- Seller: Rick M (Contact)
- Location: Katy, Texas
- Mileage: 000270 Shown
- Chassis #: JH2RC44066K010603
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 750cc V-Twin
- Transmission: 5-Speed
The seller of this beautiful 207-mile (!) 2006 Honda Shadow Spirit VT750DC teases us endlessly, showing only close-up photos rather than including any overall photos of this beautiful motorcycle. It’s big, but it’s not that big, so that’s disappointing. I’m sure they’d send any serious parties more photos if need be. It’s located in Katy, Texas, and they’re asking $5,500. It’s listed here as a Barn Finds Classified!
There’s no such thing as too much orange in my world, and this Candy Metallic Orange color is killer on this bike, in my opinion. But I’m the guy who also likes paisley brocade seat fabric, and wore blue velvet pants to pick up my hard-earned high school diploma, so there’s that. Honda had so many 750s that even with my tiny library of motorcycle books and the entire internet, it’s hard to keep track of them all.
Here’s somewhat of an overall photo! The Shadow series took advantage of the infamous V-twin engine made popular by Yamaha. Ha, just kidding, it was Harley-Davidson, of course. The cruiser style was and still is hot after many moons. The VT750 appeared around 2001 and was made until 2007, skipping the model year 2004 for some reason. You can see the incredible condition of this bike in the photos; it looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor.
The seller says this Shadow Spirit was owned by a gentleman who sadly had dementia, and it was subsequently stored for a couple of decades. It’s said to have just 207 miles on it, and the original owner’s wife had their son come over and pick it up after it had sat for around 20 years. The son started to clean it up but lost interest and sold it to the current owner. The new owner took it apart and made it look like new again, although we don’t know exactly what condition it was in when they got it. The fuel system was cleaned, new tires were added, and it was generally recommissioned into the shining jewel you see here.
This thing is beautiful! This is Honda’s 745-cc liquid-cooled four-stroke SOHC V-Twin with around 43 horsepower and is backed by a 5-speed transmission. This beauty weighs about 500 pounds, and this would be a fun one to own. Have any of you owned or ridden a Honda Shadow Spirit 750? Please check out the photos and contact the seller with any questions on this Barn Finds Classified!
Set up the way it is, this bike would be okay for short hops. The 750 is kind of a weird size, too big for most beginners and too small for experienced riders. I had an 1100 with mini apes and it was a great bike.
I have to (respectively) disagree. I always liked the 650s and 750s. I always felt that they had a nice balance of weight and power. I was not a big guy in my riding days so I felt the bigger bikes were a little clumsy.
Not so. My first bike was a Honda CTX 700 and it handled beautifully, and with such a low center of gravity, was very nimble. Only weighed around 530 lbs wet, too.
I had an ’01 Shadow 750 very similar to this one, just wasn’t really geared to cruise 70+ on the highway. My son bought one when he was 16, he still has his and in a couple years my grandson will be riding it. Great bikes and with proper maintenance will run for a very long time!!
See, the thing here is, this only shows what chutzpah the Asians have. Of all the wizardry that they were capable of in engines,, they copy a 100 year old design, the V twin. Now really, what would you expect from me coming from Milwaukee? I’m not here to belittle the bike, it’s superior in every way to our beloved H-Ds, but was never a substitute. It was too big a market for the Asians to ignore, and almost a compliment, of sorts. Clearly I’m biased, and they went right to the Sporty crowd with this, and being a grand less, with none of the hassles, let’s just say these put a major dent in Sporty sales.
Again, I feel it’s silly to go “half-way” with a bike like this, and I’d be downright embarrassed to be seen on this in Beer City, but it’s a big world, and they are great, dependable machines, and you can use moms baking sheet for cookies, instead of dripping oil. Roots be darned, it is a sharp bike.
Honda went all in to copy, not only Harley Davidson but tried to copy the biker lifestyle with it’s scene in front of a seedy-looking bar and saying, “Come ride with us.”
Uh, no thankyou. I wanted a Harley from the getgo and I wasn’t about to sway. Some Japanese bikes I liked but only because they were headed in a different direction. Take a 305 Super Hawk; in its own world it was great. If I wanted to ride in its own world, I would. But get out on the highway to road-rash and sunburn, not to mention a smoldering liver; Harley, Indian, and British bikes called the shots.
Beemers had their own place in society. My cousin sold his Harley and now rides them. He didn’t especially like the chart I sent him, especially the part that showed: “Guy plus Triumph equals Tow Truck; or Guy plus Beemer equals 2 guys.”
Oh, boy. Another set of pictures that gives me a headache.
These aren’t anything remarkable. Nice bike, reliable (Honda), but dated suspension; cruisers are out of style, and it’s not particularly fast.
Maybe $1500.
Nice bike that 750 motor will last for years with the proper maintenance and with that low mileage it’s not even broken in yet. Someone is going to very happy when they purchase that bike. PS : The velvet pants were great 👍
Ha! Maybe one of my not-great decisions, Shawn, but it was 1980, so it’s locked in now. Those were the rock band days, after all, which is why I barely made it through high school.
Yeah, Honda is the only bike I look at with any real intent. Every bike-like machine I’ve got is powered by a Honda. Reliability means a lot to me.
Danno, in the mid-1980s, I started and ran a commercial cleaning service a few years after high school in an attempt to avoid going to college, which I eventually did 12 years later. One of the cool machines we had was a “Pioneer Eclipse 2100 Super Buffer,” a cool space-age name for an 11-hp Honda-powered 21″ propane-powered floor buffer. We couldn’t use gas-powered buffers inside, of course, and plug-in buffers were a total bummer for huge stores, like grocery stores and department stores with 100-foot-long (or more) aisles. The Honda started first pull every time.
Here’s a similar one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHD5mFMHYR8
Danno, I was a mechanic for 50 years and I’ve seen just as many catastrophic failures of Honda engines as I’ve seen from anyone else. Yes, their quality control is second to none, but I’ve seen them drop valves, collapse pistons, spin bearings, break crankshafts and peel themselves open like a banana.
No one designed an engine or powertrain to fail, but they sometimes do, just because of a flaw somewhere. But contrary to popular belief, all failures don’t originate in North America…