FFS: 5 weeks and still no bike!

[Hanne]

I swear it's the exhaust / bike that does it to me. Cop and I came to an arrangement after a sound independent character witness came to my rescue.

'an arrangement', eh? Sounds like some kind of mafia dealings! I understand you and the cop had met before....

[motorbyclist]

That sucks, has the doc given you a time frame in which he reckons it'll be 100% by? Yep yep new regulator finally and that's that!

LOL

it's always the rectifier on a honda! they consider them a consumable item

didn't you check that earlier?

[Ragingrob]

LOL

it's always the rectifier on a honda! they consider them a consumable item

didn't you check that earlier?

Yeah and it checked out fine EVERYTIME! Pretty much this is what Stephen and I have concluded, from the start the regulator was pretty OK, then it was malfunction if it got too hot, but then would charge up again once cooled down so it was hard to notice. This is why the problems were so intermittent from the beginning and why the reg/rec checked out fine! So over time it just got worse and worse, charging less often, until the other day it gave out completely and my bike was (well tried to be) running straight from the battery until it wouldn't go at all!

Chucked a new one on, had to rewire it kinda as it had completely fried and melted the plug inside itself!! And hey presto, has been MINT since. All electrics, even say the neutral light, are WAY brighter!

[klyong82]

Yeah and it checked out fine EVERYTIME! Pretty much this is what Stephen and I have concluded, from the start the regulator was pretty OK, then it was malfunction if it got too hot, but then would charge up again once cooled down so it was hard to notice. This is why the problems were so intermittent from the beginning and why the reg/rec checked out fine! So over time it just got worse and worse, charging less often, until the other day it gave out completely and my bike was (well tried to be) running straight from the battery until it wouldn't go at all!

Chucked a new one on, had to rewire it kinda as it had completely fried and melted the plug inside itself!! And hey presto, has been MINT since. All electrics, even say the neutral light, are WAY brighter!

Yeah pretty common issue with the pre 2000 CBR. Happened to one of my older Fireblade the instrument lights kept popping one by one. Was wondering what is going but kept on riding it and one day I was on my way home and noticed the tacho was wasnt working.

Stopped on a hill as there was a red traffic light and the bike died and would not start had to push that bloody 205kg blade up the hill and cross the lights down the other side. Saw a gixxer 1000 rider ride pass me just staring at me. If it was me I would have stopped to help. Chucked a new rectifier and it was going good.

But glad its all sorted bro.

[Phurrball]

Mr Honda shouldn't be allowed to make his own wreck-you-later/rectumfriers or chain driven cams. (Gear driven cams all the way! w00t!)

They's about the only things on Hondas that give grief

*apart from whatever it is Mr Honda fits standard that leads to Suzuki riders' insecurities and necessitates their constant questioning of Honda riders' sexuality! Some sort of mind control field perhaps??*

[vifferman]

Mr Honda shouldn't be allowed to make his own wreck-you-later/rectumfriers or chain driven cams.

'tis about the only things on Hondas that give grief

Actually, Mr Honda probably doesn't make a lot of the bits on Mr Honda's bikes.
F'rinstance - the R/Rs are made by Shindengen, and give grief only because Mr Honda chose to fit them under bodywork, and wanted nice, small, compact units, rather than big beefy finned ones.
Shocks are made by Showa (a subsidiary of Honda, I think); and camchains could be made by some other company for all I know.
A lot of bike parts are actually made by small family companies contracted by the bike manufacturers, so are not actually mad 'in house' as such.

The biggest problem is that Honda won't admit to faults (saving face?) especially those that don't occur until well after bikes in Japan are outside of both their warranty and the date (five years?) by which they must be returned to AS NEW condition or taken off the road. So why should they give a crap? As long as they're not being sued by thousands of angry Mrkns, or their sales show a marked drop-off, they don't care enough to fix these minor niggles.

it's all about marketing, not substance.

[Phurrball]

^^ Quite right I'm sure.

I was more getting at the fact that Mr Honda is apparently happy to have a poor rep for these things in countries where bikes are not discarded while they are still shiny. Still, no bike is perfect, 'tis just that Honda is known for these things (especially the very last one here on KB - go figure?!)

I want to talk to the Vifferman at some stage too, since my poor Firestorm has been extinguished by a van with bullbars (ARRRRGH!). Was thinking of admitting my 'almost 30' wrists are not what they once were and seriously looking at a VFR... Apparently you know a *teency* bit about such beasts. Will fire you a PM whan I'm less stressed with 'school' work.

Ross

[Macstar]

'an arrangement', eh? Sounds like some kind of mafia dealings! I understand you and the cop had met before....

I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations

[klyong82]

Actually, Mr Honda probably doesn't make a lot of the bits on Mr Honda's bikes.
F'rinstance - the R/Rs are made by Shindengen, and give grief only because Mr Honda chose to fit them under bodywork, and wanted nice, small, compact units, rather than big beefy finned ones.
Shocks are made by Showa (a subsidiary of Honda, I think); and camchains could be made by some other company for all I know.
A lot of bike parts are actually made by small family companies contracted by the bike manufacturers, so are not actually mad 'in house' as such.

The biggest problem is that Honda won't admit to faults (saving face?) especially those that don't occur until well after bikes in Japan are outside of both their warranty and the date (five years?) by which they must be returned to AS NEW condition or taken off the road. So why should they give a crap? As long as they're not being sued by thousands of angry Mrkns, or their sales show a marked drop-off, they don't care enough to fix these minor niggles.

it's all about marketing, not substance.

Haha i had a feeling you were gonna post something here. So guys Vifferman has vast knowledge when it comes to Honda's.

[Hanne]

I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations

Sounds like you have been being coached by Phurball in Media Interactions

[motorbyclist]

I was more getting at the fact that Mr Honda is apparently happy to have a poor rep for these things in countries where bikes are not discarded while they are still shiny. Still, no bike is perfect, 'tis just that Honda is known for these things (especially the very last one here on KB - go figure?!)

well why not? they don't get money off the second sale of a bike, and the more bikes are taken off the road the more bikes they get to sell

[Phurrball]

well why not? they don't get money off the second sale of a bike, and the more bikes are taken off the road the more bikes they get to sell

*Goddam economics - muttermuttermuttercurse - goddam poverty and inability to buy shiny, new things - fukkityfarkityfark*

That nothwithstanding, I'm sure people *do* have these things in mind when they shop for new bikes - hence why so many VTR1000 owners change the RR and put in manual CCTs loooong before the damn things shit themselves.

I'm sure many people are equally as 'sad' as myself, and reseach such things before shelling out on anything, second-hand or new.

[bomma]

'an arrangement', eh? Sounds like some kind of mafia dealings! I understand you and the cop had met before....

man dont you know macstar's got all the underground hook-ups...one phone-call and he can get you the head of that damn were-sheep that attacked you....at a price