2007 Yamaha XV1700

2ND REPORTED OCCURENCE - MOTORCYCLE LOSS POWER ON REAR CYLINDER AGAIN. VALVE STUCK OPEN CAUSING BIKE TO ALMOST STOP ON ROUTE 2 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. YAMAHA REFUSING TO FIX PROPERLY. JUST REAMING THE VALVE GUIDES AGAIN. ONLY PUT 4,000 MILES ON SINCE REPAIRED LAST TIME. CUSTOMER SERVICE FEELS THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. APPARENTLY YAMAHA KNOWS THEY HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH THE ROADSTAR. BUT FEELS THE FEW THAT CONTRACT THIS ISSUE THEY CAN BANDAID UNTIL EITHER IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY. OR THE OWNER GETS DISCOURAGED ENOUGH TO SELL THE VEHICLE.

STUCK VALVES ON A 2007 YAMAHA ROAD STAR WITH ONLY 800 MILES ON IT. I ONLY RODE IT FOR 6 DAYS. DEALER PUT 350 MILES ON IT BEFORE MY PURCHASE. ALSO, HARD CRONE PIPES. FROM MY INVESTIGATION AFTER THE FACT, ROAD STAR CLINIC WEB SITE), THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM SINCE THE EARLIER YEARS OF THE ROAD STAR. NOW I WAIT AROUND WITH NO MOTORCYCLE FOR THE DEALER TO GET AROUND TO FIXING IT. *AK

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 OWNS A 2007 YAMAHA YZFR1. WHEN DRIVING HIS MOTORCYCLE AND IT GETS TO 5,300-5,600 RPM, THE MOTORCYCLE DID NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE DID NOT PICK UP SPEED ONCE IT REACHED THE HIGH RPMS. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM THAT THISWAS A KNOWN OCCURRENCE AND IT WAS DUE TO THE FLY BY WIRE SYSTEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT THISWAS A NORMAL OPERATION OF THE MOTORCYCLE THE CONTACT WASWAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. HE STATED THAT THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. *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.