Honda of America, 1919 Torrance Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90501-2746
Chairman and Representative Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Yoshihide Munekuni
President Koichi Amemiya
CFO Shinichi Sakamoto
Honda of the UK, 470 London Road Slough Berkshire SL3 8QY
Honda Motorcycle Japan
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Dear Honda of America, Honda of the United Kingdom, Honda of Canada, Honda Motorcycle of Japan
Honda of America, 1919 Torrance Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90501-2746
Chairman and Representative Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Yoshihide Munekuni
President Koichi Amemiya
CFO Shinichi Sakamoto
Honda of the UK, 470 London Road Slough Berkshire SL3 8QY
Honda Motorcycle Japan
We are an online fellowship of Honda Superhawk and Honda Firestorm ( VTR1000F) owners who have been exchanging information and ideas over the Internet since the Superhawk first became available.
Over the years the overall impression of this motorcycle is that we love it. The great reputation and superb quality of build is mostly what drew us to this fine machine. Most of us have gotten great satisfaction from our Superhawks for the duration of ownership and so it is with a great deal of respect that we ask Honda to be honest and forthright in answering a nagging and disturbing question that has come up over and over again in our discussions.
Many of us have reported various mechanical failures of the cam chain tensioner and adjacent components. In fact there have been reports of this particular problem circulating for a few years now. Evidence in the form of actual repair orders are available to verify this phenomena if there is any question as to the validity of this question.
Some owners have been lucky to still be under warranty when these failures occurred but others were not so lucky and have incurred catastrophic valve train damage as a result of these failures. There are more owners who have had cam chains, tensioners, and tensioner adjusters replaced after noticing the sounds of impending mechanical failure. These sounds are variously described as tapping, slapping, grinding and rapping noises emanating from the upper engine and valve train.
Our question to Honda is this: Since it is a known fact that many of the Superhawks, and Firestorms built between 1997 to date have had cam chain tensioner, cam chain tensioner adjuster and cam chain failures, why hasn’t Honda simply offered to replace these defective parts before someone gets injured or killed due to the failure of one of these parts.
Please reply to VTR Superhawk Internet Mailing List, C/O Jim Stinnett 1008 Cole Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 and or VTR Superhawk Internet Mailing List , Attn: "Cam Chain Tensioner" Issue Interested Parties at
moto-rama@mindspring.com
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