WHEN I WENT TO START UP MY BIKE AFTER THE LONG WINTER LAY-OVER GASOLINE POURED OUT OF THE FUEL RAILS THAT FEED THE CARBURETORS. I MADE SOME CALLS TO REPAIR SHOPS AND VISITED SOME FORUMS ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE RUBBER O-RINGS USED. SYNTHETIC RUBBER ( VITON ) SEALS ARE RECOMMENDED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A RECALL MATTER DUE TO THE EXTREME RISK OF FIRE. *TR
1999 Honda GL1500C Valkyrie
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine
Filed Jun 9, 20148,500 milesNY
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2001| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.