greg the pole
There are no stupid questions, only stupid people
That helps, I'll be truing both my wheels in the off season
1roy said:Spoke gremlin got me finally. Spent a week in the smokies this past week. Rode a couple of forest service roads two up. Rode some paved curves very hard. Went to check my rear wheel spokes today after cleanup. Damn no less than 8 spokes loose all on the shaft side. No nipples lost but I just got lucky. The ones loose were finger loose. It wasnt going to be long and all the nipples would have been gone. I do have all my rear wheel spokes zip tied. Removed the wheel took the tire off and taking it to a local guy who can true a wheel. He does good work so I should be in good hands.
Really disappointed in this spoke wheel setup on this bike. To put it in perspective I rode this piss out of my DR off road up there same week, dented a skidplate, ripped a few knobs off but it doesn't have any loose spokes.
That would be good info to have. I was asked what type rear tire and size, what type side bags, typical load in them, two up or solo percentage, off road percentage to paved, high speed usage. All of which I answered straight up no bending the truth. The fact that they even called me back is a start in the right direction. My bike is out of warranty, I called becasue I am fed up having to check my spokes before a ride and after. And yes I almost always find one loose on the rear. The straw that broke this boy's back was when darn near the whole left side was loose after only a 600+ mile trip all paved except for two gravel forest service roads which were smooth as a driveway. My only load was two up which I have done before with only one or two loose. No my wife is not big and neither am I. I did buy this thing to ride her though so it does get used that way from time to time. I stick to my belief we should not have spokes loose after every ride and that was my case.Siseneg said:So, I've not run into this yet, but am wondering if somehow we could gather the statistics to make a case to the factory about this issue. Would there be a way to do an extensive survey/poll with details of when and where the spokes are breaking/loosening. Left side/right side, heavy loading, hard riding days or styles, how many miles, is it a particular series of VINs, and whatever else we could collectively come up with. Any thoughts?
if you have that mush time you could spend it checking the spokes once in a while.Siseneg said:So, I've not run into this yet, but am wondering if somehow we could gather the statistics to make a case to the factory about this issue. Would there be a way to do an extensive survey/poll with details of when and where the spokes are breaking/loosening. Left side/right side, heavy loading, hard riding days or styles, how many miles, is it a particular series of VINs, and whatever else we could collectively come up with. Any thoughts?
where do we sign up for the rabble rabble list? Seriously we should start a petition. not sure if i'm ::002::roy said:FWIW I mounted a members tires this past weekend on his Tenere. His bike is a lightly used 6700 mile unit over a year old. Rear wheel had one spoke completely loose and several out of spec. I encouraged him to call Yamaha but whether he did or not I don't know at this time. Point is if you have spokes finger tight you need to call Yamaha as this issue will not get resolved by being silent about it and passing it off as normal. It is not normal!! I have rode the crap out of dirtbikes for years and never had this type issue with them and they were used a lot harder. Broke one spoke in 30 years total. This bikes wheels are simply under designed for the weight they are asked to tote.
Yeah, I am with this guy...you all are on your own O0greg the pole said:where do we sign up for the rabble rabble list? Seriously we should start a petition. not sure if i'm ::002::