Not long ago a strange issue happened to me. After washing my Rune (with no power washer) I decided to take a short ride. For a first few miles everything was normal... then suddenly my bike seemed to loose power... :?
I've tried to open throttle repeatedly and nothing happened - finally bike stopped. Firstly I thought that I run out of fuel...but the tank was almost full of gas. I noticed that my rear disc brake has changed colour. It was hot as a hell... The rear calliper was completely stucked... I couldn't move bike even on neutral .I opened rear calliper's bleeding valve (wiped off a few drops of brake fuid) and finally I could get back home. After all I was totally shocked... :shock: as You know - I live in Europe. For those who purchased any honda product in USA and imported to any other continent - american honda does not provide factory warranty which in usa comes as a part of the 24,000 - $26,000 deal...... my friend Les from New Jersey who learned from me about this problem called honda customer relationship to direct concern about faulty part . They could not help claiming that motorcycle left us territory and they "feel sorry" but "no solution in this time" . Les purchased new unit , shipped on my expense and gave me advice: to change rear master cylinder. My dealer changed it and have replace brake fluid also. They found some debris in orignal fluid...the original master piston was broken also. I was so irritated that I've spent over $20K $ on this bike. I have never had any problems with my older 1520cc Valk... I don't know if my issue has any connection with the water which "intentionally" I used to clean my bike but when I Read so many posts about big black smoke issue - I thougt it could be me as well ...
So conclusion is - don't wash your runes " because you never know - Honda Corporation will try to avoid their responsibility " :shock:
I've tried to open throttle repeatedly and nothing happened - finally bike stopped. Firstly I thought that I run out of fuel...but the tank was almost full of gas. I noticed that my rear disc brake has changed colour. It was hot as a hell... The rear calliper was completely stucked... I couldn't move bike even on neutral .I opened rear calliper's bleeding valve (wiped off a few drops of brake fuid) and finally I could get back home. After all I was totally shocked... :shock: as You know - I live in Europe. For those who purchased any honda product in USA and imported to any other continent - american honda does not provide factory warranty which in usa comes as a part of the 24,000 - $26,000 deal...... my friend Les from New Jersey who learned from me about this problem called honda customer relationship to direct concern about faulty part . They could not help claiming that motorcycle left us territory and they "feel sorry" but "no solution in this time" . Les purchased new unit , shipped on my expense and gave me advice: to change rear master cylinder. My dealer changed it and have replace brake fluid also. They found some debris in orignal fluid...the original master piston was broken also. I was so irritated that I've spent over $20K $ on this bike. I have never had any problems with my older 1520cc Valk... I don't know if my issue has any connection with the water which "intentionally" I used to clean my bike but when I Read so many posts about big black smoke issue - I thougt it could be me as well ...
So conclusion is - don't wash your runes " because you never know - Honda Corporation will try to avoid their responsibility " :shock: