Yamaha recalling every 2015 R1 and R1M worldwide

[Vracktal]

Turns out the gearboxes are made of cheese and the oil falls out.

[doggone]

How many of these would have been sold in the UK?
Sounds expensive and not something you'd want to ignore.
There must have been a number of documented failures.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

It's the classic Yamaha second gear failure. Apparently 2nd gear can shatter/break and the resulting bits then whizz around the gearbox, hopefully got locking anything. They're also replacing 3rd and 4th and they're a bit dodgey too.

No cassette gearbox in the R1/R1M means it's a bit of a ball ache for them.
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[Rogerborg]

Why, of course I'd like a dealer monkey to spend two full days hammering away at a complicated modern engine trying to undo and redo work that a robot initially did to half-a-ball-hair tolerances. I can't see any way that anything could possibly go wrong during that extended process that would introduce a slew of new problems.
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[Andy_Pagin]

I love recalls, Ford did a recall on all Explorers worldwide because of the crappy tyres, so I got a brand new set for free just as my existing set were at the end of their life
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[Polarbear]

Recalls are part and parcel of the business. It's not that manufacturers have recalls, it's how they deal with it.

Triumph did a recall on all their 1215 engines in the Tiger Explorer and Trophy range. All bikes went back to Hinkley for new cylinder heads, it wasn't done by the dealers. I had both a Trophy and an Explorer then, Explorer was away a week, Trophy 2 weeks. I had the choice of any demonstrator while my bike was away.

Triumph were superb. Hopefully Yamaha will be good as well.
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[Ed Case]

Many years ago I bought a new Triumph 500 Daytona. I picked it up on the saturday and me'nd 'er rode up to the Midlands from SW London and on the way back we called in at the service dept at Meriden (you could do that in those days) because of a creaking noise at the rear of the bike. The service bloke said "While you're here I'll get one of our testers give it a try up the road". He came back after a few minutes and said "Don't worry about the creak, your 'mains' have gone" meaning the crankshaft main bearings were 'rumbling', the bike was booked-in to have the job done. As my then missus worked at a BSA/Triumph dealership she then found out that Triumph knew all about these bearings on initial assembly, the running clearances between the tracks were the wrong spec but rather than stop 'the build' they decided to carry on production and deal with the repairs and complaints as and when. What a bloody 'tin-pot' outfit, producing and exporting bikes knowing they were faulty from the word 'go'. On the ride back down to London some weeks later, in the dark, the RH exhaust pipe was glowing red-hot so I had to creep back at 30/40mph, because the ignition was 'set-up' all over the place. The Japanese didn't 'steal' the British bike industry, Britain threw it at them, we were producing rubbish.

[stinkwheel]

Yamaha. Proudly discouraging second gear wheelies since 1987.
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[andys675]

all the rectifier regulator problems with the triumph 675, and ABS pumps were japanese parts

mine was recalled as the bolts holding the wiring clamps around the headstock had no threadlock on, they could have come loose and they would have hit the fork leg impeding steering. And the front brake hose clamp on the mudguard was made taller, to stop the hose rubbing the mudguard, it's a braided steel hose so would have worn through the mudguard before the hose failed
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[Alex A]

Glad I sold mine!

[kovy]

at least buyers will get a new bike

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

What a PITA

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[Nobby the Bastard]

I has YZF 6 speed box in the fzr and another yzf box in a, erm, box.

Should I be concerned?
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