2004 Honda VTX1300 Steering Problems

“Honda vtx 1300c has a serious front end wobble that impedes the safe operation of this vehicle at speeds of 40 miles per hour. I have replaced tires and replaced fork springs/oil. Still front end shakes violently. This started around 7,000 miles .I'm currently at 20,000 and wanted to replace all parts before complaining.”

“My front end wobbles bad when I'm slowing down. It happens on both city streets and highways.I replaced the front and back tires and had them balanced. Nothing changed. I've researched it and it's apparently a common problem with the 1300 models and replacing the upper and lower steering bearings with the ones used in the 1800 models fixes it. I've researched how to replace them and it requires special tools and the race for each bearing needs to be pressed in at a shop. I noticed that only 75 complaints have been registered. I still can't believe there's not a recall for this issue. …”

“My 2004 Honda vtx 1300c has a bad vibration when decelerating from 50 to 40 MPH. Several time this has almost caused an accident due to vibration during a curve. According to my repair guy this is due to a poor design in the steering bearing in the triple tree on the 1300s. Apparently the bearing used in the triple tree is not the same one used on the vtx1800 model which he says is a good one.”

“I have a 2004 Honda vtx 1300cc motorcycle, which has developed a large problem in the steering (wobble). This problem has been noted by hundreds of owners that I have seen on the web. I am replacing the front wheel bearings and the steering stem bearings to avoid being killed. That failure of the NHTSA to address this issue with Honda is sickening. I guess people have to die before our wonderful government agencies will do their jobs; maybe not even then.”

“Just purchased this bike I'm 2nd owner, and while inspecting this bike I noticed that left side of front tire was completely worn but right side had tread, so I replaced with new dunlop tires front and rear and after driving having only 300 miles on bike one day I let go of left hand grip at 40 MPH to scratch my nose and the bike front wheel began to wobble enough to really scare me. I called Honda they said we know nothing about this problem, however getting on line with several vtx owners web-sites and discovered that this is a problem with the vtx 1300. …”