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    Honda's new V 4 based Tourer

    Honda's CTX1300 uses the same engine as the current V4 in the ST1300...The ST1300 is over 10 model yrs old and has yet to be updated as a sport tourer,,,in the meantime this comes out...I kind of like it but then its not what i'd really want...
    http://powersports.honda.com/2014/ctx1300.aspx
    1980 XS650G Special-Two
    1993 Honda ST1100
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  • #2
    That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen Honda produce.
    1979 XS1100F
    2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.

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    • #3
      It's 100 lbs lighter that the Valkyrie Tob posted up and it runs 160 - 180 HP.

      That's what I'm talking about!
      Greg

      Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

      ― Albert Einstein

      80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

      The list changes.

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      • #4
        Hmmm... All the looks of a fairing without actually getting any benefit from one.
        Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

        You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

        Current bikes:
        '06 Suzuki DR650
        *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
        '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
        '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
        '81 XS1100 Special
        '81 YZ250
        '80 XS850 Special
        '80 XR100
        *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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        • #5
          Originally posted by trbig View Post
          Hmmm... All the looks of a fairing without actually getting any benefit from one.
          no doubt there will be aftermarket windscreens that will add some real protection...they are doing it for the other new hondas as well...what i like is that V4 motor which is the same one in the ST1300...but in that bike you only see the valve covers as the rest of it is shrouded in tupperware...this bike has some cajon'es...Honda V4s are awesome motors...smooth,torquey and seamless...same as my ST1100
          BTW Greg I dont think this engine is 160 -180 HP...more likely to be around 120hp tops ;-)
          Last edited by madmax-im; 11-30-2013, 02:43 PM.
          1980 XS650G Special-Two
          1993 Honda ST1100

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          • #6
            Second paragraph Ben.......

            http://thekneeslider.com/2014-honda-...ng-comparison/

            OOPS.....wrong bike
            Last edited by BA80; 11-30-2013, 03:48 PM.
            Greg

            Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

            ― Albert Einstein

            80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

            The list changes.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
              Honda's CTX1300
              I knew I'd seen one of those before

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JnpynfwU70



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              Tom
              1982 5K7 Sport, restored to original from a wreck
              1978 2H9 (E), my original XS11, mostly original
              1980 2H9 monoshocked (avatar pic)http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf30aa1c8.jpg
              1982 XJ1100, waiting resto to original

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              • #8
                I owned an ST1300 for a year or so, it was a gem of a V4 in that bike. About 112 hp at the rear wheel and 85 ft/lbs down around 3K rpm.

                Tons of grunt everywhere and a great pull to the top given the same redline of 8500 rpm as our XS's. Easily got mid/high 40's to low 50 mpg doing most anything.

                Anyway, I think it's a great motor and if they have tuned it more to the bottom end and mid range than the ST1300, it'll be a strong runner.

                The cost is the main factor to my mind, when you can get a C14 or FJR for similar $$...
                Howard

                ZRX1200

                BTW, ZRX carbs have the same spacing as the XS11... http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35462

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by TomB View Post
                  I knew I'd seen one of those before

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JnpynfwU70



                  .
                  Hahahahaha ... great clip - Court's adjourned!!
                  Marco

                  Current bikes:
                  1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special (SF)
                  1979 Honda CBX
                  2002 Kawasaki ZRX1200R

                  Rest in Peace, Don Glardon (DGXSER) 1966-2014
                  WE MISS YOU, DON

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                  • #10
                    Had a chance to ride an ST1300 a few years ago - silky smooth and torquey powerplant ...

                    Call me old-fashioned, but to my eyes, the ST is much more pleasing to look at than the new CTX. JMHO ...

                    http://firm-guide.com/company/honda-...300-picture-9/
                    Last edited by Prisoner6; 12-27-2013, 08:17 PM.
                    Marco

                    Current bikes:
                    1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special (SF)
                    1979 Honda CBX
                    2002 Kawasaki ZRX1200R

                    Rest in Peace, Don Glardon (DGXSER) 1966-2014
                    WE MISS YOU, DON

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Prisoner6 View Post
                      Had a chance to ride an ST1300 a few years ago - silky smooth and torquey powerplant ...

                      Call me old-fashioned, but to my eyes, the ST is much more pleasing to look at than the new CTX. JMHO ...

                      http://firm-guide.com/company/honda-...300-picture-9/
                      call me even older old fashioned cause i prefer the look of the ST1100 over the 1300...
                      Last edited by madmax-im; 12-27-2013, 09:24 PM.
                      1980 XS650G Special-Two
                      1993 Honda ST1100

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                      • #12
                        Madmax-im, is that your ST? Very nice!

                        How long have you owned it?
                        Marco

                        Current bikes:
                        1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special (SF)
                        1979 Honda CBX
                        2002 Kawasaki ZRX1200R

                        Rest in Peace, Don Glardon (DGXSER) 1966-2014
                        WE MISS YOU, DON

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Prisoner6 View Post
                          Madmax-im, is that your ST? Very nice!

                          How long have you owned it?
                          Well that was the first one...i sold it in '09 then a few months later i got an '01 that i have now... The '95 I had 2 years and the '01 I have had 4 yrs thus far
                          Last edited by madmax-im; 12-27-2013, 10:02 PM.
                          1980 XS650G Special-Two
                          1993 Honda ST1100

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
                            Well that was the first one...i sold it in '09 then a few months later i got an '01 that i have now... The '95 I had 2 years and the '01 I have had 4 yrs thus far
                            Nice ... that '01 has one of my favorite Honda colors - didn't they call that color Candy Wineberry Red?

                            It would look great on an Eleven!
                            Marco

                            Current bikes:
                            1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special (SF)
                            1979 Honda CBX
                            2002 Kawasaki ZRX1200R

                            Rest in Peace, Don Glardon (DGXSER) 1966-2014
                            WE MISS YOU, DON

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Prisoner6 View Post
                              Nice ... that '01 has one of my favorite Honda colors - didn't they call that color Candy Wineberry Red?

                              It would look great on an Eleven!

                              I do believe thats correct the '95 is Pure pearl red....a color that initially i didnt like but I learned to love it. As I am getting older my taste for LD riding is waning and for the mission...my '79 XS1100 fills the bill nicely...The ST is going up on the sales block soon.. economics ya know...
                              Last edited by madmax-im; 12-28-2013, 06:21 AM.
                              1980 XS650G Special-Two
                              1993 Honda ST1100

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