



Two Honda SH300i's in two days. Servicing a scooter from the top end of the scooter spectrum is very different to working on some of the cheaper end of town stuff. And servicing two of these in two days has been a pleasure. There is a quality in a Honda that you just don't get in a non-Japanese brand scooter. The only thing I can fault the Honda SH300i on service wise is the clips that hold on the front handle bar cover. On the two I've serviced I've been forced to go on a fishing trip down the back of the radiator for the clips that hold this panel on. The panel needs to come of to lube up the brake levers and check the fluid levels and when this panel is removed the retaining clips fall of it, go down past the handle bars and head for the back of the radiator. Most annoying! I also had a closer look at the opening mechanism of the top box and yes it does require you to use the key as a lever to pull the lid open. The SH300i I did the day before ended up with a snapped key because of this and Honda did supply a new key under warranty, but I think it's a floor in the design and I can see lots of Honda SH300i owners having issues with broken keys. Apart from that the SH300i is a superb scooter and I really look forward to the test ride on these after they are serviced. With a price tag of around $9000 there not cheap. But on saying that you really do get $9000 worth of scooter.