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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 12 Months ago  
PM me your e-mail address I have the Yamaha recall notice I will send you.
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 11 Months ago  
I took my vin # to two different Yamaha dealers and both told me that my vin # doesn't even show when they run a check on it. It says no such bike. One dealer offered to call Yamaha and check it out and he called me back and said that Yamaha records don't go back as far as my 2002 and that the only way they could do anything is to set up a service appt. during which they would use small mirrors to check inside the trans to see if anything had been changed and if not then they would cover the whole thing. Sounds silly to me but then who am I? lol Has anyone else ever been told this? He said the inspection would be at Yamaha's expense.
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 11 Months ago  
That isn't an unusual situation. the same happened with the Eagles bike. I ended up finding the recall info on another site but don't remember what it was.
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 11 Months ago  
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I don't really need it done as the bike runs great but i'd like to know that if I decide to have it done that it is available. Thanks

You -definitely- want to get it checked out. The bike will run perfectly until the circlip breaks, at which point it will lock up your gearbox and rear tyre. Depending on your current riding situation that could lead to a nasty accident.

It may not happen for a million miles. It may happen tomorrow. When they did my bike there was no evidence of a developing problem, but it had only done 10,000 miles. Better safe than sorry.
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 11 Months ago  
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I took my vin # to two different Yamaha dealers and both told me that my vin # doesn't even show when they run a check on it. It says no such bike. One dealer offered to call Yamaha and check it out and he called me back and said that Yamaha records don't go back as far as my 2002 and that the only way they could do anything is to set up a service appt. during which they would use small mirrors to check inside the trans to see if anything had been changed and if not then they would cover the whole thing. Sounds silly to me but then who am I? lol Has anyone else ever been told this? He said the inspection would be at Yamaha's expense.

Very weird, they (my local dealer) had no problems verifying my 99 VIN, and that was just 3 months ago.
Fully covered recall done.

I put my VIN into yamaha's site and it said "not done." so I had it done.
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 11 Months ago  
My recall was being done today. Haven't heard from them yet except when they called and said the carb was leaking from the seals and needed to be rebuilt. I told them no, but then started thinking about it and decided that if I get it back and have problems they will just say, "oh we told you that the carb needed rebuilding" so I called back and said go ahead. I guess I should hear something tomorrow about it being done.
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 10 Months ago  
Can't wait to tell my story about this transmission recall.....IF I ever get my bike back. They said either Saturday or maybe Tuesday now.
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Looks like it is time to put this out again for all the new guys. This will answer a lot of your questions and tell you the important thing to look for. Have fun guys!
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Bump
 
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Re:Known Issues Newbies Should Check 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Curt wrote:
Bump

I admit it is well worth reading the full 8 pages, I just did that.
Thanks to all who contributed.

I did not see anything on checking out the float level...

I can add 1 thing to check if you buy a used bike that has spent the winter in a shed, empty the air-box, it might just have 1/2 lb of sunflower seeds in it!


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