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paigeoliver:
My old roommate moved out 6 weeks ago, and I am doing pretty good money wise, so I was thinking about not getting a new one.

Then I realized that a roommate paying me a $325 a month share of the bills for 2 years will buy me a brand new Honda Silver Wing.

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Which hopefully won't get too many rocks chucked at it.

Oh yeah, apartment for share in St. Louis. Rent will be $325, I pay all utilities, you get the larger bedroom.

Bones:
I would still throw rocks at you and perhaps also balloons filled with my own urine.

I don't understand the fascination with these dork mobiles, especially for that ridiculously absurd price. You can get an entry level Ducati Monster for roughly the same cost.

It will go better, handle better,sound better, hold its value longer and you might actually attract some attention from the opposite sex instead of looking like a circus clown.

Bones:
Look at it man. You get looks, quality and street cred as opposed to looking like a joke.

GameOver:
That bike is SA-WEET!  Looks kinda like a big dirt bike.  Me likey!

Hey Paige, I'd move in with ya if I lived in St. Louis & was single.  Alas, I'm married and live in VA...

good luck!

paigeoliver:
Have you SEEN how well Honda Scooters hold their value in the long term? Passports and Super Cubs sell on the used market today for multiples of what they cost when they were new. A running 1981 Passport in a terrible color, with a ruined seat, rotted tires, and 12,000 miles on it (remember, the engines weren't good for much more than that), will STILL sell for more than what it cost when it was new. Pristine low mileage examples are knocking on $2000 these days (they were only like $500 new).

Checking ebay on other completed auctions for Honda Scooters.

1986 Honda Elite 250 $2805 (close to, or more than it cost when it was new).

1993 Honda Helix $2700 . They still make this model today, it is $5000 today, it was like $3500 then, the thing depreciated a whopping $800 in 12 years and 9,000 miles.

Honda scooters depreciate slowly until a few years after they stop making the model, then they actually start APPRECIATING, as a lot of people are particular to certain models, and will pay big for them.

The bike you pictured is a cool looking bike, but not what I want, I want to sit upright, I want to not have a clutch, and I like the feel of scooters better.

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