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2006 Yamaha YZF-R1

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

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8Owner complaints

Model-year median: 3

0Recall campaigns

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0Investigations

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How this year compares

Owner complaints by model year

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Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.

What owners reported most

Electrical System
3Engine
2Vehicle Speed Control
2Engine And Engine Cooling
1Exterior Lighting
1
All reported categories
Fuel System, Gasoline
1Fuel System, Other
1Power Train
1

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When problems were reported

Mileage at the reported incident

Limited mileage data: 6 of 8 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.

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What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Electrical System. Review the 3 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Engine. Review the 2 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Vehicle Speed Control. Review the 2 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

1 crash reports0 fire reports1 injury reports

Engine And Engine Cooling complaints

1 reports
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Mileage unknown · Jun 13, 2007
Engine And Engine CoolingCrashInjury

HAD A LEAK FROM THE ENGINE ON THE MOTORCYCLE YAMAHA R1. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND HAD REPAIRS DONE. THEY DID NOT SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BUT FIXED IT. SOMETHING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THIS WAS DONE A COUPLE OF MONTH EARLIER. NOW WHILE RIDING THE OIL STARTED POURING OUT OF THE ENGINE, AND TWO RIDERS BEHIND ME ACTU…

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HAD A LEAK FROM THE ENGINE ON THE MOTORCYCLE YAMAHA R1. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND HAD REPAIRS DONE. THEY DID NOT SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BUT FIXED IT. SOMETHING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THIS WAS DONE A COUPLE OF MONTH EARLIER. NOW WHILE RIDING THE OIL STARTED POURING OUT OF THE ENGINE, AND TWO RIDERS BEHIND ME ACTUALLY FELL AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. WHEN INVESTIGATING THE LEAK TWO HUGE HOLES WERE FOUND IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ONE JUST IN FRONT OF WHERE THE CHAIN WENT AROUND THE SPROCKET. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE, BUT IT WOULD NOT EVEN REACH THAT FAR. THEN, I NOTICED A HUGE HOLE IN THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE, ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING INSIDE CAME APART AND WENT AROUND WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT RIPPED THE TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE ENGINE CASING. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR. AM LOOKING AT HOW TO GET THIS REVIEWED OBJECTIVELY SO THAT SOMEONE COULD DETERMINE HOW TO KEEP OTHERS FROM HAVING THIS HAPPEN TO THEM.*AK

NHTSA ODI #10193299

Official recalls

0

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NHTSA investigations

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