The Honda Shadow Sabre (VT1100C2) refers to a cruiser

Cruiser (motorcycle)

Cruiser is the term for motorcycles that mimic the design style of American machines from the 1930s to the early 1960s, including those made by Harley-Davidson, Indian, Excelsior and Henderson. The market for models evocative of the early cruisers has grown to embrace 60 percent of the U.S...

-type motorcycle, that is part of the larger family of Honda Shadow

Honda Shadow

The Honda Shadow refers to a family of cruiser-type motorcycles made by Honda since 1983. The Shadow line features motorcycles with a liquid-cooled 52-degree V-twin ranging from 125cc to 1800cc engine displacement...

. It was introduced in 2000 replacing the earlier Shadow A.C.E. It was retired after the year 2007. The Sabre name is being used again in the new 2010 Honda 1300 custom line.

The Shadow Sabre was, at its introduction, the "hot rod" of Honda's cruiser line. As such, it has lower gearing than other 1100cc Shadows, for a stronger punch off the line, while retaining exactly the same (dual pin crank) engine as the others. The majority of the Sabres in the United States were made in Marysville Motorcycle Plant

Marysville Motorcycle Plant

Marysville Motorcycle Plant is a Honda manufacturing facility located approximately six miles northwest of Marysville, Ohio. The assembly plant opened in 1979 as Honda's first production facility in the United States on the original U.S...

, Ohio.