DG K3 1000
New Member
Half way through day 5 of a 7 day loop through British Columbia bike decided to not start. Spent half a day at small shop in Creston where owner decided he could not ID the problem (only charged me for an hour of time) had it towed to a Yamaha dealer in Cranbrook a 110 km away and spent another 6-7 hours in shop while they tried everything but to no avail. I said it may be the CCT - I have 65000 km on bike and was going to have it replaced this winter- and they agreed that may be the problem but parts were at least 10 days out. Rented a UHaul to move bike to Vancouver area and now bike has been in the largest Yamaha dealer in the area (Holeshot) for over 3 weeks. Still waiting for parts with an estimated cost of $2500!
In last 12 years I have gone through a Vstrom and a Varadero and thought this bike would be the best of the 3 but very disappointed. I purchased it this year with 50K on it and hoped that would match the mileage on previous 2 bikes. Got 150K on Vstrom and 115K on Varadero with very little problem. Oh well season is quickly coming to an end and once I get bike back will be putting away for the winter.
MORAL - watch out for the CCT, at least on the 2012. Very expensive problem is not replaced.
In last 12 years I have gone through a Vstrom and a Varadero and thought this bike would be the best of the 3 but very disappointed. I purchased it this year with 50K on it and hoped that would match the mileage on previous 2 bikes. Got 150K on Vstrom and 115K on Varadero with very little problem. Oh well season is quickly coming to an end and once I get bike back will be putting away for the winter.
MORAL - watch out for the CCT, at least on the 2012. Very expensive problem is not replaced.