Faults:

Bought this Honda 1800 VTX in mid 2004 from my local dealership after a 24 year break from motorcycling, due to having been married, kids, mortgage etc. Then thought, right my turn.

Had it delivered by the manager and got in the saddle after a trial ride round the block; it felt like I'd never been out of it. After a few days I had gone down our local steep hill and it cut out; well hardly any experience and on a steep hill, I coasted down the road, across two junctions and two sets of traffic lights, about a mile in all, straight into the forecourt of our local petrol garage, thinking I'd misjudged the fuel, I must be empty. It turned out I had 7/8 litres of fuel still in the tank. This happened several times, plus injector light issues.

I loved the bike; I thought by buying Honda it would be reliable. I wrote to Honda about these issues; the garage couldn't fix the cutting out downhill issue. Honda wrote back with a very unconcerned answer, which led me to get rid of this new bike after only 4 months. I traded it in for a brand new Road King Custom that never cut out downhill and never had any injector issues. It was a shame Honda left a bad taste in my mouth (!) after losing a lot of money on the trade in.

General Comments:

Great bike, great performance when it did work! Not very happy with the lacquering on nearly all the polished alloy; it showed every scratch, however light. This alone let it down because I always took pride and care cleaning it.

The few times the bike couldn't be ridden to the dealership with engine problems, the dealership had to pick it up; the method of tying it down did leave a few marks over the bike.

Faults:

Occasional oil seep from rear head gasket.

Stock seat uncomfortable.

General Comments:

Bought the bike with hypercharger, aftermarket pipes, power commander, and the owner said it was dyno-ed. It is seriously fast.

First bike in 19 years, and while a little top heavy, it handles great when moving.

Hold on when you twist the throttle, especially when you kick it down to 4th gear at 65mph.

Faults:

Nothing, the bike is perfect, except front tire wore out at 4000 miles.

General Comments:

Motorcycle is a beast. A little too quiet for Daytona Bike week. Installed Vance & Hines pipes and now it's louder than a Harley. SWEET!!!

Faults:

Nothing!

General Comments:

Looks awesome and rides even better!

More power than imagined, even after hearing it was loaded.

Added some chrome, and it's a show on the go.

Looking forward to a longer ride (only 200 mile rides so far for distance without complaint).

Only modification I might consider is shocks if my wife comments after reading others' comments. No complaints as a rider; it handles great.

Faults:

I have only one complaint with the bike right now; The rock screen over the radiator rattles so bad it buries the sound of the bike and that great engine. The heat shields are making more than their share of racket as well.

The stock seat gets downright uncomfortable on a long ride.

General Comments:

I love it. IT really is a GREAT CRUISER.

The moment you sit on it in the shop you feel the comfort in your seat position and the great balance.

Smooth very powerful acceleration. At 70 it's smooth.

And yet there is plenty more horses to let out.

This is not a very nimble bike, but you don't buy this bike for its cornering.

Cruising down country roads and pressing into a nice curve is right where you get to feel this bike at its best.

Faults:

Ground wire vibrated loose.

Seat uncomfortable, switched to Mustang.

General Comments:

Loads of power, sporty, rush to ride.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with this model, hell, nothing went wrong with my VT1100 Sabre either!

General Comments:

My dream bike.

Handles better than the previous bike.

Smoother throttle response.

Better braking for its weight.

Looks low, mean and clean.

Lines are smooth and sexy, like a hot chick laying on her side... nice. Way Nice!

I have nothing negative to put about this bike.

Faults:

Not crazy about the brake pads... they probably just need a little adjusting. But the dealer tells me that brake pads are known for rubbing somewhat on the disk.

The stock seat was not comfortable on long rides.

General Comments:

I rode an 1100 Shadow Spirit previously, but after I rode the VTX1800C, it felt like a minibike. I live in DC and bought it in Chicago and rode it home.

The stock seat was marginally comfortable and I've since replaced it with a Corbin, but the overall ride was magnificent.

Gas mileage was OK. It's gotten better since running 98.

I love this bike. I'll never own a small bike again.