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[hangman]

The brother is having this issue with his Black 1800.  low compression was the sympton that led to the diagnosis.

Has anyone ever heard of this?  - First time for me.

[twistedrcpilot]

Seems to be a lot of this going around.  wtf....Honda told me they had a bad batch of cylinders that were made just recently.  I wonder if this is not the first bad batch made.  Both of mine looked like they were made from corta-roy(I'm too young to know how to spell that).  My compression was so low, i could push start it.

[hangman]

Well fortunately for my I have an 03 Retro - and I had never heard of any stuck valves or bad cylinders till he told me this.  I would say WTF indeed.  The guy that diagnosed it told him it would be mid to late summer before he could get to it.  Cost was ranging from $200 for a stuck valve to $1,500 to replace and/or rework the rear cylinder.  Said it was oil circulation issues (or the lack thereof) causing the rear cylinder to over heat.

I was just throwing it out there to see if any one else was having this trouble.  This guy said he had done some research and it was a common issue on the 1800's.  Going on 7-8 trouble free years with mine.  coarse there was the one year I spent laid up with a broken leg.  Guess you wouldn't expect much over heating with it sitting in the garage (it do get hot in there though - this being Texas.)

[hipshot]

corta-roy

Corduroy.

I haven't heard of this as a common problem before, for whatever that's worth. I'm sure if it's a common problem there'll be a lot of discussion about it on VTXOA.

[twistedrcpilot]

corta-roy

Corduroy.

I'll save this just incase they come back.....

[DEMON]

could this be the Achilles’ heel that the all mighty VTX is not supposed to have?

[Crewsn]

does said mechanic also know that these bikes have a decompression cam on them as well. or did he do an actual true cylinder leak down test.

I also love it when i read these posts about how the "unbreakable" vtx has a problem. what you have to remember is how many thousands of these bikes honda has produced. then determine how many have had this "problem" then you'll know if it's a true problem or not. 

[j1mmyj4m]

The history of each bike can tell a different story as well.  Some could have gotten low on oil or some could have accidentally put diesel in at one point.

I'm just sayin'.   

[Chad]

The history of each bike can tell a different story as well.  Some could have gotten low on oil or some could have accidentally put diesel in at one point.

I'm just sayin'.   

  That could be true with Hangman's brother!