Your LEAST reliable bike?

[FretGrinder]

As mentioned in the "most reliable bike thread"

Honda CBF 1000

it decided that it liked to kill stators, then taking the battery and reg/rec with it.

Most of the time the issue would show itself by refusing to start because of the stator windings destroying themselves, but once decided it would like to kill all power at XX MPH in the right hand lane of the M4 with plenty of traffic around.

Honda knew very well about the issue, they offered to cover it with new parts, a smaller circumference stator and a larger circumference flywheel as it was believed that the extra gap provided with the new parts would help cool things down. Said new parts would be fitted if the bike was within 7 years from the bikes first registration. A one time deal though, after that you were on your own.

I went through 4 stators before I decided to give up on it.

Shame really, as everything else about the bike was spot on, but as I needed it for work, I couldn't stand turning the key and being given the finger.
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Yamaha MT-09

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[stevo as b4]

Peugeot Speedfight 100. I messed with it to make it go 66mph instead of 54mph. The big problem was that the clutch wasn't any good for a tuned engine, and neither was the variator or drive belt. It needed an adjustable race clutch to get it into the power band before engaging.

I melted a hole in the piston running it on a std plug and normal unleaded with a high compression head.

I broke a drive belt at 60mph and locked up the back wheel.

The aftermarket carb fell off the intake manifold after vibrating the clamp loose on the M5 in rush hour.

The front end was terrible with a stupid single sided leading link front suspension and all the weight on the left side. This caused a nasty wobble at 55-60mph.

I got it nearly new as a cheap commuter for night school classes, but it cost me a fortune, the lights were terrible and it wasn't even very practical with poor storage space for a scooter.

[Enduro Numpty]

My 1973 S1A 250 triple Kawasaki. At the slightest hint of dampness it would lose the spark on the middle cylinder. Living on the west of Scotland that was most of the time. Ignition timing was a weekly affair. Felt great for a day or so and gradually lost oomph. It chewed throughout rear wheel bearings like they were made from chocolate. It's least finest hour was a weekend when me and a mate decided we'd go to a rally in Coventry in March 1978. Seized near Blackpool turn off on the M6. Managed to get it sort of running and stupidly continued rather than head home. Had a shite time at the rally. As was very predictable, one of the wheel bearings disintegrated. By this time I was past caring and kept the throttle pinned all the way to Ecclefechan on the Scotland side of the border where it holed a piston and finally died.
My first real road bike and for all it's faults I loved riding it.

[MCN]

Easy..

Both triumph 955i I owned.

Now my BMW K1300GT.
And S1000RR.

But bikes are notoriously unreliable when compared to cars or vans. And they shouldn't be as there are less bits to go wrong.
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[blue_painted]

The BMW 1100RT ... bought sight unseen (never again, never) ... clutch was shagged when I got but I didn't welsh on the deal and then at 1030pm 2 miles from home the clutch gave up completely. I couldn't get it going fast enough down hill to slam it into first without it stalling so I pushed that heavy bastard home ... flogged it as a NON RUNNER and took the loss.

Second prize to the Mash400 - it had those fuelling problems, so it would just cough and die and at the most inconvenient moments. It spat out its base gasket. Vibrated like a ... shaky thing ...
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GP-100 -> CB250RS -> CBX550F2 (pause) KR1S -> RD350YPVS -> ZX6-R (pause) CD200 ->Mash 400 -> T100 (current) & (R1100RT scrapped pile o' shite) (CB250 Nighthawk - SORN in shed) Meteor 350 (current)

[DJP]

[chickenstrip]

[NJD]

[andyscooter]

a vespa lx125


only new vespa I ever owned

fecking thing had a intermittent immobiliser fault


if it got wet it wouldn't start until it dried

I took it to Derbyshire and on way back I stopped for fuel during a rain storm
thing never restarted so sat in the rain for three hours awaiting recovery

had to plan trips on it very carefully as couldn't risk it getting wet
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gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[linuxyeti]

Triumph America
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[lilredmachine]

[AldridgePrior]

Triumph scrambler. A new one with that stupid fucking 12.6volt shit with the battery. As soon as the voltage dropped below 12.6 the computer said no and I’d be looking for a jump or push. Fucking embarrassing. Pal had a Bonnie that was the same. Sat for a week and wouldn’t play. To compound issues it ran that lean the cunting thing cut out regularly, then wouldn’t start. Could of burnt the bastard.