Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions

Cool you found the story.
The honda rebel 250 is actually 233cc (labeled 250 in order to make it legal in all states for highway use (I believe).
The bike was almost exclusively full throttle the entire trip.

I recall being on I-10 through Texas, floored doing about 78mph and having large trucks like Ford F-350's passing me doing 90-95mph.
Where they were getting 10 or so mpg I was still getting 55 or so.

Had anything happened, it would have been the end of me.

It's still insane thinking I cruised at 75mph on some of the busiest interstate sections in North America at 2 or 3 am.