Honda Warranty
When I shipped my Oct 2004 Phantom TA200 back to Australia in Oct 2006 I still had one year of the Three Year, Thai Warranty left.
In Australia I went to see the local Honda dealer and they told me only Hondas imported by Authorised Dealers were covered by Warranty and because I had imported the bike myself it was not eligible.
Their quote for a 20 000 km service was $325.00.
I didn’t believe this so contacted Honda Australia and they said yes it would have been covered by Honda Warranty but only for two years which is the Warranty applicable to all new Honda’s sold in Australia. As my bike was now over two years old it was no longer covered. Same result – different facts.
I baulked at the price so took it to a local German guy named Ekke Schaeffer who has been around for years with his own small shop. He did the service for $120, and also managed to tweak a few more kp/h at the top end.
His own bike is a beautiful old Triumph 650 (Thunderbird ?).
PS. I lost my Honda Service record Book so if anyone has a spare one floating around I would be grateful for it – used is OK. Tried to buy one but can’t
Cheers,
Peter
When I shipped my Oct 2004 Phantom TA200 back to Australia in Oct 2006 I still had one year of the Three Year, Thai Warranty left.
In Australia I went to see the local Honda dealer and they told me only Hondas imported by Authorised Dealers were covered by Warranty and because I had imported the bike myself it was not eligible.
Their quote for a 20 000 km service was $325.00.
I didn’t believe this so contacted Honda Australia and they said yes it would have been covered by Honda Warranty but only for two years which is the Warranty applicable to all new Honda’s sold in Australia. As my bike was now over two years old it was no longer covered. Same result – different facts.
I baulked at the price so took it to a local German guy named Ekke Schaeffer who has been around for years with his own small shop. He did the service for $120, and also managed to tweak a few more kp/h at the top end.
His own bike is a beautiful old Triumph 650 (Thunderbird ?).
PS. I lost my Honda Service record Book so if anyone has a spare one floating around I would be grateful for it – used is OK. Tried to buy one but can’t
Cheers,
Peter