2006 Yamaha XV1700

BACK FIRING AND WANTING TO DIE,ON COLD STARTS. YAMAHA DID THE VALVE JOB UNDER WARRANTY,AND TOLD ME IT WAS FROM IMPROPER OIL CHANGE. NOW ITS DOING IT AGAIN AND THE YAMAHA SHOP HAS BEEN DOING THE OIL CHANGE, 1 YEAR LATER AND 3000 MILES. YAMAHA ALSO HAS PROBLEMS WITH STARTER CLUTCHES MAKING A CRACK WHEN TURNING OFF THE BIKE.(THAT SOUNDS LIKE ITS GOING TO FLY OUT OF THE BIKE,OH YEA AND IT DON'T START WHEN THIS HAPPENS). *TR

I WAS RIDING A YAMAHA 2006 ROAD STAR HEADING ON TO THE HIGHWAY THE BIKE BACKFIRED AND QUIT. I YANKED THE BIKE TO THE SIDE ALMOST GETTING HIT. DOES IT TAKE SOMEBODY DYING BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS MOTORCYCLE. THIS BIKE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THIS 3 OTHER TIMES RING FREE AND REJETTING THE CARB SEEMS TO BE THEIR FIX BUT ITS ONLY TEMPORARY. *TR

THE MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT NOTICE WILL LOSE POWER DUE TO VALVES STICKING AND CAUSING BIKE TO RUN ON ONLY 1 CYLINDER. IT HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING DONE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM BECAUSE YAMAHA TRIES TO LAY BLAME ON THE OWNERS OF THE BIKES. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS IS HAPPENING TO HUNDREDS MAYBE EVEN THOUSANDS OF BIKES! *TR

I BOUGHT A 2006 YAMAHA ROADSTAR 1700 NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP. JUST BEFORE THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED THE MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO BACKFIRE AND STALL WHILE RIDING. THE BIKE IS STOCK WITH NO MODIFICATIONS. THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BIKE. NOW THE PROBLEM IS WORSE AND THE BIKE IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD TO FIND OUT OVER THE INTERNET THROUGH FORUMS THAT IT'S THE VALVES THAT ARE STICKING IN THE MOTOR. THE SERVICE DEPT TELLS ME IT MIGHT BE A DOG FIGHT BETWEEN ME AND THE MANUFACTURER. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED YAHAMA HAS AGREED TO PERFORM A VALVE JOB ON THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/26/07 *TR

PURCHASED MOTORCYCLE NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2006. IN DECEMBER 2006 I STARTED HAVING DRIVABLE PROBLEMS. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH OTHER OWNERS OF SIMILAR MOTORCYCLES THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT STICKY EXHAUST VALVES. THEY MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IT TEMPORARILY FIXED THE SYMPTOMS WHICH WERE EXTREME LOSS OF POWER AND POOR RUNNING. THE EXHAUST VALVES STUCK OPENLY AT ANY ENGINE SPEED. THIS OCCURRED DURING TURNS, STRAIGHT AND LEVEL RIDING, ACCELERATING, DECELERATING, ENTERING, EXITING FREEWAYS AND WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE SIZE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2004, NEWER, AND 1999-2003 MODELS WAS ONLY 70CC, BUT THE CARBURETOR JET SETTINGS WERE MUCH BIGGER. THE CARBURETOR JETTED MUCH, AND WAS MUCH RICHER ON THE 2004-2007 MODELS, WHICH LEAD TO EXCESS GAS BEING PULLED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, NOT BEING COMPLETELY BURNT AND CARBON DEPOSITS BEING LEFT ON THE VALVE SEAMS OF THE REAR CYLINDER HEAD. THIS CONDITION ONLY HAPPENED ON THE REAR CYLINDER HEAD. MY PEERS AND MYSELF RETURNED TGE MOTORCYCLES TO THE DEALERS AND WE WERE TOLD TO RUN YAMAHAS, RING FREE THROUGH THE GAS. THIS TEMPORARILY TOOK CARE OF THE SYMPTOMS, BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. MY PEERS HAVE GOTTEN TIRED OF THE RUN-AROUND. SOME HAVE FILED LAWSUITS AND WON, SOME HAVE REPAIRED THE ENGINE ON THEIR OWN AND HAVEN'T HAD ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. REHTTP://FORUMS.DELPHIFORUMS.COM/N/MB/MESSAGE.ASP?WEBTAG=1602&MSG=143462.1. *AK

UPON TAKING OFF, WITH BIKE UNDER LOAD, 1 CYCLINDER WILL CEASE FUNCTIONING CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER AND A STALLING OF THE MOTOR. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CORRECTION PERFORMED, STILL WAITING FOR A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS FROM THE YAMAHA DEALERSHIP. CONSEQUENCES OF THIS MALFUNCTION COULD CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE IF THE MOTOR FAILED WHILE ON A BUSY ROAD OR HIGHWAY. *AK

IN THE MORNING I GO THROUGH A NORMAL STARTING PROCEDURE OF MOTORCYCLE RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER AND BY YAMAHA. WITHIN 1 MILE THE ENGINE CHOKED/POPPED, AND BUCKED, ALMOST DIED ON ONE OCCASION ON THE ROAD. AFTER ANOTHER HALF MILE TO A MILE THE ENGINE CLEARED UP AND WILL START AND RAN FINE THE REST OF THE DAY. RECENTLY THE PROBLEM GOT MORE FREQUENT AND SOMETIMES HAPPENED, THOUGH MILDER SYMPTOMS DURING THE DAY. I WAS SCARED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC ,AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A CRASH AND INJURY. FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER YAMAHA ROAD STAR OWNERS I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *AK I HAVE BEEN TO TWO YAMAHA DEALERS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST DEALER SAID IT IS NORMAL FOR THIS MODEL BIKE AND WAS QUITE RUDE, SO I DIDN'T GO BACK TO THEM. THE SECOND DEALER WANTED ME TO SPEND MY MONEY TO REPAIR THE ROOT PROBLEM AND SAID YAMAHA WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY, THEY ALSO TOLD ME TO RUN RING-FREE (A YAMAHA FUEL ADDITIVE) IN MY FUEL TO CURE THE SYMPTOMS BUT THIS WOULD NOT CORRECT THE ROOT PROBLEM. I HAVE USED THE RING-FREE PRODUCT AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS FOR 3 OR 4 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE RING-FREE HAS HAD TIME TO DO ITS THING. IT THEN GOES AWAY FOR 3 OR 4 THOUSAND MILES THEN RETURNS. I NOW HAVE APPROXIMATELY 12000 MILES ON THE BIKE, I HAVE OWNED IT FOR 1 YEAR AND HAVE WENT THROUGH THESE ISSUES ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE RING-FREE DOES MASK THE SYMPTOMS FOR A SHORT TIME BUT THERE IS APPARENTLY AN INTERNAL ENGINE PROBLEM AS THE ROOT CAUSE.