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I've had two Hondas. One, my little CBR125 was unburstsble. Apart from the scheduled servicing it only needed two repairs. Once when some scrotes tried to steal it and I had to get a new ignition lock, and once when the headlight bulbs both failed within a week of each other.
The other, a VRX 400 had clearly been a quality machine but it was 12 years old and getting knackered. The forks were fucked. So pitted and scored that they needed new seals before every mot. Bits just used to fall off, like the chrome air cleaner cover. The electrics were the main problem though. Connectors breaking and oxidising. I concluded that Hondas were built well, but not built to last. They're reliable when they are new, but you never see old ones do you,?