Even the 848 had an electrical issue resulting in a recall. Mine is a 2009 so was sorted before I picked it up

certainly in the NC30's defence, dont forget they were often bought and sold within a year to new bikers, and as such most have had over 5 - 10 hamfisted skint kids riding them, often crashed and cobbled back together, its a testament to honda's quality that they are still going strong after so little maintenance /abuse.
clearly the ones looked after as normal are still in exceptional shape now often, and the abused tat is broken for parts and even still making top dollar on the bay of e, for what i personaly would consider scrap.

yep not bad for 20yrs old. my gsxr was 23 this year and still going strong too