2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 Complaints

2007 YAMAHA FJR-1300. ENGINE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY DIE AND WOULD NOT RE-START. ALONG WITH THIS, ALL LIGHTING I.E. HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS WOULD GO OUT. UPON INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE, I FOUND FAULTY ELECTRICAL GROUNDING "SPIDERS". I AM IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING AN AFTERMARKET GROUNDING LOOM AS A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY ISSUE AS THE BIKE DIES AND ALL THE LIGHTS ARE OUT. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 YAMAHA FJR 1300 MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS GROUND SPIDER FAILURE. I FIRST EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM IN JUNE WHILE ON A RIDE FROM SAN DIEGO TO OREGON. THE CIRCUIT WITH MY RUNNING LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WENT OUT. THE FUSE BURNED AND IT WOULD NOT ACCEPT A NEW FUSE WITHOUT BURNING IT OUT. IT STARTED WORKING CORRECTLY AGAIN ON ITS OWN AND WE FINISHED OUR TRIP. I RODE A FEW TIMES AFTER THAT THEN PARKED IT DURING THE SUMMER HEAT TO DO MAINTENANCE. THE BIKE WAS DOWN FOR A FEW MONTHS WHILE I WAS BUSY AT WORK AND I JUST FINISHED MAINTENANCE THIS WEEK AFTER TWO MONTHS. ON MY TEST RIDE I NOTICED THE RUNNING LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WERE OFF. I CHECKED THE FUSE FOR THAT CIRCUIT AND IT WAS BLOWN. I THEN DECIDED TO CHECK THE GROUND SPIDERS SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTED FAILURES ON THE FJRFORUM.COM DISCUSSION BOARD. I FOUND A BURNED GROUND SPIDER AND WIRES. *TR

2007 YAMAHA MOTOR CYCLE MODEL # FJR1300A. ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT RESTART. FAULTY GROUND WIRING HARNESS SPYDER CONNECTIONS. *TR

THE VEHICLE, A 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE, INSTANTLY LOST ALL POWER, THE ENGINE QUIT AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WENT DEAD, LEAVING ME WITH NO WAY TO SIGNAL MY NEED TO MOVE OFF OF THE ROADWAY IMMEDIATELY. WITHIN THE FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED TWICE, MOMENTARILY. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CORRODED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION UNDER THE FRONT LEFT OF THE FUEL TANK AND WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HELP FROM POSTS ON FJRFORUM.COM CONTAINING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. *TR

INTERMITTENT STALLING AND ERRATIC,RANDOM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO A NO RUN CONDITION. WITH INFORMATION LEARNED FROM OTHER MOTORCYCLE OWNERS OF THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL MOTORCYCLE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM,DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BURNED WIRING HARNESS GROUND SPIDER CONNECTION. BURNED SECTION CUT OFF AND DISCARDED. *TR

VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND VEHICLE STALLED AS IT WAS BEING PARKED. WOULD NOT RESTART. SEVERAL INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE LIT ON THE DASHBOARD SIMULTANEOUSLY. SUSPECTED A DEAD SHORT IN ELECTRIC SYSTEM. SEVEN KNOWN GROUND BLOCKS IN THE WIRING HARNESS WERE EXAMINED AND DETECTED SHORT CIRCUIT AND OVERHEATED TERMINALS IN S4 GROUND BLOCK. ATTEMPTED TO JUMPER THE BLOCK TO A FRAME GROUND POINT AND THAT RESULTED IN A SUCCESSFUL RESTART OF THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE JUMPER WAS ONLY TEMPORARY COULD NOT BE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. HAD GROUND BLOCK FAILED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CRASHED. *TR

2007 YAMAHA FJR 1300 AE, 11,000 MILES. - INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING. AFTER RIDING ABOUT 10 MINUTES, BEGAN DOWNSHIFTING TO EXIT THE FREEWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BECAME LOCKED IN 4TH GEAR. ONCE THIS HAPPENED, IT WOULD NOT UP OR DOWN SHIFT WITH EITHER THE HAND OR FOOT SHIFTER. THEN I STOPPED THE MOTORCYCLE AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. THEN TURNED THE KEY BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO CLICK DOWN TO 2ND GEAR. REIGNITED THE ENGINE AND BIKE SNAPPED INTO GEAR (STILL IN 2ND). AFTER THIS, THE BIKE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. CONCERN IS THAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN BUSY TRAFFIC, I MAY HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO MANEUVER EFFECTIVELY AND BEEN KILLED. TOOK THE BIKE STRAIGHT TO A SHOP AND THAT'S WHERE IT WILL STAY UNTIL THE DEFECT IS RESOLVED. *TR

STARTING IN MID 2009, THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300A MOTORCYCLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY FLICKER OFF AND ON. ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2009 THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE RIDING HOME FROM WORK IN THE DARK! PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE A GROUNDING CONNECTION ABOVE THE LEFT HEADLIGHT THAT HAD CORRODED AND OVERHEATED THE CONNECTOR AND SPIDER INSERT. THE FAULTY CONNECTOR WAS REMOVED AND THE WIRES WERE SOLDERED TOGETHER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

"ALTITUDE SICKNESS" WITH 2007 YAMAHA FJR. MOTORCYCLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE, SPUTTERS, AND HESITATES, UNTIL 3500 OR SO RPMS REACHED. HAPPENS WHEN ALTITUDE IS CHANGED, OR OUT SIDE TEMPERATURE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY WHEN ABOVE 85 F. *TR

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 FJR1300 YAMAHA IN JUNE OF 08. TO DATE MOTORCYCLE HAS 1151 MILES ON IT. FROM DAY ONE MOTORCYCLE HAD A VERY STICKY CLUTCH. I ALWAYS WARM UP THE BIKE TO 2 OR 4 BARS AND THEN ATTEMPT TO PUT BIKE INTO FIRST GEAR, PULL IN THE CLUTCH WITH BRAKE APPLIED AND BIKE WOULD SHUT OFF. I WOULD RESTART THE BIKE, PULL IN THE CLUTCH WITH BRAKE GENTLY APPLIED AND BIKE WOULD CLUNK INTO 1ST AND LURCH FORWARD. WHEN COMING TO FIRST STOP, TRYING TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 3RD TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 1ST THERE WAS A 1-3 SECOND DELAY REGARDLESS OF RPM, AND AT TIMES WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT AT ALL WHICH MEANT I WOULD COME TO A STOP WITH CLUTCH PULLED IN. AS THE BIKE WOULD WARM UP THE CLUTCH BECAME LESS STICKY AS I RODE AROUND TOWN. HOWEVER, ONCE I RODE ON FREEWAY TO WORK, APPROXIMATELY 35-50MIN RIDE, AND TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT ON THE OFFRAMP BIKE AGAIN WAS STICKY OR WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT WITHOUT 1-3 SECOND DELAY. THIS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL I FELT MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND I TOOK BIKE INTO DEALER AT 1151 MILES. DEALER OPENED UP CLUTCH AND FOUND THAT 2 CLUTCH TABS WERE IMPROPERLY PULLED IN? DEALER ALSO STATED THAT WASHERS WERE NOT ASSEMBLED PROPERLY. I HAVE YET TO RIDE BIKE SINCE REPAIR. *TR