Re: Yamaha Motorcycles Recalls YZF R1 and YZF R1M 2015

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Re: Yamaha Motorcycles Recalls YZF R1 and YZF R1M 2015

Yamaha Motor India announced a voluntary recall of Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M over faulty gearbox issue. This recall is a part of global recall that was issued last week. The company informed in a press statement that all the 9 units sold in India which includes 7 units of YZF-R1 and 2 units of YZF-R1M will be recalled.



Ravinder Singh, Vice President, Strategy & Planning, Yamaha Motor India Sales said,
The company plans to begin the voluntary recall exercise through a factory modification campaign which will be run through the company's authorized superbike dealership network across the country.

The customers will be contacted through mail as well as phone calls starting today, to fix an appointment to extend every support through this campaign.

News Source: Yamaha Motor India announces voluntary recall of YZF-R1, YZF-R1M | ET Auto

Re: Yamaha Motorcycles Recalls YZF R1 and YZF R1M 2015

So this happens to the best of companies. The press snippet says 'This is due to inadequate component strength'. Improper QA? But then the remedy is an altered design. If the culprit is component strength, why the design has to be altered? Why not just source material from a better vendor?
Owners who spent so much would shudder at the thought of their engine cases opened this early, basically a full blown heart bypass for the bike.

Re: Yamaha Motorcycles Recalls YZF R1 and YZF R1M 2015

sometimes the 'strength' can be improved with a better design and of course better material. a lot of factors go in to making and matching parts of a machine to ensure it runs reliable, and yes there will be cases where over time the manufacturer might end up issuing a recall. no company is 100% perfect.
let's not shoot comments without having specific information on how these components have been improved/changed, unless maybe yamaha is willing to give out more specific information. It is good that they have been able to identify this issue and are issuing a fix for it.
we should change our mentality on 'opening' engines. I agree that yes, if this hadn't happened it would be good.
Remember the engine cases were not born like humans in one piece.. they were designed and put together at some point in time by a mere mortal. So if the company is willing to have the repairs carried out at their expense and labor then one should have these repairs done immediately.
Let's hope the hands involved in the labor do a good job (i think there would be some senior boffin from Yam supervising these rebuilds in India)

Just got back from the ktm svc and there was a ninja 300 whose engine was shipped off to pune to fix some issue.was in a hurry so did not inquire much into what went wrong.

Re: Yamaha Motorcycles Recalls YZF R1 and YZF R1M 2015


Frankly it'd be difficult for us to have very specific and detailed information as to what the exact fault was.Companies are notoriously discreet in explaining recalls. They'd offer an explanation but never very detailed. Can't really blame them, a tarnished image will dent the sales.Let's see if Yamaha is any different.
Regarding the mentality of aversion to opening engines, I think it has to do something with the stellar jobs carried out on our bikes by the mechs in most svs in India . I have seen numerous cases in the KTM svs where the engine casing was opened to fix one issue only to give rise to another, usually oil seepage from casing!
My shims are crying replacement but I have been averse to the idea of have the casing opened, lest the only part on my bike which has not gone wrong(the engine!) becomes another source of headache. I do not know how superior the yamaha svcs are, but I imagine not much.

Do remember the tools used to build/put together the engine casing at the plant are vastly superior to what the 'engineers' are given at the svcs.Not to mention the skill levels(and surely training received) are superior too.Most svcs in India do not even have a torque wrench! So yes, they were designed and put together by mere mortals, but they are definitely serviced and repaired by zombies. At least in India!
I don't know if the senior boffin from Yam is going to be Japanese flown in, but looking at the repair/replacement effort(16 hours!) god bless the owners if the boffin is the area sales manager which I think is most likely.