NEW BIKE Yamaha R6!!!!

[Full Throttle]

This is my New Bike. YAMAHA R6

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs462.snc3/25403_10150176367155529_688275528_12061929_5296697 _n.jpg

http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs442.snc3/25403_10150176367165529_688275528_12061930_6345027 _n.jpg

It has a full Yoshi exhaust
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that is where the stay is broken. But as you can see its still connected at the bottom. Im just going to be careful for the time being till i can purchase the new piece
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs442.snc3/25403_10150176367185529_688275528_12061932_1545056 _n.jpg

16,499miles
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs462.snc3/25403_10150176367190529_688275528_12061933_5024056 _n.jpg

Integrated turn signal that has been put into the rear foot peg.
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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs462.ash1/25403_10150176367200529_688275528_12061935_6082097 _n.jpg

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs462.snc3/25403_10150176367205529_688275528_12061936_689377_ n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs462.ash1/25403_10150176367210529_688275528_12061937_6894362 _n.jpg

Bike is a little bit dirty but his driveway is partially gravel. it will be spot less come monday when i get time to clean it.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs462.ash1/25403_10150176367225529_688275528_12061938_4317239 _n.jpg

It has a really stupid looking wind shield the Grey looks retarded but im going to replace that with a slightly tinted one off ebay.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs462.snc3/25403_10150176367230529_688275528_12061939_2260605 _n.jpg

And thats all folks.

[the chi]

Nice man, congrats.

[Rangerscott]

Yamaha. Pssst, give me a break. I try to get a pic of my friends Brandon and see if you want his custom paint job.

[Full Throttle]

Nice man, congrats.
Thank you.

Yamaha. Pssst, give me a break. I try to get a pic of my friends Brandon and see if you want his custom paint job.

if i had the money i would buy these farings for it but nay i dont so im completely content with this. just a few things need a fixing.

http://www.bike-fairings.com/photos/yzf_r6_98_02/r69809/main.jpg

[marko138]

Sweet.

[CrazyKell]

congrats. What year is it?

[Porkchop]

Nice man!!! I loved that bike. They run real well, and sound great with that Yosh. The only thing I didn't like was the feel from the forks, but who knows... there might have been somethign wrong with it.... :lol:

BTW the orange looks sick on this bike. This pic doesn't do it justice.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/BRbaseball52/R63.jpg

[Homeslice]

I had signals just like that on my 05. Worked great.

[tached1000rr]

congrats

[Captain Morgan]

Congrats! The R6 is a blast to ride (but aren't most bikes?) and I'm sure you'll love it.

[karl_1052]

Nice!

BTW, those cheap chinese fairings from ebay are crap.

[Particle Man]

Sweet!

[Amber Lamps]

Nice!

BTW, those cheap chinese fairings from ebay are crap.

Yep....:lol:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll220/lontigger/My%20Bike/Photo0321.jpg

Both sets that I actually purchased were fine but I'm sure that you know better...

[Full Throttle]

congrats. What year is it?
2000

I had signals just like that on my 05. Worked great.
Yea didnt even know they were there, Thought it was neons lol. It still has the ugly turnsignals on the back so im going to take those off. cause i have the LEDs and eliminate the ugly mud flap.

Congrats! The R6 is a blast to ride (but aren't most bikes?) and I'm sure you'll love it.
lol yea true true. I feel like this bike was made for me it feels exactly the right way for how i ride.

Nice!

BTW, those cheap chinese fairings from ebay are crap.
Those fairings arent off ebay thats another site and its in London. so its listed for 649 EUR which is a little over $700. cant spend that on it.

[Tmall]

I had the same bike in red. It was awesome. Much faster than my Buell.

[goof2]

Congrats!

You may want to see if the recall was performed on the sprocket retaining nut and lock washer. It hadn't been done to my 01 which I bought in 2007. The dealer performing the recall is supposed to put a punch mark like a period after the VIN number to indicate it has been done.

For the R6 the effected VIN number ranges are below.
RJ04E-0000015~0028429
RJ06E-0000012~0030477
RJ04Y-0000006~0002931
RJ06Y-0000004~0006432

[Tmall]

I know somebody will quickly chime in and say "set your suspension up right and you won't need it". But, I highly recommend a steering damper. I tried everything I could on mine and it still had a lot of headshake. I had 3 pretty bad tank slappers on it as well.

[jalaan1]

congrats! enjoy it.

[racedoll]

Very nice!

[Full Throttle]

Congrats!

You may want to see if the recall was performed on the sprocket retaining nut and lock washer. It hadn't been done to my 01 which I bought in 2007. The dealer performing the recall is supposed to put a punch mark like a period after the VIN number to indicate it has been done.

