Is the Honda VT1300 comfortable on the Interstate?

Is the Honda VT1300 comfortable on the Interstate?

This understeering tendency is much less nerve-wracking on the Interstate or Stateline than on the Fury or Sabre, incidentally, thanks to the formers’ use of a fatter (if not phatter) 140/80-17 tire. But you’ll run out of cornering clearance long before you run out of grip. Unlike its three stablemates, the Interstate is actually quite comfortable.

What’s the difference between a Honda Stateline and sabre?

The differences are in the details. The Sabre is essentially a Fury with a drag bar and a 170mm-wide rear tire instead of a 200. The Stateline substitutes a 17-inch front wheel for the Fury’s 21-inch pizza-cutter. And the Interstate adds a windshield, saddlebags and floorboards.

What’s the name of the new Honda VT1300?

But the facts are that since the long and low design of the VT13VX Fury has been well embraced, as has the popular VTX1300 line from whence the Fury was born, three new VT1300 custom models have arrived on the scene. That scene was in Temecula, California, where we were invited to test ride the new VT1300 Sabre, Stateline and Interstate models.

What’s the wheelbase of a 2010 Honda VT1300?

The VT1300s have inherited Daddy Fury’s looonnng wheelbase. They’re slightly shorter, but not by much, like knocking about an inch off the Fury’s 71.2 inches. No matter how you view it, that’s a long distance from axle to axle.

This understeering tendency is much less nerve-wracking on the Interstate or Stateline than on the Fury or Sabre, incidentally, thanks to the formers’ use of a fatter (if not phatter) 140/80-17 tire. But you’ll run out of cornering clearance long before you run out of grip. Unlike its three stablemates, the Interstate is actually quite comfortable.

The differences are in the details. The Sabre is essentially a Fury with a drag bar and a 170mm-wide rear tire instead of a 200. The Stateline substitutes a 17-inch front wheel for the Fury’s 21-inch pizza-cutter. And the Interstate adds a windshield, saddlebags and floorboards.

What kind of suspension does a Honda VT1300 have?

The non-adjustable suspension is also merely adequate, offering a plush ride most of the time but bottoming over square-edged bumps, sending a painful jolt straight up the rider’s spine. The fork feels odd because of its extreme rake, seemingly moving as much fore/aft as up/down.

Where does the radiator go on a Honda VT1300?

Liquid-cooled, it hides its radiator between the aforementioned downtubes, the upper coolant hose concealed beneath the forward valve cover. Spent gases exit via a double-barrel shotgun exhaust, while motive power makes its way to the rear tire via a five-speed gearbox and shaft drive. The differences are in the details.