OK, so you own a Gen II and are either waiting for the spider to bite you or that little demon has already sunk his teeth into your bike. I have a complete set of terminals to help vaccinate your bike or help you repair a failure by creating a legendary Brodie harness. All you need to do is supply the labor and wire...kit is free, shipping is up to you, I can't imagine it will be more than $6 or so...first reply owns them...
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Spider Bite Repellent or Cure
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Coondawg07
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Is this a problem on Gen1 bikes as well?
ionbeam
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No, Yamaha got it right with the Gen I -- then 'improved' the design for Gen II and up.
Coondawg07
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Haha. I've read about the problem, just didn't know where it applied. Sounds about right.
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MNFJR05,
Hey, I can do that.
PM enroute.
Hey, I can do that.
If I might pose a related question please. With either the recall Yamaha wiring harness installed or the Brodie harness on the Gen II, ISBN the problem "fixed"? Should be enough time/ experience to be seeing effectiveness of the cure? Thanks for any inputs.
Queensland Ken
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Yamaha's recall bypass harness is a joke, so are some of the mechanics that install it.
It doesn't address the failures of the S6, S7 and S8 connectors, which are still fairly common.
Brodie doesn't make his harness any more, by the sounds of it he should. It was quality !
His harness bypassed the current of all six 12 volt neutral connectors and after treating the connectors is a good fix, far better than Yamaha's.
BUT if you have some appropriate sized wire, solder and a iron you can botch up a bypass in a afternoon, already posted about it on this Forum.
The #3 Front Fairing Connector can be botched by soldering in a bridging wire across the connector block, reduce any high resistance of the pin.
Those faults are most likely the rarest of all the faults but do involve the Spider circuit, similar to the S6 symptoms.
By ensuring a good 12 volt neutral connection of the ECU would help ensure a good 5 volt power supply from the ECU to all the bike's transducers.
Just treat the two 5 volt spiders and all should be good.
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With the Yamaha recall add-on harness or complete harness replacement-- in short, no. Diligent maintenance on your part is still required. Takes me about 20 minutes once the tank/plastics/sidecover are off for other reasons (tank/plastics for coolant, spark plugs, valve check; sidecover to clean/replace air filter).
I have no experience with Brodie's harness.
Thus far my bike has never had the recall done. And as far as I can tell never will. 20 minutes once per yr is a good investment to keep my bike out of Yamaha-trained tech hands. IMHO they really, really, REALLY suck.
