Could they mount the exhaust pipe any higher on the HD Rapido ? Looks like it would burn the seat not to mention your thigh. I've ridden many high pipe bikes, enduro/scrambler style but never recall a pipe mounted that high.
You nailed it. I only rode that thing a few times and burned my leg (close to the gonads) unless I sat crooked on the seat toward the pipe. The heat shield would only lull you into a false sense of security until the pipe got HOT. And that pipe was practically in your ear with the dinga ding ding of the 2-stroke.
On the other hand, dad bought the Honda 70 mini trail at this same time period (a 4 stroke, clutchless 3 speed), and it was a good motorcycle and a blast to ride. It would carry 2 adults and he used the sailboat halyard to lift it onto their 22 foot sloop when he and mom went sailing around Lake Erie to Canada and Islands where he'd sling it off the boat and they could ride around the area, shop, go to restaurants. The handlebars folded down and they'd lash it down to the mast stay wires on deck.
My brother could wheelie it down the road (when dad wasn't watching).
They sold for under $400.
