2005 Honda VTX: Cruisin' on the "X"
11/10/08
I bought this Honda VTX 1300 because my son owned one and we wanted to do a few bike trips together. I looked at several other brands of motorcycles, but I could not see spending so much more money for something that wasn't any better than what my son had. In the end I paid just over $5,000 for this bike, the seller took it in for the maint work, since it had such low miles (just over 1,000 miles) and was three years old he wanted to besure everything was up to speed for me (what a great thing to do). The bike itself rides great, has plenty of power, and handles great, the mileage isn't the greatest, but it is a 1300, so I guess the fuel has to go somewhere.... The bike came with a windshield and a back rest, so all I had to do was buy some saddlebags and I was ready for a trip. I am going to install a set of handle bar risers to get the bars rearward just a tad (it's a comfort thing), but the forward controls are perfect for long trips, I will be adding a set of highway bars w/ pegs for even more comfort on the road... After you add up the price my son and I paid for both our bikes and the price of all the add ons we put on them (my son has lots of chrome on his, and man does it look sweet) we still have money left over to pay for fuel for the year from what we would have paid for just one Harley, and it's a lot more comfortable with each of us having our own bike, instead of riding together on just one bike ;-)
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