Recent content by dark knight

Does this recall not sound a bit familiar.

Yes, that was an option I had, but he bike was out of warranty and the the main cable harness is £1,100, fitting it £400, so not really an option, the R1 recall cable is about £50 with fitting about £100.

I had a similar problem with my 2011 S10, poor idling and misfiring at speed, it took me and the dealer months to find the fault. The fault was due to poor connector contact plating on the wiring ( four wires, some screened) from the TPS to ECU, the same real problem as the S10 recall on the...

Hi there, I use word for logging the annual maintenance. Will attempt to attach sample sheets in Word in case that they are of any use to someone.

I have had a hard start twice on my 2011 S10 under different conditions and did contact Yamaha UK who claimed to have no record of the problem. I have approacded this problem from a different assumption, that the hard start is caused by EMC, conducted emission noise from the starter and have...

I see that it has worked this time around. I am from Scotland, near Linlithgow, about 30 kms west of Edinburgh. I have four motorbikes, a 1980 Kawasaki Z650, a Yamaha 2008 XT660Z, a Yamaha 2011 XT1200Z and a Honda 2006 CBF1000. I do mainly on the road touring both here and in Europe.

Hi there, Been trying to post since I registered but does not seem to work.