Roadstar Recall

External Since: May 05, 2004 Posts: 3

This post was a week or two old, but I wanted to fire it back up again.
Here's my take on the recall:

I have a 2001 RoadStar, that was not affected by the recall. I feel lucky
that I do not have to send my bike to the shop here right at the begining of
the
season. Many of the people I ride with have Road Stars that ARE affected by
this recall. I think the thing that bothers me the most, is the way that
Yamaha is dealing with
this situation. All the shops in my area have a waiting list a mile long.
Yamaha says not to ride your bike untill this recall has been performed.

I understand that this is a big repair, (time consuming) but it seems that
Yamaha could find some other way to deal with it. There must be some way to
get
everyone taken care of in a timely fashion.

I still have to say, that even if my bike were affected.... I would still
tell anyone thinking about buying a Roadstar to GO FOR IT.

I've test driven the FatBoys etc. and sure Harley has done a great job
brainwashing everyone into believing that they must spend all their money
on a sub-standard cruiser... all that aside, I feel like the 1602 roadstar
has
more power, a better feel, and is an overall better value (and a better
bike!) than
all the others out there!

Put some Vance and Hines longshots pipes on there and replace the stock
seat. You'll be good to go. Here is a photo of my bike.

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Ride on,

Frostybeer

"repairco" <repaircoDAMNSPAM.RemoveThis@excite.com> wrote in message
news:ZjEic.489757$B81.8305690@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> Is the recall serious stuff? Absolutely
> I am concerned about the future of my RoadStar? Not at all!
> Before the work was done I toured the shop at the dealer that was doing
the
> work and watched to see if it was neat, tidy, organized and clean. I
asked
> about training and was shown the 'Certificates' for the two wrenches that
> were to be the ones doing the recall work.
> The only things that pissed me off was the time I couldn't ride and the
fact
> that the general public lost enough faith in RoadStars to drive the resale
> value down almost two grand overnight. I didn't buy the bike to add to my
> portfolio though, I bought it to ride, and to ride for a long time.
> As long as the work was done by a decent shop it is not all that big a
deal.
> No worse than having to rebuild a carb and replace brakes and water pump
on
> a car, in the same weekend.
>
>
> Dutch
>
>
> "Wild Bill" <garland.reaves.RemoveThis@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:youdnaMLl4J2eh_dRVn-vA@adelphia.com...
  > > I am considering a used Road Star and I keep hearing about the "recall".
  > > What was or is the "recall"?
  > >
  > >
  > >
>
>
>

External Since: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 6

The original post was mine and I thank you for your input. Having not had
any experience with Yamaha, I have decided I will either buy post-recall or
require the seller to provide proof that the recall has been done by a
certified Yamaha mechanic. I just don't have the patience to wait or the
trust level required to surrender such valuable stuff to just anyone.

Your bike looks great...I like the solo saddle on the Road Star.

"frostybeer" <frostybeer RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40990cc0$0$73097$a0465688@nnrp.fuse.net...
> This post was a week or two old, but I wanted to fire it back up again.
> Here's my take on the recall:
>
> I have a 2001 RoadStar, that was not affected by the recall. I feel lucky
> that I do not have to send my bike to the shop here right at the begining
of
> the
> season. Many of the people I ride with have Road Stars that ARE affected
by
> this recall. I think the thing that bothers me the most, is the way that
> Yamaha is dealing with
> this situation. All the shops in my area have a waiting list a mile long.
> Yamaha says not to ride your bike untill this recall has been performed.
>
> I understand that this is a big repair, (time consuming) but it seems
that
> Yamaha could find some other way to deal with it. There must be some way
to
> get
> everyone taken care of in a timely fashion.
>
> I still have to say, that even if my bike were affected.... I would still
> tell anyone thinking about buying a Roadstar to GO FOR IT.
>
> I've test driven the FatBoys etc. and sure Harley has done a great job
> brainwashing everyone into believing that they must spend all their money
> on a sub-standard cruiser... all that aside, I feel like the 1602
roadstar
> has
> more power, a better feel, and is an overall better value (and a better
> bike!) than
> all the others out there!
>
> Put some Vance and Hines longshots pipes on there and replace the stock
> seat. You'll be good to go. Here is a photo of my bike.
>
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>
> Ride on,
>
> Frostybeer
>
>
>
> "repairco" <repaircoDAMNSPAM RemoveThis @excite.com> wrote in message
> news:ZjEic.489757$B81.8305690@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
  > > Is the recall serious stuff? Absolutely
  > > I am concerned about the future of my RoadStar? Not at all!
  > > Before the work was done I toured the shop at the dealer that was doing
> the
  > > work and watched to see if it was neat, tidy, organized and clean. I
> asked
  > > about training and was shown the 'Certificates' for the two wrenches
that
  > > were to be the ones doing the recall work.
  > > The only things that pissed me off was the time I couldn't ride and the
> fact
  > > that the general public lost enough faith in RoadStars to drive the
resale
  > > value down almost two grand overnight. I didn't buy the bike to add to
my
  > > portfolio though, I bought it to ride, and to ride for a long time.
  > > As long as the work was done by a decent shop it is not all that big a
> deal.
  > > No worse than having to rebuild a carb and replace brakes and water pump
> on
  > > a car, in the same weekend.
  > >
  > >
  > > Dutch
  > >
  > >
  > > "Wild Bill" <garland.reaves RemoveThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
  > > news:youdnaMLl4J2eh_dRVn-vA@adelphia.com...
   > > > I am considering a used Road Star and I keep hearing about the
"recall".
   > > > What was or is the "recall"?
   > > >
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
>
>
>
>