I bought a honda shine CB (alloy disc) in May 2015. while during test ride, I felt it to be a good bike, but soon when i bought one, I understood that HONDA has done a lot of savings in many components.
I have been riding for last 10 year & very well know that bike needs complete maintenance very often, I was using Bajaj Discover 125 CC before switching to Shine CB for almost 7 year but never faced such issues in such short time. mentioning few of them.
1. carburetor - on the 2nd day of bringing home a brand new bike, the bike refused to start, I had to push the bike to the distributors place from where I had bought it. Upon checking, found that the carburetor was full of rust particles & had to be cleaned.
2. on my 2nd free service with HONDA service center, the mechanic completely messed up with alignment of tyres, which caused my bike to wobble on highway. Never ever after that I gave my bike to HONDA service center.
3. Within a year of purchase, I had to change the chain & sprocket as it broke during in the running condition on highway, luckily the traffic was very slow moving, I was on the extreme left lane & at very slow speed. but after that the rear tyre got jammed & I had to life my rear tyre while a garrage guy pushing it on front tyre.
4. within a year I also had to change the kilometer wire, as it broke
5. Within one & half years of usage (in about 9000 km) my rear tyre got completely flat & was constantly facing puncture issue, so I had to change the same.
6. main stand - the lever of the main stand which is used to part the bike broke within 2 years, I had to replace it with a new one.
I have been servicing my HONDA SHINE almost on every month, but still sometimes i face issues with some or other part of the bike. I understand the condition of the bike completely depends on the road condition & the way the user rides the bike, but I have been using bike for a long time & also understand the cost savings are done in all the products, but I can say HONDA team has done many cost savings in SHINE.