2007 Yamaha FJR1300

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 FJR1300 YAMAHA IN JUNE OF 08. TO DATE MOTORCYCLE HAS 1151 MILES ON IT. FROM DAY ONE MOTORCYCLE HAD A VERY STICKY CLUTCH. I ALWAYS WARM UP THE BIKE TO 2 OR 4 BARS AND THEN ATTEMPT TO PUT BIKE INTO FIRST GEAR, PULL IN THE CLUTCH WITH BRAKE APPLIED AND BIKE WOULD SHUT OFF. I WOULD RESTART THE BIKE, PULL IN THE CLUTCH WITH BRAKE GENTLY APPLIED AND BIKE WOULD CLUNK INTO 1ST AND LURCH FORWARD. WHEN COMING TO FIRST STOP, TRYING TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 3RD TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 1ST THERE WAS A 1-3 SECOND DELAY REGARDLESS OF RPM, AND AT TIMES WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT AT ALL WHICH MEANT I WOULD COME TO A STOP WITH CLUTCH PULLED IN. AS THE BIKE WOULD WARM UP THE CLUTCH BECAME LESS STICKY AS I RODE AROUND TOWN. HOWEVER, ONCE I RODE ON FREEWAY TO WORK, APPROXIMATELY 35-50MIN RIDE, AND TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT ON THE OFFRAMP BIKE AGAIN WAS STICKY OR WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT WITHOUT 1-3 SECOND DELAY. THIS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL I FELT MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND I TOOK BIKE INTO DEALER AT 1151 MILES. DEALER OPENED UP CLUTCH AND FOUND THAT 2 CLUTCH TABS WERE IMPROPERLY PULLED IN? DEALER ALSO STATED THAT WASHERS WERE NOT ASSEMBLED PROPERLY. I HAVE YET TO RIDE BIKE SINCE REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300. THE ENGINE FAILED TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A SHORTAGE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,500. UPDATED 11/14/08. *LJ UPDATED 11/18/08.*JB

BRAND NEW 2008 YAMAHA FJR1300A. ENGINE FREQUENTLY STALLS UPON APPLICATION OF THROTTLE FROM A DEAD STOP. HAPPENS HOT OR COLD. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT; IF I WERE ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A CAR I'D BE HIT AND INJURED. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION THAT APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING: PE 08048. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH AND POWER TO BIKE BECAME ERRATIC WHEN TURNING KEY ON. FIRST FAILURE APPEARED TO BE CLEARED UPON REPETITIVE CYCLING OF THE IGNITION WITH KEY. FINAL OCCURRENCE RESULTED WITH BIKE FAILING TO POWER UP AT ALL ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS LATER. PER INFORMATION OBTAINED ON THE INTERNET AT FJRFORUM.COM TITLED "FJRF003: IGNITION FAILURES ON FJRS", I DISASSEMBLED IGNITION SWITCH. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BROWN WIRE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE SOLDER CONNECTION WITH THE MATING RED WIRE PARTIALLY LIFTED FROM ITS SOLDER CONNECTION. SOLDER CONNECTIONS CLEANED AND RESOLDERED. BIKE APPEARS TO BE OKAY TO DATE. *TR

I PURCHASES A BRAND NEW 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 FROM OTD MOTORSPORTS IN MARINA DEL RAY CALIFORNIA. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD 1 MILE ON THE ODOMETER. AFTER RIDING THE BIKE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS A BAD ENGINE SURGE BEGAN TO APPEAR. NOT A NORMAL SLOW METHODICAL BOOST OF ENERGY BUT A SUDDEN ALMOST OVERWHELMING BOOST OF POWER. IT WOULD CONSISTENTLY HAPPEN DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE HAVING A PASSENGER ON THE BACK OF THE BIKE, SHE ALMOST FELL OFF DUE TO THIS POWER SURGE. I TOOK IT TO HOUSE OF MOTORCYCLE IN EL CAJON CALIFORNIA TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. SEVERAL TECHNICIANS TOOK THE BIKE FOR A RIDE AND FOUND THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE. AFTER TALKING WITH YAMAHA CORPORATION IN CYPRESS CALIFORNIA IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS A "QUIRK" OF THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF BIKE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE FIX WAS SIMPLE, I PURCHASED A DYNOJET POWER COMMANDER AND A G2 THROTTLE TUBE. THE SURGE IS NON EXISTENT WITH THESE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER. IF I BYPASS THE POWER COMMANDER AND USE THE STOCK ECU THE SURGE IS STILL VERY PRONOUNCED. BEFORE I FIXED THE ISSUE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE SURGE, A ALMOST THREW MY MESSENGER FROM THE BIKE AND B ALMOST PUT ME INTO ANOTHER LANE WHILE ACCELERATION AND TURNING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS "QUIRK" AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE YAMAHA CORPORATION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR