YAMAHA Complaints

REAR FENDER CRACKS FROM VIBRATION. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY NUMEROUS OTHER ROADSTAR OWNERS AND COULD BE VERY HAZERDOUS IF FENDER COLLAPSES WHILE MOTORCYCLE IS IN MOTION.*AK

ENGINE MAKES A SEVERE KNOCKING NOISE WHEN HOT. AFRAID SOMETHING MAY SIEZE INTERNALLY AND CAUSE ACCIDENT.

WAS IN A GENTLE SWEEPING RIGHT HAND TURN AT MODERATE SPEED WHEN THE FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY LOST TRACTION AND SLID. THE TIRES WERE WARMED UP PROPERLY, AND PRESSURE HAD BEEN SET JUST BEFORE RIDING TO MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED SPECS. COMPONENT FAILURE LED TO A CRASH, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INJURIES TO ME, THERE HAD BEN NO WARNING FROM THE TIRES OF TRACTION ISSUES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, AND THE ROAD SURFACE IN THE CORNER WAS LATER FOUND TO BE FLAWLESS. MANY OTHER PURCHASERS OF 2002 YAMAHA R1 HAVE MADE THE SAME COMMENT. I CAN PROVIDE A LIST OF THESE COMMENTS, TAKEN FROM VARIOUS MOTORCYCLE WEBSITES SORRY, I INADVERTANTLY LEFT "FRONT WHEEL DRIVE" SELECTED ON THE 'VEHICLE INFORMATION' PAGE, WHICH IS OF COURSE INCORRECT. VEHICLE IS REAR WHEEL DRIVE. *AK

WHILE AT DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR MECHANIC NOTICED FRAME WAS CRACKED ABOVE THE KICKSTAND.*AK

TIRES SLIDE TO EASY, VERY DANGEROUS WHEN CORNERING ON A MOTORCYCLE. ESPECIALLY ON A SPORT MOTORCYCLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH, FINAL DRIVE CHAIN ADJUSTER SNAPPED IN-HALF CAUSING THE CHAIN TO DERAIL FROM THE REAR SPROCKET. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE! *JB

TIRES ARE INCOMPATIABLE WITH MOTORCYCLE AND ARE SERIOUS HAZARD. DUNLOP HAS AGREED THAT YAMAHA SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT THIS TIRE ON THIS TYPE OF MOTORCYCLE. I HAVE SWORN WITNESS THAT HAVE SPOKE TO DUNLOP REPRESENTITIVES ABOUT THIS MATTER AND THEY ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT TIRE FOR THIS MOTORCYCLE. DUNLOP COULD NOT COMMENT ON WHY YAMAHA CHOSE SUCH A HAZARDOUS SLIPPERY TIRE FOR SUCH A PERFORMANCE MOTORCYCLE.*AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, I WAS GOING AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT TIRE STARTED TO SLIDE TOWARDS THE DOUBLE YELLOW. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SLIDE BUT ENDED UP DRIVING OFF THE ROAD TO STOP THE BIKE. THIS IS A STREET THAT I HAVE TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF TIMES BY BOTH CAR AND MOTORCYCLE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A FRONT END SLIDE IN THE WAY THIS ONE DID.

REAR END OF CYCLE HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. ON LAST REPAIR, APPROX 1/4TH OF REAR WHEEL'S SPOKES SHATTERED AT 65 MPH NEARLY RESULTING IN INJURY TO MYSELF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE BIKE HAS HAD THIS FAILURE AT 65 MPH.

REAR FENDER CRACKED. INOTICED WHEN I PURCHASED MOTORCYCLE, BUT NEVER KNEW IT WAS A BAD PART UNTIL 1/20/2002. I HAPPENED ONTO A LIST OF PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE THAT YAHAMA HAD RECONGONIZED. I ASK THE DEARLERS SERVICE DEPT. TO REPLACE IT PER YAHAMA S BULLETIN. THE SERVICE MANAGER CONTACTED YAHAMA AND YAHAMAS RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS OUT OF THE WARRENTIED PERIOD. *AK