Good on Honda...
Bad on those dealers...
not surprised though.
Thanks for the heads up.
Bad on those dealers...
not surprised though.
Thanks for the heads up.
Be sure to check the bottom front of the header pipe, right where the curve ends and it flattens out. You can't see it from the side -- you have to be ON the ground looking up at it. If I think of it tomorrow, I'll try to get a pic.Thanks for the heads up Ed. I passed it on to my dealer.
I am jealous. This bike is going to love those mountain roads.My Blue Deluxe is being uncrated Monday, for Next Fri. delivery.
Looking forward to break in miles on those twisty NC mountain roads in the next month, before returning to Islamorada for my summer Boy Scout sailing charters. Flat roads 45-55 mph on the Keys...still always love the bike for all my transportation. On the ST1300 with a Tour Master soft bag can hold a 12 pack in volume. Saddle bags , same volume as CTX, can get total of six bags of groceries. Always the way to travel! For any or no reason at all just ride!! Capt. Tom
I know exactly what you mean! The Thunderbird is a very nice bike, and I never had a problem with it; but there was something, I don't know, reassuring about coming back to Honda. It just feels right.... Honda crazy I guess.
Capt. Tom
Thanks for the tip BUT as far as my dealer is concerned parts are on back order as are accessories and no ETA I think Honda released the bike too soon before it had any support material in place. OR is this the norm and I am just not used to it??If you've already taken delivery on your new CTX1300 or will be taking it soon, please double check with your dealer and give your bike a very close visual inspection, particularly around the bottom of the exhaust headers and the handlebar switch housings.
My dealer has just informed me that apparently as many as 90% of these bikes are coming through with shipping damage due to the crates being slightly too small. As a result, header pipes are being scratched and/or flat-spotted on the bottom, and switches or handlebars are getting scratched. Both of the CTX's my dealer has received have some minor damage. The bikes are perfectly safe and rideable, and they will replace any damaged part as soon as replacements come in. The damage to the headers you have to get down on the ground to look for, so it's not even something you're likely to see unless you're looking specifically for it.
I haven't heard anyone else here mention any such thing, so I figured people would want to know. Sounds like Honda is making good on it, but some dealers may be taking a don't-ask-don't-tell stand on it.
For the most part, I agree completely. But in my case the lack of a taller windshield is preventing me from going a lot of the places I want to go, essentially shortening the riding season for me anyway. The windshield is scheduled to ship from Japan around May 1, then I have to wait for it to arrive and to get it installed. I will be lucky to have it all in place by mid-May, I think. The overly long winter this year is not helping the situation, either.So you can look at it two ways -- Honda releases the bike when it's ready and we can complain that 'support materials' are not in place, or they wait and we complain that the bikes are not at the dealers in time for riding season for most of the northern hemisphere. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather be riding.