2007 Yamaha XV1700

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2007 YAMAHA YZF- R1 HAD ACCELERATION PROBLEMS SINCE HE DROVE THE MOTORCYCLE OFF THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT. WHILE DRIVING IN SECOND GEAR AT 5,500 RPMS THE THROTTLE ENGAGED AND THE MOTORCYCLE DID NOT ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD. WHEN IT DID ACCELERATE IT DID IT AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GRADUALLY GAINED SPEED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY WHEN MERGING ON O THE HIGHWAY OR INTO TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT H SPOKE WITH THE YAMAHA DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES WERE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE EUROPEAN MOTORCYCLES WERE NOT. THE CONTACT HAD THREE INCIDENTS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE, ALMOST BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE DUE TO SLOW MERGING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1200.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2007 YAMHA YZF R1 MOTORCYCLE TOOK APPROXIMATELY 4-9SECONDS TO ACCELERATE WHEN IN SECOND GEAR. THIS PROBLEM GENERALLY OCCURRED AT 47-49 MPH AND 5500 RPMS. THE CONTACT STATED ONCE ACCELERATED IT LURCHED MORE THAN HE WOULD LIKE. THE CONTACT FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM DURING ICY ROAD CONDITIONS, CONTACT NOTICED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM OCCURRED DURING ALL ROAD CONDITIONS, AND THEREWAS NO PARTICULAR TIME OF THE DAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED.. YAMAHA INFORMED THE CONTACT THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE WAY THE MOTORCYCLE WAS DESIGNED, AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE MOTORCYCLE CURRENTLY HAD 1,000 MILES.