R² Reliabilty

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:10 pm

This bike is so unreliable. I started driving it from Montreal then I ended up in BC...

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:40 pm

Bad OEM tires is my only complaint. Only had the bike six months and I've already had to put air in twice. And it keeps running out of gas.......

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:24 pm

With a big tank this is an around the world bike.
Wish it had a beeper that notified you if the key was left on without the engine running. Seems like the only way you'd ever accidentally discharge the battery.

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:50 pm

GusinCA wrote:: With a big tank this is an around the world bike.
Seems like the only way you'd ever accidentally discharge the battery.

I remember some idiot a while back (no names to protect the guilty) left his heated gloves on (wired direct) and killed the battery for his early a.m. commute. Another reliability issue! dddog

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:48 am

TBird1 wrote:

GusinCA wrote:: With a big tank this is an around the world bike.
Seems like the only way you'd ever accidentally discharge the battery.

I remember some idiot a while back (no names to protect the guilty) left his heated gloves on (wired direct) and killed the battery for his early a.m. commute. Another reliability issue! dddog

that's a dumbass issue! Very happy

Friends of mine have 10 WRs in Spain, they get used 95% offroad.

They've had them for just over a year and none of them have had any problems relating to the build quality of the bike, it's all down to damage from people falling off! poser2

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:16 pm

My X has done 9000 miles. All great except for a puncture I picked up 2 weeks ago budah

I am thinking of suing Yamaha!!! lol!

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:03 am

My R2 can never go directly to any given point.
seems as though it always has to go the long way.
Another thing it always seems to get muddy everytime I ride.
geesh! how can a person live with this.

Subject: Re: R² Reliabilty Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:01 am

On a serious note, my X is coming up for 10000 miles - no problems to report. BUT: I have a VERY heavy right wrist, & tend to ride flat out at all times. I worry that the poor little 250 can only take so much thrashing at 10000 RPM. I don't race, but am concerned. Maybe someone with more tech knowledge than me can put my mind at rest dunno

X = totally stock mechanically, stored outside under good rain cover. Ridden all year, but I avoid rain, although she does get mucky from road crud/salt etc.