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? asked in Cars & TransportationMotorcycles · 10 years ago

Honda Deauville 650 rotting frame probleme?

I am going to look at a Honda Deauville 650 (2001) and I am told they can have problems with rotting / rusting frames, any one know where this occurs. and any more info if possible.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    they are rusting on lower portion of main frame in the area of swingarm, some say that on exhaust too

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    a) discuss with mecchies on your Honda save or - as stated - study handbook. do no longer over-fill. That deals with coolant; why did you no longer ask approximately brake fluid, oil, shaft spline grease, damper life (close to 0), head bearing grease (in no way utilized at production facility), etc? b) Neil B would not very equivalent to those motorcycles. i think is bigoted, they have bought gradually for a protracted time (ok the seven-hundred is perkier now). possibly squishy - so is the Honda silver wing scoot - may be graunchy gears - so is the two times as high priced BMW Boxer selection - yet they do what they say on the tin; in spite of the undeniable fact that, i think they're Spanish assembled, no longer in Nippon, so as that they seem to be slightly a con activity; except scrupulously and expensively serviced at a considerable Honda broker, the famed toughness could be rapidly lost...... as an occasion Hinkley's Triumph fasteners are approximately two times besides corrosion proofed using fact the hot plastic maggot. c) nonetheless fairly some despatchers use them - I guess they do no longer purchase from new nonetheless, the checklist costs are stupid and the depreciation intense. d) in case you want suitable reliability in a modest equipment, the Deauville might in positive condition the invoice. yet, is that what a moto is for? easily a 2d hand Fiesta does the comparable activity for 50000 miles greater at much less finished fee in greater convenience; the completed factor of a bike is the thrill, or maybe the seven-hundred Honda has no longer have been provided that very lots. e) As an aside, a pre-conflict BSA M20 or an Indian Enfield might supply you involvement and adequate city overall performance and charm, to get your juices working in keeping with risk? see you later your activity did no longer remember on arriving, of direction! Z) so the Honda, expensively serviced, will do the business enterprise and not assist you to down, in spite of the undeniable fact that bushy she seems after 3 winters. So might a Nissan Micra, pound for pound, however the latter can not bypass around site visitors circumstances. we are into organic very own selection right here, blended with the routes you're taking, the using type, what you're able to desire to hold. won't be able to help previous askig you to think of outdoors the emotional field

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