Hello I have one of these Bikes, and i seem to have a problem with the carburator.. Had it in bits and cleaned it out , every things seems in good condition, but It wont idle unless the chock is fully out, and wont take the revs,, Ive reset the mixture screw, at 1 -1/2 turns out, but no matter where you set the fuel scre it makes no difference any one got any idea's..??!! Suggestions most appretiated..Spike555
Once in a while I come accross someone who is a true victim, in this life we shouldn't accept the mediocre. A company trading on its name as a high quality manufacturer should stand the test of criticism. Go back to blowing those pathetic beat-box sounds or grow up... oh I forgot, those are mutually exclusive. Congratulations on buying a new bike for $2500 where do you live? Dehli? Tosser
I had one of these bikes for 1 week when the cam chain tensioner failed without any warning whatsoever, causing the piston to hit the valves requiring a total engine rebuild. The engine had only covered 2600km from new! and I was left stranded in the dark for hours waiting to be rescued by my wife and the trailer.
DUDE GET A LIFE, IVE SEEN YOURE STORY EVERYWERE ALLREADY ! ITS OUT OF WARRANTY do you understand THAT WORD ?!
THE STORY SHOULD ALLREADY END THERE. You bought a monday morning bike not even from a DEALER. The phantom has 3 YEARS warranty on the ENGINE from honda.
I know the weakspot of that bike, but ive seen youre story *chris wasnt* on many sites conserning this bike. Wakeup..if you dont have warranty, and you paid about 3000total correct?
As the bike was out of warranty Honda refused to accept even partial responsibility and now refuse to speak with me on the matter. I have searched the web and other forums where the cam chain loosening is a well known problem (Check Phantom Knights) Beware this cam chain tensioner is also used on other Honda motorcycles and has the potential to fail.
I even wrote to Takeo Fukui CEO of Honda in Japan who refused to reply to my requests for help so when you consider buying Honda remember that a company with such a good reputation for quality will hide their heads in the sand should anything actually go wrong and fail to support the customer even after repeated requests, e-mails and letters. Don't even get me started about Honda MPE in Victoria, the correspondence I have had with them has been a joke!
I bought a Hyosung instead after many disillusioned hours wasted with Honda and now resort to periodical reminders to their customer DIS-service department (Speak with Lincoln Bowdern on (+613) 9270 1265 if you want to be completely ignored) that the Hyosung DIDN'T explode after 2600kms of light use. Shame Shame on you Honda! All it would have taken to convert an unhappy customer to a loyal Honda rider would have
been a little co-operation possibly a discount on the parts I needed to rebuild the bloody TA200 or even a suggestion from their sales department that I ring them to talk about a trade in, my local Hyosung dealer GP Motorcycles in Adelaide have been excellent and I can't praise them highly enough for offering to take the pile of junk off my hands and help me on to a nice new bike well done guys and the bike is great.
The last I heard the TA Shadow was repaired and the parts took nearly a month to come from Japan on back order, this would have cost me well over $1000 to fix which was almost 1/3 what the bike cost me so watch out, check that bloody tensioner each time you get on the damned thing, better still sell it and buy anything else, maybe that way Honda might see how their arrogance has let them down, tell this story to anyone you can think of!
thank goodness for these comments. I was thinking about this type of motorcycle.
now im gonna stay away from these.
Thankx !!!!
2ndchanceinlife 1 year ago
Hello I have one of these Bikes, and i seem to have a problem with the carburator.. Had it in bits and cleaned it out , every things seems in good condition, but It wont idle unless the chock is fully out, and wont take the revs,, Ive reset the mixture screw, at 1 -1/2 turns out, but no matter where you set the fuel scre it makes no difference any one got any idea's..??!! Suggestions most appretiated..Spike555
spike555mr 2 years ago
hey halsal1968, do you know the meaning of "out of warranty" STUPID
leonwangls 2 years ago
Once in a while I come accross someone who is a true victim, in this life we shouldn't accept the mediocre. A company trading on its name as a high quality manufacturer should stand the test of criticism. Go back to blowing those pathetic beat-box sounds or grow up... oh I forgot, those are mutually exclusive. Congratulations on buying a new bike for $2500 where do you live? Dehli? Tosser
halsall1968 3 years ago
Cool customlight my man...I got the fire edition phantom ta200 still in orginal state tho.
Nice extras on it
muziekfreak1980 3 years ago
homo
tokyotrav 4 years ago
I had one of these bikes for 1 week when the cam chain tensioner failed without any warning whatsoever, causing the piston to hit the valves requiring a total engine rebuild. The engine had only covered 2600km from new! and I was left stranded in the dark for hours waiting to be rescued by my wife and the trailer.
halsall1968 4 years ago
DUDE GET A LIFE, IVE SEEN YOURE STORY EVERYWERE ALLREADY ! ITS OUT OF WARRANTY do you understand THAT WORD ?!
THE STORY SHOULD ALLREADY END THERE. You bought a monday morning bike not even from a DEALER. The phantom has 3 YEARS warranty on the ENGINE from honda.
I know the weakspot of that bike, but ive seen youre story *chris wasnt* on many sites conserning this bike. Wakeup..if you dont have warranty, and you paid about 3000total correct?
Moron..i bought it NEW at DEALER 2500!
muziekfreak1980 3 years ago
As the bike was out of warranty Honda refused to accept even partial responsibility and now refuse to speak with me on the matter. I have searched the web and other forums where the cam chain loosening is a well known problem (Check Phantom Knights) Beware this cam chain tensioner is also used on other Honda motorcycles and has the potential to fail.
halsall1968 4 years ago
I even wrote to Takeo Fukui CEO of Honda in Japan who refused to reply to my requests for help so when you consider buying Honda remember that a company with such a good reputation for quality will hide their heads in the sand should anything actually go wrong and fail to support the customer even after repeated requests, e-mails and letters. Don't even get me started about Honda MPE in Victoria, the correspondence I have had with them has been a joke!
halsall1968 4 years ago
I bought a Hyosung instead after many disillusioned hours wasted with Honda and now resort to periodical reminders to their customer DIS-service department (Speak with Lincoln Bowdern on (+613) 9270 1265 if you want to be completely ignored) that the Hyosung DIDN'T explode after 2600kms of light use. Shame Shame on you Honda! All it would have taken to convert an unhappy customer to a loyal Honda rider would have
halsall1968 4 years ago
been a little co-operation possibly a discount on the parts I needed to rebuild the bloody TA200 or even a suggestion from their sales department that I ring them to talk about a trade in, my local Hyosung dealer GP Motorcycles in Adelaide have been excellent and I can't praise them highly enough for offering to take the pile of junk off my hands and help me on to a nice new bike well done guys and the bike is great.
halsall1968 4 years ago
The last I heard the TA Shadow was repaired and the parts took nearly a month to come from Japan on back order, this would have cost me well over $1000 to fix which was almost 1/3 what the bike cost me so watch out, check that bloody tensioner each time you get on the damned thing, better still sell it and buy anything else, maybe that way Honda might see how their arrogance has let them down, tell this story to anyone you can think of!
halsall1968 4 years ago
Hay !!
this Rampage Biker Gang from Thailand
I'm wit Rampage
witnologo 4 years ago