I've been wanting to get my hands on one of these for while. I see so many of them around and I figured it had to be for a good reason. That's what I want to talk about today. Thanks for watching!
68 yrs old (fit/strong) riding 50 yrs I had Harleys and too many others to name.. but switched to Victorys (have two). I bought my wife a V-Star 650 and felt she was ready for an upgrade. I saw a guy on a 1300 VTX last year at Sturgis and said: “There’s her new bike.” I bought a 2007 "super clean” with 15k mile for $3750 and put another grand in extras (stereo, larger shield, Viking bags, rack)...now she wants to stay with her V-Star 650: BUT I (me) JUST LOVE IT! I am 6’/230lbs and I feel comfortable as heck on it and just admire the look/technology. I have no choice: I’m keeping it. If I could have only just one bike: I could say: this one could easily be the one (because of the size/nimbleness). I would feel comfortable taking it cross country.
Sits The Ground Like A Thumper ----- Solid. ---------- But Very Nimble In The Wind ------- Like A Sport Bike -------- Best Of Both Worlds -------- And Its A Honda Nuff Said .-------
I bought a 2006 VTX 1300 R last year. It’s my 23rd motorcycle and I’ve been riding over 50 years. It had been sitting for years. I put a fuel petcock on the tank, a battery, a set of tires, and adjusted the valves. The previous owner said he brought it had about 10k miles. It actually had 6800. It already had aftermarket exhaust and the carb is perfectly tuned. It as fun to ride as any of my previous Harleys or metric bikes. It’s a great riding and handling bike for a cruiser.
I just bought one a couple days ago, picking it up Monday. Plot Twist: It's a 2004, has 19, 800 miles on it, garage kept, one owner, VERY well taken care of. A couple weeks ago we had a LOT of rain in TX and his place flooded. His garage got about a foot of water (so drain and replace the fluids easy enough), the water got barely over the transmission. He's been a customer/friend and is gettin older, so he told me since it took on water, 500 bucks and it's mine, and I would've been a FOOL to turn it down.
@@TylerChaseMotors Yea, I'm scared of the internet lol. Depending on who you watch there's about a million suggestions on the kind of fluids I should use. The actual MANUAL calls for 10w-40 for the oil, and for the final drive fluid to be SAE 80. I'm honestly not sure what the hell to do, cuz while I've worked on cars plenty, and I'm mechanically savvy, I've NEVER turned a wrench on a motorcycle.
hey man anything I should know before I buy it? any tips? Im 6ft tall and weigh in around 65-70kgs, so do u think I'll have trouble using it as my first bike (and whts ur height and weight)? also any details abt ur bike that u can tell me?
@@varquettestudios I'm 6' 2" 190lbs and I bought mine with forward controls as a first bike in April. My speedometer was about 7mph off (fixed it by installing a SpeedoHealer unit, it's easy to install and calibrate). The stock seat needs to be replaced because where the seat meets the tank is just...bad. It's a great bike for 65mph highways but I wish it had a 6th gear for better fuel economy on 80mph freeways. Everything else about the bike is pretty much perfect in my opinion.
Yep you hit it on the head! this bike is super reliable, standard entry level, some people understand that and keep it forever!! it's so affordable it's a win-win
yes, i own a vtx 1300. THIS vtx 1300. i bought this bike from tyler. i didn’t know it wasn’t running when he got it. runs good now but has a coolant leak from likely a loose hose. wish i had watched this before i bought it but it’s a good bike.
I love mine. 2009 VTX1300C. I havent had many issues with it. Idk why people say it's slow, unless you're used to 0-60 in under 2.0. I've gotten to 60 in less than 4 seconds, which is plenty.
I have an '06 and when I got mine, I absolutely hated the seating position and the handlebars. They were way too far forward for me and I hated leaning forward to ride. So now after doing the socket riser mod and some pull back risers, the handlebars are up about 6" and back a couple inches and so much more comfortable.
This bikes for me. 8 years riding trails and road on my KTM and Yamaha before that. Time to move up. Good video! I have about 50 of these saved on marketplace gonna buy one next month.
I’ve been looking at getting a 2nd bike strictly for road use and more highway friendly then the RE Himalayan that I currently own and the VTX was on my short list. I owned a new 2008 Shadow 1100 Saber and really liked it at that time. I’m a fan of shaft drive bikes in general as well as almost everything Honda.
My buddy stepson just bought one and brought it over...it was sharp......had a fairing and a stereo...riser with 6 bars.....nice bice....vibrated like a HD.
I had a Yamaha 400 Maxim in the '80's rode it into the ground and I was "One with that machine" (at the time I was 135 pounds). I occasionally got to ride other motorcycles over the years, then 3 years ago a 2005 Honda VTX 1300C found me. It was the right bike at the right price and I have enjoyed every minute of the 24,000 miles I've put on it. I added a better seat, windscreen, sissy bar, bar risers, a Glens VTX Garage clutch pull relief, and recently a Speedo Healer (the factory odometer is 10 percent off). Other than changing tires, fluids and 4 new plugs nothing unusual has happened to my machine. I ride it as often as i can, Utah winters can be mild, so I ride it every month of the year. From canyon cruising to commuting its a great place to be.
