Honda CBR1000R5 - I got a lemon...

[Blakamin]

Problem is I want my next bike to be a Ducati, and the dealer here is Honda and Ducati..... grrrrrrrr.

So is the one here now.....

[Waylander]

Could always come down to Hamilton. Ducati/Triumph/Kawasaki dealer is across the street from the Honda dealer wich is next door tothe Harley/Suzuki dealer.

[Madguitarist!]

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I/she doesn't have access to the See Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal Decision AK 45/95 [1995] NZAR 230. but it might help further...

Me missus is a research librarian for Russel McVaegh, I'll get her to try and request for the decision tomorrow.

All the best dude!

[WINJA]

Hi All,
I need an advice.
I bought a Honda CBR1000RR mod. 2005.
It was my dream bike until I start to have a long list of trouble with her:
1. After 2 days of the purchase, while I was going at work the bike stopped on the motorway. I had to wait about 30 mins before the bike started again.
2. After a week a very annoying ticking noise started to get louder and louder.
So I brought the bike to the Honda dealer. They opened the head and replaced the shim.
I was not a happy chap as the bike was only a week old and they already had to open the head. I asked to replace the bike but they assured me that the fault was rectified.
3. Few months later I went to the South Island with my mates. Beautiful trip, until, in the middle of nowhere, the clutch started to slip. I managed to get to Timaru so I went to the local Honda dealer. They opened the clutch and found that it fried because of lack of oil circulation. It happed just after 3,500Km on the clock!. So they drilled some additional holes in the inner clutch hub to improve the oil circulation after replacing the fried plates. I was very pissed off. It spoiled my trip as I had to wait 2 days for the parts.
4. Furthermore the side stand came loose. So after I parked the side stand failed cracking the fairing.
4. When I was about 200km from Auckland the bloody ticking noise started again.

I went back to the Honda dealer in Auckland and I said that I don’t want that lemon. I asked for a replacement. They addressed me to the Honda Distributor. They wanted to assess the bike so I gave the bike to the Honda dealer asking for a courtesy bike. They gave me a rusty Suzuki 250 Volty. As I use the bike everyday I found pretty embarrassing riding that rusty vacuum cleaner (with all due respect to the Volty owners).

They told me that I will receive the bike back within a couple of days. Three weeks later I was still riding the ‘vacuum cleaner’.

Finally after almost 4 weeks they said that the bike is ready. They told me that they could not fix the ticking noise and therefore is a normal noise, plus they replaced the drilled inner clutch hub with a standard one. They could not find the reasons of the clutch failure. They also said that they would replace the cracked fairing.
From my perspective that bike had already enough issue for a brand new bike. So I was still trying to get a replacement.

Anyway I was so happy to get a real bike (even a lemon) and return the Volty back to the dealer that I was prepared to ride the Honda even with a just one working cylinder.
So I started the bike and a raved a bit.
Arrggghh!!
After about 5k RPM the power was cut!!!! What the he….!!! It was a new electrical problem.
I was lucky because I was still to the Honda dealer. They took the bike back to the workshop and they gave me a Honda CBR600. I was so pissed off. I refused to get that lemon back. I do not expect to have all these problems with a brand new bike. I gave them the chance to rectify the issues and they failed. Therefore I wanted a new bike.
The bike went back to the Honda Distributor. They said that the fault could be related to the wiring, so they ordered from Belgium. I didn’t care as I asked for a replacement.

Today after 5 weeks without my bike I received a letter from Honda Distributor stating that it was my fault if the clutch fried "...was caused by incorrect operator usage, and not from any design defect ...", it was my fault if the side stand failed, the ticking noise is normal and the parts will probably arrive in NZ around the 17th of May.
Basically they said: Get Stuffed!

Considering this:
http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/c...st-15-Dec.html

What shall I do? Did you ever have similar issues with a dealer?
However, one thing is sure: I will never buy a Honda for the rest of my life. Shame on them!!!

