![]() ![]() ![]() I know when we rode the bikes out at Sturgis a couple years ago and got to see an actual engine cutaway (see vid), I did notice they had chosen to go metal to metal on the lifter/cam interface and actually questioned the techs there about it. Matter of fact, they are #1 in customer satisfaction as far as motorcycles go (according to the internet poll voices). On the other hand, Yamaha really is a stand up company. I just not willing to take on that experience and nothing from Yamaha says the will continue to cover the issue once the warranty period is over. So what’s to keep it from happening again in 5K or even in 50k? I called Yamaha Customer support yesterday and asked if they where aware of any recalls on it yet, reading all of the different forums you can see that there is an issue out there with this engine, yet they keep covering it with the same parts, not a redesign of the head, or anything else that my shop could see. That is why I will be letting it go before my warranty is up. I just don’t know if I can trust this engine for the long haul. I really like the over all look and layout of everything as well. I do still love the bike, the ride and handling is really nice. Yes, you are correct in your statement about slow sells, I found the exact same bike reduced 5K still on the showroom floor. What is a "Bring"?įorgive me, I type with my thumbs on an iPhone with that stupid Autocorrect. If that does happen there is a really good chance that the updated parts will interchange into your bike. With prices in the tank on new left overs (effecting resale value) and gobs of left overs out there to be had it might be in your favor to hold on until the 2020's are released to see if Mom Yam does in fact make the design change that is being chatted about = roller lifters. so Idecided to double check what was just done and found front cylinder intake lifter not rotating.yamaha has not gotten back to me for an idea of I rode down the road at about 20mph at about 2000 rpm and just seems to have more chatter on top thanĪnother venture I rode. cams and lifters were put in set valves to 0 clearance, ran engineĪnd still had more top end noise than i thought should be there. My lifter was not near as bad as yours, mine was scored a little on bottom from not rotating in lifter bore. I posted pics of my damaged lifter and cam. Just for clarification, are you saying they had to tear into your bike twice? Go through the threads here on the Venture. ![]() Not cheap but had great ZDDP numbers as well as being an actual Goup V oil with esther. I have an oil change coming up in less than 1k miles and will be upgrading to Redline Motorcycle Oul 10w-40. Running YamaLube 20w-50 but some very sound science as well as oil reports make a great case for need of ZDDP due to the use of a flat tappet/cam setup on this bike and that it is acting against 2 valve springs not one. However I did upgrade the oil to a full synthetic with Esther since then. Yamaha dealership apparently fixed mine right the first time as I now have over 15k miles on it with no further issues. Hi Chuck, I had that happen to mine back at around 7500 miles or so. The bike has 6600 miles I have a small Yamaha dealership but do not sell bikes anymore. Is back apart and by the pattern on lifters the same lifter is not turning. yamaha replaced cams and lifters noise was still there. pulled lifters found intake lifter scored along with cam lobe. I started noticing more top end clatter checked valve clearance found front cylinder lifters not pumped up. ![]()
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