• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Small refers to the displacement, its not a minibike. You wouldn’t take it on a highway, but it’ll carry you around town, and can hold a suprising amount of luggage if you’re creative/balanced.

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      You wouldn’t take it on a highway

      Heh, it’s not a bad idea, but sadly it wouldn’t be practical for most in the US. Living here, you’d be hard-pressed to find many people who don’t need to use a highway to get to work. Maybe in small towns and big cities? At my own job, I can’t think of a single coworker that lives in the same town as we work, and almost every person needs to take a major highway to get there. Theoretically we could take back roads, but it would take so much more time vs the highway that leads right into town. Commutes of a half hour or more are common.

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        I’m aware, that’s why I included a highway-capable motorbike too.

        The 125 will do 60 after 14 seconds of redlining it, and it’s so de-tuned you can literally do that every day for years and the engine will be fine, but going 60 on a bike only works with speed limit 65 and wouldn’t be comfortable for more than half and hour with everyone flying by doing 75+.

        A Honda Winner X 155 gets 122 mpg and can do 85ish, and is kinda the minimum I’d be comfortable on an American highway, and not like long road trips.