YAMAHA Complaints

SORRY IF I SEEM TO BE ALARMED. BUT I OWN A 2005 YAMAHA 1100 CLASSIC. WHY IM FILLING THIS REPORT OUT IS THAT I FOUND A LOT OF PROBLEMS POSTED ABOUT THE MID SHAFT RETAINING BOLT HAS BEEN REPORTED OFTEN OF FAILURE BY EITHER SHEARING OFF OR EVEN BRAKING THE SHAFT ON THIS CERTAIN BIKE. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO THE BIKE I OWN YET, BUT READING THESE REPORTS AND SOME OF THE WEB SPACES I FOUND, TELLS ME THAT IT COULD HAPPEN. THIS MAKES ME SCARED TO RIDE MY BIKE ANYMORE. YES BY READING AND LOOKING UP THE DETAILS THIS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE MULTIPLE DAMAGE OR HARM AND EVEN DEATH TO ME. PLEASE CAN WE GET YAMAHA TO FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR THE OWNERS OF THESE BIKES. BEFORE SOME ONE DOES GET HURT OR KILLED. OR HAS TO SPEND MONEY WE DON'T HAVE. THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. I TALKED TO A YAMAHA DEALER ABOUT THE BIKE. THEY TOLD ME THEY TOTALLY QUIT MAKING THE 1100 TYPE OF BIKE WITH THE SHAFT FOR SOME REASON. "WHAT'S UP WITH THAT" DO THEY KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T!!!! THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS MAJOR OPERATING PART TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR RIDER'S. I ENJOY MY BIKE BUT DON'T NEED THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME. CAN I REQUEST THE RECALL TO GET IT REPLACED AND DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR ME AND OTHERS. MY BIKE HAS RIGHT AT 25'000 MILES ON IT. I THINK THIS RETAINING NUT AND SHAFT SHOULD LAST THE DURATION OF THE BIKE. "MY THOUGHT'S"!!!! "YAMAHA WHY NOT HAVE A REVERSE RETAINING SUPPORT NUT OR A LOCKING SETUP LIKE A PIN OR ALLEN SCREW ON THIS DRIVE SHAFT. THAT WAY THE NUT WON'T LOOSEN. A MOTORCYCLE IS ONLY MADE TO RUN ONE DIRECTION ANYWAY. YOU GET BY DRIFT? PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL. THIS BIKE IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. NEEDING TO SAVE MONEY ON GAS, NOT SPEND IT ON PARTS THAT SHOULDN'T BRAKE. EVEN OUTSTANDING MEDICAL BILL'S OR A NOTHER BIKE RIGHT NOW ME ALONG WITH OTHERS DO NOT HAVE THIS TO GIVE UP OR SPEND. ALONG WITH OUR LIVES. A BIKE SHOULD BE SAFER THAN THIS.AFTER READING ALL THAT I'VE READ. THANK YOU. *TR

NOTICED DELAMINATION OF TIRE TREAD OF FRONT TIRE. TWO LARGE BLISTERS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF TREAD. ONE ABOUT 1" DIA., THE OTHER ABOUT 3" LONG. TIRE MILEAGE WAS 6,129. TIRE TYPE IS SHINKO R011 SIZE 120/70/ZR17. DATE CODE IS 3012. TIRE COULD HAVE CATASTROPHICALLY DEFLATED. VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THIS BIKE IS UNREADABLE DURING THE DAY. THE SMOKED LENS MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE YOUR SPEED AT A GLANCE AND INEVITABLY WILL RESULT IN A SPEEDING TICKET AND OR CRASH. PLEASE PLEASE FORCE A FIX ON THIS! *TR

SPEEDOMETER CANNOT BE READ IN SUNLIGHT, IT IS BLACKED OUT. IT IS DANGEROUS AS SPEED CANNOT BE DETERMINED. *TR

MOTORCYCLE MISSES AND WANTS TO STALL AT LOW RPMS CODE NUMBER SHOWS UP AS THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR . WHAT I DONOT UNDERSTAND IS THE MODEL YEAR THAT SHOWS UP ON YOUR RECALL IS 2004 MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 11/01/2002 AND 3/31/2005 MY R1 IS A 2003 MODEL AND WAS MADE BETWEEN THESE DATES. IS THIS A WAY TO LET THEM OFF THE HOOK BY REDUCING THE NUMBERS RECALLED . I DONOT UNDERSTAND WHY YAMAHA SHOULD BE AWARDED FOR MAKING A DEFECTIVE CYCLE THAT IS A DANGER TO THE OPERATOR. *TR

CAMSHAFT CHAIN TENSIONER BECOMES LOOSE, EXCEPTIONALLY LOOSE INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR ENGINE TIMING TO JUMP, SLIP, OR FOR THE CAMSHAFT CHAIN TO BREAK WHILE IN MOTION LEADING TO OR ACCELERATING ENGINE DAMAGE AND WEAR. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS UNREADABLE IN THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT. KNOWN ISSUE WITH YAMAHA. EVERY BIKE IS BUILT THE SAME WAY AND HAS THE SAME ISSUES. VERY HARD NOT TO GET SPEEDING TICKET WHEN YOU CAN'T READ THE SPEEDOMETER. *TR

THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER ON THE 2014 YAMAHA STAR BOLT IN COMPLETELY UNREADABLE AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN HEADING INTO THE DIRECTION OF THE SUN. IT IS AN UNAVOIDABLE ISSUE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN TO ALL RIDES. A REMEDY SHOULD REALLY BE MADE BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

WHEN RIDING BIKE IN SUNNY CONDITIONS, TOWARDS THE SUN, THE SPEED INDICATOR IS UNREADABLE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS NOT READABLE WHEN DRIVING IN SUNLIGHT OR ANY LIGHTING CONDITION, UNLESS THE LOCATION IS BARELY DIM OR DARK. ANY KIND OF LIGHT CONTACT WITH THE SPEEDOMETER, IS NOT READABLE AT ALL. WHILE DRIVING I AM UNABLE TO SEE MY CURRENT SPEED, SINCE I GO THROUGH MULTIPLE LOCATION WHERE SPEED CHANGED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND ADJUST MY SPEED TO THE LEGAL LIMIT. WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN ADDITION IS WHAT GEAR I AM CURRENTLY ON BE ADDED TO THE SPEEDOMETER. THANKS. *TR