That kind of contradicts the issues you're having with the bike. Is there another dealer you can get to take a look at it? I know in my field a second set of eyes sometimes finds things the first set misses because they are so "close" to it.
I agree, it’s at that point. I think it’d be reasonable to request Yamaha (not the dealer) to take the bike back in exchange for a new replacement. Worth asking if you’re so inclined Phatdad...hope you can get it sorted and put the hassles behind to enjoy your bike the way an FJR ought to be enjoyed.
4 days after drop off, my FJR is home from the dealer. Looks like Broward Motorsports/West Palm Beach did a solid job in repairing the tranny, not that I ever experienced any issues w/it previously. It still shifts as smoothly as before- maybe even a touch smoother- and the gears engage firmly and nicely, so it's a win/win- a 10k mile bike w/a brand new gear set- all good, plus an oil & coolant change! Most of my drive home was interstate so I'll take her back out tomorrow and run her around town to give it a good once-over, but from my experiences so far, I'm happy.
Took about a month for my bike's parts to come in, then another week+ before they could schedule it for repair. I was led to believe my FJR was #8 they've repaired so they had some good experience w/other bikes first. The first bike was a 2020 model which was in 3x for the repair, the first 2 before the recall was announced and they couldn't figure out why 2nd gear kept going. 3rd time was a charm and bike has run fine since. I'm glad someone else got that experience rather than me.
Were you having water pump related issues before you brought it in?
Damn, I hate hearing these kind of experiences😝 I feel like you may be better off getting ivan to reflash his map, and ask the dealer not to reflash the ecu...if they’ll do that. Hope you can get it worked out with minimal further pain!
Nope, never leaked or made a noise. Bike only got 15K on it. I'll ask them to show me that pump when I'm there tomorrow to pick up the ECU.
Ask if you can see your radiator over flow tank. Look in it for drops of oil. Mine had a very small amount of oil in the tank (cracked) replaced it and never would have noticed if I had not removed the side fairing and looked in it. My water pump was leaking a few drops on shop floor so started looking for the leak and found it from bottom cover bolt with copper washer. I drained radiator and oil cooler, no oil antifreeze clean so I caught it in time. Will flush system with distilled water warm engine and leak check new pump, drain refill and run again before new antifreeze .If your bike is on center stand drain oil before removing water pump. If pump is out turn impeller fins by hand it should not turn easily if the mechanical oil seal in housing is sealing correctly around impeller shaft.. Hope this helps, post up curious................. sounds like BS to me.
I think he meant shot.
I hope they're not charging you for one. I hate to be cynical but I'm starting to believe dealerships are going to try to bang FJR owners for anything they can get for having to do recall work. Probably takes them longer than Yamaha allows. Like wanting to charge for oil and coolant.
