2002 YAMAHA XVS11 Complaints

I OWN A 02 YAMAHA VSTAR 1100 CLASSICA AND IT'S HAS BEEN KNOWN THAT YEARS PRIOR TO 2003 THAT THE STARTER AND STARTER CLUTCH WILL FAIL AND NEED REPLACING. THIS WOULD NORMALLY RUN OVER 800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE AT THE DEALER. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALOT TO THESE BIKES AND SOME HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL OF GETTING THE PARTS FOR FREE FROM THE DEALER BUT MANY HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY LIKE MYSELF. IF ONE DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS FOR ON CUSTOMER THEN THIS SHOULD BE DONE TO EVERY BIKE THAT NEEDS THIS TYPE OF REPAIR. IT HAS BEEN KNOWN THAT THE BIKES MADE AFTER 03 DO NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT MANY OF US STILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE SO EVERYONE GETS THIS DEFECTIVE PARTS REPLACED? WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. THANK YOU. *TR

PRODUCT IS 2002 YAMAHA VSTAR 1100 MOTORCYCLE (XVS1100) PURCHASED IN 2002. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF RIDING, MIDDLE DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY IS IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING, WHICH COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. MANY ENTHUSIASTS OF THIS MODEL REPORT FAILURE OF ASSEMBLY WHICH IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT. HAVE NOT REPLACED THE ASSEMBLY YET. *TR

2002 YAMAHA V STAR 1100 CLASSIC - WOULD NOT START, STARTER IS TWISTED, YAMAHA ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN STATING THAT IMPROPER STARTING CAUSES THIS CONDITION, ALSO INFERS THAT THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. THEY WILL NOT HOWEVER RECALL OR COMPENSATE OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM (RESEARCH SHOWS HUNDREDS OF TWISTED STARTERS). *TR

WHILE APPROACHING A TOLL BOOTH A LOUD NOISE SUDDENLY DEVELOPED, EMANATING FROM THE CENTRE GEARBOX AREA OF MY ENGINE/DRIVE TRAIN. INSPECTION DISCOVERED THAT THE MIDDLE DRIVE SHAFT TIP HAD SNAPPED AT THE UNIVERSAL JOINT RETAINING NUT. IT IS FURTHER DETERMINED FROM OTHER SUCH RECORDED FAILURES POSTED ON VARIOUS YAMAHA FORUMS THAT THIS FAILURE IS CAUSED BY MICRO PRESSURE FROM REAR DRIVE/UNI JOINT ONTO MIDDLE DRIVE SHAFT AND CAUSES STRESS FRACTURE/SEPARATION MID THREAD LEVEL WITH INSIDE OF RETAINING NUT. HI-RES PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE OF THE SHAFT TIP STILL INSIDE THE NUT SHOWING THE CASTING FAILURE OF THE SHAFT. FAILURE OF THIS NUT RESULTS IN THE LOOSE NUT CONTAINING THE TIP OF THE SNAPPED SHAFT TO BOUNE AROUND INSIDE THE UNIVERSAL JOINT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE UNI JOINT, SPEED SENSOR AND SPEED ROTOR. POTENTIAL IS ALSO THERE FOR THE NUT TO JAM BETWEEN THE UNI JOINT PROTECTOR COVER AND THE UNI JOINT ITSELF RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SUDDEN FAILURE OF ALL COMPONENTS. AS MY VIN COULD NOT BE ENTERED IN THE NECESSARY SECTION I HAVE EDITED THIS SECTION AND PROVIDED THE DETAIL HERE. *TR

AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM (AIS), IN PARTICULAR, CHROME PIPE, RUSTED OUT LEADING TO AN EXHAUST LEAK. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. MOISTURE COLLECTS IN THE TUBE LEADING TO RUSTING. SOME HAVE REMOVE THE SYSTEM OR PLUGGED THE AIS. SINCE THIS PART OF THE EMMISSION SYSTEM LEADING TO EXHAUST VALVES I AM CONCERNED. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET SITES REVEALS THIS HAPPENS AND THE SYSTEM IS BEING REMOVED.