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I'm sure you'll find answers to those questions as you browse the reviews and general forums and the threads posted by those of us who do now own one.
For me it is a VERY comfortable ride. I've said on other boards in other posts that the best ride and most comfortable to me in the past was the Goldwing. But that bike is a monster to wrestle in congested city streets and parking lots where I seem to do a lot of riding. Thus my quest began to find that bike that was as comfortable on the road and yet much easier to manage in town. This is it. I picked mine up Saturday at a dealer that is 145 miles from me. I rode it home from there... in a horrendous side wind and the bike was perfect through it all. You can see my story HERE with a few photos. The Deluxe model that I have is 739 lbs (per the manual), the same weight about as my ST1100, but due to such a low CG it feels like much much less... even when sitting still but especially when moving at any speed. You'll read around here that one of the worst features for many is the windshield, which is viewed as too short to provide much wind protection. I find, as it is, the air stream from the shorty shield/fairing is very smooth (even in the high winds) and hits me just at the shoulders above the arm pits. I'm 5'9" with 32" inseam. I did order the taller shield and expect to still look well over it per all the reviews or photos I've read/seen on it. I expect also the wind from that to be near the top of my helmet which is still good for me. I don't want the wind to be any higher than that or I'd be way too warm in hot weather. The other issue that owners are careful to adjust for is the view of the mirrors. Honda seemed to like to set the bars too high to see them well. Lowering the bars and maybe adjusting the reservoirs solves this to my satisfaction. Now my mirrors are about the same as I have on my ST1100. I have nothing else but good to say about the bike. I've ridden it to work twice now and love how it shows how strong it is on the highway and also how nimble it is in town/parking lots. Many of us, including myself, have realized this is the bike we've been waiting for Honda to make for us. Today at work a HD cruiser parked next to me in mc parking and I couldn't help but notice how much fatter that rear tire on the CTX is compared to the cruiser. It almost looked twice as wide. But that doesn't stop the CTX from impressing with better performance than any other bike in it's class... Oh, wait, there ARE NO OTHER bikes in it's class. I guess you could say the F6B comes close. Honda has really succeeded in creating a new class with this model. Somewhere between cruiser/bagger/tourer and even a little bit sport tourer!
I'm sure you'll find answers to those questions as you browse the reviews and general forums and the threads posted by those of us who do now own one.
For me it is a VERY comfortable ride. I've said on other boards in other posts that the best ride and most comfortable to me in the past was the Goldwing. But that bike is a monster to wrestle in congested city streets and parking lots where I seem to do a lot of riding. Thus my quest began to find that bike that was as comfortable on the road and yet much easier to manage in town. This is it. I picked mine up Saturday at a dealer that is 145 miles from me. I rode it home from there... in a horrendous side wind and the bike was perfect through it all. You can see my story HERE with a few photos. The Deluxe model that I have is 739 lbs (per the manual), the same weight about as my ST1100, but due to such a low CG it feels like much much less... even when sitting still but especially when moving at any speed. You'll read around here that one of the worst features for many is the windshield, which is viewed as too short to provide much wind protection. I find, as it is, the air stream from the shorty shield/fairing is very smooth (even in the high winds) and hits me just at the shoulders above the arm pits. I'm 5'9" with 32" inseam. I did order the taller shield and expect to still look well over it per all the reviews or photos I've read/seen on it. I expect also the wind from that to be near the top of my helmet which is still good for me. I don't want the wind to be any higher than that or I'd be way too warm in hot weather. The other issue that owners are careful to adjust for is the view of the mirrors. Honda seemed to like to set the bars too high to see them well. Lowering the bars and maybe adjusting the reservoirs solves this to my satisfaction. Now my mirrors are about the same as I have on my ST1100. I have nothing else but good to say about the bike. I've ridden it to work twice now and love how it shows how strong it is on the highway and also how nimble it is in town/parking lots. Many of us, including myself, have realized this is the bike we've been waiting for Honda to make for us. Today at work a HD cruiser parked next to me in mc parking and I couldn't help but notice how much fatter that rear tire on the CTX is compared to the cruiser. It almost looked twice as wide. But that doesn't stop the CTX from impressing with better performance than any other bike in it's class... Oh, wait, there ARE NO OTHER bikes in it's class. I guess you could say the F6B comes close. Honda has really succeeded in creating a new class with this model. Somewhere between cruiser/bagger/tourer and even a little bit sport tourer!
