Test rider needed for Vibrating Hornet

**Sparky Bills** · 19th August 2008, 20:57

Originally Posted by Mully

Please don't take *this* the wrong way, but So what??

No offence intended, but it's his $11K. If the bike doesn't meet his expectations, it should go back until it does. I had a similar thing with my old Commodore. I was a fussy prick, but the dealer was quick enough to take my folding, they can get it right.

And a shitty letter to Honda NZ will probably work wonders. And dropping references to "Fit for purpose" made to the dealer principle, rather than the sales dork.

And you know the full facts do you??
What if the vibration isnt anything out of the ordinary??
I dont know and I dont care. Was just saying.

**Macca 900** · 19th August 2008, 21:11

No, I dont think I'm being too fussy. The test undertaken with my bike and the control bike was conducted at given points on the bike at 500 RPM intervals. I went back to the dealer with letters demanding my money back as stated under the Consumer Guarantees Act. I cited sections about Acceptable Quality and Fit for pupose. It all fell on deaf ears. Honda NZ were intially simpathetic to my complaints but felt that they had fixed the problem when they stripped and balanced the engine.
I dont think I am a grizzle guts, I just want to enjoy my investment

**Mully** · 19th August 2008, 21:19

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

And you know the full facts do you??
What if the vibration isnt anything out of the ordinary??
I dont know and I dont care. Was just saying.

Not at all. I'm only judging based on the fact that he says in the first post that Honda (the dealer, I guess) has told him vibrates 7-10 times more than a control bike. This, of course, is all relative (7-10 times on what scale??)

And I presume he test-rode another bike and it didn't have the same vibration "problem". (again, assuming he wouldn't have bought it if it did).

**Gremlin** · 21st August 2008, 11:22

If this still hasn't been sorted, I can help... I ride one normally 6 days a week, several hundred km per week, so I think I might spot if it vibrates a bit much

**imdying** · 21st August 2008, 15:02

Next step is court then. Tell them that is your next option, tell them that you will be employing the services of a lawyer, who's expenses you be claiming back from them. Explain that this is their last chance to avoid those extra costs. If they won't budge, then that's the path you'll have to take.

**rustycharm** · 21st August 2008, 15:29

No one deserves to be duck shoved like this after forking over $11K - if you think there is a genuine problem that the retailer needs to deal with.. .post the name and see what a bad rep on KB does for your situation... also - a few KB's rocking up to the retailer with you to call them on the issue might go a long way....

Sucks big time on the face of what you've said....

You should have offered the bike for use at the boobs on bikes parade... might have made it more interesting!
"Hey there's my Horny Hornet ... you want happy ending now?"

**imdying** · 21st August 2008, 15:40

Naw, you've heard only one side of the story... if he honestly believes he's being screwed, and there's no fix forthcoming, then that only leaves you with court? Should they lose in court, then name and shame away I say...

**rustycharm** · 21st August 2008, 15:46

Originally Posted by imdying

Naw, you've heard only one side of the story... if he honestly believes he's being screwed, and there's no fix forthcoming, then that only leaves you with court? Should they lose in court, then name and shame away I say...

True... but who wants to wait another 6 months... bike might deconstruct itself by then