2013 Light-Heavyweight Touring-Cruiser Shootout 

I was very disappointed to find they're no longer in production when I began looking last year.

@@jonathanpino6445 Have you found one yet?

@@POPPASHANGO Rocking a NOS Boulevard C90. Does the job. 👍🏻🇯🇵👍🏻

I bought a vstar 1300 3 weeks ago my first bike I absolutely love it. Don't see me ever getting rid of it. I'll prob get another bike in several years but this one will always be here.

@@ethankc2864 Nice! I test rode one once and it was definitely a nice bike! Are you in KC (Kansas City) by chance? Just noticed your username.

Aaron Donovan I’ve got my 2014 1300t

I do it to mine all the time too and don't feel like I'm leaning that far. Luckily they're spring loaded so it moves when I do it

I was thinking about new Crosscountry. Can you please explain what are the issues with that bike? Thank you.

No problem Marjan. From the day I got it there was a shimmy in the front end, especially noticeable when turning left. At first the dealership told me that the tire must be underinflated. It wasn't. It had stock Dunlop Elite 3 tires. After 3500km the front tire was toast. It had severe cupping and had worn in a v shape with more wear on the left fide of the tire. I took it to the dealership, had the tire replaced. They agreed that the wear looked all wrong and sent a claim into Dunlop ( Dunlop gave me a credit for the tire ). Put another Dunlop Elite 3 on and had the same shimmy in the front end. After about 3000km I finally convinced the dealership to inspect the front end. They say they test drove it and indeed found it to shimmy and severly pull to the left when making a left turn. However upon inspection they said everything was within specs, so please enjoy your Victory. At this point i contacted riders on the VOG ( victory owners group ) and I found that in the USA there was a class action lawsuit against Polaris for just this problem. In my opinion the bike was unsafe to ride, still has full factory warranty. I wasn't going to sell it privately cause I didn't want someone else to kill themselves. So I traded it in on my Suzuki. I told the dealership of all the problems and because it had full warranty they were fine with it as they thought Polaris would fix it for them. I will never buy another Victory or Polaris product as I don't think they care about product quality. If I were you I would look at the Kawasaki Nomad 1700 or the Suzuki C90T for much less money then the Victory or hell if money is no object even a Harley. I hope this helps you. Happy riding.

Darryl Lem I really appreciate your fast response. Also, I would like to thank you for all problems explained in detail. All of my life I am riding supersports so I was looking into Victory bikes just to give a shot for cruisers, but after what you told me, I am looking back to sport again. '14 Mv Agusta F4 or '14 S1000RR. I'll ride anything as long it's not Harley (even Vespa lol!) Everybody like Harleys where I live and I hate to be like 99,9% people here. There is no rush, I'll think about it ... Again, thanks for input dude !

No, they didnt.

+Chris Lagemann if star had made a 1500cc , they'd of put honda and suzuki cruisers out of bidness...belt drive is much prettier and efficient on a cruiser

+Rodrick Dubose I would have considered it if they had a 1500cc.

+Rodrick Dubose but its like a chain in a ways.cumbersome..

@@terryjohn yes and with belts it's one stone and...'SNAP'!

Did you end up getting it? I got one a couple weeks ago. I really like it so far

Big Ben, you start out logically then morph into raving idiot.

Basic rule..two hours

Yamaha road Star 1700

Suzuki M90👍🏻

Indian Challenger

Hell yea brother I also own a vstar 1300. But my all time fave bike is the 48 panhead.

Yes good point the Indian Scout should of been in this lot but it doesn't come standards with their extremely expensive bags and screen.

Nothing is wrong with the Yamaha. I did not buy the 1300 deluxe, I bought a stryker 1300, same drivetrain, but far less comfy. The Suzuki c50t gave me no problems (neither has the stryker), but I should have went with the c90t. From the comfort standpoint. YOU can't go wrong with the choices your considering.

+HahrtDood buy the yammy or motoguzzi eldorado...don't buy suzuki

+james hamm you can go again..

HahrtDood t

Too much $$$ and the engine doesn't fit the parameters of this catagory. Also,its a Harley, ao who cares.lol

ikr its called middleweight. light heavyweight would more be like harleys between the CVO and Road King

even then these bikes are more along the lines of light middleweight

yep, the heritage softail is 770 lbs and the boulevard c90t is 800 lbs but its not a Harley so its considered light weight lmfao

One of the songs sounds like an instrumental version of pretty fly for a white guy by the offspring

Not that song, the song that starts at 0:05 I asked. Thanks anyway.

dontraian Neither Shazam nor Google found a match for the song, so I believe this is one that Motorcycle.com has purchased as it's own theme song.

Offspring

voltage80x what?

Kawi doesnt make a 1300.

The 1700 vaquero is better ONCE you do the big 3. Exhaust air intake and tune.. best bang for your buck IMO