Ya know, it's **** like you guys are going through that makes me all the happier I still have my good ol Gen I cooker. I hate to say it, but Yamaha really took a step backwards with the 06s and 07s with all the issues they have had. However, I am wondering if they have gotten them mostly sorted out on the 08s and 09s. Except for the all too often reported case of poor shifting due to dry clutch plates.
08 here. I traded in my 2003 VFR 800 for this one... and that bike had a poorly designed electrical harness, so I tend to be deeply suspicious of any electrical issues on a bike.
So, on the way back from Sedona over the weekend the FJR died while at speed in traffic. Did not have all indications noted earlier (flashing indicators, etc), just that the bike stalled when approaching a stoplight at approximately 30 mph. I pulled in the clutch and was able to restrart on the fly and the bike ran fine afterwards. I rode it to work this am (40 miles) and had no issues... but my experience with the VFR indicates that if it happens once it will happen again.
The bike has 4K miles. Have had Brodies relay harness installed since last fall (bike had less than 1k miles).
I took a consulting job in Goodyear, Az last summer and am living in an apartment, so have no tools, no garage (my family is still in Ohio as are my tools, etc). So when the rear tire took a nail last week, I had the local shop do the replacement, and while I had it in the shop I had them do the ignition switch recall AND had them wire in the garmin power supply.
I never use high beams and have no farkles other than the Yamaha heated grips (installed at the dealership from which I purchased the bike) and now the Garmin GPS.
I'll keep an eye out for this thread and will probably buy the headlight harness described earlier in the thread.... and will buy some tools and dielectric grease and do the job myself (both installing the harness and greasing all the connectors). If I find any anomalies I'll make a followup post so the 08 folks will have some data.