Honda Vt 750

Looking at buying the Honda Vt 750 on special at the moment for $10000 just
got rid of a sports bike looking for a cheap cruiser any one know of any
known problems with this bike

Thanks

Peter

 

Its a Honda, it will do everything is is designed for in an efficient and
efforless manner, however it may just bore you to death whilst doing so.

Boxer
(As I have owned 6 Honda's I am qualified to comment).

 

But not qualified to place apostrophes hey, Boxer ..

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1) It's a Honda
2) It's a fake-Harley
--
Clem
(Apart from that they're fine..... But you may wanna' check that you "fit"
the bike.
Sitting bolt-upright into the wind with every road-shock ramming straight up
your spine can get old real quick!)

 

And yet you're happy with "efforless"....[/QUOTE]

 

My favourite Honda was the one model of the 650 Shadow which actually had a
rod connecting the rear cylinder-head to the seat-base so the rider could
feel the engine-throbs, because she wouldn't be able to feel or hear them
normally!
That just says HONDA (with a capital H and a very large ONDA) thinking to
me!!

 

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Bah! You call *that* a spelling falme?!


BTH

 

The 750 Shadow and the XVS650 are BLOODY cheap and competent **within
their parameters**.

Don't expect it to be quick (it has about enough HP to pull skin off
custard, as long as the custard didn't struggle).

Don't expect it to handle like a sports bike (you have about 25
degrees of lean angle before metal bits start grinding.

I'd disagree with Clem about the slams to the spine - my experience of
both these two on a rough road (and we have plenty of those in NSW
thanks to subsidising you QLD'ers roads for you) is that the hefty
weight combined with soggy suspension meant you had to find a
sustained set of rough bumps close together that were sufficient to
compress the suspension without giving it a chance to rebound before
you got any of that.

Refer to above point however with regards handling and the impact of
soggy suspension.

I think the stock seat comment goes for most cruisers - the seating
position holds you in one position only which is a recipe for a sore
bum.

For under 10 grand it's bloody cheap. Can I suggest you also consider
the XVS650 as well as the Hyosung 650 cruiser - they're all at the
same price point, and the Hyosung has about double the HP (and less
weight IIRC).

JL
(if it was me I'd buy the Hyosung and then upgrade the brakes, shocks
and put an aftermarket pipe on it)

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:23:17 -0700

a little more would get you say a new style Guzzi Nevada. Which is not
going to have the handling problems

It isn't so much "one position" - the Norge seat is very shaped and I
don't move much at all, but long days are easy on it - as it is the
position you are in. All the weight on the backside, rather than able
to use your legs as well.

Hyosungs seem to be damn good value.

Zebee

 

Mmmm, I thought it was a little more than "a little more" I've seen
the VT and XVS advertised for 10K on road. The Nevada is 13 PLUS on
roads (unless the word is you can get a good discount) so 4 grand or
40% more I wouldn't say that's a little...still, I couldn't argue that
for a 750 cruiser the Nevada would probably leave the other 3 for dead
in the handling and braking stakes (not having ridden one - going on
reputation only)

You could prep up the Hyosung to the same spec for a smaller total,
but then you've still got a tarted up Hyosung. I guess it comes down
first to budget, then second to what the OP actually wants from the
cruiser. If he's doing it to save his licence he's probably better off
not making it quicker !!

JL
(of course if he *really* wanted to be slow he could buy an 883
Sportster