written by Pumas111 on 23/07/2011
I love the bike for its fuel economy, handling in town, and day to day use.
However, the build quality seems very poor.
After 3 months the gear indicator lights failed.
After 6 months the plastic cowellings began to crack in a number of places.
After a year the seat hinge broke.
I have had to strip the front disc brake on 3 occasions due to it seasing.
After 21000 miles the big end has failed and needed replacing, despite my changing the oil every 1000 miles from new.
My experienced mechanic, after stripping down the engine, has the opinion that the parts are poor qaulity, may be Chinese and not Honda quality.
I paid £1650 for the bike new, and would have expected much better build quality from a Honda.
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