NHTSA Recall number: 07V576000 Honda CBR1000RR
Model Year:06-07
Number of units involved: 25,422
Problem: These motorcycles have an improperly welded vent pipe in the bottom of the gas tank. Due to vibration, these welds may crack and allow fuel to drip. Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source can result in a fire.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the gas tank. Owners not receiving this free remedy should contact honda at 866-784-1870

Manufactured dates: 07-11-06 through 03-05-07

I dont know if this was posted before but since its in the new issue of cycle world i thought id give you guys a heads up.

 

thank goodness for posts like this...i hope the 08' cbr 1k doesnt have any issues later on as well...

 

There was a post on here about the recall about 2 or 3 months ago. I had my tank replaced back in Late September, which was about a month or sobefore I officially got a recall. I recently had to go back to the Honda dealer because, they wanted to inspect the replacement tank. They told me that becausethe tank was replaced before the recall ever came out, they wanted to make sure thatthereplacement tankalso wasn't a bad unit. Luckilyit wasn't. Theytold me that there are paint markson theback of the tanks toact as a color code. The new tanks havedifferent color paint marks on them. So, all they had to do was take the tank cover off and look at the marks.

 

I just found out my bike needs a new take due to the bad weld. It's been in the shop since last Friday. The shop says they are still waiting for a new tank from Honda. Oh well, it's been raining most of the week anyway.

 

At least its not a ford recall that takes months, but witha recall like this ur gonna have to wait no matter what i mean think about the units affected and how many tanks they have to make now