gasgas249uk
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would be interested to know your views on whether this is a trust worthy bike for the future.
I have a 2015 nc750 dct with 8000 miles on the clock. It has been fully serviced.
Over the past 100 miles with hind sight I have felt the gearbox getting a little sloppy and not feeling as tight as it has in the past. The going round a roundabout in standard auto mode the gearbox self selected neutral and would no longer select any gears at all. When the left hand paddle shifts were used you could hear the gearbox trying to select but it wasn't able to complete the task. I am very sensitive to engine noises gearbox noises and mechanics . I have not thrashed this motorcycle and have treated it carefully having had it since new.
I took the bike into Honda and they have told me that it is covered by warranty but the parts are not available until mid December which is obviously very disappointing.
My main cause for concern is that such show young bike with low mileage should suffer such a catastrophic failure. apparently the pin inside the gear which establishes which gear the gear boxes is in has broken and this has caused damage to other internal components.
I would imagine that by Christmas the bike will be repaired and I will have it back.
unfortunately I cannot think of one logical reason why the problem will not happen again in another eight Thousand Miles. The Honda dealer have told me that this is a problem they have experienced before on numerous occasions and that the part number now is the same part number that was used when the bike was new. This therefore indicates that the part has not been upgraded or beefed up and that no action had been taken to address this problem.
My gut feeling is to sell the bike now as I am of the belief that this is an unreliable machine. I don't believe that Honda make Friday afternoon bikes which are poorly assembled. I think the problem in this case lies in a poor weak design that was insufficiently tested by Honda prior to production.
What are your thoughts ?.
I have a 2015 nc750 dct with 8000 miles on the clock. It has been fully serviced.
Over the past 100 miles with hind sight I have felt the gearbox getting a little sloppy and not feeling as tight as it has in the past. The going round a roundabout in standard auto mode the gearbox self selected neutral and would no longer select any gears at all. When the left hand paddle shifts were used you could hear the gearbox trying to select but it wasn't able to complete the task. I am very sensitive to engine noises gearbox noises and mechanics . I have not thrashed this motorcycle and have treated it carefully having had it since new.
I took the bike into Honda and they have told me that it is covered by warranty but the parts are not available until mid December which is obviously very disappointing.
My main cause for concern is that such show young bike with low mileage should suffer such a catastrophic failure. apparently the pin inside the gear which establishes which gear the gear boxes is in has broken and this has caused damage to other internal components.
I would imagine that by Christmas the bike will be repaired and I will have it back.
unfortunately I cannot think of one logical reason why the problem will not happen again in another eight Thousand Miles. The Honda dealer have told me that this is a problem they have experienced before on numerous occasions and that the part number now is the same part number that was used when the bike was new. This therefore indicates that the part has not been upgraded or beefed up and that no action had been taken to address this problem.
My gut feeling is to sell the bike now as I am of the belief that this is an unreliable machine. I don't believe that Honda make Friday afternoon bikes which are poorly assembled. I think the problem in this case lies in a poor weak design that was insufficiently tested by Honda prior to production.
What are your thoughts ?.
