NHTSA Complaint #10136746 — 2005 YAMAHA FZ6

1) 2005 YAMAHA YZF R1. NORMAL EVERYDAY RIDING FOR 10,000 MILES. AFTER WORK I WARMED UP MY MOTORCYCLE TO 170 DEG F. 2) WHEN I SLOWED DOWN THE RPM'S DROPPED UNDER 1,000 AND THE MOTORCYCLE STALLS/DIES. IT DIED 3 MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET TO A PLACE TO PULL OVER. AFTER I PULLED OVER I GOT OFF MY MOTORCYCLE AND THEN LET IT IDLE. THE IDLE WAS LOW BUT DID NOT DIE. I THEN RIDE MORE AND IT HAPPENED 1 MORE TIME. I HAD TO REV THE ENGINE TO KEEP IT FROM DYING. I STOPPED AND LET THE BIKE SIT FOR OVER 1 HOUR. AFTER I STARTED IT BACK UP EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING PERFECT AGAIN. I RODE ~80 MILES HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE NEXT MORNING I STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE AND LET IT WARM UP TO 170 DEG F AGAIN. I TOOK OFF AND WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN THE BIKE JERKED MY FORWARD AND DIED. THE BIKE ALMOST FELL OVER. IT CONTINUED TO DO THEN WHEN I TEST RODE IT AROUND THE BLOCK. I THEN PARKED IT AND DROVE MY CAR TO WORK. I BEGAN DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT OTHER RIDERS ALSO HAD MY PROBLEM. AFTER I GOT HOME I TEST RODE MY BIKE AND EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE. I ALSO RODE TO WORK TODAY WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS COMMON WITH A PROBLEM THAT I READ ABOUT THE 2004 YZF R1 ALSO. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOST COMMON FIX WAS REPLACING THE UPPER AND LOWER TPS SENSOR. I CALLED MY DEALER AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS MY THROTTLE BODY NOT IN SYNC. ALSO FROM WHAT I READ WAS A MISSED DIAGNOSED PROBLEM FROM YAMAHA. 3) I AM GOING TO MY DEALER TOMORROW TO FIX THE "THROTTLE BODY SYNC ISSUE" PLEASE REFER TO THIS WEBSITE AND THE ROUGHLY 100 OTHER RIDERS WITH THE 2004/2005 MODEL YAMAHA R1 HTTP://WWW.R1-FORUM.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=98831&PERPAGE=20&PAGENUMBER=1. *JB