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<em><a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/05/most-reliable-motorcycles/index.htm">Consumer Reports</a></em> has released its first ever study of motorcycle reliability, and students of its ratings on cars might notice a suspicious similarity - Japanese brands require fewer repairs than the leading American or German brands.<br />
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The study analyzed the reliability of 4,680 bikes owned by CR subscribers and found that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/yamaha/">Yamaha</a> had the best ratings, with just one in ten bikes built between 2009 and 2012 requiring a repair over a four-year period. The makers of the R1 and R6 sport bikes were closely followed by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/kawasaki/">Kawasaki</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+motorcycles/">Honda</a>, while one out of every four of the rumbling bikes from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/harley-davidson/">Harley-Davidson</a> experienced an issue. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/bmw+motorcycles/">BMW</a> had the worst rating of the brands represented, with one in three bikes having problems.<br />
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According to CR, neither <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/suzuki+motorcycles/">Suzuki</a> nor <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/triumph/">Triumph</a> owners provided enough information for a reliable rating. Based on the responses received, though, Suzuki would have finished with the other Japanese brands and Triumph, being English, would have been one of the less reliable makes.<br />
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As for which parts of the bike caused the biggest headaches, CR cites things like lights, instrumentation and switches as causing 21 percent of repairs. Worryingly, brakes were the issue in a fifth of cases, while the electrical and fuel systems were problematic 16 and 15 percent of the time, respectively.<br />
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Overall, CR claims 20 percent of the 4,680 bikes surveyed had problems, but 75 percent of the issues cost less than $200 to repair. Touring bikes were the biggest troublemakers, followed by dual-sports, sport tourers, and cruisers. Like Suzuki and Triumph, there wasn't enough data from the performance crowd, although <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/consumer+reports/"><em>Consumer Reports</em></a> estimates that bikes like the Honda CBR line and Kawasaki Ninja ZX6-R would be among the most reliable bikes, alongside the cruiser class.<br />
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Hop over to the <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/05/most-reliable-motorcycles/index.htm"><em>Consumer Reports</em> website</a> for the full breakdown, as well as a useful list of things motorcyclists can do to keep their bikes running properly.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/22/consumer-reports-motorcycle-reliability-report/">Consumer Reports' first motorcycle reliability report finds Japanese brands ahead</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:05:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/22/consumer-reports-motorcycle-reliability-report/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20834520/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/22/consumer-reports-motorcycle-reliability-report/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<em><a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/05/most-reliable-motorcycles/index.htm">Consumer Reports</a></em> has released its first ever study of motorcycle reliability, and students of its ratings on cars might notice a suspicious similarity - Japanese brands require fewer repairs than the leading American or German brands.<br />
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The study analyzed the reliability of 4,680 bikes owned by CR subscribers and found that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/yamaha/">Yamaha</a> had the best ratings, with just one in ten bikes built between 2009 and 2012 requiring a repair over a four-year period. The makers of the R1 and R6 sport bikes were closely followed by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/kawasaki/">Kawasaki</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+motorcycles/">Honda</a>, while one out of every four of the rumbling bikes from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/harley-davidson/">Harley-Davidson</a> experienced an issue. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/bmw+motorcycles/">BMW</a> had the worst rating of the brands represented, with one in three bikes having problems.<br />
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According to CR, neither <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/suzuki+motorcycles/">Suzuki</a> nor <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/triumph/">Triumph</a> owners provided enough information for a reliable rating. Based on the responses received, though, Suzuki would have finished with the other Japanese brands and Triumph, being English, would have been one of the less reliable makes.<br />
<br />
As for which parts of the bike caused the biggest headaches, CR cites things like lights, instrumentation and switches as causing 21 percent of repairs. Worryingly, brakes were the issue in a fifth of cases, while the electrical and fuel systems were problematic 16 and 15 percent of the time, respectively.<br />
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Overall, CR claims 20 percent of the 4,680 bikes surveyed had problems, but 75 percent of the issues cost less than $200 to repair. Touring bikes were the biggest troublemakers, followed by dual-sports, sport tourers, and cruisers. Like Suzuki and Triumph, there wasn't enough data from the performance crowd, although <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/consumer+reports/"><em>Consumer Reports</em></a> estimates that bikes like the Honda CBR line and Kawasaki Ninja ZX6-R would be among the most reliable bikes, alongside the cruiser class.<br />
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Hop over to the <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/05/most-reliable-motorcycles/index.htm"><em>Consumer Reports</em> website</a> for the full breakdown, as well as a useful list of things motorcyclists can do to keep their bikes running properly.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/22/consumer-reports-motorcycle-reliability-report/">Consumer Reports' first motorcycle reliability report finds Japanese brands ahead</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:05:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/22/consumer-reports-motorcycle-reliability-report/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20834520/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/22/consumer-reports-motorcycle-reliability-report/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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