Honda CTX 1300 Accessories and Ride

Some goodies for the CTX plus a quick ride to Ocean Boulevard.

[@SigSayer]

I have a deluxe as well. I use my speakers all the time. They never cut out on me at any speed. I have the Auto Mute Option turned off. Page 57 of your owners manual it explains how to adjust it. 1) To change the automatic mute mode, press and hold the Audio power button for 1 second. 2) Release the button. The display will show "Auto Mute On" (activate) or "Auto Mute Off" (deactivate). I hope this helps.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

SigSayer oh, thank you! I’m out of town on business but when I get back I’ll look this up.

[@Paul_Zernick]

I'll try. Only thing that shits me. Nice👍🇦🇺

[@scottcol23]

yeah auto mute is for those ppl who get embarrassed to have Bon Jovi blasting at the stop lights. 😆

[@josephforstner8401]

I have a CTX 1300 Deluxe. Yes, the mirrors are useless. It has tapped holes for mirrors on the hydraulic front brake and clutch master cylinders. I went to the Honda dealer and ordered all the mirror parts from a CTX 700. They cost more but fit perfectly and keep the Honda look.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Joseph Forstner that sounds like a good solution. I found some generic mirrors that screwed in, looked pretty good and made a huge difference.

[@josephforstner8401]

It was nice that Honda left those tapped holes on this model.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Joseph Forstner actually, it was cheaper for them. They used a standard part from the bin. 😉

[@racinchef]

Nice bike. Pretty good video. I park my truck outside your storage place when I visit redline to look at bikes.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Nice, thanks. Say hello some time! I'm riding a big red Honda Valkyrie and a dark brown Kawasaki W800 Cafe these days.

[@racinchef]

@@QuentinsMotoVlog I’ve seen a W800 twice and the rider with a backpack.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

@@racinchef that would probably be me! Say hello if you get a chance. We’re moving soon so my days at the storage facility are numbered.

[@tagisforeveryoung9793]

The gates opens not from weight but from "magnetic sensor" it "feels" the metal ... Quick tip put some magnets ( neodinium ) at the bottom of the bike helps a lot

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Thanks for the tip. I’ve since learned how to make the gate open, but I appreciate the suggestion.

[@amacmotovlogs]

Nice! I thought about my the CTX 1300. I still love the bike but I bought the ST1300 instead. Great video!

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Thanks brother! Can't go wrong with the ST1300.

[@peopler2stupid165]

You can remove the stiffness in the suspension by turning the spanner ring on the rear shock.. It is probably set on 1 (stiffest out of the 5 positions), try position 3 instead. There should be a spanner tool in the left saddle bag tool kit.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

peopleR2stupid thanks. I set it all the way down to 4 and it’s much better. Just wish I could do something to make the forks more compliant. Still pretty harsh.

[@garylawson1489]

Remove the plastic screws on top of the clutch and front brake handles and install some after market metric mirrors. Nice bike!

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Thanks for the suggestion! Alas, I traded in the Ryker for a motorcycle I could tour on.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Gary Lawson yes, that’s exactly what I did on the Honda.

[@scottcol23]

What was your average fuel economy with this bike. Mine gets like 28-30 no matter how I ride.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

I remember low 30’s. I don’t think you can do much better with this engine.

[@luckyphil6486]

I paired my iPhone with the bike a few weeks ago and no problems. I got the info from you tube. Not sure my speakers go off when below a certain speed or stopped? I’m in Uk unless settings are different?

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

lucky Phil the speakers cutting off is real. And it is incredibly annoying. As for pairing, believe me, I’m no genius! But I did get it to work. Somehow! Thanks for the feedback. Always good to hear from another CTXer!

[@josephbenge8707]

I believe there are some mirrors out there that would attach to the top of the stock mirrors with 3m tape that might work for you. That traffic is crazy! Bike is looking sharp!

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Thanks Joseph! Any idea what they're called or where I might find them? Just telling me they exist is very helpful--I'll search.

[@josephbenge8707]

@@QuentinsMotoVlog Sorry i dont have that info. I just remember seeing some online awhile back, it might have been amazon.

[@rvail136]

@@QuentinsMotoVlog Look on amazon for 3M Double sided tape.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Richard Vail thanks! I ended up buying standard convex mirrors that easily screwed in to the available holes provided in the hand controls. You can see them in later videos.

[@Charvel4ever]

Great driving video. Where is this mess. Lol

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. My own slice of heaven.

