2005 Yamaha XVS11 Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I began accelerating on to the highway when I noticed a rattling whining noise coming from the middle of the motorcycle once as I approached an exist to inspect the motorcycle my rear wheel locked up . Once I had it towed home come to find out the middle gear shaft nut had broken off with part of the shaft inside and feel if though replacing it and may cause me serious injury.”

“I first noticed a problem when the speedometer stopped working and then while driving home the engine light came on and I had a grinding noise upon releasing the throttle. The bike was taken to repair and the nut that holds the drive shaft in place came off and the drive shaft was loose. I have a Yamaha vstar 1100 classic 2005 with 7800 miles on it.”

“I have a 2005 Yamaha vstar 1100 with 5.000 miles. When I was driving it on the interstate the transmission started to wine and then started to make a taping noise. I found the middle drive gear is broke its going cost me 1600 dollars to fix it with me taking the motor out and reinstalling it in motorcycle. Yamaha will not fix it even know this is a problem with middle drive gear. I'm just lucky it did not lock up on me on the interstate!”

“I have a 2005 Yamaha 1100 vstar classic. At about 23,000 miles a nut holding the middle gear in the transmission broke off causing catastrophic transmission failure. I had the motorcycle towed to a repair shop and was given an estimate of $2,000 + to repair it. Even tho the vehicle was out of warranty to have something like that happen with only that many miles on a vehicle is unacceptable. I personally contacted Yamaha corp. By letter and by phone and was told there was nothing they could do to help. I had the dealership where I purchased it contact Yamaha and again was told sorry. …”

“On Yamaha 1100 vstar motorcycles in the middle drive gear where the universal yoke connects to the shaft the shaft is prone to breakage causing the nut and end of the shaft to become caught in the universal joint which at 55mph can be devastating. After researching this problem on the internet I have found numerous circumstances of this defect.”