If you had to do it all over again knowing........

[RLj]

If you had to do it all over again knowing........the paint issue, would you have made the purchase?

As mentioned in an earlier post when I first joined a few weeks back, I'm looking at picking up a F6B sometime in the near future, this paint issue has me a little concerned. I'm not sure if I should wait until the paint issue is resolved or not........and who knows if it ever will.

Thanks,

[chipmaker]

I would do it again, maybe ride out and get one of the custom painted ones. I don't think anything will be done about the paint...

[MichaelG]

I would do it again, but agree with Chipmaker...would possibly fly out to Russellville, and buy one of their custom painted bikes.
Either that...or buy a used 2005 Wing, with ABS. I owned a 2003...a 2004...and a 2006, so I need to fill the gap of the missing year.



Also, and this is important to ME, and possibly to others....IF someone that WAS planning on buying an F6B...is NOW thinking of changing their mind BECAUSE of the BAD PAINT issue....you would be doing all of us that have bad paint a big favor by communicating that IN WRITING to American Honda, so they get a voice from a potential buyer, and see that they lost a sale.

[FlyinF]

How many F6B's have been sold....................several thousand? How many complaints on bad paint...............a couple dozen or so? I have a black standard and the paint is fine. Life is too short why wait?
Check the net and you will see folks have been complaining about Honda paint on their cars/vans since the late '90's and Honda basically did nothing for these hundred of thousand vehicles. Times have changed, manufacturers must comply with new paint procedures for the environment...............the results are what you see and read about, they will never go back to the good "hard" paint of the past.

[bobbyf6b]

I bought it for the bike, not the paint, so I would buy again. I think I would go for the custom paint option too, since now I know about it.

[MichaelG]

How many F6B's have been sold....................several thousand? How many complaints on bad paint...............a couple dozen or so? I have a black standard and the paint is fine. Life is too short why wait?
Check the net and you will see folks have been complaining about Honda paint on their cars/vans since the late '90's and Honda basically did nothing for these hundred of thousand vehicles. Times have changed, manufacturers must comply with new paint procedures for the environment...............the results are what you see and read about, they will never go back to the good "hard" paint of the past.

FlyinF...you may be right, and I hope for your sake that you are. I sincerely hope that the paint on YOUR F6B never shows the signs of what a couple HUNDRED of our bikes have shown. Not just a couple dozen...but a couple hundred bikes.

Now, I can only speak from my own experience, which is all that any of us can do, but I know for a fact that my 2003 Wing, my 2004 Wing, and my 2006 Wing all had paint that was as close to perfect as could be done. All of those bikes, with mega mileage on them, looked better than this F6B. The paint on the 2003 Wing, with over 100,000 miles on it in ONE year, and several trips top Alaska, looked better than this bike that has 12,000 miles on it.

All of those bikes were manufactured and painted in Marysville, Ohio, and I never once had a complaint about the paint, but all of them also had a clear coat on top of the painted color.'

Botton line to me is...I am going to keep my F6B. I am going to ride the heck out of it. And if the ultimate decision by Honda is that they will not pay to repaint my bike...either by them, or by an outside source, then...I will pay for it myself. I am not going to allow the bad paint to ruin my riding of the bike.

But, I do know the difference between right and wrong, and the truth, and a lie. Honda is wrong...and they are lying to us.

[FlyinF]

I bought my F6 at Honda of Russellville..........I wish I would have bought the custom paint job, not because of the paint but because I'm going to keep this bike for a long time and should have gotten something unique for the long run.
I'm not a computer dude and not very savvy on deep searches, but I searched for Honda F6B paint issues and only found complaints on F6's forums............either way, hundreds or dozens yes it is sad how times have changed at the cost of the consumer.
I am lucky my bike turned out ok and yes I would not be happy if my paint was not up to new vehicle standards.

[Steve 0080]

I also would buy this bike again....maybe with a caveat about the paint at the time of purchase...but would still buy....I will repaint the bike after a period of time...I am very loyal to friends and equipment that is good to me...so this bike will have a home for some time...

[Darkknight]

Yep, I'd buy it again. If the paint starts to be irritating to look at I'll have it painted.

[jkelley]

I bought mine knowing the paint was going to be an issue from this forum, and others that I had read complaints on the newer GW's paint.
Painting the bike to me is not a major issue, but I do feel Honda is doing a disservice to the brand and it's customers. The bigger issue to me is missing the cruise control I had grown used to. I really miss that more than I thought I would. Other than that the bike is a fine machine.