Well folks where do I start. I am pretty sure that everyone has heard the story of my on going saga with the dealership and my horrendous case of SVS (sticky valve syndrome). Turns out everyone, including myself, was right. It was SVS and the man from up high on the Yamaha hill came down yesterday to see it for himself.

Not only did he come but he came bearing a truck load of new parts (speedstar springs, new pistons, etc) Really to much stuff to list or remember right now. They tore down my engine and lo and behold what did they find but a rear valve stuck so badly in the open position that it couldn’t be moved with a screwdriver. Hmmmmm, were they told about that months ago?

Nevertheless, they proceeded to to a complete upper rebuild of the engine. I will be picking it up tomorrow with a new 1 year warranty on all work done. New plugs, new oil, new hell so much of everything plus 20% off my new front tire. All in all while a HUGE pain in the ass dealing with this mess. Hopefully I will have my bike back and running tomorrow.

Huge thanks to everyone. Especially to those who provided the links to the internal service memo and the court cases against Yamaha. All of which were shown to the dealer.

Also, I would like to mention Steve at Gainesville Motorsports. He is a class act and has really tried to be helpful in a difficult spot for him. I hold no grudges or ill will against him or how he handled things. I understand he had to tow the company line as he did, but he did it with class and did not ever make me feel like an idiot or tried to bully me.

I will update tomorrow after I get the bike back. Everyone cross your fingers or pray your rosary, because come 2pm tomorrow I’ll be knees in the wind again. Thank God this is almost over. (Hopefully)<br><br>Post edited by: clifdog, at: 2007/05/31 22:42

good luck Dog...i hope it's better than ever! I'm glad someone stepped up to the plate. Most of all, they just made a huge step in admitting the problem whether they wanted to or not. Thanks to you...now the rest of us can beat the hell out of them!...your a true soldier.

let us know...we'll all sell our seafoam stock if it runs right!

j

Great news!

Glad to hear it all worked out in the end for you.

Doc

I hope your bike is better then new good luck!!
They shold have given you a new bike that would have been the right thing to do.
Anyway I just had a thought there is a problem with the valves that is obvious, but not everyone gets svs.
I was thinking could it depend on the type of riding we do I was wondering if people that ride their bikes around town alot stuck in stop and go and slow moving traffic get it more then people that ride long distances on highways and country roads?

Ron

Congrats clifdog. It's taken long enough.I know you'll be glad
to get back riding.

Good News!!!!!


This is how a bike is supposed to run. Holy Crap! Until it was fixed I didn't know how bad I truly had it. It is truly a beast that will jump out from under ya now.

It took between 6-9 months to get to this point but the results are worth it. Would've like to never had this experience, but I stuck to my guns and got it ironed out. Now the only thing left to do is ride and make sure everything is right. Now that warm weather is here and there no rain forecast for the next 2 years, I guess that's what I am gonna do. Go ride.

Thanks to everyone.

Clifdog's knees are back in the wind brothers.

Doesn't it feel great to bring some huge cold hearted corporation whimpering to it's knees.

Good news CD.

Glad things turned out for you Clifdog....I agree with you Jimmy is a stand up guy.It is also nice to see that if I have that problem I will be able to point to yours as an example .....Coug

Clifdog, Congrats on your Bike!! Hope everything stays the same for you. &quot;You Da Man&quot;...

Good Luck!!

Frank from Bama

congrats Clifdog! Hope things stay good for you. My dealer won't even admit to seeing svs yet. Thanks for blazing a trail I'm sure many will need to follow.