[bob]

Didn't see this page on World Honda web site earlier. Lots of great info on why and how things were done to result in the way the CTX1300 is as we have it now. Interesting that the battery is where it is to help offset that the engine was moved over the other way to compensate for the wider rear tire! Just as an example.

Good reading here. 5 articles plus a number of items at the bottom for more information.

Comfort Technology Revealed

 

[sleepngbear]

Cool stuff!

 

[bruceb]

Back on TOPIC.

I enjoyed that discussion, particularly the details of the aerodynamics. Fun to read such engineering details about an object you actually own and thoroughly enjoy.

Now if they'd only explain how to turn on the cruise control....:350x700px-LL-66dd6d

 

[Lighter]

Thanks for getting this out Bob! I am enjoying reading it, Love this kinda stuff!!!

 

[Lighter]

You Know after reading this, it reminds me of the HD V-rod, harley wanted to upgrade their 100 year old design but the public wouldn't accept it.........Come on people the CTX is a cool bike!! Go out and buy them so they won't die......

 

[Poorboy1942]

If dealers had understood these reports perhaps they would have sold better. My dealer was sure it was the replacement for the ST1300, which it is not. I guess I was fortunate enough to know a ittle about motorcycles before test riding the CTX. I guess I sold it to myself. Having owned goldwings and ridden many STs, I was immediately impressed with the handling and the low speed abilities of this motorcycle. If Honda does not take time to train there dealers they are missing a great opportunity with this motorcycle.


Bob

 

[MaineMan]

Nice article, some good insight into choices the engineers made during development.

 

[lewisd108]

Original Price point Of the CTX was too high. It is a $12-14,000 bike.

 

[sleepngbear]

Original Price point Of the CTX was too high. It is a $12-14,000 bike.

That's Honda. Anyway, much easier for them to drop the price if it's too high than raise it if it's too low. And on the off chance they stumble on a hit right out of the box and sell a bunch at original MSRP, it's that much more profit and quicker they recoup their R&D costs. You might not think there was much of that with so much of the drive train being sourced from the ST, until you start peeking under the plastic and see how much new engineering is wrapped around the old go-parts.

Hey, I bought pretty much sight unseen before they were even on showroom floors, which means almost original sticker, and I have no problem with it, as it's turned out to be even better for me than I had hoped. It was worth it to me (and a few others who didn't want to wait), so it wasn't priced that far off the mark.

 

[John Hagan]

Thanks for pointing us to that article.. good information not easily acessible..

 

[Brent Turner]

Why cant I see the article

 

[bob]

Why cant I see the article

It looks like Honda took down those pages. It was some VERY good information but dedicated to the CTX and Honda has other newer bikes to dedicate their web space to.

 

[CaliChaos]

here you go:


https://web.archive.org/web/20140424074439/http://world.honda.com/CTX/engineer-talk/index.html

 

[pcdoctorcom]

here you go:


https://web.archive.org/web/20140424074439/http://world.honda.com/CTX/engineer-talk/index.html

Thanks CaliChaos, a lot of folks don't know about the Wayback machine.
Got a copy of all 5 articles.

 

[HansenCTX]

If dealers had understood these reports perhaps they would have sold better. My dealer was sure it was the replacement for the ST1300, which it is not. I guess I was fortunate enough to know a ittle about motorcycles before test riding the CTX. I guess I sold it to myself. Having owned goldwings and ridden many STs, I was immediately impressed with the handling and the low speed abilities of this motorcycle. If Honda does not take time to train there dealers they are missing a great opportunity with this motorcycle.


Bob

Yeah. I knew more about this bike than my dealer. In fact, one of the dealers I visited didn't even know the bike existed.

 

[BravoBravo]

It is fascinating to see how much thought and planning went into every detail of the CTX1300’s development. Thanks, CaliChaos, for posting the link!
Bruce