01-24-2016, 12:19 AM
ST's are car like in their ruggedness. There are only 2 issues that seem to affect them (1) thermostats and if they heat up to 3 bars and stay at 3 bars they are good. If they heat up to 3 then go back to 2 then back to three (the 3 bar 2 bar dance we call it) it is partially stuck open. Still in their wisdom when they are stuck open they just run cooler than normal and won't overheat so it's no big deal. The second issue is sometimes water gets in the secondary master cylinder on the left front caliper and it locks up. not real common but been known to happen. Mostly to guys who ride in lots of rain. Honda redesigned the SMC with a drain hole and if you replace yours you will get the updated parts. The Goldwings have the same problem I believe and Honda has recalled them, but not the ST's so far. I have 67,000 miles on mine and have replaced the thermostat but no issue with the SMC so far.
I love my ST 1300 and sometimes while riding it think I should pick up another and have it in storage in case anything happens to mine. Then I think if this one goes 200,000K miles, at 10K a year I have another 13 years or something at which time I will most likely be worm bait. IF the ST weighed 550 pounds it would be perfect, because at present it is a heavy beast, but man what a smooth, comfortable mile muncher. One up or two it doesn't know the diff. I/we have ridden ours from Maine to NC to Washington State, to California. Two years ago now, I rode to Cali and back taking 66 out, up the PCH, back to Pikes Peak, and Bonneville Salt flats and back home 495 miles a day for 11 days straight and was never uncomfortable the whole trip.
Like I said there was an 07 I think on the ST forum with 26K miles for $5500. Here's a link to the classifieds, have a look around
http://www.st-owners.com/forums/forumdis...s-for-Sale
I love my ST 1300 and sometimes while riding it think I should pick up another and have it in storage in case anything happens to mine. Then I think if this one goes 200,000K miles, at 10K a year I have another 13 years or something at which time I will most likely be worm bait. IF the ST weighed 550 pounds it would be perfect, because at present it is a heavy beast, but man what a smooth, comfortable mile muncher. One up or two it doesn't know the diff. I/we have ridden ours from Maine to NC to Washington State, to California. Two years ago now, I rode to Cali and back taking 66 out, up the PCH, back to Pikes Peak, and Bonneville Salt flats and back home 495 miles a day for 11 days straight and was never uncomfortable the whole trip.
Like I said there was an 07 I think on the ST forum with 26K miles for $5500. Here's a link to the classifieds, have a look around
http://www.st-owners.com/forums/forumdis...s-for-Sale