2006 Honda VTX1300

THE FRONT END STARTS TO GET THE DEATH WOBBLE WHEN LET OFF THE GAS GOING AROUND 45 MPH. AND IT IS STARTING TO DO IT AT MORE SPEEDS NOW. BUT THAT IS WHEN IT IS THE WORST. CAN'T TAKE BOTH HANDS OF THE HANDLE BARS OR GRIP IT LIGHTLY OR ELSE IT WILL SHAKE TO MUCH AND CAUSE ME TO WRECK.

MY STARTER MAGNET SHORTED OUT & BURNED CONNECTING PLUG & ELECTRICAL HARNESS. MY BIKE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE LIKE ALWAYS. I WENT OUT IN MORNING TO START BIKE & NOTHING HAPPENED, A FEW SECONDS LATER I NOTICE A BURNED SMELL & IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF KEY. I THEN DISCONNECTED MY BATTERY & STARTED TO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM. AFTER THE BATTERY CHECKED OUT TO BE GOOD , I STARTED CHECKING FUSES , WHEN I NOTICE THE STRING BURNED SMELL FROM THE STARTER MAGNET AREA , THE MAIN FUSE WAS STILL GOOD BUT NOTICED THE CONNECTOR PLUG SLIGHTLY MELTED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF PLUG, I NOTICED THE CONNECTORS & SOME WIRING WERE BURNT.

PETCOCK IS LEAKING THEY WERE RECALLED ON THE 07-09 BUT NOT THE 06 WHEN ITS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING WHILE I WAS RIDING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VTX1300 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOBBLED WHILE ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. THE PIONEER EQUIPMENT HONDA DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE DUE TO THE WHEEL BEARING OR TIRES; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

THE BIKE WOBBLES AND SHAKES VERY BAD WHEN DECELERATING FROM 45 MPH. THIS OCCURS ON STRAIGHT OR WHILE TURNING.

WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 25 OR 30 MPH THE HANDLEBARS SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. TRIED NEW TIRES, DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM

WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING. WOBBLE GETS MUCH WORSE WHEN 1 OR 2 HANDS ARE NOT FIRMLY ON HANDLEBARS. GETS MUCH WORSE DURING DECELERATION. *TR

HONDA VTX 1300C.. BOUGHT USED.. NOTICED THAT AT AN APPROX. SPEED THE FRONT END WOULD START TO WOBBLE.. SPOKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING BEFORE.. TIRES ARE NEW AND ALIGNED. *TR

SEVERE STEERING WOBBLE ON DECELERATION FROM ANY SPEED. GETS WORSE IF I TAKE HANDS OFF BARS, BAD ENOUGH TO CRASH. *TR

HANDLEBARS SHAKE BETWEEN 35-45 MPH NOW EVEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS, WOBBLE. GO INTO A TURN IT SEEMS TO DROP JUST A LITTLE ENOUGH TO SCARE THE S--- OUT OF YOU. I SEE YOU HAVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM. CAN YOU LET ME KNOW YOUR FINDINGS, PLEASE. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I JUST ASSUMED YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO INVESTIGATE. THIS IS TRULY A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. SOMEONE MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN HURT OR WORSE. NO ONE HAS PROVED THE FRONT STEERING BEARINGS WERE BAD. SOMETHING I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO INVESTIGATE, AFTER ANY COMPLAINT. *TR

EXTREME STEERING WOBBLE WITH LIGHT OR SINGLE HANDED GRIP HANDLE BARS. VERY SEVERE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VTX 1300 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING AND FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

THE STEERING WILL SHAKE/VIBRATE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 25-40MPH, SOMETIMES MORE VIOLENTLY THAN OTHERS. THE FRONT BEARING WAS INSPECTED AND APPEARED TO BE OK. THE FRONT TIRE WAS RECENTLY REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2007. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VTX1300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,786.

MY STEERING ON MY 2006 VTX1300C SHAKES WHEN YOU LET GO OF ONE SIDE OF THE HANDLEBARS. IF YOU TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE GRIPS WITH BOTH HANDS THE BIKE SHAKES VIOLENTLY. I JUST HAD TWO BRAND NEW TIRES PUT ON THE BIKE THINKING IT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE TIRES CAUSING THE ISSUE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED EVEN AFTER THE NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VT1300S MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AT 75 MPH, HE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR AND THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE MOTORCYCLE TOWED TO A TOWING YARD. THE FAILURE WAS NOT INVESTIGATED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE BEARING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 16,118. SM. UPDATED 6/20/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VTX1300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH HE HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 13,000. UPDATED 09/15/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUSE TO THE IGNITION KEPT BLOWING WHEN HE STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE. THE FUSE WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 12/13/11

