Big numbers can seem impressive, especially when tied to something tangible rather than pie-in-the-sky predictions about what “could be,” or “only if.”
As a case in point, during a recent press introduction Honda flashed a big, tangible number across a projection screen: 82,900.
That’s the number of VTX1300 cruisers (models C, R and T) sold in the U.S. from 2003 to 2009. To make that figure a little more monumental, look at it this way: Big Red moved a rough average of 11,843 VTX1300 cruisers per year for seven years running.
Other than releasing the above data, Honda usually guards closely its sales volume figures, so we don’t how VTX sales compare to, say, total CBR sales for that same seven-year period. But during our recent review of Star’s Stratoliner Deluxe we learned that for approximately the same period the VTX sold so well, cruiser sales for the U.S. motorcycle market at large obliterated sales volumes of all other segments.
Probably safe to say nearly 83,000 VTX sales is significant, no matter how you slice it.
With such volume, even a blind squirrel could see how important this platform was for Honda. So for 2010 Big Red has updated its mid-weight cruiser line.
Known as the VT1300 models, the new bikes are powered by the same 1312cc, liquid-cooled, SOHC, 3-valve-per-cylinder, single-pin crank, 52-degree V-Twin the VTX models employed. But instead of inhaling air-fuel mix through CV-style carbs, the VTs benefit from EFI utilizing 38mm throttle bodies.
Power gets to the back wheel via a 5-speed gearbox and shaft final drive, just as it did on the VTX models.More information ...Motorcycle.com
As a case in point, during a recent press introduction Honda flashed a big, tangible number across a projection screen: 82,900.
That’s the number of VTX1300 cruisers (models C, R and T) sold in the U.S. from 2003 to 2009. To make that figure a little more monumental, look at it this way: Big Red moved a rough average of 11,843 VTX1300 cruisers per year for seven years running.
Other than releasing the above data, Honda usually guards closely its sales volume figures, so we don’t how VTX sales compare to, say, total CBR sales for that same seven-year period. But during our recent review of Star’s Stratoliner Deluxe we learned that for approximately the same period the VTX sold so well, cruiser sales for the U.S. motorcycle market at large obliterated sales volumes of all other segments.
Probably safe to say nearly 83,000 VTX sales is significant, no matter how you slice it.
With such volume, even a blind squirrel could see how important this platform was for Honda. So for 2010 Big Red has updated its mid-weight cruiser line.
Known as the VT1300 models, the new bikes are powered by the same 1312cc, liquid-cooled, SOHC, 3-valve-per-cylinder, single-pin crank, 52-degree V-Twin the VTX models employed. But instead of inhaling air-fuel mix through CV-style carbs, the VTs benefit from EFI utilizing 38mm throttle bodies.
Power gets to the back wheel via a 5-speed gearbox and shaft final drive, just as it did on the VTX models.More information ...Motorcycle.com
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