02-06-2017, 08:51 AM
It was 55F in NW Ohio today so I took the opportunity to pick-up the bike from the local dealer today. I had some warranty work done (valve cover gasket, side cover replaced and idle issues) and the tires changed. God I missed her even though it's been too cold to ride. Every time I pulled into the garage and she wasn't there I felt like a part of me was missing. Anyways enough about my personality disorder. ..
I thought you guys may want to know I had the same RPM issue this past summer that a few of you have suffered so I asked them to call Honda and see if they would replace the idle control valve even though I couldn't reproduce the issue--told them it was random. The dealer inspection revealed "the connecting seem to valve had a bent connector and was very corroded". That is straight from the Repair Order. They cleaned and fixed the bent connector. I'll let you know if the issue presents itself this coming summer but I haven't read about anyone on this forum with said problem talk about a bent connector or corrosion.
Also, pretty awesome of the dealer was they inspected the the valve clearance at no additional charge while they had the valve cover off for the warranty covered gasket replacement. Honda East is a high volume dealer with really no competition here in Toledo so I didn't expect them to go the extra mile but they sure did. A bit of advice though, don't wait until spring to have your bike worked on in this region--there was a month plus wait last year when I called.
I thought you guys may want to know I had the same RPM issue this past summer that a few of you have suffered so I asked them to call Honda and see if they would replace the idle control valve even though I couldn't reproduce the issue--told them it was random. The dealer inspection revealed "the connecting seem to valve had a bent connector and was very corroded". That is straight from the Repair Order. They cleaned and fixed the bent connector. I'll let you know if the issue presents itself this coming summer but I haven't read about anyone on this forum with said problem talk about a bent connector or corrosion.
Also, pretty awesome of the dealer was they inspected the the valve clearance at no additional charge while they had the valve cover off for the warranty covered gasket replacement. Honda East is a high volume dealer with really no competition here in Toledo so I didn't expect them to go the extra mile but they sure did. A bit of advice though, don't wait until spring to have your bike worked on in this region--there was a month plus wait last year when I called.
