2006 Yamaha XV1700 Engine cooling Problems

“I was riding a Yamaha 2006 road star heading on to the highway the bike backfired and quit. I yanked the bike to the side almost getting hit. Does it take somebody dying before something is done about this motorcycle. This bike has been in the shop for this 3 other times ring free and rejetting the carb seems to be their fix but its only temporary.”

“I bought a 2006 Yamaha roadstar 1700 new from the dealership. Just before the one year warranty expired the motorcycle started to backfire and stall while riding. The bike is stock with no modifications. The dealer told me there was nothing wrong with the bike. Now the problem is worse and the bike is back at the dealership. I had to find out over the internet through forums that it's the valves that are sticking in the motor. The service dept tells me it might be a dog fight between me and the manufacturer. The consumer stated yahama has agreed to perform a valve job on the vehicle. …”

“In the morning I go through a normal starting procedure of motorcycle recommended by the dealer and by Yamaha. Within 1 mile the engine choked/popped, and bucked, almost died on one occasion on the road. After another half mile to a mile the engine cleared up and will start and ran fine the rest of the day. Recently the problem got more frequent and sometimes happened, though milder symptoms during the day. I was scared that this will happen in traffic ,and possibly cause a crash and injury. From my discussions with other Yamaha road star owners I was not the only one having this problem. …”

“The motorcycle suddenly and without notice will lose power due to valves sticking and causing bike to run on only 1 cylinder. It happens on a regular basis. There has been nothing done to remedy the problem because Yamaha tries to lay blame on the owners of the bikes. From what I have read this is happening to hundreds maybe even thousands of bikes!”

“Back firing and wanting to die,on cold starts. Yamaha did the valve job under warranty,and told me it was from improper oil change. Now its doing it again and the Yamaha shop has been doing the oil change, 1 year later and 3000 miles. Yamaha also has problems with starter clutches making a crack when turning off the bike.(that sounds like its going to fly out of the bike,oh yea and it don't start when this happens).”