[Busadude]

Long or short would love to hear where all everyone has gone with ther vtx and if u got pics post them ✌. I'll be adding to this thread when ever I go out on note worthy rides and I'll make sure to take pics 😎🏍

 

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I'll start with this last ride. I went to space coast harley-davidson with some buddys I ride with to watch one of them play in the band that was playing there was nice ride 192 to i95 not bad ride tried the demo truck (roadkings the best after the vtx imo) had a few compliments overall fun ride ✌

 

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Like Sparky5151, when I retired I decided to take a long trip on my '02 VTX1800C. Started out in central British Columbia and rode through Canada to a small northern Ontario town called Chapleau (birth place of Shania Twain) to visit with my in-laws at their cabin. From there it was off to Southern Ontario to visit more relatives and later on I crossed the boarder at Niagara Falls to tour the North-Eastern corner of the USA before finally heading east to Cape Breton Island. It was back west through Canada to Sault Ste. Marie where I ducked back into the US to travel through the northern states then popping up into Canada at Osoyoos and heading north to home. Between visiting and riding, I was on the road for almost 2 months and put about 12,500 km (~7,800 miles) on my bike. The photo was taken in Bar Harbor, Maine...
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I've had it in my brain that some day I'll ride south to San Diego then east to Florida and store my bike there for the winter. The following spring, tour eastern USA ending up in Newfoundland, Canada before returning home to BC...Maybe a year or two after this shit-show is behind us I'll give it a go.

That's cool if u do make to Florida give me a heads up I live in central Florida ✌

 

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Just wants on a 350 mile round trip from Lakeland, fl to Daytona bike week and was first time using my new windshield. took hwy 33 to 44 over, the back country was awsome happy we went the way we did(i4 through orlando sucks ask any one who lives here they'll tell yea) we swung by a camp ground that was having event could burning of the bike was really cool to see a giant wood biker dude. After there we get over to daytona ride mainstreet and head to destination Daytona. We get there and holy crap place was packed took 20 min just to get in and when we got in and seen a few booths buddy I rode with there pointed out that there was a huge group of mongrels had to be 300+ of them thankfully they where leaving as we was coming in after that not much happend got the poker chip from harley meet up with another person from or group and rode back home. was fun happy I went and the windshield lil tweak and itll be great happy I had it today to. Well it was a long day and I'm tired tell nxt time everyone

 

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Mosinzealot. The old bike looks great and happy for ur upgrade smooth as butter I bet on the highways lol

 

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Nothing big but got my wife to ride with me today she said it's alot more comfortable just need mini floorboards and shes good. took some back roads with her and instead of ending up where we was going went down the wrong road and round up going 50miles different direction lol all in all just happy to have her back on the bike.

 

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Well been about a month ago for this ride(life happend forgot to post lol) me and the wife went to a charity ride by the iron pigs fight against kids with cancer. meet up with some ppl rode out with them was a fun ride. only had one car cut us off and all most hit a older bike, one car did actually side swip someone but they was ok and there was alot off northerners down for the ride and one got heat exhaustion fell off his 2021 soft tail slim he was ok but bike got towed. All and all was a good day wife hasn't been on a bike in a while and never in something like this happy she had fun especially waving at the kids in the hospital. Tell nxt time keep sunny side down everyone ✌😎

 

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I think that you don't know a better model for traveling. It's pretty soft on the roads and is the best option for traveling. I believe that the VTX is at the head of the market regarding touring bikes.

Ok I'm not understanding where this came from mind filling me in lol?

 

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Methinks it was a compliment?

I guess lol

 

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While the VTX (1300 or 1800) are great bikes, they are, at their core, cruisers and not touring bikes. Like any bike, they can be used for touring and can be modified to be better at touring but this does not make them ideal touring bikes. In their stock forms, some of the features they lack that would make them better touring bikes and which most/all modern touring bikes have are:
-Wind protection via fairing and some form of lowers
-Music and sometimes GPS
-Lots of storage space in saddle bags and trunk
-Large range - at least 200 miles at highway speeds - 1300 can reach this but not the 1800
-Comfort in the seats and seating position
-Cruise control - not a throttle lock but a true cruise control
-6th gear

I have ridden VTX bikes and have toured on cruisers (VTX and HD Softail). I have also done a fair amount of touring on a true touring bike (Victory Cross Country Tour). The difference is very significant. Even when a VTX is modified to make it a better touring bike, it is not as good at this role as a bike designed to be a touring bike.

Please do not misinterpret the above discussion as me disliking the VTX line of bikes. I think they are great. My point is that there are "horses for courses" and for touring, nothing beats a true touring bike.