SAME PROBLEMS WITH MY 98 FIREBLADE I BOUGHT IT NEW , IT WAS A PILE OF SHIT IT BROKEDOWN ON THE WAY HOME, I HAD THE BIKE FOR 6 WEEKS AND THE DEALER HAD IT FOR 4 OF THOSE 6 WEEKS MY BIKE HAD AN ENDLESS LIST OF PROBLEMS, HONDA SUCKS AND BLUE WING SUCKS, IVE HAD NEW BIKES WITH WARRANTYS FROM SUZUKI AND KAWASAKI BOTH WERE GOOD TO DEAL WITH, SUZUKI GAVE ME A NEW GSXR1000K3 WITH NO ARGUEMENTS, FUCK HONDA NEVER AGAIN, AND PEOPLE THAT RAVE ABOUT HONDA BUILD QUALITY ARE FULL OF SHIT.
YOU SHOULD BE PISSED OFF , GO GET A ZX10,R1, OR GSXR1000

[gav]

I just received a phone call from the Honda dealer. They said that because the Honda distributor has decide to not give me the replacement they have their hands tied.
I am very disappointed. I am really not sure what I should do now.
Cheers
Antonio

I think you need to mention that its irrelevant for you that the distributor wont supply a replacement bike, as you arent dealing with the distributor. Your claim is with the shop, if they cant get a replacement bike from Blue Wing then they'll have to supply it themselves!

[Sensei]

Tough break dude as above take them to the cleaners get your money back & buy something that has proven history like a GSXR . They have 21 years of making the leading sports bike ,Plus ya never buy the first new model as those are the ones that haven't been proved fully & all the problems seem to show themselves up on them . Hence why I brought my K3 GSXR Sports bike of the Year 03 What more can one say

[WINJA]

Tough break dude as above take them to the cleaners get your money back & buy something that has proven history like a GSXR . They have 21 years of making the leading sports bike ,Plus ya never buy the first new model as those are the ones that haven't been proved fully & all the problems seem to show themselves up on them . Hence why I brought my K3 GSXR Sports bike of the Year 03 What more can one say

AND THAT HONDA CAME LAST IN MASTER BIKE LAST YEAR IT EVEN GOT BEAT BY THE GSXR750, AT $18,000 WITH A FREE CARBON CAN YOU CANT FIND A BETTER DEAL THAN THE GSXR1000 K4

[Sensei]

May be WhiteTrash could do a deal on a new K5 ??? for us Winja

[WINJA]

May be WhiteTrash could do a deal on a new K5 ??? for us Winja

IM TAKING THE K5 1000 TOMOROW ILL SEE HOW IT GOES ,I MIGHT GET A ZX10 YET I DONT KNOW , ALL I KNOW IS MY BIKE IS SCRATCHED AND IT NEEDS A SERVICE SO MIGHT AS WELL GET A NEW ONE

[Two Smoker]

IM TAKING THE K5 1000 TOMOROW ILL SEE HOW IT GOES ,I MIGHT GET A ZX10 YET I DONT KNOW , ALL I KNOW IS MY BIKE IS SCRATCHED AND IT NEEDS A SERVICE SO MIGHT AS WELL GET A NEW ONE

Make sure you do a write up, im pretty keen on one, but might look at getting a K6 (to have some prettier colours, all though Black looks MINT)

[WINJA]

Make sure you do a write up, im pretty keen on one, but might look at getting a K6 (to have some prettier colours, all though Black looks MINT)

CANT YOU TAKE THE ONE FROM COLEMANS? MY MATE TOOK THE K5 TODAY AND SAID THE K4 WAS BETTER FOR HIM

[Sensei]

Once I have a Supercharger bolted onto the K3 its not going to matter what is out there

[Two Smoker]

CANT YOU TAKE THE ONE FROM COLEMANS? MY MATE TOOK THE K5 TODAY AND SAID THE K4 WAS BETTER FOR HIM

Cant take it out till next month, havnt got a full licence...

[WINJA]

Once I have a Supercharger bolted onto the K3 its not going to matter what is out there

YEAH OK AND ILL GIVE YOU A LIFT HOME WHEN IT GRENADES.
BTW WE SHOULDNT HIJACK THIS POOR BASTARDS THREAD SO BLUE WING HONDA SUCK , ALL HONDAS SUCK INCLUDING OUTBOARDS , MY MATE WAS SAYING HONDA CLAIM THEYVE NEVER HAD A WARRANTY CLAIM ON THEIR NEW OUTBOARD RANGE THATS BECAUSE THEY DONT PAY OUT , THEY GIVE OUT EXCUSES INSTEAD IE YOURE 5 HOURS OVER ON A SERVICE POOR BASTARD

[Sensei]

[QUOTE=WINJA]IM TAKING THE K5 1000 TOMOROW ILL SEE HOW IT GOES ,I MIGHT GET A ZX10 YET I DONT KNOW


Have riden with a guy that owns a ZX10 mate you can have one , not for me
looks like you are going round a corner with your knee down even when you are riding in a straight line fuck that . Am told they have more top end than a GSXR & the same bottom end so would be a quick bike shame about the comfort thing