For the R6 the effected VIN number ranges are below.
RJ04E-0000015~0028429
RJ06E-0000012~0030477
RJ04Y-0000006~0002931
RJ06Y-0000004~0006432

Lol i wish you would of said something about this sooner lol. I was on my way to work and as i was slowing down to get off the ramp the Sprocket slipped off the drive shaft and i was just rolling down the ramp. Pushed it into the closest Gas station and had a buddy bring me some tools. I thought the Chain just jumped off or something. it was really strange to me. When i got it all taken apart the chain was still on the sprocket and the sprocket was just sitting next to the drive shaft. I was like what the hell they didnt put the lock washer on it. Idk what happened exactly. It had the 520 Conversion done about a month ago so im thinking the washer wasnt put on and the nut just wiggled loose

[Full Throttle]

Mine fits into the range of the first one.

The RJ04E~0000015~0028429

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5452/techfz6.jpg

[Full Throttle]

So apparently what I've been reading up on claims no matter what state the warranty of the vehicle is in they are supposed to replace the lock washer and the Nut. My bike is currently at Southern Honda cause i trust them the most but if Yamaha will fix it for free thats 50 bucks i'm going to save by bringing it to RT Cycle down the road. What do yall suggests. Southern Honda "The Biggest Honda Dealer in The World..." where i know some people or RT Cycle... Both are closed today cause its Sunday and RT is closed Monday so i wont be able to find out till Tuesday if thats true or not.

[Rangerscott]

So apparently what I've been reading up on claims no matter what state the warranty of the vehicle is in they are supposed to replace the lock washer and the Nut. My bike is currently at Southern Honda cause i trust them the most but if Yamaha will fix it for free thats 50 bucks i'm going to save by bringing it to RT Cycle down the road. What do yall suggests. Southern Honda "The Biggest Honda Dealer in The World..." where i know some people or RT Cycle... Both are closed today cause its Sunday and RT is closed Monday so i wont be able to find out till Tuesday if thats true or not.


Any time there is a recall no matter if you're not the original owner or its been years past the recall. It is always free and they need to do it. My vehicle had a recall on the seat belt buckles. It's an '88 and I'm not sure if its been done, if not I can roll into a suzuki dealership and they would have to do it.

[goof2]

Mine was done at no cost at a Yamaha dealer 6 years after the bike was originally sold. As long as no one added the dot at the end of your VIN like what is shown on the 2nd page of the TSB you posted it should be the same for you. It sucks that it happened to you, but at least there wasn't major damage and it should get taken care of.

[Full Throttle]

Okay good. I'm going to call them Tuesday and schedule them to do it that day. Hopefully Southern Honda doesn't charge me for housing my bike or some bull shit like that.

[Amber Lamps]

I don't know if anyone else noticed this but. you said that the bike was modified by the previous owner. In my experience, when you change from a 525 sprocket to a 520 sprocket, you have to use a washer that is provided in the kit to keep things tight and as you stated, perhaps the previous owner didn't bend the tab on the washer up after he tightened the nut.:idk: Sorry to be a wet blanket but I don't want you to get your hopes up.:sorry:

[Full Throttle]

I don't know if anyone else noticed this but. you said that the bike was modified by the previous owner. In my experience, when you change from a 525 sprocket to a 520 sprocket, you have to use a washer that is provided in the kit to keep things tight and as you stated, perhaps the previous owner didn't bend the tab on the washer up after he tightened the nut.:idk: Sorry to be a wet blanket but I don't want you to get your hopes up.:sorry:

I didnt think of that. But maybe they wont realize its been converted to the 520. Thats kind of unlikely but ya never know lol. Still it has nothing to do with the warranty so maybe that doesnt matter either.

[Full Throttle]

Mine was done at no cost at a Yamaha dealer 6 years after the bike was originally sold. As long as no one added the dot at the end of your VIN like what is shown on the 2nd page of the TSB you posted it should be the same for you. It sucks that it happened to you, but at least there wasn't major damage and it should get taken care of.

Did you do the conversion? If so how did you go about getting the dealer to replace the parts?

[karl_1052]

I know somebody will quickly chime in and say "set your suspension up right and you won't need it". But, I highly recommend a steering damper. I tried everything I could on mine and it still had a lot of headshake. I had 3 pretty bad tank slappers on it as well.

and one final one?:lol:

[goof2]

Did you do the conversion? If so how did you go about getting the dealer to replace the parts?

