NHTSA Complaint #10238479 — 2007 YAMAHA FJR13

I PURCHASES A BRAND NEW 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 FROM OTD MOTORSPORTS IN MARINA DEL RAY CALIFORNIA. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD 1 MILE ON THE ODOMETER. AFTER RIDING THE BIKE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS A BAD ENGINE SURGE BEGAN TO APPEAR. NOT A NORMAL SLOW METHODICAL BOOST OF ENERGY BUT A SUDDEN ALMOST OVERWHELMING BOOST OF POWER. IT WOULD CONSISTENTLY HAPPEN DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE HAVING A PASSENGER ON THE BACK OF THE BIKE, SHE ALMOST FELL OFF DUE TO THIS POWER SURGE. I TOOK IT TO HOUSE OF MOTORCYCLE IN EL CAJON CALIFORNIA TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. SEVERAL TECHNICIANS TOOK THE BIKE FOR A RIDE AND FOUND THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE. AFTER TALKING WITH YAMAHA CORPORATION IN CYPRESS CALIFORNIA IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS A "QUIRK" OF THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF BIKE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE FIX WAS SIMPLE, I PURCHASED A DYNOJET POWER COMMANDER AND A G2 THROTTLE TUBE. THE SURGE IS NON EXISTENT WITH THESE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER. IF I BYPASS THE POWER COMMANDER AND USE THE STOCK ECU THE SURGE IS STILL VERY PRONOUNCED. BEFORE I FIXED THE ISSUE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE SURGE, A ALMOST THREW MY MESSENGER FROM THE BIKE AND B ALMOST PUT ME INTO ANOTHER LANE WHILE ACCELERATION AND TURNING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS "QUIRK" AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE YAMAHA CORPORATION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR