Common problems high mileage ST-1300 ?

My 2003 ST1300ABS, 97k miles:

Issues, other than what I caused myself from dropping and road hazards:
Proportioning valve and wiring harness recall done early on. Fixed.
Coolant leaks, covered in this forum extensively. Fixed.
That's it.

Minimum that needs to done to it to ensure longevity, per the manual:
Oil and filter changes
Valve checks
Brake and clutch fluid flush & replacement
Moly 60 paste to splines and rear wheel, every tire change
Check front, rear, and driven hub wheel bearings every tire change.

What I suggest, weather needed or not:
Coolant drain, flush, and replacement every 4-5 years. I use Prestone Dexcool.
New iridium plugs, every 100k miles
New front wheel bearings every 50k miles
New or rebuilt shock every 50-60k miles
New fork oil every 15-20k miles
New tapered steering head bearings at about 90k miles
New driven hub bearings 20k miles
Lube shift linkage ball joints, every 10k miles
Check, clean and lube the calipers and SMC every brake pad change.
New battery, every three years
Fuel filter service, something to be kept in mind.
 
I want to thank everyone for their responses, it truly looks like the St has lived up to the Honda reliability standard.
Someone here thru these responses asked, " Why did you get rid of the ST if you liked it so much" or something like that.
I think it came down to this,
Ever have a girlfriend that was great to you,did everything you could ask for ? Looked great, but after while, you get bored with it?
The honey moon is over and you just want to take a walk on the trashy side .
Call it, mid life crisis . Sort of like the co worker that ditches his family, buys a corvette and leases a hooker. Then years later, he realizes that he made a mistake and wishes he had the old girl back.
Well, that's me.
 
Lager said:
I'm sort of disappointed because I don't have that "glow" the other folks have on the GL-1800 forum I belong to have.
Guess there is something wrong with me?
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Nah. When I was looking to buy my ST the dealer was selling one on consignment for a guy that bought the the GL. When I went back to look at it again a few weeks later, it no longer was for sale as the guy decided to keep his ST. I guess he felt the GL was not the ST-1800 Honda claimed.
 
Nexus said:
Nah. When I was looking to buy my ST the dealer was selling one on consignment for a guy that bought the the GL. When I went back to look at it again a few weeks later, it no longer was for sale as the guy decided to keep his ST. I guess he felt the GL was not the ST-1800 Honda claimed.
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This thread is 5 years old. The 6th generation 2018+ GL1800 A/K/A ST1800 was not even in dealers for another 2 years 3 months.

Honda has never claimed the 6th gen GL1800 to be a ST1800 or a replacement sport tourer. That claim lies with owners that want it to be so. The Wing is Honda's flagship touring bike.
 
Oops! Missed the date. :mad: Was browsing some recent stuff and must've clicked a link.

Well, they may not have claimed it but, I feel, they pushed in that direction (i.e. more of a sport-tourer than the old GL). Also, other venues were pushing it as a sport tourer as there are/were many comparisons with BMW's 1600GT which is what, it seems, Honda was directly targeting with the new changes.

Anyway, as you say, Honda never claimed it was a replacement for the ST.
 
SMSW said:
Not exactly true (only two questions) - one of them has other considerations. You need to decide if you want a fast ST or a faster one. Different colors are slower or faster than others. There are some interesting discussions of this topic elsewhere on this website - I'm not going to offer an opinion right now....
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Yes, the cop that pulled me over called it speeding ticket red, so im not washing it while touring! Might make a diff!
 
Maintenance on these things is in particularly difficult, but there are often a lot of steps and the plastic has a lot of fasteners on it. I have a 45 k mile 2005. I just did fork seals, water pump which was just beginning to leak a little, and the clutch which really only needed springs and clearly could have gone on quite awhile as it was. Because it's big and heavy, it can be a pain to do swing arm bearings and the headset. However, none of it is rocket science. Probably the one that people like the least is the slave cylinder for the clutch because it's a knuckle buster and it just takes a lot of patience. However, you'll have to look hard to find even reasonably maintained bikes that had actual engine problem like breaking rods, burning pistons, head gaskets blowing, transmissions dropping a tooth, etc.
 
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