My bike still had the stock chain and sprockets so I don't know how that would change anything. After I bought the bike I found the TSB you posted applied to my bike. I had a buddy that was the service manager at a Yamaha dealership so I asked him about it. He said it was still covered, give him a week to get the parts in, bring it by, and they would get it done. It took around an hour. You may want to ask one of your buddies at the Honda dealership if they would honor a similar TSB on a Honda if a 520 kit had been done and work from there.

[Amber Lamps]

My bike still had the stock chain and sprockets so I don't know how that would change anything. After I bought the bike I found the TSB you posted applied to my bike. I had a buddy that was the service manager at a Yamaha dealership so I asked him about it. He said it was still covered, give him a week to get the parts in, bring it by, and they would get it done. It took around an hour. You may want to ask one of your buddies at the Honda dealership if they would honor a similar TSB on a Honda if a 520 kit had been done and work from there.

That or just call or stop in and talk to the guys at Yamaha, tell them the situation and ask if they will still do the recall. They may still do it and charge Yamaha for the parts and labor. What I wouldn't do is try to sneak it past them...

[goof2]

That or just call or stop in and talk to the guys at Yamaha, tell them the situation and ask if they will still do the recall. They may still do it and charge Yamaha for the parts and labor. What I wouldn't do is try to sneak it past them...

His bike was at the Honda dealer which opened today. The Yamaha dealer doesn't open until tomorrow. I figured he would need to make a decision today and since the Yamaha dealer wasn't open he could only ask his buddies at the Honda dealer for advice.:shrug:

[Full Throttle]

That or just call or stop in and talk to the guys at Yamaha, tell them the situation and ask if they will still do the recall. They may still do it and charge Yamaha for the parts and labor. What I wouldn't do is try to sneak it past them...

His bike was at the Honda dealer which opened today. The Yamaha dealer doesn't open until tomorrow. I figured he would need to make a decision today and since the Yamaha dealer wasn't open he could only ask his buddies at the Honda dealer for advice.:shrug:

Actually the Yamaha dealer was open, kind of surprised me to be honest. But when i read off the VIN to them they told me it wasnt within the affected range. Thats not true however because it fits perfectly within this range "RJ04E-0000015~0028429" range. so i think they are just trying to get out of it. Im not really feeling like getting into an argument with them cause they are a bunch of assholes over there anyways so im just going to let my friends at Southern do it. its only 45 dollars and they have to file some of the threads on the drive shaft cause the sprocket rubbed some of them a bit when it came off. Im going to tell them to be sure and locktite it as well cause i dont want that shit coming off.

[goof2]

Actually the Yamaha dealer was open, kind of surprised me to be honest. But when i read off the VIN to them they told me it wasnt within the affected range. Thats not true however because it fits perfectly within this range "RJ04E-0000015~0028429" range. so i think they are just trying to get out of it. Im not really feeling like getting into an argument with them cause they are a bunch of assholes over there anyways so im just going to let my friends at Southern do it. its only 45 dollars and they have to file some of the threads on the drive shaft cause the sprocket rubbed some of them a bit when it came off. Im going to tell them to be sure and locktite it as well cause i dont want that shit coming off.

Having to force them to do it along with the hassle of having to move the bike from one shop to the other wouldn't be worth the $45 to me either. Good luck getting it fixed.

[Full Throttle]

Got it fixed all is good she is running great. Only cost 44.70 actually so it was cheaper than they said. Parts only cost 6.38 so it was a cheap fix. Worst case scenario would of been a cracking the case open and replacing the drive shaft. Im glad it wasn't that bad.

[Homeslice]

Actually the Yamaha dealer was open, kind of surprised me to be honest. But when i read off the VIN to them they told me it wasnt within the affected range. Thats not true however because it fits perfectly within this range "RJ04E-0000015~0028429" range. so i think they are just trying to get out of it. Im not really feeling like getting into an argument with them cause they are a bunch of assholes over there anyways so im just going to let my friends at Southern do it. its only 45 dollars and they have to file some of the threads on the drive shaft cause the sprocket rubbed some of them a bit when it came off. Im going to tell them to be sure and locktite it as well cause i dont want that shit coming off.

You mean just the threads that the nut use, right? Hopefully not the splines that the sprocket slides over.

[Full Throttle]

You mean just the threads that the nut use, right? Hopefully not the splines that the sprocket slides over.

Yea just the threads for the nut.

[marko138]

Glad its fixed. Now, enjoy that new ride.

[Full Throttle]

Yea believe me i am

[Rider]

Clean bike. Keep the rubber side down.

[Full Throttle]

[QUOTE]Clean bike. Keep the rubber side down.[/QOUTE]

Its going to stay down lol. And its dirty as shit in that pic Ive really cleaned it up now. Looks 5 years younger lol. No seriously it does.