Bel Air Maryland Posts: 115	The last Asscot I rode. The last Asscot I rode was passed from one freind to another untill it ended up with my Nephew. It ws by far one of the hardest ride bike I have ever been on. It ws only second to the Buell Blast for hard ride. The seat kept you sliding up on tank. The foot possition was hard on legs. I would atleast try to get her some cruser pegs. The motor is the same as the 500 shadow. It is a good machine but, valve adjusting is hard. Still with cruser pegs could be a good bike. __________________ VS800 Intuder Not the biggest bike on the street but the biggest one I have ever had. And I love it.

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