Honda Shadow Sabre

The Honda Shadow Sabre, model VT1100C2, is a cruiser-type motorcycle that belongs to the larger family of the Honda Shadow. It was introduced in 2000, replacing the earlier Shadow A.C.E., and was retired after 2007, although the Sabre name was used again for the new 2010 Honda VT1300C custom line. At its introduction the Shadow Sabre was the hot rod, or in motorcycle jargon the street rod, of Honda's cruiser line, with lower gearing than the other 1100 cc Shadows for a stronger punch off the line while keeping exactly the same dual-pin crank engine as the others. The Sabre, like the other Shadow 1100 models, was made at Honda's Marysville Motorcycle Plant in Ohio for the domestic and export markets.