I have never had a bike that didn't have some problems, minor stuff like relays and seals. Even Jap bikes. You can get a lemon from any manufacturer. I think thats what you got erle. I don't have these problems with mine. Mine has been a really great bike even compared to the honda shadow I have. Yes I have an 02 honda shadow its a good bike but I did $900.00 worth of repairs on it and then in ywo more years had to workon it for a week to get it running. I work on my trumpet but its all my own doing, mods and such. No mods on the honda.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe