Rizzo
New Member
About 800kms on bike (450 miles or so), and I lose a spoke. It was hanging off and banging into the swingarm just like I've read many others have. I was out of town on my first trip with the bike. Now that I'm home, I have 1400kms on the bike (about 900miles) and Yamaha says I'm responsible for the spoke. No help from local.dealer on this. I'm going to call yamaha as I don't feel I should be on the line for this. I assume I'll be buying an entire spoke set and watching the rear wheel like a hawk. I'm leaving for California in a couple.weeka so I need the bike good to go. This doesn't inspire confidence nor does it do wonders for Yamaha customer.service.
Like most of you, I expect never had a spoke issue with any bike before (35 years riding) but I do check them at regular intervals. I never thought I'd have an issue with a spoke, let alone this early.
If interested, I'll post on how things go turn out. Not looking great so far.
Like most of you, I expect never had a spoke issue with any bike before (35 years riding) but I do check them at regular intervals. I never thought I'd have an issue with a spoke, let alone this early.
If interested, I'll post on how things go turn out. Not looking great so far.