Vehicle Description
The GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this 20003 Honda VTX1300
for your consideration. This bike comes with an airbrushed Mural of
Marilyn Monroe on the gas tank and rear fender. In 2002 Honda made
the VTX1300S available, as a 2003 model, with an all-new 1,312 cc
(80.1 cu in) liquid-cooled V-twin engine in traditional cruiser
bodywork, rolling on spoked wheels. It sold quickly, and by the
close of 2003 sales totaled almost 12,000 units.
In contrast to the VTX1800 line, VTX1300 bikes used standard
unlinked brakes, with a single large front disk, 336mm in diameter.
The rear brake was a 296mm disc.
Although it was similar to 1800, 1300 was not the same engine with
a smaller bore or shorter stroke, but a new design. The 1300 engine
used a 38 mm constant velocity carburetor unlike the fuel-injected
1800. The single carb had a manual choke for cold starts and was
heated by engine coolant to improve cold-weather operation. The
configuration of the new powerplant was the same liquid-cooled
overhead-cam 52-degree V-twin layout as its larger sibling, but the
VTX1300 engine was designed around a single-pin crankshaft, unlike
the 1800s dual-pin crank. As a result, the 1300 required dual
two-axis primary counterbalancers to control engine vibration. The
VTX1300 engine had a cable-operated clutch, instead of the
hydraulic clutch of the VTX1800. The 1300 engine used an air
injection system and catalytic converters, similar to the bigger
engine, as well as a lean fuel-air mixture to control
emissions.
The VTX1300 line employed the same two-into-two exhaust system
across the board, as opposed to the model-specific two-into-one
system of the VTX1800C. In a road test on the Motorcycle USA
website, editor Ken Hutchison observed that the VTX1300C had an
"extra-muffled exhaust note that may be politically correct but it
really detracts from the Big Twin experience potential buyers might
be looking for." Nevertheless, Motorcyclist magazine's Art Friedman
opined that the VTX1300 "sound is classic V-twin", and that the
bike had more responsive handling as well as a smoother drivetrain
than its 1800cc lookalike.
VTX1300 bikes came with the least possible instrumentation, one
large analog speedometer (with a digital odometer) in a nacelle on
top of the fuel tank, unaccompanied by so much as a clock or fuel
gauge. The 2004 VTX1300S was joined by the lighter and shorter
VTX1300C Custom with cast-alloy wheels, a drag-style handlebar, and
without the floorboards and heel-and-toe shifter of the S model.
The new C model also sold in large numbers in its first year,
upwards of 11,000 units
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Leasing Inc. makes every effort to represent each vehicle
accurately and with integrity. We also welcome third party
inspections when necessary. Although we try to do our very best to
be accurate in our description writing we are human and do make
mistakes. Unless otherwise noted, All vehicles are sold AS IS, No
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