Hello and my first question.

[STX1300man]

Hi, I'm getting my new (to me) GTR in a week or so's time, after the last 12 years spent on Honda ST1300 Pan-Europeans.

Looking forward to the change, having waited for Mr Honda to reveal a new Pan, only for the abomination that is the CTX1300 to appear 

Having read the site quite a bit I'm interested in getting a pair, front & rear, of the fender extenders that Blue One was (is?) marketing. How do I go about getting a pair of these in the UK as I ride all year round and the extra protection looks like it is required? Have any of you who've bought these found any issues with them and did you get stung by customs for them?

[O.C.]

   to this forum where you will find a friendly crowd always prepared to provide an answer to your GTR questions     

[Charlie747]

  

[Rusty]

Hello STX ... welcome to this great and friendly place ... enjoy your Gtr .. they are great ! 

[tugg781]

hi pal.. welcome and have a great ride when you pick it up

[Lonewolf]

  to the forum. As for the front and rear flaps just send Blue One a PM. I've never bought any so don't know about Customs costs, sorry.

[beegee]

Congrats on this great change :-)

Guess you can find the info in the topic of blue one  although the bike is dirty after biking in the rainy conditions , i like more the view without fenders...
Have to clean a bit more...

Good luck!
:-)

[Andy]

http://www.gtr1400.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=2652.msg36268#msg36268

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=128.0

[viper]

Looking forward to the change, having waited for Mr Honda to reveal a new Pan, only for the abomination that is the CTX1300 to appear 

Holy bikini fairings batman, did someone forget to put a screen on that new bike!

[Charlie747]

Holy bikini fairings batman, did someone forget to put a screen on that new bike!

It should be sealed into the Bat Cave for life what a pile of  imo

[viper]

It should be sealed into the Bat Cave for life what a pile of  imo

If it had a proper fairing and screen I could get used to the looks, if you study it close there are plenty of traditional Pan styling clues. I just dont get the street look at all, a big bike with hard cases and no screen/fairing

[Lonewolf]

 

I've just Googled the CTX1300 and yes, what a strange looking machine.

[viper]

well I hope stx1300man returns , I am curious why he would join a gtr group with a user name of a bike he hates, curious?

he posted this at the time of joing but has not been back on since ?

[Winston Smith]

Viper - It's the CTX he doesn't like.  STX1300 is sometimes used for the Pan European

[STX1300man]

Thanks for the welcomes and feedbacks guys.

Yes, been riding 34 years now, the last 12 on 1300cc Pans, but all Honda's from a crunch (C70) to a Blackbird, with the exception of a Kwacker KH100 stinky two-stroke (ring ding ding). Currently do 8-10K miles a year sampling bacon sarnies at various destinations and as a Senior Observer with my local IAM Group ( or  depending on your point of view  ).

Username = STX1300
Abomination = CTX1300 

The STX1300 was/is the official designation of what most people call a Pan, or a Pan European, or just plain ST1300 (in the USA).



I'm looking forward to my time on a GTR which from the test rides I have is a cross between a Blackbird and a Pan.