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Other than the afore mentioned strokers (and then really only because they were abused in every sense) the most unreliable Japanese bike I have owned was a Suzuki GT500. It wasn't the engine, it was the electrics and bad design like the kill switch was a rocker switch so every time it rained heavily water would get into the switch and short it out. Brakes were hopefull at best.
Hated that bike but if I had spent a bit of time and money I could have sorted out the problems. I didn't. I sold it and bought a brand new Z650. Chalk and cheese. I so loved that bike.
I never had one so this is anecdotal. A salesman in a big dealership I used to frequent in Newcastle told me they had sold a couple of RE5 wankel bikes and they had been back time after time for faults but then I suppose it was future technology back then. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Some of the CBF125s were pretty shonky at one point.
Despite being beautifully engineered in almost every respect, you could say all the 90's VFRs were unreliable as standard due to them attempting to heat-sink an un-finned reg/rec to an alloy frame that gets too hot to touch. It was a matter of when, not if it would leave you at the side of the road with a flat battery. Change it for a finned reg/rec or a mosfet off a different bike and either stand it away from the frame or move it somewhere else entirely and problem solved. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Still triggered forever by my Bandit 1200 that bogged down and ran on 3 cylinders every time it got wet, even slight drizzle was enough to cause issues, and the wetter it got the more power it lost until it died and wouldnt start again til totally dry.
Apparently a common issue in these bikes, due to the poor design of spark plug drainage holes.
Only Japanese bike Ive ever had thats had any kind of issue, I've had multiple Hondas and Yamahas and theyve never had an issue.
Though I am saying that cautiously, knowing my current FZ1 potentially has the hand grenade for a rotor that could explode and kill the engine at any moment That'll be getting changed for an upgraded one before the riding season starts properly! |
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stinkwheel wrote: | 90's VFRs ...reg/rec |
Wasn't just confined to VFR's with Honda either. Some CBR600s had similar, and other models. Perhaps Honda were trying to adopt some Italian 'character' with electrical gremlins! I think most were replaced under warranty, don't recall if the 'fix' worked, if there was one, or if they just replaced like with like. I would imagine the replacement reg/rec would have had an upgrade. Early Triumph Street Triples had a reg/rec overheating problem too, location was changed, but again, don't know if they upgraded the part too. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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chickenstrip wrote: | stinkwheel wrote: | 90's VFRs ...reg/rec |
Wasn't just confined to VFR's with Honda either. Some CBR600s had similar, and other models. Perhaps Honda were trying to adopt some Italian 'character' with electrical gremlins! I think most were replaced under warranty, don't recall if the 'fix' worked, if there was one, or if they just replaced like with like. I would imagine the replacement reg/rec would have had an upgrade. Early Triumph Street Triples had a reg/rec overheating problem too, location was changed, but again, don't know if they upgraded the part too. |
The first year of single side swingarm VFR750s were particularly bad. The following year had vent slots in the side cover, presumably to increase airflow. I don't think they'd quite realised how hot the alloy frames get after a prolonged thrashing and the reg/recs were bolted directly to them. Later CBR6 ones had cooling vanes and were attached to a little bracket which stood them away from the frame. I put one of those on my VFR and never had another problem with it.
Speaking of unreliable early 90's bikes. 1st gen GPZ500s had a hand-grenade alternator rotor. Dodgy glue on the magnets would eventually fail and the magnet would come off at high rev speeds causing absolute carnage. Smashed stators, pickup coils and magnetic shrapnel in the oil. You couldn't just fit a 2nd gen one either due to one having a wasted spark and the other not. Electrex still stock replacement rotor upgrades. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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I had two Yamaha XS250’s , and neither of them ever inspired reliability.
I don’t think I ever went further than 30 miles with them at any one time.
They had a terrible habit of suddenly only firing on one cylinder .
I also had an XS400.
It wasn’t quite as bad as the 250’s , but it was still a temperamental donkey..
I wouldn’t EVER have another one , even if it was selling for 50p! ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 32 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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