Help. Please identify this bike

[Alec]

I need to start buying things like fork seals and bits an pieces for the bike.
I bought it as a 2001 Honda Shadow VT1100 american.
Is there somewhere on the frame where I could identify it?
These are some available options....

VT1100C A
VT1100C AC
VT1100C2 A
VT1100C2 AC
VT1100C3 A
VT1100C3 AC
VT1100T A
VT1100T AC

Bike in sig.

Cheers

[old dad]

try this link

Honda Motorcycle VIN Decoder @ Motoverse.com

[Alec]

Cheers for that old Dad - will get the vin and give it a try

[adlowe]

Here's some data that might help:

Originally Posted by ShadowDave
VT1100C Used to designate the 1987-1996 4 speed models, the 1997-2007 Spirit models, and also the 1985-1986 1100 5 speed models

VT1100C2 Used to designate the 1995-1999 ACE models and 2000-2007 Sabre models

VT1100C3 Used to designate the 1998-2002 Aero models

VT1100T Used to designate the 1998-2001 ACE Tourer models. These Tourer models were dual crankpin whereas the regular ACE models were single crankpin models.

The 1998-2000 VT1100C3 and 1995-1999 regular ACE are single crankpin models, all other 1100s are dual crankpin

That says as a 2001 VT1100, it is either a Spirit (VT1100C), Sabre (VT1100C2), Aero (VT1100C3) or ACE Tourer (VT1100T).

The rear fender rules out the Spirit. The look of the exhaust, lack of hardbags and windscreen rules out the ACE Tourer. The exhaust (it looks OEM to me) rules out the Aero.

So I think it's a Sabre, a VT1100C2. (Note that the 1999 VT1100C2 has a different engine.)

All Those As and ACs you posted don't have any meaning with genuine Honda shop manuals or when ordering Honda parts in the U.S.

[jpr1968]

It Does look like an A.C.E. but there wasn't a 2001 1100 ACE in the U.S., just a 1100T and that is not a T. The 95-99 1100 ACES were VT1100C2 but in 2000 the Sabre came out and was labeled VT1100C2, and that is not a Sabre you have. The Sabres have cast wheels and a different front fender. It does look like an ACE.

[old dad]

Originally Posted by jpr1968

It Does look like an A.C.E. but there wasn't a 2001 1100 ACE in the U.S., just a 1100T and that is not a T. The 95-99 1100 ACES were VT1100C2 but in 2000 the Sabre came out and was labeled VT1100C2, and that is not a Sabre you have. The Sabres have cast wheels and a different front fender. It does look like an ACE.

the op ain't in the US.

[adlowe]

Originally Posted by jpr1968

It does look like an ACE.

Yes, it does. Except for the tank emblem -- not that much of a problem because it could have been changed. But the year rules out ACE.

The Spirit came with a short rear fender -- it didn't wrap around the back of the tire.

Both the Aero and ACE Tourer had 2-into-1 exhausts. (The Tourer had hardbags and windscreen, too.)

Didn't know the Sabre came with cast wheels that's why I guessed Sabre. Nothing else fits -- if it is a 2001. The wheels could have been changed, not that I'd ever do that. (I like the look of spoke wheels but not nearly enough to make the change. Everything else about them is negative.)

[adlowe]

Originally Posted by old dad

the op ain't in the US.

But the VT1100s were built in the U.S. back then. They could have done some mix-and-match to make unique models for export. The only thing that really matters is whether the engine is single-pin crank or dual-pin crank. Most everything else (other than California emission controls) about the VT1100s was pretty much the same.

This old thread has links to tools for identifying more than just the data coded into the VIN. Probably links to couple of other VIN decoders, too, IIRC.

[jpr1968]

The OP is from South Africa and they may have still been selling them there in 2001. Wire rims won't fit on a Sabre without changing the rear brakes from disc to drum. The tank emblem is wrong for a Sabre also.

[adlowe]

Originally Posted by jpr1968

Wire rims won't fit on a Sabre without changing the rear brakes from disc to drum.

ACE wire rims came with rear disc brakes -- at least in 1999.