you dont understand. lol. she knows how I am. my first raider was painted within the first week of me owning it.my first bike(vulcan900) was painted every 5-6 months bc i would get bored of the paint. lol
im anxious to get it back. im itching to tear it apart and paint it. Im a painter by trade and have a design in my head. im wanting to paint now.......my wife wants to paint in the spring once the newness wears off some. lol
Its been a while since I've been here but had a question about my lifters. So I have 35k on the '08 Raider and was talking to the local Yammy tech about my bike and one of the things he asked me was if I got or have checked my valve lash and I said no. He said it needs to be checked every 16k so I said ok that's something I can handle. So I dig into my manual set it to TDC get my .04mm feeler gauge out and no go. Loosen the adjuster up still nothing. I loosen the adjuster till its not touching the valve any more an no gap. The bike hasn't been run in a week so the lifters should have bled down by now. Not sure on cylinder #2 as I haven't checked them yet but this has me a little concerned. I even tried to press down on the rocker and the lifter is rock solid.Just wondering if anyone else has seen or heard of this and what the solution was to fix it.
Quote from: Motorhead on Mar 03, 2014, 12:29:39 pmIts been a while since I've been here but had a question about my lifters. So I have 35k on the '08 Raider and was talking to the local Yammy tech about my bike and one of the things he asked me was if I got or have checked my valve lash and I said no. He said it needs to be checked every 16k so I said ok that's something I can handle. So I dig into my manual set it to TDC get my .04mm feeler gauge out and no go. Loosen the adjuster up still nothing. I loosen the adjuster till its not touching the valve any more an no gap. The bike hasn't been run in a week so the lifters should have bled down by now. Not sure on cylinder #2 as I haven't checked them yet but this has me a little concerned. I even tried to press down on the rocker and the lifter is rock solid.Just wondering if anyone else has seen or heard of this and what the solution was to fix it.You are probably TDC on the wrong stroke.Turn the crank one full turn and check it again.
Oh gosh...wow...I've been watching this thread on this forum, and back in April I bought a brand new 2012 Raider S (leftover). Now I see the last post has this issue, and it's a 2012. I have just passed 2000 miles, and don't have the noise. Gosh, I hope this never happens. I'd lose all faith in Yamaha if it did. Maybe I should have kept that extended warranty when I bought it...This is so not-cool that something like this happens, and then it's a struggle to get it fixed...at all.
Quote from: twinston on Jun 27, 2013, 01:53:00 pmOh gosh...wow...I've been watching this thread on this forum, and back in April I bought a brand new 2012 Raider S (leftover). Now I see the last post has this issue, and it's a 2012. I have just passed 2000 miles, and don't have the noise. Gosh, I hope this never happens. I'd lose all faith in Yamaha if it did. Maybe I should have kept that extended warranty when I bought it...This is so not-cool that something like this happens, and then it's a struggle to get it fixed...at all.
Quote from: Seabee Bob on Mar 01, 2015, 08:49:14 pmQuote from: twinston on Jun 27, 2013, 01:53:00 pmOh gosh...wow...I've been watching this thread on this forum, and back in April I bought a brand new 2012 Raider S (leftover). Now I see the last post has this issue, and it's a 2012. I have just passed 2000 miles, and don't have the noise. Gosh, I hope this never happens. I'd lose all faith in Yamaha if it did. Maybe I should have kept that extended warranty when I bought it...This is so not-cool that something like this happens, and then it's a struggle to get it fixed...at all.I am now having second thoughts about buying a 2012 leftover on Tues the 3rd of March.
Quote from: Seabee Bob on Mar 01, 2015, 08:53:30 pmQuote from: Seabee Bob on Mar 01, 2015, 08:49:14 pmQuote from: twinston on Jun 27, 2013, 01:53:00 pmOh gosh...wow...I've been watching this thread on this forum, and back in April I bought a brand new 2012 Raider S (leftover). Now I see the last post has this issue, and it's a 2012. I have just passed 2000 miles, and don't have the noise. Gosh, I hope this never happens. I'd lose all faith in Yamaha if it did. Maybe I should have kept that extended warranty when I bought it...This is so not-cool that something like this happens, and then it's a struggle to get it fixed...at all.I am now having second thoughts about buying a 2012 leftover on Tues the 3rd of March. Ok first I've heard of a 2012 having lifter issues...the 09's yes but that was taken care of....you shouldn't have any issues at all with your purchase.....also Yamaha was aware of the lifter issue and made the repairs at no cost to the owners.
Quote from: ROADKILL on Mar 01, 2015, 09:21:21 pmQuote from: Seabee Bob on Mar 01, 2015, 08:53:30 pmQuote from: Seabee Bob on Mar 01, 2015, 08:49:14 pmQuote from: twinston on Jun 27, 2013, 01:53:00 pmOh gosh...wow...I've been watching this thread on this forum, and back in April I bought a brand new 2012 Raider S (leftover). Now I see the last post has this issue, and it's a 2012. I have just passed 2000 miles, and don't have the noise. Gosh, I hope this never happens. I'd lose all faith in Yamaha if it did. Maybe I should have kept that extended warranty when I bought it...This is so not-cool that something like this happens, and then it's a struggle to get it fixed...at all.I am now having second thoughts about buying a 2012 leftover on Tues the 3rd of March. Ok first I've heard of a 2012 having lifter issues...the 09's yes but that was taken care of....you shouldn't have any issues at all with your purchase.....also Yamaha was aware of the lifter issue and made the repairs at no cost to the owners.Thanks ROADKILL