Dude, thanks for this how to! :rock :thumbup

 

Nice write-up.:thumbup

 

Should make spark plug changes a lot easier too... although, if the 2009 R1 is running iridium plugs, the intervals for spark plugs must be about 50,000 km?

Should also make throttle cable free-play adjustments at the throttle body side easy too!

 

Very nice write up ...

I know when I did mine I wore SmoothyNoButt's IM out askin' questions ... and a big thanks to diel11 for his help

This will make things easy for those that wanna do this mod ... :thumbup

 

I still want help!!! :lol :lol :lol

 

:hammer:

 

No iridium plugs on the 09.

 

are you sure? The Yamaha Canada (haven't check others) specifically states that the bike is running "Long life Iridium twin electrode longer reach NGK LMAR9EJ spark plugs are used."

These websites have been wrong in the past...

 

nice write up:thumbup

 

top write up, just what I was looking for

 

Now that I think of it and look at this post again, I think I over looked a minor detail.
In the air duct where you push the 4 tabs and the center button that the AIS actually attaches to it....see center in this pic.

Being that the center button is attached to the AIS it no longer has a center button now, I DID NOT SEAL/TAPE THAT HOLE.
I think if any of you that do this, seal it with tape or cut that button off the AIS and plug it back in to keep the air from escaping??

Sorry guys, i realized that after the fact.

MAKE SURE YOU SEAL THE HOLE! I do not know if that is important or not but may as well close it off.
For me it's just something else to do as I sit home bored recovering surgery....
Sorry again

 

so...just out of curiosity since i havent found much in the way of a direct answer to the question ive got....is this the air intake funnel that everyone is saying can be cut off? I just want to double check before I go hacking apart the wrong piece

 

Here you go. The longer one is the stock 09 R1 plug.

 

Definately doesn't have the very pointy/sharp electrode shape that all iridium plugs I've seen before have. hmmmm... wonder why the website says its running the iridium plugs?

Diel, do you know off the top of your head what the service interval is in the book on the stock plugs?

 

Every 8k.

 

Definately not iridiums, then!

 

Thanks for the great write up. I waisted an hour trying to get at them from the front as I did with the 04... I now have the long t-handle allen wrenches needed to remove the lower air box and should be completing this mod tomorrow.

 

I too did not have the T handles, so I used a regular allen key and turned the top with a plier until it snapped loose, then turned it by hand. Definitely easier with the long T handle.

Also I cut the gray tab off the AIS and plugged it back in the mounting hole of the air duct....Was easy and no problems.

 

Where did you get those block off plates?

Also quick question. If my 09 was running rich for about 1500 miles, could that cause my plugs to become fouled and cause the bike to stall?

 

Got the plates from www.tobefast.com which is actually a sponser/mod on this forum. You can basically get them at alot of online web sites but I gave some business to the man of this forum.

As far as plugs fouling, what makes you think it's running that rich to foul them after 1500 miles?
But yes, if it is running too rich, it will foul them. If you are down under the air box, pull a couple and have a look.

 

Nice write up. This will done sometime this weekend thx man!

 

I see that you didn't cut out the restrictor at the intake of the airbox. Any reason not to cut it out?

 

Restrictor?
I'm ot to sure I follow your question.
Please elaborate

 

This is really good stuff. I mean we need more of this. Passion people sharing their knowledge to rising motorcycle fans. To bad i have a 01 R1. Love the post!!

 

nice post. thanks for all the detailed pics and great write up!!

 

Did those Graves smog block off plates come with that plug you used on the air box, or did you have to find that separate, somewhere else?

 

awesome! thanks mate... did mine today.

 

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Was hoping for this one a long time.............

 

Nice one!

 

MrQuickR1, thank you for this thread. It has helped a lot with instructing me to put on my block off plates.
One thing i wanted to know with you or anyone else that has followed this procedure and put the plates on their 09 R1, does anyone now have the engine light permanently on the dash? the backfiring has seemed to stop and everything seems to be fine, but i am unsure why the engine light remains on. the only thing i can think is because when i disconnected the AIS plug, there is nothing left plugged into that connector and the computer senses it maybe??

 

if it helps, the error code on the display is "23". i looked in the bike owner manual and saw how i can see where the error code is displayed. but in the manual doesnt display what the error codes mean.

 

I am going to install the block off plates but was wondering if an error code will appear. Is there a way to bypass if so how? Sorry, same questions as kowalin.

 

ok i am an idiot. i admit it. after i completed the job the first time and noticed the engine light on, i read back over the instructions and noticed further down the page that an additional step had to be take. that was to block the hole off from where the AIS plug poked through.
so i took everything apart again and covered the hole, then noticed that i did not connect one blue plug after i took the AIS out.
so after putting it all back together for the 2nd time, i started the bike and the engine light was gone. no more errors.
BADDUCK, if you follow the instructions properly and reconnect the plugs and all the hoses etc, then you wont have any errors