whelp, that sucks!

 

Can you post a pic of the letter or is there some reference #?

 

My scanner is fubar at the moment otherwise I would have posted it. I'll try and use the one @ work and post it up tomorrow. There was no recall notice number on the letter.

 

Well I'm not letting anyone around here open up my engine to fix something that isn't broken. Not even maybe. Most of these shops can't change a tire without wrecking something. 6200km and bike shifts smoother than any other bike I've owned or ridden. Interested to hear more about this recall though...

 

I kinda feel the same way. But I'm on extremely good terms with the local dealer(used to work for them). So if anything I'll have them call me once the parts are in and I'll make the decision then.

 

I've not received this letter yet and I was at the dealer this morning and he did not mention it. Anybody know if this is limited to a subset of bikes?

 

nothing comes up for me

https://www.yamaha-dealers.com/ymus/common/techpubs/nhtsaPublications.html

 

nothing for mine either.

it would be nice if the website said: all up to date! no active recalls on this vin!

instead it says nothing. friggin blank page.

:bs:

 

I will call in the morning and see if I can get more info

 

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man that's sucks. if I get one it's going up for sale asap.

 

Aww man...what the !!!

 

nothing is showing up for my vin here,

https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/vinLookup

tomn8tor does yours show anything on the link above? (trying to see if this is just for a certain units only)


here's another one to search via model/year for complaints etc. the only one on here is the R1m shock
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchSafetyIssues

 

nothing is showing up for my vin here,

https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/vinLookup

tomn8tor does yours show anything on the link above? (trying to see if this is just for a certain units only)


here's another one to search via model/year for complaints etc. the only one on here is the R1m shock
Keeping You Safe | Safercar | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

only the shock is reported on the nhtsa model search and vin search reports 0 open recalls for my vin

 

And here we're making fun of Honda burning oil, great!!!! Bet the Honda boys are LOLing at us lol.

 

Not really, most accept that the ZX10r, Blade and S1000rr have gear boxes made of cheese, at least Yamaha acknowledge theres an issue and are willing to fix it unlike the others....

 

your picture doesn't really look "Official".

this is an official letter from yamaha to owners about the R1M shock,

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM479320/RCONL-15V221-2622.pdf

I hope someone is playing prank on ya because it looks fake as hell

 

Not a prank. Sales manager gave me a heads up that I would get a letter about the recall. Two days later I have it in hand.
And my letter came from the exclusive Yamaha distributor who sells the bike to the local dealer. Hence why it looks odd to you.

Better pic:

 

here are all the service bulletins posted so far

2015 YAMAHA YZFR1M | Safercar | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

 

Keep us posted

this shows nothing:

https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/sport/pages/sport-factory-modification-campaigns

 

Yea that letter looks kinda fake especially that they tell you to go to a specific dealer?? Maybe I'm just in the denial phase. Although you did say you worked for that dealer?? Maybe there is a joker there getting u going??

yeah I'm calling fake. wrong format and all plus it's cropped so much we can't see the letterhead or the bottom of the page.
who crops a photo that much anyway.

denial...:smilies26:

 

I heard a rumor Yamaha is planning an announce on monday...

 

I just looked at the service manual to see what's in store for this job. Just the splitting of the crank cases and putting them back together looks like a whole days job with sealant and 40 bolts x 3 diff torqueing specs along with a special pattern. My god I'll never trust anyone to do this job.

 

In line with the post from yamaharandy, I am a bit suspicious about that letter. Would a proper recall notification not tell you the affected VIN's...? Even if every single unit is affected, it would still tell you the affected VIN's...? And unless it is just not visible in the photo, there would be a campaing number. And finally, broken gears are dangerous as they can make the bike come to an immediate stop. If there would be a recall because of broken gears, would this not tell you to immediately stop using the bike...?

 

An Annoucement will come next week...

 

Still, something is not right here. Why the hell would some dealer in Hawaii inform their customers BEFORE there is an official and proper notification coming from the Yamaha headquarters...?

The result can be seen here - somebody will post a picture of the non-Yamaha letter and within couple of hours that picture will be on several internet forums all around the world, very likely with the outcome that hundreds or thousands of worried customers will overload the Yamaha headquarters with phone calls first thing monday morning.

Is that really what Yamaha wants...? Or, is this part of the plan...? Smoothening out the impact of the official recall announcement by gradually leaking information through a small dealer with internet forum connections...?

 

Still looks nothing like the official letter for the shock. I dont recall anyone talking about the recall for the shock before it was officially announced because they got a letter about it.

You said you worked there before. It sounds suspisious. The point ill believe it is when its on the nhtsa site. Its not an option to be there, its the law.


On the shock recall they put out a notice to stop sales to dealers. This would definitely fall in that category also. Im sure there would of been some posts about this already. This is far more dangerous

 

On the shock recall they put out a notice to stop sales to dealers. This would definitely fall in that category also. Im sure there would of been some posts about this already. This is far more dangerous

Honestly if there is a gearbox problem with the potential of the motor locking up they should do a "stop sale" on new units not to risk liability.

I mean it doesnt even say to stop using the bike.

Exactly my point. A gear deforming / cracking / dropping a tooth could end in disaster by completely locking up the rear wheel at low as well as high speed.

If the shock absorber recall - where the rear suspension could not even collapse and oil leakage could not physically occur due to the triangular linkage stopping towards the frame - ended up in stopped sales and customers being told not to use the bike, then what about a potentially locked up gearbox...?

If Yamaha knows there is a problem that could potentially cause a locked up gearbox, something is seriously wrong if they have a national distributor send out a message that does not tell the customer to immediately stop using the bike.

 

Freak'n great. I trust NO ONE to work on my bikes. I see hacker techs everyday and there seems to be more and more of them at dealerships. Well if the dealer has to repair it and it breaks and breaks it's Lemon Law time or Yamaha has to do a collateral substitution or repurchase the bike. Honestly if there is a gearbox problem with the potential of the motor locking up they should do a "stop sale" on new units not to risk liability.

 

Its gotta be fake. Never have i heard of customers being notified before its announced publicly. Its usually a issue customers are complaining about first. Then there is a recall then people get a letter. Have you heard about any r1s blowing up the transmissions?
The wording on that letter seems like it came from a D- law student also.
I mean it doesnt even say to stop using the bike.

 

Prophylactic or not, legitimate or not, time will tell. Whose gonna call Yamaha Corporate Monday Morning?

 

Somebody already started a thread about this on the R6 forum. Spreading like legs. :shake

 

Im in for further info. If this is legit, I don't know where on the east coast to take my bike for repair, because I would not let these dealers do an oil change! I am 7,900 miles of hard riding with
no issues.

 

Yea I agree it's 30+ hrs and will probably be done incorrectly somewhere along the way. Not going to happen for me lol

 

A motor swap would make more sense; probably just as costly as tearing down the motor cost wise to Yamaha. Having technicians disassembling all these motors would be a nightmare for Yamaha with additional repairs and upset customers.

 

Sub'd.

Seems a bit sketchy, but if it's official there isn't a stealer I trust.