Thanks for the Welcomes!Welcome to the board. You've entered the waiting room of anticipation.
Sounds like you have quite a stable already. What motorcycles do you have in your collection?
Brian
At least it's a really fun and rewarding big buy!Amen brother! Only thing is once I get to the magic age (very close now) I will be on a fixed income, so no more financing. I only owe on one right now, so the CTX1300 might be my last big buy.
I hope so, too. My biggest fear about buying a brand new model (and this one has had NO reviews, so a lot of faith in this) is that there will be some really critical flaw in the design that will either make it a lemon or at least a lot less desirable to ride. Honda has a pretty good reputation, but they DID come out with the DN-01, and from what I can tell that bike was not exactly popular, for various reasons. Having to deal with recalls would be a royal PITA, too. I'm betting that the reliability I had with my former two Hondas will be repeated.I hope everybody is still as excited about it after it hits the streets as they are now!
I'm not too concerned with reliability. This is the drive train from the ST1300, which by now is about bomb-proof. The only Honda that's ever given me trouble was a '99 VFR800 that kept frying regulator/rectifiers. Otherwise they've all been trouble free. If I have any concern at all, it's that they may decode to add features in the second year that either aren't available or you have to pay extra for now. I got the first-year ST1300 that had just the two position windscreen (high, and higher); the next year the electric adjustable screen was standard on all models. I could see them doing something like making the sound system standard in year two. That could be a bummer; but then I have little use or want for tunes on the scoot anyway. As it sits, I'm kinda liking everything on the CTX1300 and can't think of anything more I'd want on it, even the base model. One sit in the seat should be the final deciding factor for me.I hope so, too. My biggest fear about buying a brand new model (and this one has had NO reviews, so a lot of faith in this) is that there will be some really critical flaw in the design that will either make it a lemon or at least a lot less desirable to ride. Honda has a pretty good reputation, but they DID come out with the DN-01, and from what I can tell that bike was not exactly popular, for various reasons. Having to deal with recalls would be a royal PITA, too. I'm betting that the reliability I had with my former two Hondas will be repeated.
I hope so, too. My biggest fear about buying a brand new model (and this one has had NO reviews, so a lot of faith in this) is that there will be some really critical flaw in the design that will either make it a lemon or at least a lot less desirable to ride. Honda has a pretty good reputation, but they DID come out with the DN-01, and from what I can tell that bike was not exactly popular, for various reasons. Having to deal with recalls would be a royal PITA, too. I'm betting that the reliability I had with my former two Hondas will be repeated.
Two wheel rider either way! I have seen some Burgman riders leave others in the dust. I do the wave to anyone.
Two wheel rider either way! I have seen some Burgman riders leave others in the dust. I do the wave to anyone.
Your Maggie got smoked by a Burgman? That's just wrong.Yeah, I know what you mean ... I was on my '99 Magna and a couple of Burgmans just pulled right away from me! I was kind of "embarassed," if you know what I mean.
Your Maggie got smoked by a Burgman? That's just wrong.
That last-gen Magna was a quick bike; the trouble is, you have to ride it like you hate it to get the performance out of it. I totally missed that instant low-end torque when I got my Magna. That and a few other reasons are why it had one of the shortest stays in my garage of all my rides.
Yeah, they definitely cheaped out on a lot on that model. It was a good bike and went like he11, but it could have been so much more. I was very disappointed with the cheap feel of it.I usually ride the Maggie pretty much conservatively so WHEN I do get on it ... it scares the **** out of me. This is probably why the "scooters" smoked me so easily. IF the brakes when "better" I would definitely ride the bike using more of it's capabilities ... why Honda kept a drum brake in the back, I have no idea!
