2004 YAMAHA YZF-R1 Complaints

(1) AROUND 5,000 MILES I NOTICED MY BIKE STARTED STALLING OUT AT 4,000 RPM OR LESS. (2) ENGINE WOULD IDLE REALLY LOW AND STALL OUT. BIKE WOULD USUALLY NOT START BACK UP RIGHT AWAY. LAST YEAR IN THE FALL I WAS IN A TURN AND MY BIKE STALLED OUT AND I LOSS CONTROL AND CRASHED. I INJURED MY RIGHT HAND, CHEST, RIGHT LEG AND HAD DAMAGE TO MY BIKE, CLOTHES AND HELMET. (3) I FOUND THAT I WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIPS DENY HAVING A PROBLEM AND CLAIM I AM THE ONLY PERSON. THEY SAID THE CAN'T FIX SOMETHING IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT. THEY HAVE HAD 2 REVISIONS OF THE SUSPECT PART AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED SO IT WOULD COST ME OUT OF MY POCKET. I DID NOTICE LIKE OTHERS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A TEMPORARY FIX BY TURNING THE IGNITION KEY OFF THEN BACK ON. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING DONE TO FIX MY BIKE. YAMAHA CUSTOMER SERVICE CLAIMS I AM THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS ISSUE AND WON'T HELP!! THERE IS A WEBSITE DEVOTED TO THIS BIKE AND A TREND JUST FOR THIS ISSUE. BELOW IS THE LINK TO THE TREND WHERE YOU WILL SEE I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND YOU WILL READ ABOUT HOW OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS. HTTP://WWW.R1-FORUM.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=98831 *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ENGINE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.*AK *BF *NM

MY SON WAS RIDING A 2004 YAMAHA YZ250F MOTOCROSS MOTORCYCLE ON 1/7/05 WHEN ON HIS APPROACH TO A JUMP HIS MOTOR QUIT RUNNING. THE CARBURETOR POPPED OUT OF ITS MOUNTING [INTAKE BOOT]. THE CONSEQUENCE WAS THAT AS MY SON WAS COMMITTED TO CLEARING THE JUMP. THE YAMAHA LOST POWER, AND HE CRASHED INTO THE FACE OF THE LANDING HILL. AND BROKE HIS COLLARBONE ON IMPACT. AFTER I MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF MOTORCYCLE SINCE IT INTRODUCTION IN 2001. WHEN I CALLED YAMAHA CUSTOMER RELATIONS I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. MY SON BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE,,WHAT IF IT WAS HIS NECK OR WORSE.THERE SHOULD SEND A LETTER TO EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT A YAMAHA YZ250F AND SEE HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPANED AND WHAT THE RESULTING INJURIES WERE. THANK YOU. *AK

I RECENTLY PURCHASED YAMAHA'S NEW 125 VINO SCOOTER AND AFTER ONLY 400 MILES AT RATED SPEED OF 50 MPH (FASTER THAN MOST SCOOTERS), WITH NORMAL DRIVING, I WAS THROWN AND HIT THE PAVEMENT MAKING DOG MEAT OF MY BODY. I SUSPECT THE SMALL FRONT TIRE DESIGN AT HIGH SPEEDS IS A DEATH TRAP. CAN SUPPLY MORE DETAILS.*AK

WHILE RIDING AT 70 MPH MOTORCYCLE LOST CONSIDERABLE POWER AND STARTED TICKING LOUDLY. CONSUMER EXAMINED THE MOTORCYCLE BUT COULD FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. THEN, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT BEFORE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS BOUGHT MOTOR BLEW OUT ONCE, AND WAS REPLACED. *AK