You crazy man.
I will take what you don't need / use, but only if I can pay you exactly what you paid for them!
(Hey, your sapping all my karma, man!
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Fork Seal Warranty
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I will take what you don't need / use, but only if I can pay you exactly what you paid for them!
(Hey, your sapping all my karma, man!
)BkrK12
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Oh, good heavens! Not trying to sap karma. If you want the 5w and wish to make it a commercial transaction, that'll be fine.
bramfrank
BramFrank
Yamaha Canada covered my seals at 35,000 miles - no comments about wheelies, though they did chastise me for not doing a fork oil flush . . . the right side caliper seals were taken out by the leak - Yamaha covered those as well..
The machine is at the dealer now having the rear drive seals replaced and (finally) my third headlight reflector installed - warranty runs out May 1 . . . . extended warranties can pay, even when they are the overpriced Canadian ones.
Then again, after a false start who knows when Spring will arrive in Montreal - it is hailing lightly as I write this..
The machine is at the dealer now having the rear drive seals replaced and (finally) my third headlight reflector installed - warranty runs out May 1 . . . . extended warranties can pay, even when they are the overpriced Canadian ones.
Then again, after a false start who knows when Spring will arrive in Montreal - it is hailing lightly as I write this..
BkrK12
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Bah... Forty shmorty!
I just got back from a couple hours of blasting around New Hampshire, and on the V-strom with little to no wind protection. Just gotta layer up. And dithering a lot helps too. But it did give me an "opportunity" to test out my newly installed Oxford heated grips!! (they worked well)
I only went out this bleak afternoon because I know it's going to be even colder and raining tomorrow. :angry:
I just got back from a couple hours of blasting around New Hampshire, and on the V-strom with little to no wind protection.
Just gotta layer up. And dithering a lot helps too. But it did give me an "opportunity" to test out my newly installed Oxford heated grips!! (they worked well)I only went out this bleak afternoon because I know it's going to be even colder and raining tomorrow. :angry:
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BkrK12
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Actually, I would have gone out for a ride this afternoon too, except I'm not riding this bike any distance until I strip it down and make sure it is back together right. I also have to fix that rubbed raw ABS sensor wire that I temporarily patched before my bike took the truck ride.
Fred, I think you should buy that Ducati 900 and offer again to let me ride one of your bikes.
Fred, I think you should buy that Ducati 900 and offer again to let me ride one of your bikes.
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Hahaha... I know where you're coming from.
There is definitely something about an L twin.
There is definitely something about an L twin.
Slardy
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Had my seals replaced under YES warranty on my 2007 with 30900 miles a month ago
I had the seals, bushings and oil replaced by dealer. He submitted to Yamaha and I got reimbursed for everything but oil I was not the only one on the forum to have this result. So go for it.Slardy
BkrK12
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Thanks, Slardy. Yamaha agreed to rebuild the forks. Parts are on the way.
johndaub
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For my 2007 AE, both fork seals were leaking and the dealer said it is wear and tear. I said I only had 12K and only ride major roads. They submitted under YES but were scepticle on the outcome. A couple of weeks later, the dealership sent me a refund. It may have helped that the dealership knew my riding habits for 20 years.
BkrK12
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:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Following dealer installation of the new wiring harness, and my installation of Brodie's harness, I pulled the Forks and took them into the Dealership yesterday for a full rebuild under warranty. Went back and got them a couple of hours later and put the bike back together. Everything is good. The bike runs better now than it did before all the harness hoohaw. As I posted elsewhere, I think these bikes are suffering from low grade, non-fatal grounding issues all the time.
Dan
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Following dealer installation of the new wiring harness, and my installation of Brodie's harness, I pulled the Forks and took them into the Dealership yesterday for a full rebuild under warranty. Went back and got them a couple of hours later and put the bike back together. Everything is good. The bike runs better now than it did before all the harness hoohaw. As I posted elsewhere, I think these bikes are suffering from low grade, non-fatal grounding issues all the time.
Dan
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
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That very well may be. I recall someone in the past few months claimed his fuel mileage was suffering and then after installing the Brodie ground harness it snapped back to normal 40+ mpg.
BkrK12
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As I posted elsewhere, the buzz I had been chasing since last Fall disappeared with the new harness. No other changes were made - the bike just smoothed back out.
I don't think you're dreaming about the buzz. When my spider failure occurred, I had a buzz from the front of the bike while I was troubleshooting the failure. Not sure if it was the windshield motor attempting to drive past the stops or a relay being energized in reverse (I never did look if they have diodes built in?), but something electrical was buzzing whenever I had failure symptoms (headlights dead and numerous dash lights on at once).
BkrK12
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My bad, I didn't explain it properly. The buzz was definitely an rpm relative engine vibration.
