Comments on: Honda Recalls VT600 – VT750 – VTX1300

By: woody eckes

woody eckes — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:42:43 +0000

In the late 1970s Yamaha had a petcock recall on XS 400/650/750s street bikes with vacuum petcocks. Back then they waited until the company had the replacement parts available to the dealers and then issued the recall so that the consumer could be put back in service quickly. Now once a problem is discovered they issue a recall regardless if parts are available. Inconvenience for the consumer and the dealers who have the product on their inventory that they cannot sell; yes. Better than having your customers have a vehicle fire while riding or while parked inside; yes also. Woody Eckes

By: steve johnson

steve johnson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28:19 +0000

My 2008 vtx 1300 fuel valve doesn’t leak it just won’t start. Symptons it starts for 10 seconds in .morning then quits and won’t restart. First time in for complaint under warranty no one told me of fuel valve problem. They said it was corrision on a switch. My luck 2 days and 25 miles later same thing. Now they tell me fuel valve is bad. Been waiting 2 weeks.

By: Johnmagg

Johnmagg — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:42:19 +0000

I had to have the pet cock replaced on my 98 aero, about, 3 months after I bought it new. You have to realize most importantly It is a safety thing that could save your life. I would hate to have an explosion with my butt doing 80mph and my legs wrapped around the gas tank on the highway. A little inconvenients but worth while. I made the dealer pick up my bike and bring it to his dealership. I wasn’t going to ride with gas dripping on the ENGINE.

By: RobC

RobC — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:09:23 +0000

This is where the old fashioned simple petcock would not have failed.
But due to lawyers the simple things in life got twisted and the bike has to close the fuel valve instead of the human riding it.
Where were the days when all you did after stopping and parking the bike you turned the fuel petcock to OFF…

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:16:02 +0000

Back in December, Honda issued a similar recall for the ‘06 and ‘07 CBR1000RR. Some of them had an improperly welded vent pipe in the bottom of the fuel tank. Though expensive to recall them all, I’m sure it’s cheaper than dealing with lawsuits from even a few surviving relatives of bikers that blow up or catch fire due to the defect. For the RR, the shop just had to inpect the weld and if it wasn’t one of the bad welds, you got your bike right back. If the weld was bad, they had to order you a new tank, which might take some time. Honda is pretty good about supplying parts to its dealers, though, so the wait usually isn’t long.

Really bad timing for Will, though. Bummer!