have an 06 1700cc roadstar anbd it has no acceleration, backfires at 4k in first and backfires from a stop. sometimes stalls sometimes at decel with out braking backfires in the exhaust. help ?

Have you done any mods to it?

frank rizzo...

Sounds like you have a leak on your hands... (manifold or exhaust leak) or maybe both...

When My '06 was about a hundred miles old... I pulled the mufflers during a detailing... Just for laughs, I fired her up and went around the block with just the header pipes... I stalled at nearly every turn and I knew she was not at all happy about running like that...
Point being, I had created a major exhaust leak, and se ran real bad!

But, like Musky said... What modifications have you done to it? Gotta know, in order to tell...

no mods, stock roughly 400 miles--tried the dealer and they said I would have to eat the cost of a carb repair job--.use good fuel ha ha no additives. I like to snap the throttle open to see what it's got and it's not a lot. thanks.

frank rizzo wrote:
--tried the dealer and they said I would have to eat the cost of a carb repair job--

Stock bike with 400 miles ... I don't think so.

Why would a new bike need a carb job?

Maybe you need a new dealer? ... that's warranty work.

Doc

I second what doc sez...good dealers aren't always in your backyard...I've got my 02 at a dealer nearly an hour away getting the trans recall done right now, even though there are three yamaha dealers within 20 miles of my house--attitude is everything, and warranty work to me is a test to see if the dealer is dedicated enough to you to do something that you aren't paying for (Yamaha does pay the dealers for warranty labor and recall stuff, so it shouldn't matter...but it does to the dealer for some reason), so you can decide whether he should get your money when the repair will truly be on your dime.

I have a 02 that had some of the same symtoms. After rejeting the carb backfire stopped. It was so bad it would pop and quit runing when trying to go from a stand still (almost got run over many times). Now it back fires from pipes, I guess to rich now. Other than that it's stock.This thing is a pig as far as perfomance goes IMO. Had Hondas for years never a problem always ran great.It also eats tires.BTW I'm easy on the throttle. I had a delivery guy in yesterday, he said he had the same bike and had the same piss poor performance issues.Why should a stock harley 1200 (I don't know model but looks the same) blow my doors off? I'd get rid of it but can't afford a replacement at this time.I got a response about tire issuse a day or so ago and the guy asked if I did burn outs, I almost fell out of my chair laughing.

Toadstar , you have a 1600. They were not barn burners. But they can be made to do very well with little effort. Don't give up on your first try. In 99 when these came out , we weren't in the middle of the size/power/mines faster than yours, war. 2003 we were knee deep in it.

Now , with the right exhaust (which most of us change anyway) , air box , jetting combo , you can get your girl to dance. Throw in a Speedstar/Dyna3000 ignition and get those RPMs up to 5000 and we're really talking. Change the front sprocket from your 33 to a 31 and you have a Complete different bike.

Will they do burnouts.........Most certainly. Will you catch a 1200 Sportster.....maybe , those things are light and quick.

Here's a little perspective......My 1900 Roadliner runs a 12 second 1/4 , my Wife's 96 750 Magna runs a 12 second 1/4 , and she weighs 200 lbs. less than me , which one do you think is faster? BB

Toadstar....I hate to sound curt about this, but if your bike isn't running like a top then there's something wrong somewhere.

They don't make these things to spit, sputter and backfire all day long. Believe it or not the folks at Yamaha actually want us to be happy with our rides so when we start looking for the next one,(and you know you will) we'll look their way instead of one from someone else. They aren't in the bike business for love of riding, they're in it to make money. Like all those good in business they know they can't remain viable selling one crappy bike to one ticked off rider.

Is there an occasional lemon out there? You bet there are. After all we humans put 'em together. Things can and do go wrong. Hey, they might even have put a poor head design into production on the 1700's and it's the root of the rare but dreaded SVS. But by and large the bikes are designed to put a smile on your face and get you from A to B without breakdown.

If you bought a Road Star and really wanted a ride with the get up and go of a 'Busa, then shame on you. Would you buy a screwdriver to drive nails? If so, here's you sign.

That all said, there's an answer to a bike that doesn't perform at least to stock standards. I may be user error (leaks after installation of pipes, etc) or just a broken or out of adjustment part.

Rather than telling the rest of us what who are happy with our bikes what a pig they are perhaps you should go down a detailed troubleshooting list and find the offending part/adjustment and make the bike run the way it was designed. If, like me, you don't have all the experience or skill required to do that yourself there's a big group of patient and knowledgeable guys who are ready, willing and able to help you out: It's called the Road Star Clinic.

Again, sorry if this sounds short. Sometimes it's better to just say what you mean rather than to walk on egg shells.

M7

I agree with BB, my '06 1700 would eat a HD 1200 for lunch about any day. Mine is stock, except for the V&H shorties. It feels quicker than my old Seca 750 did, and it was supposed to be one of the faster production bike in '84, I think was what year it was. It won't go faster, but it's quicker.




DJ