2006 Yamaha FJR1300AE Electrical system Problems

“The motorcycle's engine quit suddenly without warning. From the on-line fjr forum and my personal inspections of electrical components in my bike, I have determined that this was caused by the well known Yamaha fjr 1300 electrical grounding issue. A recall by Yamaha is needed. This has been a known fjr issue for three years.”

“Ignition switch failed, which stranded my wife and I 20 miles north of leaky texas on rd 336, which is an open cattle range area where cell phone's don't have coverage, in the middle of a 100 degree day on 9 august 2008. Had stopped on the side of the road to get a bottle of water out of the saddle bag, when ignition switch turned back to on position, nothing happened. Had already learned from this site that Yamaha fjr's have a known problem with ignition switch failures. …”

“This is on a 2006 Yamaha FJR1300AE model motorcycle with about 26k miles on it. I started the motorcycle, it ran for about 1 to 2 seconds then shutdown and would not restart. This was the first and only occurrence. Upon inspection by an authorized dealership service technician it was found to have an overheated, melted ground junction in the main electrical harness. The manufacturer is going to replace the entire main harness under the extended warranty I have. The old harness is being sent back to the oem for inspection. …”

“1) what year fjr? 2006 FJR1300AE with 16,500 miles, purchased new 3/2007 2) failed while running? Or while turning ignition? Or whatever? Tuesday night (11/06/07) after pumping gas I turned on my key and watched the gauges fire up for about half a second, then everything went dead. I fiddled with the key a bit and got it started. I messed with the ignition a bit more and could not duplicate the problem. Wednesday morning I had the same problem. Once I got it started, I could not duplicate the problem again. …”

“2006 Yamaha fjr1300. Vehicle was being ridding and the speedometer stopped working, ABS and check engine lights started flashing and the gear indicator was also flashing. This is the ae model with electrical shifting. It was stuck in 5th gear and would not down shift. I was able to return it to the parking lot in high gear and turn off the motor. Called dealer and he cleaned a corroded ground spider and vehicle is now operating properly again.”