Got the S model as my first bike and I love it. Only downside is that it has no fuel gauge. Twice ive run out of gas because I was zoned out and just enjoying the ride.
I've got the 1300s. The literature says it's 690 lbs and with a few extras 700. I'm 5'9" and can sit on it with both feet flat. Keep it vertical when going slow or sitting stopped, or else you'll be picking it up. I'm glad it's 700, not 900 like some of the other cruisers.
Nice maintenance free bike. I prefer the 1800 but the ground clearance is too low. Definitely would recommend the 1300 for a first time bike for a well built person with good riding instincts. Definitely needs Cobra pipes and a jet kit to get the most out of it. Stay safe 🤙🏽♥️
If you’re talking about the pair valve block-off plates, then no you don’t. I got mine from goheencycles, great product and shipped quick. I’ve done two now and I get the ones without the little divot drilled in them. All you have to do is take the screw out that holds the reeds on so that the plate will fit. The screw broke off on both the bikes I did, which doesn’t matter because you don’t need it anyway. Or you can just get the ones with the divot and not have to screw around 🤷♂️
I'm considering between this and the V Star 1300, which is supposed to be built on similar engine design (single pin crank, etc.). However it does not make nearly the same sound as the VTX does. What's the reason?
I just bought this honda 1300 yesterday and I have my Yamaha 05 V-star 1100 which has a shorter stroke so is why it sounds difference and it has vance and Hines on it.
The worst thing I noticed was that the speedometer was way off on mine, like 15 mph at 70 on my bike was 55 when my wife followed me. Haven't fixed that yet
Fuel is gravity fed to the carb, the carb does have a mechanical fuel pump but I’m talking about it not having an electric fuel pump to get the gas to the throttle body like on an EFI bike
@@levelupgaming4062 I wouldn't worry about him or the rest of the Hardly Gayvison cult. They're too busy jerking a corporation off to buy a bike that's designed well. The single pin crankshaft speaks for itself. 😂
The Shadow 750 is a big F'n freight train as it is. Really, nobody needs more than 500cc. 750 is over kill. 1300 is absurd. 1800 is daft. You do not want a 750 or anything bigger as your first bike, that is for sure. Master a bike, then a moped, go to a 250, then a 450. Most of the guys I see getting into wrecks skipped it all, drive to fast, drive it like a car, and get into a wreck. Old Honda from the 70's and 80's are dead reliable. New ones aren't. They aren't as reliable as they are made out to be. My vacuum control fuel petcock failed immediately, which is probably why I got a deal on my Shadow. There's a lot of new safety and other garbage on these new bikes. Going from the Shadow back to the 450 or 250... is night and day. The 250 is an absolute joy to drive. The Shadow is more like driving an RV down the road, and I can image a 1300 is like driving a semi truck down the road. Lots of power, but nowhere near as fliccable or fun or fuel efficient. For every change you make to a bike, there's a tradeoff. You better hope and pray you never have to do any engine work on a Vtwin. I hope I sell mine before I ever have to. I've taken the top end off my Rebel and replaced the cylinder with the engine still in the bike. Forget every doing that on a Vtwin. You're going to have to tear the bike completely apart.
So in the first paragraph of your book, you speak about displacements as if they're in terms of sport bikes. And I wondered why. Then I saw you ride a rebel, in your closing chapter. Those are naked bikes, shaped like cruisers. The shadow 750 is a starter cruiser. It tops out at 110. Power to weight ratio is key.
@@tylerjacob8896 I would never recommend the Shadow to anyone as a first bike... maybe it would be a starter bike for Dwayne The Rock Johnson? For everyone else, it's too heavy and dangerous. The Shadow is even more dangerous than my CM450, which is a very tall bike. I don't know why, when I write something shorter than a First grade reader story book for a YT comment, people call it a book. Five paragraphs only made a book on a kindergarden class library shelf.
@@choppergirl I started on a shadow as an average height man. I was still cramped. It's also severely lacking in power. The shadow is everyone's first cruiser.
@@choppergirl and just because you don't seem smart enough to figure it out, we call it a book in hyperbole. It's to mock you for writing 5 paragraphs in a COMMENT SECTION. If you didn't get it that time, I didn't have the time or crayons for you, kid.
@@tylerjacob8896 There is nothing wrong with writing five paragraphs in a comment section, if that's how many words are required to accurately get a point across. I can be as laconic as the next person; whether I chose to or not is my perogative. If it tires your mind to read a War and Peace word salad, you can go back to watching Roadrunner and Coyote pablum cartoons...
Hard to go wrong there, I’m biased towards Honda but one of my favorite bikes I’ve ever had was a yami dirt bike. My opinion is pick the one you like the looks of best. If you’re a speed demon get the big bore; if you want the extreme reliability and fuel economy get the 1300
