Ya know this bike kills me. I have done all the maintenance on everything I have ever owned. If somethings broken I fix it. Hell I put a 20hp Honda motor in my John Deere 318 mower. I could probably fix this bike but it's not my responsibility. Sure, Im paying for it but thats because if I told them to come get it, it would reflect on my outstanding credit. This is Yamaha's baby. I know every brand has it's lemon, but it's what the manufacture does for the customer who gets it that proves their worth. I don't want to get long winded but let me tell you why I don't drink pepsi anymore. Do you remember Pepsi points? You cut the points off the case and mail it in for junk. Well I sent in like 200 pepsi points for some T-shirts once. The shirts were something like 180 points. It was mailed back to me saying I inclosed too many points for the items I chose. I removed the extra points and sent it back. It was then returned to me saying the promotion was over! Will I turn one down if offered to me? No..but I don't buy Pepsi anymore. I drink Diet Coke now and have ever since. Thats just the kind of guy I am! If you screw me over once don't expect me to come around looking to give you a chance to do it again. If you make it right and are sorry I'll forgive and forget and everything will be right as rain. Yamaha has settled with others by giving them the bike and I have wanted to modify it since the day things went wrong. The only problem is if I did they would say the modifications are what caused the problem.(like they did to many others)I can't wait to ride, someday soon I hope. Lord it's been a year now, But I am not letting this go. I will have my day and I don't care how long it takes. If your bike operates the way you expected then this is not your fight and I'm truly happy that you did not have to experiance this headache. ride safe and I'll see you on the road someday. (I guess I did get long winded)