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Sunday, September 16. 2012
2012 Lake Hope Rebel Rally
When I purchased my Rebel last year I was already a frequent visitor to both the Honda Rebel Forum and the Rebel 250 forum. The latter has a yearly Rally within a day's ride at Lake Hope State Park in Ohio. I wasn't experienced enough to make the 400+ mile journey last year, but I made it this year.
Being a Rebel 250, although it can handle freeways just fine, I don't find too many hours on them pleasant for me as a rider, so I took the Google maps 'avoid freeways' route which was approximately 408 miles. This route including stops took 10 hours on the way out and 11 hours on the way back, due to more stops on the way back to enjoy attractions I had passed on the way out. Although not much greater in miles on paper, this was a much longer ride than visiting my sister in Cleveland involving twice as many hours in the saddle.
While out there (fortunately the day after the Rally so I didn't miss any festivities), the crankcase seal around the left side of the drive shaft popped out. Apparently a common problem on this bike as it's held in merely by pressure, a local Rebel-Rouser helped me out and not only picked me up, but let me use their garage and tools to repair it. Now that I've done it once, if it happens again I can actually repair this problem road-side with the right tools on hand, which I intend to carry on long trips from now on. As a side effect of this problem however, I got a chance to tour Athens, OH and Ohio University.
Logged 1,030 miles by the time I returned home, already planning to head out again next year.
My photos of the trip to the Rebel Rally this year are organized at the front of my Motorcycle Adventures Album, although I didn't take many.
Better pictures of the actual Rally part by Tigerlily 2012 Ohio Rebel Rally Lake Hope
As advertised, the Rally was mainly eating and talking with a motorcycle ride thrown in, which considering the long ride there, was perfect.
Being a Rebel 250, although it can handle freeways just fine, I don't find too many hours on them pleasant for me as a rider, so I took the Google maps 'avoid freeways' route which was approximately 408 miles. This route including stops took 10 hours on the way out and 11 hours on the way back, due to more stops on the way back to enjoy attractions I had passed on the way out. Although not much greater in miles on paper, this was a much longer ride than visiting my sister in Cleveland involving twice as many hours in the saddle.
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Logged 1,030 miles by the time I returned home, already planning to head out again next year.
My photos of the trip to the Rebel Rally this year are organized at the front of my Motorcycle Adventures Album, although I didn't take many.
Better pictures of the actual Rally part by Tigerlily 2012 Ohio Rebel Rally Lake Hope
As advertised, the Rally was mainly eating and talking with a motorcycle ride thrown in, which considering the long ride there, was perfect.
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