Aldi Generator

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I am genuinely surprised some folk have had issues with Honda having had the bikes and cars bulletproof

I worked for a Honda dealership at one point and our issue is we sold them and never saw the customer for two years when a service was due. I wonder if the gennies are subcontracted to someone else ?

Channa
 
As we have a slight diversion into brands can I say that if you chopped off my arm it would have Yamaha written through the flesh. A couple of mates were big Honda boys and I always would them up with the saying ‘I would rather eat worms than ride a Honda’ :) said it once in a pub in Isle of Man only to turn and see a mountain stood glowering at me in full yellow and green Honda leathers haha

Even though I was never a fan of the brand myself I will say they were pretty damn bullet proof and from what I have heard the generators are the same, heard a few stories on outboards though.

If I had a grand or two set aside doing nothing then I would buy a Honda eu1000 (is that the model?) but I don’t. I do like the Kippors that I have seen and heard about but not sure I want to pay that much for something that is going to sit in a box and may never be needed. I wonder on how many cheaper generators they are never taken out and started or fuel swapped or serviced? Petrol has a shelf life and should be drained off, think I still have at least 10 gallons in Jerry cans outside that’s only good for starting fires.
 
***** said:
Strangely enough, my mowers sit all winter with some fuel in and every year at the start of mowing season, they start!
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My motorbikes could go through a winter okay *****, it’s longer periods it’s seems to go funny but I don’t know why. The reason I have a couple of Jerry cans of stale petrol is it was drained from trikes as they wouldn’t start, did on fresh fuel.

Must admit though I have not had a Honda trike (we got step son a nice CX500 based one though) but one is an air cooled VW and the time you can leave them and then they start is legendary ha ha may be to do with temperature/climate I don’t know. When I experience something a few times I do tend to believe it though.
 
***** said:
You should have bought the EU 2000i, it is well documented as pretty bullet proof!
I had one for 9 years and it was great.
I now have the smaller EU1000 i and the jury is still out as I have hardly used it!
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I may build a wind geny as the wife says im full of it.
 
***** said:
Lets put another slant on things!
How many people have purchased cheap genies, only to regret.
Don't bother getting them out because they are afraid they won't start!:hammer:
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Thats caus the fuel is dead and carb bunged up with white powder.
 
channa said:
I am genuinely surprised some folk have had issues with Honda having had the bikes and cars bulletproof

I worked for a Honda dealership at one point and our issue is we sold them and never saw the customer for two years when a service was due. I wonder if the gennies are subcontracted to someone else ?

Channa
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Channa there outboards like susuki are crap and made of same stuff as a alcaselsor which desolve in water,never put a honda outboard in salt water as about 1 to 2 years max life.
 
***** said:
I had a couple of customers who worked at a Suzuki M/C dealership and they would not buy Suzuki outboards and always bought USA Mercury models from me.
They could have got a big discount from Suzuki!
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Merc mariner tohatsu all mostly same engine,in fact up to 30hp mercs are tohatsu.
 
I have an old frame type Honda genny that fell off a building site about 15 years ago. Its only used occasionally and I always run the carb dry before storage. It’s never failed me and had no maintenance to speak of. Well worth the bottle of fine malt it cost me.
 
***** said:
I know, but it has changed over the years.
The Mariner was the same on most models, not all, as a couple were Yams
The Merc Tohatsu tie up started with the 2.2hp
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Yep i know as only working on them 30 odd years,i do parsun which are copies of tohatsu and yam, cheap as chips but run ok only paint comes of over time.
 
***** said:
My experience was before 1990 when I left the Marine Industry after over 25 years.
I did the yearly Merc Sales Seminars and a few Service Courses at SWMF
I was a sole Merc dealership!
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The old merc 50 was good but the eighty 4 cyl was pure cr-p,some were very hard to work on,the old 4hp with pull start in hood springs to mind,the big six cyl 90 was a good work horse.
 
A Sniff of easy start works wonders with hard starters.:raofl::raofl::lol-049::lol-049:
 
Silver sprinter said:
Would be good to know percentage of members with generators , maybe even a mini meet,but would like no invite all, :lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:
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you mean a meet where it is obigitory for each person to have a generator running for at least 1 hour per day?
 
channa said:
I am genuinely surprised some folk have had issues with Honda having had the bikes and cars bulletproof

I worked for a Honda dealership at one point and our issue is we sold them and never saw the customer for two years when a service was due. I wonder if the gennies are subcontracted to someone else ?

Channa
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Yup, Hondas and Toyotas are meant to be the best, arent they.

Until I bought my VW T5, my Honda and Toyotas were the most expensive cars I have owned in terms of repairs costs (and warranty work as well), much more than any of my French or British motors.
My brother had a 4WS Prelude and that cost him a bundle to repair stuff as well.
Hopefully the Gennies ARE subbed out to someone else :)




(it just shows that for anyone who never has a problem with a particular brand, there is always someone with the opposite exprience - and vice versa.)
 
I have 2 Honda water pumps and 2 generators in Spain and sometimes it is 12 months between starts. Never have any trouble with them
 
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