http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/recall/2015-yamaha-yzf-r1-transmission-gearbox-recall/ Early, non-official, notice that there may be a problem with 2nd gear in certain VIN range of R1 and R1M. Did I miss this conversation here? The good news is, it could mean a whole new gear cluster for some folks!
Didnt see it here but i know some pretty fast folks on the atlantic side of ccs going through transmissions, specifically 2nd and 3rd gear.
In a way I'm hoping mine is on the affected list. It seems like it would be better to have the update than not. I'm guessing the fix is probably more durable than the non-affected parts.
Awesome - I get to have some dealer tech kid tear apart my $22k motorcycle. Can't wait to see how that turns out.
Read something about this on the soshul meedeeahz yesterday. "In the past, other manufacturers have had factory technicians rebuild defective motors, while others have simply swapped affected motors with new ones. The latter seems the more likely solution, as it has fewer legal consequences." I wonder if that's really what they'll do, swap out the whole motor? And what do they do in cases with guys who have internal motor work?
This is my primary concern as well. I'd trust a dealer to do certain things... splitting the cases and completely rebuilding the gearbox isn't one of them. Graves motorsports or a reputable engine builder? Sure. Somebody with a few years experience and an MMI cert? Umm... wellll...
I hope for your guys sakes that Yamaha is just gonna toss a new motor at them like Aprilia did with the RSV4 a couple years back
Take this with a grain of salt because its just a rumor on the intarwebs, but apparently all '15 R1/Ms are affected.
2017 whatever is by then Suzuki GSX-R1000 Guarantee you it won't have a transmission issue Disclaimer: Current Yamaha owner
You guys must have some real shitbox dealerships in your area if you can't even trust them to rebuild a trans. Find the closest reputable dealer... then tell the manufacture that x/y/z dealer couldn't be trusted due to lack of experience.
Did some googling trying to find out more info and wound up on R1-forum.com. Good God. There's like 30 pages of full retard.
Oh yeah. It's an entertaining read. It's where I've been getting most of my laughs over the last few days while trying to figure all this shit out.
According to the yamaha-motor site my closest dealer is a "YTA Silver Motorsports Technician". lol I still have no idea if they're qualified to do this sort of work. lol I guess I've been lucky up to this point. This is the first kind of major engine work I've had to have done in 20+ years of riding these things.