FRONT WHEEL WOBBLES ON 2006 HONDA VTX 1300R WHEN SLOWING DOWN THROUGH 45-40 MPH. *TR

2006 HONDA VTX 1300 RETRO: THE FRONT END WOBBLES DURING DECELERATION FROM SPEEDS OF ABOUT 30 MPH. CHANGING THE FRONT TIRE TEMPORARILY REDUCES THE PROBLEM, BUT IT RECURS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I BOUGHT IT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR IN OCTOBER 2007. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VTX1300C MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE LICENSE PLATE FRACTURED FROM THE MOTORCYCLE THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE CONTACT INSTALLED A STEEL PLATE TO REINFORCE THE LICENSE PLATE BUT THE BRACKET ALSO FRACTURED AND THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE LICENSE TO STAY ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17, 2000.

2006 HONDA VTX 1300 PETCOCK LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

HONDA 2006 VTX 1300R - FRONT WHEEL WOBBLES IN THE SPEED RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 35-50 MILES PER HOUR, AND IS WORSE ON DECELERATION. STEERING HEAD BEARING ARE SUSPECTED. WOBBLE STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES OF VEHICLE SERVICE AND HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO WARRANTY REPAIR THE VEHICLE, AND DENIES THE PROBLEM DESPITE REPEATED COMPLAINTS. *TR

MY 2006 HONDA VTX 1300R DEVELOPED A STEERING WOBBLE WHEN DECELERATING BETWEEN THE SPEED OF 35 -55 MPH. I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AT 4500 MILES. CURRENTLY THE BIKE HAS 7000 MILES AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORST, TO THE POINT I CONSIDER DANGEROUS. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN THE HEAD BEARINGS, BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I FOUND THAT OTHER VTX OWNERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO OTHERS, THE STEERING BEARINGS ARE INSUFFICIENT. THEY CLAIM THAT AFTER REPLACING THIS BEARING THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. *TR

VTX1300 HONDA MOTORCYCLE STARTED LEAKING GAS OUT OF FUEL VALVE DIAPHRAGM ONTO THE ENGINE. THE RECALL NOTICE APRIL 1, 2008 MUST HAVE MISSED MANY MOTORCYCLES WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. *TR

SEVERE SHAKING OF THE HANDLE BARS. FOUND THAT STEERING FORK BEARINGS WERE BAD. HAD TO REPLACE THEM. LESS THEN 5000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL IF NOT CORRECTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VTX1300. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOBBLED UNCONTROLLABLY. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE HEAD BEARINGS CAUSED THE STEERING TO WOBBLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RECALLS PERTAINING TO THIS FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED NOT TO WORRY. A DIFFERENT DEALER ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN THE HEAD BEARINGS, BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WOBBLE MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THE TIRES; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD JUST PURCHASED NEW TIRES, WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE WOBBLING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 14,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA VTX1300. THE CONTACT LEANED THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE ON ITS FOOT PEG AND SIMULTANEOUSLY NOTICED THAT GASOLINE WAS LEAKING ONTO THE LOWER MUFFLER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT DID NOT HAVE ANY FAILURES. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 7,496.

STEERING WOBBLE ON THE 2006 HONDA VTX 1300R MOTORCYCLE. STEERING BEARINGS ARE INSUFFICIENT. HAD TO REPLACE WITH DIFFERENT BEARINGS TO RESOLVE THE STEERING SHAKE. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW HONDA MOTORCYCLE: VTX 1300C. IN LESS THAT 2000 MILES, IT HAS DEVELOPED A VERY BAD "WOBBLE" IN THE FRONT FORKS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS DUE TO FAULTY BEARINGS IN THE FORKS AND THAT IF THEY ARE REPLACED WITH THE TAPERED BEARINGS FROM THE VTX 1800 MODEL MOTORCYCLES, THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DECELERATE ON CURVE AT 45 MPH BECAUSE THE FRONT OF THE BIKE SHAKES SO MUCH THAT IT IS HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT HONDA REFUSES TO ADDRESS. *TR

WOBBLE OCCURS IN FRONT END OF MOTORCYCLE AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH. MOTORCYCLE IS A HONDA VTX 1300 2006. *TR

NEW HONDA VTX1300C MOTORCYCLE HAS WOBBLE IN FRONT END. MOTORCYCLE ONLY HAS 1500 MILES ON IT AND IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER RE-BALANCED THE WHEELS, BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DEALER CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

1. BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS KEEPING HEADLIGHT ON AFTER STARTER SWITCH PUSHED. HAD TO START JIGGLING STARTER SWITCH TO TURN ON HEADLIGHT. 2. STARTED HAVING HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF DURING DRIVING (ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING NIGHT RIDES!). NEEDED TO JIGGLE STARTER SWITCH TO GET HEADLIGHT BACK ON. STARTING MOTORCYCLE NOW DIFFICULT ALSO. 3. TRIED WD40 ON STARTER SWITCH, DIDN'T HELP. JUST HAVE TO KEEP JIGGLING STARTER SWITCH TO GET HEADLIGHT TO STAY ON (TAKES MORE JIGGLING EVERYTIME). *TR

ON 12/08/07, I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 HONDA VTX1300C FROM: FUN BIKE CENTER, LAKELAND, FLORIDA. AFTER THE BREAK-IN PERIOD I BEGAN RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE TO WORK BY WAY OF INTERSTATE 4. I FOUND THAT WHEN RIDING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT I WAS BEING PASSED BY EVERYONE. I FOUND THAT WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER READ 70 MPH I WAS GOING JUST UNDER 60 MPH. I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO FUN BIKE CENTER AND I WAS TOLD THAT HONDA MOTORCYCLES REGULARLY HAD SPEEDOMETER DISCREPANCIES AND THAT AS THE TIRES BEGIN TO WEAR, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GET CLOSER. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP'S GENERAL MANAGER, THE MOTORCYCLE WAS CHECKED ON A DYNO MACHINE. I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER READ 70 MPH, IT WAS ACTUALLY RUNNING 62 MPH. THE GENERAL MANAGER CALLED HONDA ABOUT THE PROBLEM. REPORTEDLY, HONDA STATED THAT THE DISCREPANCY WAS NORMAL AND THAT THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO FIX IT. I CALLED HONDA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WHO STATED THAT THE DISCREPANCIES ARE WITHIN AN ACCEPTED INDUSTRY STANDARD. SINCE THEN, I CHECKED MY SPEEDOMETER AGAIN, THE RESULTS ARE THE SAME. A RADAR UNIT SHOWED THAT I WAS GOING 61 WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 70MPH. I CONSIDER THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE. I RIDE THE INTERSTATE DAILY TO WORK. HOWEVER, IF MY MOTORCYCLE IS ONLY GOING 60-62 MPH WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER READS 70MPH, THEN I HAVE TO GUESS WHAT MY SPEEDOMETER HAS TO READ TO BE GOING 70 MPH. IS IT 80, 82 OR IS IT EVEN GREATER AS THE SPEED INCREASES? IF, AS THEY SAID, THAT AS THE TIRES WEAR THE SPEEDOMETER BECOMES MORE ACCURATE - WHEN DOES THAT O

MY SPEEDOMETER IS 11% OFF ACCORDING TO A CERTIFIED (I BELIEVE) DYNOMETER. I HAVE SPOKEN TO HONDA NA, MOTORCITY POWERSPORTS OF BLOOMFIELD MI, & GE MONEY SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING THIS ISSUE TO NO AVAIL. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE I CAN LIKELY BECOME INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BY GOING TOO SLOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW MY CORRECT SPEED. EVERY TIME I HAVE SPOKEN TO HONDA THEY HAVE CLAIMED IT WAS WITHIN SPECS. FIRST 5% WAS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING. THEN I WAS TOLD 10% OFF WAS NORMAL (AGAIN THAT WAS AFTER I TOLD THEM THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS 10 MILES OFF AT 60 MPH. I WAS EVEN TOLD THAT THE MOTORCYCLE WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY TO PREVENT OPERATORS FROM RECEIVING TICKETS. AFTER REFUSING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT I TOOK THE BIKE TO A DEALER THAT HAD A DYNOMETER. AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS OFF 11%, SENT MOTOR CITY A COPY OF THE REPORT, HAD THE MANAGER OF THE DYNO SHOP CALL MCPS WHILE I WAS STILL THERE AND STILL HONDA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE SUSPECTED COSTS INVOLVED. ALL I WANTED WAS THE SPEEDOMETER REPAIRED. I HAVE TO PAY $10,000.00 FOR A MOTORCYCLE THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR MY WIFE, THAT WE ARE AFRAID TO OPERATE BECAUSE OF THIS SERIOUS DEFECT. *TR

FRONT END WOBBLE ON A NEW (3000 MILES) 2006 HONDA VTX 1300 MOTORCYCLE. *NM