Honda Rebel's Lost 20 Years: From Its 1996 Discontinuation to Its Big Comeback in 2017

That dormant period also overlaps with an era when motorcycle popularity itself was in decline.

Is the original Rebel completely different from today's Rebel in terms of displacement and stuff?

Debuted in 1985, so it's almost hitting its 40th anniversary.

Love articles tracing the Rebel's lineage—the original design still looks great even today.

Impressive that it could come back after a 20-year gap without feeling out of place.

So it was discontinued back in '96—guessing a lot of the 2017 crowd have no idea about the original.