It's official! Here is your choice of new Honda Sports Tourers...

[Down Under]

OMG!      Honda really has lost the plot!


Cheers,


Tony

[Hendo]

OMG...that is the ugliest bike. the venerable postie bike is pretty in comparison, even the new flouro green ones(they should be red).

[Down Under]

It looks very similar to the F6B.  What's with the focus on cruiser style machines.....must be where the money is?     

[Marcus]

I want to vomit all over it

[Streak]

Here is the Youtube Video for the CTX700, it is not a bad review actually, it looks like it will take a top box, and the riding position is upright

have a listen before you judge to much 

MotoUSA First Ride: 2014 Honda CTX700

[Bikebear]

Just found this....  http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/624/17251/Motorcycle-Article/Possible-Honda-CTX1300-Spied-Testing.aspx

[saaz]

Tony's ST13 for sale really tempted me I must say.....but I have never owned a new car or bike so have to start sometime.

I have tried all the competition (including the BMW1600 at 10 grand more) and if the Trophy was not around a GoldWing would be the one.  I did think about an ST1300 but unfortunately test rode the Trophy a few times....

Well you might just have to test ride the 1300 a couple more times....sounds like you just haven't found the right one yet....

[Biggles]

I can approve the semi naked engine.
At least it will make oil changes quicker!
The 700 appears to have a fixed windscreen, as does the 1300.  Another boo-boo!

But the rest is still lamentable, even after seeing the movies starring its little brother.

[saaz]

One comment on a blog put it pretty well..cruiser rides won't want it, and Sports-Tourer riders won't want to ride it.  To be fair, it is trying to grow market segment that is just growing.  I hope they have a version with adjustable screen, tank large enough for decent range etc.

[Marcus]

Here is the Youtube Video for the CTX700, it is not a bad review actually, it looks like it will take a top box, and the riding position is upright

have a listen before you judge to much 

Nope. Still want to vomit up all over it

[Sicman]

[quote author=Kev link=topic=5418.msg60857#msg60857 date=1
Honda is strongly targeting new riders with nearly all its latest product introductions. With the American motorcycle market shrinking, they need to create a new audience to sell products to in the future. The idea is that someone who starts on a Honda CBR300R may move up to a Honda CBR500R, then a Honda CBR600RR. This new CTX1300 provides the same level of progression to its cruiser range. You may start on a CTX700, buy a CTX1300 a few years later, then move up to a Honda Gold Wing F6B. A tiered product range makes it easy for riders to advance the size of their bike as their skill (and budget) increases.
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Wot - like a 1/4 of a bike, half a bike and fill size bike kinda thing

[Streak]

Agreed Saaz, its not targeted at us, neither is the CTX1300, It is still a better option than the VFR1200.....

[alans1100]

. This new CTX1300 provides the same level of progression to its cruiser range. You may start on a CTX700, buy a CTX1300 a few years later, then move up to a Honda Gold Wing F6B. A tiered product range makes it easy for riders to advance the size of their bike as their skill (and budget) increases.

That might be fine for the cruiser market but it's a big jump from say a CB400 to an GL1800. At least the ST1300 filled the gap a little.

[Sean]

Two bits of gossip I picked up today. First the Postie bikes are being repainted red prior to delivery.

Second, but somewhat unconfirmed, it is believed that a replacement for the ST1300 is in the wind, it could possibly be a V6 with fly by wire technology and still about 1300cc. Time will tell. Apparently for what ever reason, Honda Australia refuses to confirm the rumour.

[STeveo]

According to the video the CTX700 is for riders 'who don't know what they want'.
Well , we all on here know what we want and that thing isn't it!!!!

[saaz]

I think fly by wire throttle, integrated cruise and traction control etc etc should be a given these days.  Honda going to a 6 cylinder would be a hark back to their racing heritage, and the V configuration is something else Honda holds dear to their hearts.  A V5 like the race bikes would be good :)

I really hope some of this is true...its about time Honda lead innovation like they did with the ST1100 years ago.  But then I also wish Suzuki would enter the ST market with a Busa based shaft ST....

Two bits of gossip I picked up today. First the Postie bikes are being repainted red prior to delivery.