Hands down gonna agree with u on that one but with a wife and kid like me this best I could do lol

 

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Finances are always a consideration. Well, I should say finances SHOULD always be a consideration. Touring bikes will tend to be more expensive than cruisers. All those geegaws and gadgets on a touring bike are not free The many people who have added fairings, lowers, saddle bags, trunks, cruise, etc. to a VTX know how expensive these are.

This is true and I'm not done with mine I got the crash bars, highway pegs, daymaker and shocks. personally I dont need or want all the fancy tech I'd rather have a bike like the roadking or the indian springfield darkhorse (wich I could get the indian just wouldnt be the responsible thing to do lol) but maybe one day😎

 

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Hey guys been awhile life in all but figured with some down if post on here. October bikefest in daytona was awsome meet up with a few good ppl and took 1-4 all the way tried out the new gen busa (I loved it ) and m109r (not for me). Made it to the cabbage patch bar where my buddys was waiting checked out the vendors was pretty cool to see so many bikes in one place even seen a bosshoss bike. About 12 we got to the bikes and took a ride to iron horse the back roads was really nice traffic to get there not so much. Pulled in had a few there ppl watch 😏 and just hung out. Headed out a little later and man the sunset through trees riding was better then the ride there. Once we got back talked for a short time more and had to head back. Over all first time at October bikefest was really fun can't wait to do it agian going to leesburg this Friday I'll take pics. Tell nxt time stay safe everyone.

 

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Man I suck lol been a year since I updated ... let's see hmm well upgraded my air intake to open flow, found out the guy who had it before upgraded the carbs with dyno tune jets and also installed the quick air fuel adjuster. Joind a no rules rc club that's about it Tell this year. Well even then not much really was going on went to bikeweek in daytona took long way out nice country all the way, spent the nxt two nights nxt to the ocean was nice. Nxt day we went to main Street (never been prob won't go nxt year to main street) sat on a few indians including the new pursuit and I still like the springfield more lol. After all that we went back to the hotel before I got to crazy on main Street and had a few drinks. Nxt morning packed the bike back up and made the trip back home. now we have today to a small hr trip to lunch nice country roads all the way(country roads less traffic and just nicer riding imo) had launch was a good ride launch not so much way to much money but can say I've been there now lol. I know it's been a few and I'll try to update when I do more rides tell nxt time keep sunny side down everyone ✌😎

 

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I have Family in Nashville, I live in SoCal, when my VTX is back up and running I was planning to ride from CA to TN and back. My wife thinks I'm nuts and will get killed, but that is another topic.

how did you find the ride on the VTX over all for comfort and what was the fuel/gas situation like, I find I can only get about 140 miles out of a tank, so what concerns me most is running out of gas somewhere along the route in the middle of BFE.

I will be riding light, maybe one bag with some clothes and not much else, no passenger and unless I find a riding partner I will be riding alone.

Sounds like some ones gonna have fun. I'm doing the Ironbutt ride for Florida this June should be fun ✌👍

 

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Hey guys been a hot minute sry about that life and what not. Let's see well I didn't do the ironbutt things happend and I canceled that but instead I made up to tail of the dragon and man that was really fun running through the mountains nothing in Florida gonna compare to that one hope I can go back nxt year. Other then that not much just chilling with the club working and riding around the normal routes I am planning to do the pair valve delete and a/f screw mod also doing the factory pro jet kit plan to do it all in one go then maybe look more in to the engine upgrade from aft customs who knows. Any way tell nxt time guys ride safe ✌😎🏍🏝
Ps. Here's some pics from the trip

 

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Ride into and through W. by GOD Va. Some of the roads there make TOTD look like a walk in the park.

That makes me wanna go not gonna lie. I ripped the warning stoppers off In the curves and went in to a few curves wrong but made it out ok thinking off ether new foot pegs or a floor board for the bike haven't made my mind up yet

 

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Been a minute.. so update time 😎🍻 well not gonna lie not much end of year and all went with the Mrs to biktoberfest in daytona she never been to iron horse so that was fun. Got new saddle bags from viking and put those own might have to adjust them but really like them over the old ones. Ordered floorboards for the Mrs and looking at maybe getting a bat fairing about it I'll update more later tell then ride safe yall. Ps here's a pic with the new bags

 

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Ok let's see fixed the new bags on the bike and got floor boards for the mrs and moved the iso wings up to replace my old ragged pegs and yea the mini boards are really nice. took a ride out to crystal river this weekend was super nice out and was fun to run ozello trail for first time and the place I ate at had good views to.

 

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Ozello trail (tail of the gecko) @ old pecks cove

The floor boards swapped