HONDA VTX1800N (2007-2008) Specs, Performance & Photos

The Honda VTX1800N was a cruiser motorcycle with a neo-retro design part of the VTX series. The VTX line of cruiser motorcycles debuted in 1999 with the VTX1800S machine released as a 2000-year model.

Until 2004 when Kawasaki launched the Valkyrie Rune 2000, the VTX1800 model was classified as the bike that featured the world's largest displacement production V-twin engine.

The VTX series used a linked braking system. Unlike the standard brakes that used separate hand and foot levers, the hand lever engaged two-thirds of the front calipers, and the foot lever operated the other third, the front calipers and 100 percent of the rear brake.

In 2002, the VTX1800 lineup comprised three motorcycles with different designations. The VTX1800C is the classic one. The VTX1800R, a retro-styled bike, and the VTX1800S, a retro-styled machine with wire-spoke wheels.

In 2004, Honda added to the VTX lineup the 1800N model with a neo-retro design and styling cues borrowed from the limited edition Valkyrie Rune. The VTX1800N was available in three custom building options with different finishes.

In 2008, the motorcycle maker released the VTX1800N, a neo-retro-styled cruiser machine in its last year of production, along with the VTX1800S and VTX1800T models. The bike was available in three color schemes: Black, Dark Orange Metallic, and Black with Black Custom Art.

The 2008 VTX1800N packed the same 1,795cc liquid-cooled V-twin engine that powered all the VTX1800 series, boasting an output power of 107 hp at 5,000 rpm and 163 Nm (120 lb-ft) torque at 3,000 rpm.