...and those welds are solid , Honda does not manually weld frames they have robots that do that ....iQUOTE]
Dead wrong. Typically bikes that roll off the Honda production line are machine welded. In the case of the Fury, for the release the bikes in the NY IMS, they where hand welded. I spoke to the Honda rep about the poor look and he satisfied any concern over the integrity of the structure because of the overall design in which the way the tubes are slid together prior to any weld and the welds themselves. The welds are sound and will withstand years of service. It's just poor judgement on quality control standards for the debut of a company targeting a particular market segment where details count on every aspect. It also gives all those Amercian made bike company diehards something so obvious to pick out which is really helping to drive the buzz. Remember mechanically they don't know snot so their ridicule needs to be on something they can identify easily and they used up the shaft drive arguments already on the VTX's. Based on overall feedback from many folks I think Honda has heard us loud and clear and will most likely take corrective action to clean up the welds. Perhaps the machine welds will be more concise and hopefully the cross-eyed guy with the welder and shakey hands can find employment again welding bumpers on low cost RVs...
What a big disappointment they probably had non-coded welders welding those ...like the welders at a muffler shop ....LOL
If anything it looks like they welded those welds a little to hot..most caps don't drip down like that..they welded those vertically ..they could possible have some burn threw and some internal undercutting next to that bead ,If they welded to hot but only an x-ray can show that. but, when i get my fury i will take it to the shop to get X-ray and those negatives don't lie ..... DID they tell you what kind of weld it is tig,mig, stick hard to tell with the paint .. I hope tig its a better stronger weld if done right but most tig welders are really good at welding and they would of cleaned up better.. i bet they mig welded it ..it kinda looks like a mig weld ..the way the cap looks ...hope not stick ....but could be ?
