What ye think of the VT1300cx

session savage · 31-08-2010 03:52PM #1

Just bored and wondering what ye all think of the Honda VT1300CX Fury?
Personally if I could find a nice quiet spot I'ld make love to one.
Closest thing you get to a custom chopper 'off the rack' I reckon. and not a bad price either.

P.C. · 31-08-2010 06:46PM

session savage wrote: »

Just bored and wondering what ye all think of the Honda VT1300CX Fury?
Personally if I could find a nice quiet spot I'ld make love to one.
Closest thing you get to a custom chopper 'off the rack' I reckon. and not a bad price either.

I don't think that €16999 is 'not a bad price' :eek:

While it does look good in the pictures, IRL it does not look that good.

Plus, it is not very suitable for Ireland - there are not very many straigh, open, empty roads here.

Just not a bike that appeals to me - sorry.

31-08-2010 06:53PM

Thats an insane price! Theres been one sitting in a bike shop here for the better part of a year now and it's not hard to see why. Massively overpriced and in my own opinion nothing about it nearly comes close to justifying that price tag. Just my 2c though :cool:
Edit: for that money you could get a rocket 3 roadster. Mental bike, had a very quick test ride on one and would buy one over the honda in an instant!

EvilMonkey · 31-08-2010 07:51PM

Great if you want to stay at home polishing chrome.

Tigger · 31-08-2010 09:06PM

cruisers have an easy life 2nd hand bikes are cheap
you could do a lot better

session savage · 31-08-2010 09:27PM

EvilMonkey wrote: »

Great if you want to stay at home polishing chrome.

ha ha good point.

session savage · 31-08-2010 09:46PM

P.C. Just wondering, why doesnt it look as good in real life? Size or something?

Pity, cause in the pics I just think its sauce.

MikeC101 · 31-08-2010 11:51PM

session savage wrote: »

P.C. Just wondering, why doesnt it look as good in real life? Size or something?

Pity, cause in the pics I just think its sauce.

Can't speak for why P.C. thinks that, but I agree with him.

Combination of things - it looks a lot smaller in real life, the chrome looks worse - I think the headlights are that plasticky chromey stuff, for example.

I was just completely underwhelmed by it, to be honest.

Plus for that money, you could buy a donor bike, (an older Harley if you liked) and modify it to be something actually custom made for yourself. (Well, perhaps not in Ireland). I'd be surprised if it was a big seller.

galwaytt · 01-09-2010 10:37AM

P.C. wrote: »

I don't think that €16999 is 'not a bad price' :eek:

While it does look good in the pictures, IRL it does not look that good.

Plus, it is not very suitable for Ireland - there are not very many straigh, open, empty roads here.

Just not a bike that appeals to me - sorry.

I agree the price is nuts.

I disagree completely that cruisers aren't 'suitable' for Ireland. You don't need straight, let alone empty roads, for a cruiser. In fact, I'd wager the opposite. What's worse, doing 60 in a stream of traffic on a cruiser, or stuck at 60 on a 170mph superbike ?

EvilMonkey wrote: »

Great if you want to stay at home polishing chrome.

True. Or do what I do. Ride it. I ride this every day, including through this, I wash it a couple of times a year, and yet it still looks like this after 3 yrs use. It's not perfect, has picked up some scratches and some of the brackets are crap, but it's weathered much better than a 1200GS I had (which rusted just by looking at it........).

This is my first cruiser, btw - I had sport tourer and even GS's for 17 yrs before I got this, and I find it's a better bike for what I use it for (transport, every day of the week). I find it very good at low speed riding too, and no need to ride the clutch. It'll pootle along on a closed throttle, in first, at walking pace, and still do a figure of 8. Try than on an R1150RT !

Tigger wrote: »

cruisers have an easy life 2nd hand bikes are cheap
you could do a lot better

Indeed they are cheap: I missed a fabulous Heritage Softail 1340 locally yesterday ...for 5k :eek:

OP, the Honda is nice, but , I dunno, can't put my finger on it, it just doesn't look right. It's probably too perfect, actually (very well hidden cables and wires, I notice). The H-D has a few rough edges, and good proportions.

cantdecide · 01-09-2010 11:26AM

I think it's a nice bike until you ask how much it is, which is a shame.

session savage · 01-09-2010 01:01PM

galwaytt wrote: »

What's worse, doing 60 in a stream of traffic on a cruiser, or stuck at 60 on a 170mph superbike ?

Dead right.
Personally, I'm not a superbike fan (just personal preference). I'm not really into how fast I can go, more into chillin on a cruiser.
Way I see it, I'ld rather cruise along on a bike people can look at than fly by in a blur :P
At any rate, the roads around here are so neglected that there are LITERALLY more potholes than road in 30% of the roads. So I have to tip along nice and easy. If you were to be really fussy about the suitability of a bike you would have to opt for a scrambler.
I dunno, I suppose I just love the styling of this bike (in pics anyway). And coming from honda I'm surpirised to hear that parts of the bike are cheap looking, for the price I would expect it to be top notch.

galwaytt · 01-09-2010 02:28PM

session savage wrote: »

galwaytt wrote: »

What's worse, doing 60 in a stream of traffic on a cruiser, or stuck at 60 on a 170mph superbike ?

Dead right.
Personally, I'm not a superbike fan (just personal preference). I'm not really into how fast I can go, more into chillin on a cruiser.
Way I see it, I'ld rather cruise along on a bike people can look at than fly by in a blur :P
At any rate, the roads around here are so neglected that there are LITERALLY more potholes than road in 30% of the roads. So I have to tip along nice and easy. If you were to be really fussy about the suitability of a bike you would have to opt for a scrambler.
I dunno, I suppose I just love the styling of this bike (in pics anyway). And coming from honda I'm surpirised to hear that parts of the bike are cheap looking, for the price I would expect it to be top notch.

Hey, don't get me wrong - I'd imagine the Honda is actually a very, very good bike, technically. I don't imagine it'll break down/leak. It'll probably last very well, for a long time, and will do all you want, and maybe more.

I also think it's 'trying too hard', and ended up looking like.........forgive me......one of those Chinese yokes........

But the price is completely off the wall. As an aside, look at the values of Suzuki M1800's (which I like, btw). It's like throwing money off a cliff. I'm not a dyed-in-the-wool H-D fan, I just like my bike. My next one will be different again, (Duc, hopefully).

Oh, and about those roads. Here, have a gander at this beauty...HERE (that's AFTER they fixed it, btw.....)

BEFORE 1

BEFORE 2

MikeC101 · 01-09-2010 02:43PM

galwaytt wrote: »

I also think it's 'trying too hard', and ended up looking like.........forgive me......one of those Chinese yokes........

That's it exactly - one of the Chinese bike makers (who knows which one, half of the different branded ones are coming out of the same factories it seems to me) are producing what looks like a mini version of it under the AJS name. Or the company that AJS turned into / were bought by is having them produced in China.

Saw them in Bikeworld - they look eh....interesting...

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