[@JohnBraman413]

why not just take the bar ends off? the mirrors would add some weight back for vibration dampening.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

John Braman I tried that. I can’t see any way to get the inserts in the handlebar end out, which the weighted bar ends screw into. They don’t have any kind of indentation that any kind bit could fit into to unscrew them. And it’s not that I don’t recognize the insert and which tool would work. They’re perfectly smooth. There’s nothing I can see to fit a tool into. I’m surely missing something.

[@crupert23225]

I've never experienced the audio shutting off at low speed as you experienced. Funny, watching this on March 22, 2020, you recommending Purel. Maybe one of these days we'll be able to buy it again. And that guy on the stretched swing arm... I Just don't get that. Looks ridiculous.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

I finally did figure out the audio. It is controlled by a setting.

[@sandakureva]

Man I super want one of these, but they're kinda hard to find.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Check out CycleTrader.com. I just looked and they have 55 CTX 1300's listed. They cost about $8,000 - $10,000. Good luck!

[@Paul_Zernick]

If ya after a baby F6B buy this! 1800s if ya ready or got the coin. Buy red. The colour is even better in RL. Baby F6B!!! I'll be going 1800 next. But for now happy AF!

[@mikechaplin1566]

I heard that the suspension is adjustable.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

I don't think the fork is adjustable, and that's where the "hit" occurs.

[@I77deer]

Pull up to the gate at an angle so both tires are on the mat?

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

I77deer that’s a good suggestion. Last week I put my kickstand down and the gate opened but that was the only time. I’ll try the angle. Thanks.

[@JohnBraman413]

just throw all your media on a usb stick and no worries about pairing.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

I like that suggestion--thank you--except for three things: time, money and limited selection. Time: I would think it would takes hours and hours to download music onto a stick. Money: I'd have to spend money to buy each song. A song is cheap but hundreds of songs would add up. Unless there is a legitimate free source? Selection: again it would take a lot of time for me to recall and find the hundreds of songs I would want. And the end product would only be songs that I know--it wouldn't include music I might like but am unaware of. And finally there is the RIDICULOUS feature of the CTX 1300 speakers cutting off if you're going under 9 miles per hour!! Unfathomably stupid decision, @Honda!!! My latest best idea is to put bluetooth speakers in my helmet and send the music directly from Sirius on my phone to my helmet. But again, I do appreciate the suggestion.

[@rvail136]

@@QuentinsMotoVlog If you plug your phone in to the USB port...it may well connect it directly to the bike.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

Richard Vail thanks bud. I did get it to connect and someone else told me how to get the speakers to stop shutting off every time I come to a stop. All set!

[@Paul_Zernick]

@@QuentinsMotoVlog 2020. Samsung Note8(currently 10 is top), doubletwist app, paid(not much) hundreds of albums on phones SD card(all mine all MP3). App synchs folder, populates music into artists, albums etc. I set up(took 4 nights, 3-4hrs each night) to set up play lists. About 10 or 12 play lists. Ranging from about 25 songs to 75. I use 3-4 play lists mostly, 2 about 90% of time. As soon as my Jeep SRT media boots up, last play list starts up automatically. Same on CTX. I don't touch anything. Unless I want to change the current play list. Have to do that on phone. Basically get a good app that streams. Set up some decent playlists. More songs the better then just let it auto synch 👍

[@swanoflove6833]

Hmm, I personally think it's actually a good thing it turns the music off at a stoppp, just to mee, sometimes I think it comes off as a teeensy bit inconsiderate when people play their music on their bikes at stops really loudly.. and everyone hears it @.@ , now I think it's fine if you turn your music down a lot though, but personally, I think that's a good feature really.! >~

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

I’m with you about guys blaring their motorcycle music at stops that I really don’t want to hear. Sharing is not always caring. Anyway, eventually I did find the setting that lets the music stay on at stops. I was much happier with that.

[@yeright2pops434]

@@QuentinsMotoVlogWhat is the setting to keep the music going? I just ordered got my CTX

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

@@yeright2pops434 apologies, I traded the CTX in some time ago and I don’t remember. I don’t think it was too hard though. A few clicks into the menu at most.

[@Glock9999999]

Stretched sportbike? Thats the east coast.

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

It’s sweet, man!

[@cadestekly6410]

It’s a cruiser

[@QuentinsMotoVlog]

cade stekly it’s a do-it-all-well bike.