Honda introduced this cruiser as part of its VT1300 custom family for the 2010 model year, following its 2009 Tokyo Motor Show debut and North American rollout. It was Honda’s long, low factory-custom entry in the lineup, defined by stretched proportions, a more traditional cruiser silhouette, and styling that sat between the chopper-influenced Fury and the more touring-focused Interstate. That positioning made it the “modern custom” of the range: visually distinctive, but still built around Honda’s reputation for everyday usability and low-maintenance engineering.
The nameplate arrived during Honda’s push to refresh its middle-weight and large-cruiser offerings with a shared 1,312cc V-twin platform, giving the family a common mechanical core while allowing each model to target a different kind of rider. In the case of this version, the emphasis was on boulevard style and relaxed road presence rather than outright touring equipment or stripped-down radical custom cues.
Honda’s official U.S. materials continued to list the model through the 2016 model year, including a dedicated 2015 brochure and a 2016 brochure. Based on those official model-year publications, 2016 appears to have been the final year of the original continuous run. The result is a short but clearly defined production history: a first-generation factory custom cruiser that began with the 2010 model year and closed out its run after 2016.