Well f***.

[Tylar]

I'm with Dean-O on this.

Or let the dogs piss on the motor and send the pic into Yamaha and say, "Arigato Fookers"

So I called Vickery and gave them the deets. They think I have a solid case with Yamaha but only two things are against me, per Vickery: 1) I'm not hte original owner, i bought it with 782 miles on it. 2) It's not under warranty.

I'll be calling Yamaha Customer Care in the morning.

[Mother Goose]

I do not approve of this thread now.

[Chaos]

Not good! I was just on CL last night and there was a guy parting out an '08 R1 in the springs, the engine was part of the part out just an FYI

[Tylar]

Not good! I was just on CL last night and there was a guy parting out an '08 R1 in the springs, the engine was part of the part out just an FYI

Looking.

[Dasaxman6]

Sad day

[Chaos]

This one, guess it's an '07 and in aurora? http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/4517316147.html

[Tylar]

Soooo, I have a motor and it's not from Yamaha Customer "Care". After 1-in-5 attempts you don't get randomly disconnected, I was politely told tough-shit, thanks for your business. Had a feeling it'd go that way, but needed to try for my conscience.

Homie in Green Valley Ranch had done a 5mph curb-hop-and-dump after drinking more beer than he had gas in his tank and I now have an 07 motor with 9k miles, even the ECU and wiring harness...all at a pretty good price ($3k under his asking, too).

So, the plan is to have the shop that has my 08 do the swap, valve-guide check and hopefully a PC3, map and y-pipe delete. Worst case i'm swapping myself and then still paying for the valve work.

Slow and steady as she goes...

[JimDog]

So.... Celebratory ride once she's back up and running?

[Tylar]

So.... Celebratory ride once she's back up and running?

Yeah, something like taking a day off to ride Peak-to-Peak sounds just groovy.

[Mother Goose]

Yeah, something like taking a day off to ride Peak-to-Peak sounds just groovy.

Maybe I'll have mine street legal-ish by then.

[Kim-n-Dean]

Maybe I'll have mine street legal-ish by then.

I'm guessing you're doing the same thing I did. Switch bodies back and forth between race and street?

I did a ride to Estes during race season, so I just put my stock tail on so I would have a brake light and a place to hang a license plate. The rest of the bike was full race body. No head light and no mirrors. Actually, I think I did put the mirrors on for convenience. Every cop I sat next to at red lights told me how nice the bike looked.

Every time we would stop, everyone would start shootin' the shit. I was getting nervous the farther we got out and the later it got. So, now we're in Estes and the sun is going down fast and I have no lights. I got home by riding just to the side and six inches off Buellers tail, hoping you couldn't really tell I didn't have head lights. It worked, Dave drug my happy ass all the way home. That was a great day!!

[~Barn~]

Good for you, for seeing it through like you are. You'll have her back soon!

[madvlad]

I still have that brake light too

[Mother Goose]

I still have that brake light too

I should probably get that from you sometime.

[Tylar]

Here is the #2 rod poking into where the stator lives.


Here you see the #2 piston resting on the crank.


Expecting to have the bike back next week.