Also found out the other day that the bike  does indeed have a handlebar lock.  Not that it is obvious mind you, but it is there.  Unlike the Kawasaki which locks the handlebars via the ignition the Honda is a manual lock on the forks below the instrument cluster.  In order to lock it one must first take the key out of the ignition and then manually lock the handlebars after turning them almost full left.

It does help, of course, to remember to unlock the handlebars prior to starting the bike up and trying to ride it somewhere …

So I’ve ridden to work for 2 weeks, and made 2 site visits that required some highway driving.  1st full tank of gas I only manage 51mpg.  2nd tank of gas I managed 60.1 mpg but was able to ride on the Frontage Road that parallels the interstate for most of the trip where the speed is 75 mph.  (the 250 doesn’t really care for going 75 mph, at least I don’t think it does).)  So I’m still looking at 3x my truck mileagea nd almost 1.5x my non-roadworthy kz550.