Why the dislike for Honda?

[rphenix]

I've never actually came across any empirical evidence as to why some people don't like Honda. Are there any good reasons for the boycott?

Who knows! I grew up on my dads "Honda BigRed" 4 wheeler and had my own XR100 at the age of 9 and a bit then came the XR200 other than a few clutch levers and general maintenance nothing ever broke on the old XR hehe so I've got quite the soft spot for Honda hell it was thanks to the XR100 and that gentle thud thud of the four stroke that made me fall in love with motorcycles

[McJim]

What boycott ? The crap about Honda is from idiots. The same kind of bull as the Ford / Holden 'debate' . Those concerned with this are intellectual minnows that wouldn't have the intelligence to tie their own shoelaces.

You gotta watch out for madmen that contemplate trading one of their Hondas for a Moto Guzzi though.....

Mind you - it sounded nice and you looked the part on it.

[jafar]

You gotta watch out for madmen that contemplate trading one of their Hondas for a Moto Guzzi though.....

Mind you - it sounded nice and you looked the part on it.

Getting that one past the wife will be a trick Bloody nice bike to ride the guzzi, may the lotto gods smile on me then it will be MINE

[scumdog]

But do you have trouble with your shoelaces, SD?

I haff no shoelacess, I only wears chandals...

[Edbear]

Getting that one past the wife will be a trick Bloody nice bike to ride the guzzi, may the lotto gods smile on me then it will be MINE

Ur incorrigible, mate!

[jafar]

I haff no shoelacess, I only wears chandals...

That does explain a few things

[Bonez]

You do meet such nice people on Hondas. Especially old, no, anceint Hondas.

[Shadows]

I thought nobody liked them because they are Jappas.

Seriously though, I've owned three and they were perfectly fine.
The GB was even quite fun.

[FkNAmerican]

good question: Here in the states Honda's tend to get the shit end of the stick from everyone who doesnt actually own one. Its odd. Its almost a Honda vs. Everyone Else deal. I've never seen a brand that was more maligned and more purchased at the same time then Honda motorcycles.

I mean I know highly intelligent people.....experienced mechanics with decades in the motorcycle buisness workign on all kinds of bikes.....who just HATE Honda's. Ask them why and the answer never seems to be any kind of real fault. Nothing mechanical, nothing about ergonomics, no real design flaw. They just hate them.

The only other "hatred" I've come accross thats similar would be the Pakistan-Indian hatred. I've got a couple Indian friends. Great people. Well educated. One of them went to Johns Hopkins med school. The other went to Duke University. Ask them about Pakistan, however, and they go balls to the wall crazy. Its kinda like that with "Honda Haters".

And it gets even better because there seems to be this disconnect between the number of people that "hate" Honda and the number of people who actually ride a Honda. EVERYBODY seems to hate Honda AND nearly EVERYBODY seems to ride a Honda. So, somewhere in there, some B.S. is going on.

To sum it up: You bitch about Honda being boring b/c its what everyone else is doing........then you go buy one because its time to put your money where your mouth is and b/c its what everyone else did.

[Bonez]

The GB was even quite fun.

Ahhh, at last someone with a clue.....................

[Wolf]

My favourite three bikes have been a Suzuki (TS125), a Honda (CB360) and my current XT225 - for different reasons.

The old Honda CB550 I had was a crapped out piece of shit - but we can put a lot of that down to a) being left in a paddock for years to the point that it seized and b) being put together incorrectly by the numpties at a certain Honda dealership. I also found it too heavy and unwieldy for me - being a puny short-arse - and most of my disappointment with it stems from the fact it wasn't as good a specimen as my old CB360.

The CB360 was a great little tourer, comfortable, reliable, manouevrable. Not a rocket, but who cares? Really liked it.