Second, but somewhat unconfirmed, it is believed that a replacement for the ST1300 is in the wind, it could possibly be a V6 with fly by wire technology and still about 1300cc. Time will tell. Apparently for what ever reason, Honda Australia refuses to confirm the rumour.

[Sabie]

Oh yeah, that's an improvement.....looks ugly to me, and the riders knee is up against the cylinder head. Just going to have to look after the ST.

Just found this....  http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/624/17251/Motorcycle-Article/Possible-Honda-CTX1300-Spied-Testing.aspx

[ST.George]

Oh dear!!!     

What were the designers thinking with that "dragon's head" front end!??

It's as ugly as the cut-down Goldwing's ass-end.     

What's wrong with a Dragon's head front end??????????

[saaz]

The CTX1300 is basically a bagger version of the ST1300 (hope that does not offend anyone!)  Hopefully Honda will offer the full version, similar to the Goldwing compared to the F6B.

[Skip]

I'll give you a real life report on the CTX700 in the next month or so. My neighbour has one on order. Should be here early November.
Not that anyone will care. 

[Biggles]

Here's another angle from the UK perspective (Visordown website)

This is Honda’s new CTX1300, which looks a bit like the F6B Goldwing Bagger but with the ST1300 Pan European's engine.

The spy shots were taken during filming in the US of a promo video for the new model, which is expected to be launched next year.

The pictures show a ‘CTX’ badge on a panel and an engine that looks identical to the Pan’s 1260cc transverse mounted V4, which makes 117bhp.

It's not clear whether the CTX1300 will be sold in the UK. Honda already makes a CTX700 for the States, using the frame and 670cc parallel-twin engine from the NC700 series sold here, with optional automatic Dual Clutch Transmission.

When the half-faired CTX700 was launched in February, along with a naked CTX700N, Honda UK said it was "evaluating" whether to bring them here in 2014.

Bill Savino of Honda America said at the time: “These new models intriduced today are just the first in a whole new family of CTX products of various displacements and engine configurations that will be rolled out in the future."

The name refers to Comfort, Technology and eXperience, according to firm.

The CTX1300 also looks not altogether unlike the Honda DN-01, a twist-and-go cruiser produced from 2008 to 2010 which, at £10,000, failed to achieve many UK sales.

[alans1100]

The pictures show a ‘CTX’ badge on a panel and an engine that looks identical to the Pan’s 1260cc transverse mounted V4, .

I think some of these writers need to get their terms right.

A transverse motor is when the motor is mounted east west as in a CB 750 or if a "V4" the same as the VFR1200.

[Sabie]

  Spot on Alan


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I think some of these writers need to get their terms right.

A transverse motor is when the motor is mounted east west as in a CB 750 or if a "V4" the same as the VFR1200.
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[Sabie]

Below is the link to the Website Biggles is referring to.

http://www.visordown.com

[Couch]

Biggles, you are a wealth of knowledge!!  What a shame you don't ride a white bike!!

Here's another angle from the UK perspective (Visordown website)

This is Honda’s new CTX1300, which looks a bit like the F6B Goldwing Bagger but with the ST1300 Pan European's engine.

The spy shots were taken during filming in the US of a promo video for the new model, which is expected to be launched next year.

The pictures show a ‘CTX’ badge on a panel and an engine that looks identical to the Pan’s 1260cc transverse mounted V4, which makes 117bhp.

It's not clear whether the CTX1300 will be sold in the UK. Honda already makes a CTX700 for the States, using the frame and 670cc parallel-twin engine from the NC700 series sold here, with optional automatic Dual Clutch Transmission.

When the half-faired CTX700 was launched in February, along with a naked CTX700N, Honda UK said it was "evaluating" whether to bring them here in 2014.

Bill Savino of Honda America said at the time: “These new models intriduced today are just the first in a whole new family of CTX products of various displacements and engine configurations that will be rolled out in the future."

The name refers to Comfort, Technology and eXperience, according to firm.

The CTX1300 also looks not altogether unlike the Honda DN-01, a twist-and-go cruiser produced from 2008 to 2010 which, at £10,000, failed to achieve many UK sales.