[bimota]

First post. Let the flames begin!

 

[minime]

... And let's just stop the off-topic posts right here, then.



Thanks!

 

[011]

Finally! I have been waiting to hear about this bike. Do you guys need a tester back east? LOL



I can't wait to sit on this machine and truly see how it feels - the seat, ergos, the pulses, etc.



I might just have to make my tourer a show bike...



Brian

 

[ybnormal]

Gorgeous. Hopefully dealers won't mark it up too much. Another S2000 replay with MSRP's jumping more than 20% in some cases woudn't be a lot of fun.

 

[lor]

Awesome!

I love it! The Honda VTX is one sweet motorcycle. I can hardly wait to see one up close and personal. I've been waiting so long to read about this bike, I wish the article was a little longer. Everything about this bike is cool! The looks and the nardos to back it up.

 

[ollie]

Screw the bike, what'd you think of Santa Barbara??? I've lived there for eight years and think it's a motorcyclist's paradise.

 

[bimota]

Off Topic!?

Minime, you know part of this thread is going to become a Harleys suck/cruisers suck/no they don't/etc slugfest. And don't blame me for starting it just because I pointed it out.

Where's the Mantra?

 

[desertbilly]

If it does, the supply usually eventually catches up with demand, so the markups should be gone in six to 24 months. I guess a lot depends on how many VTX's Honda cranks out. Since they've been talking a lot about increasing volume world wide, hopefully that will be a lot.



Another thing I wonder about is since this is a major entry into the big cruiser market (i.e., an increas in market supply), will put downward pressure on the prices of other big cruisers -- Harleys, Vulcans, Stars, etc.

 

[305Bill]

Bigger Jugs than Pamela Sue....I like it!

 

[runner00]

Love the bike, but can't someone make a radiator thats appealing

to the eye. Decisions decisions. Do I buy the vtx or the ya-mama

vino. Guess it will have to be the vino cause the vtx won't fit in the

garage. All kidding aside. I'm 5'6'' and something tells me I'd look

pretty silly on this thing. I think I'll stick with the buell(shake

rattle and roll.) Long live honda. long live hd. long live ya-mama.

 

[starvingstudent]

For all the macho pose-value this bike provides, can it out-accelerate a Magna 750? I wager not. I still say the Magna is the best all-around muscle-cruiser out there (Interceptor-based engine, baby...). The VTX is merely taking the genre to absurdity.



Hey, SOMEONE had to say something negative about the VTX.



Starving Student

 

[sqidbait]

So how easy was it to change the oil?



-- Michael

 

[Neal]

Hate to admit it but this certainly appears to

blow HD out of the water as far as a VTWIN cruiser

The Deuce is nice but this?...WOW.Cant wait to see one.

 

[Ralphy]

This thing sounds like a real handful, without enough stoppers. Where would you be going with

leather bags, windshield and passenger at

140 m.p.h.???

 

[DCH3HASHER]

Lean angle/ground clearance is an issue for some of us. I would like to see lean angles for the VTX (and Roadstar, etc) expressed in degrees - as on Harley's web site.

 

[Lunatic]

If only it didn't have fake fins. The bike is great, great lines, great features, then they bolt fake cooling fins on aliquid cooled bike. Would smooth chrome surfaces really be THAT bad on a liquid cooled bike? They make what sells though, and fake fins sell.

 

[VTWINSRBEST]

Re: ergonomics, I need all the leg room I can get with a 36" inseam. About the only bike I feel really comfortable on is the Suzuki LC 1500 Intruder. How does the VTX compare in this regard? I don't like riding around on hi-way pegs all the time on my current ride.

 

[El_Flaco]

Hooliganism...

Hey, cool bike! I am not a fan of cruisers, but hey, a cruiser that could actually outrun my SV650 on a straitaway... I can respect that!

But I was a little disappointed not to see any hooligan antics on the VTX, as with some prior cruiser evaluations. Are wheelies possible on the VTX 1800?

In any case, good job MO- I may have to throw some money in your direction!

 

[Patrick-of-the-Hills]

Re: the VTX. Perfect bike for Ford Excursion owners. The swept volume of a YZF-R6, a ZX-6R, and a CBR600F4i combined. Handling that will guarantee the success of whoever first puts out floorboards with casters (preferably machined from billet, of course). In league with the Detroit Diesel valvetrain components, I can only imagine the size of the starter needed to crank this thing.



It's noteworthy, if not necessarily positive, that the Big Four are starting to make Harleys look comparatively lithe and graceful. At the same time, I guess you can get a rat-motor Boss Hoss now (never mind the turbine bike), so go figure.



I'll have to pass on this one.

 

[lukiemon]

Great story guys, I love the way you guys write. This bike is definitely the new beast on the block, but how we measure beastlyness where I come from is in horses or at least 14 mile times. Do ya have any numbers for those of us that feel the need to compare our... er... horses.

thanks ahead of time, and keep up the good work.