[Resolved]  Honda Unicorn — chain sproket

i have honda unicorn bike but iam looking for best service centres in bagalore, because my experience at city honda service center at k.h road is ver very poor. for eg my bikes oil has not been changed for four intervals of service. my mistake was trusting ur service center, because of that trust&hope today my vehicle crank chaft is damaged.when i asked ur service supervisor his way of answering is very irritating

Hi Sairam,
The life of chain and sproket depend mainly on how you ride and secondly haow you look after it. If you allways like to hover around the power band it may not last long. It need to be cleaned and oiled with 90w oil. Nowadays honda service stations have a device to clean it and lubricate it.

the sprockets do last for 10-12000Kms of normal riding..
Normally in honda motorcycles the drive chain wears out pretty quickly, (especially i[censored] ride them during monsoons and if the chain remains unlubricated with a 90EP gear oil for over 1000Kms..in a honda unicorn the drive chain could get lengthened due to the loss of mass in the rollers and no matter how much u tighten it up..the chain would keep on banging with the chain covers...As far as i know about the Honda...its very good for riding in good road conditions...during monsoons and dirty road conditions...the bike needs special attention especially to items like disk brakes, drive chain, back light bulbs, Air Cleaner Element, Oil seals for a stiff front end...etc

honda unicorn may sound good for pleasure ridding but its the one bike that has got all garbage materials, even though the sprockets comes from a different manufacturer it has to be tested well enough to satisfy the normal ridding conditions but honda doesn't take care of all this once the bike is sold.

other than the engine rest of the parts say bearings, axial rods, rear stay, silencer nuts, fork nuts, tank mouth and mono suspension are getting rusted, even the sprocket does the same, when it comes to honda never expect quality but they have a quote "enjoying quality" rubbish.

i bought my bike on august 27 2007 from j.s.p-anna nagar, was very found of honda, but unfortunately tank had a scratch, i asked them to replace the tank instead they were trying to make it up using polish, then i got it changed after arguing for few min, they said they wil replace a new tank, as i watching it from outside hidding, they removed the tank from bike which was used for display and test drive, they fixed it my bike, was not able to say anyting further because it was already time near by 7:30-8:00pm, took the bike and reached home, next day found that the tank was red coloured and was coated with black, and the red patches were highlighting, then it took one month for getting the tank replaced, j.s.p kept on refusing, made lots and lots of call, wasted money.

this is how we all are getting cheated by honda, honda supplies good quality bike at japan not in indai, thats why americans never like japanies cars and bikes because they don't last good.

i recently went to get pivot bush which is placed at the point where the swing arm and chassis joins, it cost 90rs each and was rusted inside the pack itself and its honda genuine spare, just think what wil be the condition of it after fixing.worst ever seen, could had bought TVS.


i am a mechanical engineer, i would like to complaint to honda, i wish all the unsatisfied customers to come up with there problems, so that all together can make a change, we can get our things replaced instead of spending money over the same low quality parts.

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I guess that you(Samresh) have unfortunately bought counterfit products, because aquaintances I have are very proud and happy with their Bikes in terms of mileage, Service, stability, comfort and durability. Yea one thing which I would strongly agree with you is that Hona Unicorn makes a "Zrrr" ing noise emiting from the vizer when ridden on an uneven road surface and it does sometime need the choke lever to be pulled in winters to start the bike. As a customer my feedback to HONDA manufacturers would be to put some attention to the quality of accessories so that people don't get a wrong impression about their products for minor loopholes.

wish to see more exciting products form HONDA wooing the Indian crowd!!

Cheers...

I guess that you(Samresh) have unfortunately bought counterfit products, because aquaintances I have are very proud and happy with their Bikes in terms of mileage, Service, stability, comfort and durability. Yea one thing which I would strongly agree with you is that Hona Unicorn makes a "Zrrr" ing noise emiting from the vizer when ridden on an uneven road surface and it does sometime need the choke lever to be pulled in winters to start the bike. As a customer my feedback to HONDA manufacturers would be to put some attention to the quality of accessories so that people don't get a wrong impression about their products for minor loopholes.

wish to see more exciting products form HONDA wooing the Indian crowd!!

Cheers...

I would like to comment on the malpractice at this particular showroom -City Honda, Kalyannagar, Bangalore.

1. I give the bike for servicing here and find that the bike servicing has to be done as per Honda jobsheet and prices.
2. The pricing and job sheet lists the cost of each fix/item/job so no problems with paying for only the job done/item consumed.
3. The loophole in the system came to light when I asked how much paid servicewould cost (basic)?
The person said Rs 650/-. I asked for breakup and he rambled on for all that he hought would be covered. Plus he mentioned extra 200 for gearbox leakage. totalling Rs 850/-
4. Now when I got hold of the service bill. I totalled up the basic cost of service excluding the Rs 200/- but to my surprise it doesn't even cross Rs400/-??
5. How the hell then did the service rep/incharge say it's Rs650/-??
6. This means to say that he intentionally decides how much the bill amount should add up to and then asks the mechanics to do their part of crime by achieving somehow the TARGET set by this service-in-charge??
So folks, beware and ask the service-in-charge exactly how much is just the basic service and why is it not mentioned as per Honda cost sheets?

parts complaint

from the last 4 days my bike is at workshop only and there is no reply from the.