2007 Honda VTX™ 1300 R
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Bad design
By (I am an Owner) on Aug 29, 2016Front turn signal lens keeps breaking off at tab lens fall off. 4 times I have replaced part
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Love my VTX 1300R
By (I am an Owner) on Sep 10, 2015Best bike I have owned in years.Been riding since I was 16, and now am 60.
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the wife loves it!
By (I am an Owner) on Sep 22, 2011smooth, sharp, easy to ride, well balanced and it looks good too. does what you want, when you want it to. LOOKS Great too. I got this one for my wife who now will NOT ride with me on my Wing. Figure that one out. SHE LOVES it and rides it everywhere i go and has a great time doing it. IT LOOKS ... good too.
Art Jiles, husband of Pam Jiles who LOVES her bike,,,LOOKS Good too.
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clanging or knocking
By (I am an Owner) on Jan 11, 2010I own a vtx 1300r 2007 and im hearing alot of clanging or knocking when riding. Similar to what you might hear when going up a hill but it does it all the time. Regardless of gas type.
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Honda VTX-R
By (I am an Owner) on Sep 17, 2008The above review is true and accurate. It's a joy to ride and for a bike with a 1312 cc engine you'd think it would be hard to balance and handle but it's just a joy to ride and for a cruiser it's a rocket with 0-60 in the low 5's and easily rides over 125 mph and liquid cooled. The torque is amazing ... as it allows power throughout the entire engine cycle so there's no need to hit say 4500 rpm to hit the power band because it's basically constant throughout. The bike is nearly 700lbs and another 200 with me so were at 900 or so pounds. Dual spark plugs per cyl. similar to an airplane engine provides additinal power. The only drawback but not really noticeable (I live in Florida) is it's carborated vrs. other models that are fuel injected however despite this the VTX will destroy any other manufacturer's cruiser 0-60 while getting 45 miles per gallon however I'm doing a chart on tanks, miliage, and driving methods. I hope this helps. Don't waste your money on a Harley because it's just the name you're buying except the VROD but that's an exceptional bike that's the only one in the entire lineup that's liquid cooled.
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8000 mile review
By (I am an Owner) on Sep 14, 2008Well I have been driving my VTX 1300 R for 5 1/2 months and 8000 miles later, what do I think? When it rains, I miss riding it. You have to understand I am one of the ole school riders who ride to ride, not for show. Yes its a good looking bike, but I bought my bike to ride, I take off alone in ... the morning and I pick a direction, I love taking back country roads till they end, and turn what ever the road looks nicer.
My ride is good in the city traffic, my ride is good for long country roads or freeways, Its not good for sharp turns and it does eat more gas than the smaller models, I have extra gear on it and a 21 inch windshield and get about 42 MPG average. Personally i think it seems to run even better after the first 100 miles on a trip, I dont like that 1st gear gring, but have adjusted my habits so it doesnt happen that much anymore. IS it the fastest thing out there, NO, is it fast enough for me, oh ya, it is not a sport bike in any sense. I do know I have complete confidence I can take any trip or go any where I want to alone and I never have to worry about my ride letting me down. Its smooth, but still you know you are on a bike. I am looking at tour bikes also, but dont see myself ever getting rid of this baby for a while. Its a fine bike, allways gets me where I am going, low maintainance cost. The manual only calls for oil change every 8000 miles, so you know thats because of precision engineering,ut I still do mine every 4000. I do love my bike
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