05-26-2013, 03:56 PM
(05-26-2013, 02:42 PM)jodyz_imp Wrote:If you look at the prices that they charge for the tools they deleted from the kit (not what they actually cost them to acquire) it's a bit more than $15.(05-18-2013, 05:02 AM)DIAMONDBACK_imp Wrote: I just picked-up my bike last Thursday (May 16th). My tool pouch contains only: a philips screwdriver & handle, an allen wrench and a small fuse puller.
I checked a Honda parts guide for this bike, and it shows a complete tool kit with several wrenches and a rear shock adjusting tool.
I don't know if the other tools were "borrowed" before I took delivery, or if the other tools are "optional" for purchase.
Thanks for the Help...............Art
What bothers me the most about the anemic tool kit is that the owner's manual mentions using "the" spanner tool to adjust the rear shocks. The manual makes it sound as if the spanner, and maybe other tools, were meant to be in the toolkit. I took this concern to my dealer two days after bringing the bike home, and I was assured that is the way of things nowadays. I guess a few $ saved on toolkit parts, is that much more $ for Honda. They certainly wouldn't bump the MSRP of $9999 for the cost of $15 worth of tools. My 2002 Honda 919, $7999MSRP, had a full toolkit. Shame on Honda.
Why couldn't they remove the countless reflectors in favor of adding a half-decent toolkit?
(05-26-2013, 02:42 PM)jodyz_imp Wrote:(05-18-2013, 05:02 AM)DIAMONDBACK_imp Wrote: I just picked-up my bike last Thursday (May 16th). My tool pouch contains only: a philips screwdriver & handle, an allen wrench and a small fuse puller.
I checked a Honda parts guide for this bike, and it shows a complete tool kit with several wrenches and a rear shock adjusting tool.
I don't know if the other tools were "borrowed" before I took delivery, or if the other tools are "optional" for purchase.
Thanks for the Help...............Art
What bothers me the most about the anemic tool kit is that the owner's manual mentions using "the" spanner tool to adjust the rear shocks. The manual makes it sound as if the spanner, and maybe other tools, were meant to be in the toolkit. I took this concern to my dealer two days after bringing the bike home, and I was assured that is the way of things nowadays. I guess a few $ saved on toolkit parts, is that much more $ for Honda. They certainly wouldn't bump the MSRP of $9999 for the cost of $15 worth of tools. My 2002 Honda 919, $7999MSRP, had a full toolkit. Shame on Honda.
Why couldn't they remove the countless reflectors in favor of adding a half-decent toolkit?
DOT requires all of those reflectors.