Thread: CBR1000RR Stator Failure

Damn that sucks Seamus.. How many miles you got on the bike? I have just under 19k on mine right now and no issues as of yet. But I also have 3 years worth of warranty left too.

I'm right behind you. Just under 18k on it. Didn't "waste" money on the longer warranty. Other than the speedo recall, this is the only break on the bike that wasn't caused by me. Although it does fit in. Nothing on the right side of the bike has ever been broken or even scratched.

Maybe the year and a half on the autobahn had something to do with the failure.

Originally Posted by seamus

I'm right behind you. Just under 18k on it. Didn't "waste" money on the longer warranty. Other than the speedo recall, this is the only break on the bike that wasn't caused by me. Although it does fit in. Nothing on the right side of the bike has ever been broken or even scratched.

Maybe the year and a half on the autobahn had something to do with the failure.

so are you saying now that you wish you would have gotten the extended warranty? For me even if it doesn't ever break I like the piece of mind for alot of the parts that are covered just in case. I won't own the bike that long most likely anyway.

I took a chance on Honda's well-earned reputation for reliability.

That's basically what I was thinking when I got the bike. Anything significant ($$) that would go wrong, would happen in the first year. April will mark 3 years and this is the first break not specifically caused by me.

Old girl will be up and running by next weekend.

Did you have the speedo recall done?

Originally Posted by SheepOfBlue

Did you have the speedo recall done?

Yep. Back at the end of 04.

Stator arrived yesterday. Got up this morning and swapped them out. (Had a function to go to this afternoon, hence the Cavalry Soldier and Trusty Steed avatar )

So can you identify what's wrong with my old stator from the pics?

Holy electricity, Batman! Don't you need a capacitor with that?

Of course I don't know what I'm talking about, but isn't that covered under warantee?

Originally Posted by abtech

That would appear to be a design or OEM equipment failure. I know the money you had to spend probably isn't worth it, but I would call someone and bitch them out nonetheless.

So you're saying it doesn't look right?

I thought it seemed odd that one tower (I don't know what they're really called) was completely fried and the others were fine.

Originally Posted by SheepOfBlue

Did you have the speedo recall done?

Speedo recall? Mine's an 04 and I've not heard anything about it.

Originally Posted by clutchslip

There's a sticky at 1000.net about the stator. Lot's of info other there, if you are so inclined.

Speedo was for early '04 models. It reads 10mph SLOWER than you are going. Even if you bought it new, your dealer may have already done the swap. It is on file at Honda. Go to a dealer give them your VIN and they can check.

I think you would know by now if you had a bad one.

I found the sticky shortly after I started this thread. I haven't added my VIN to the website tracking but I'm getting around to it soon.

The speedo failure wasn't just 10mph slower, it was a 20% difference. Mine failed while I was in Germany. I couldn't figure out why 120kph felt like I was flying all of a sudden. Fortunately, I had already committed the speed=rpm to memory and realized something was wrong. (With stock gearing, 120kph is about 5000rpm).

I stumbled over the TSB by accident just perusing the internet for parts and stuff for my bike.

Originally Posted by clutchslip

I guess I will have to buy one for back-up or sell the bike after my next two track days. That would stink to have it crap-out during sessions.

The stator or the speedo?

I put in a new battery and rode for 60 miles before I noticed anything was still wrong. When I first noticed something was wrong, I was 40+ miles from home and made it all the way with no issues. And that's with lights and stuff hooked up and running.