I had my BMW K1200S gearbox fail one week before the 2yr warranty expired.

The bearing that 5th gear sits on was knackered and this caused the gear to jump and bent the selector fork along with damaging the shaft. A new gearbox was fitted at a cost of ~ �2.5k courtesy of BMW. I now have an extended warranty.. So it happens on �12k bikes too and I recall early R1's were prone to gearbox failure.

To date my Ten' gearbox is just fine, but that's only done 2,5k miles and I think we know that in general they're fine. Unfortunately for you that doesn't help much, but if you've a high mileage engine and most of it's about to be replaced then that's a positive!

Sounds like your dealer has it on their 'To Do' list now then.

Good Luck.

Hiya please keep us posted as to what the outcome of this all is - are they replacing the whole gearbox, is there and subsidary damage as a result of the broken teeth elsewhere?

G

got the bike back today - the engine was taken out of the bike last saturday and completely stripped. 4th gear was broken into 4 pieces and the gear selector fork had a slight mark so that and the 4th gear were replaced under warranty. every park of the engine was checked to ensure there was no other damage, which there wasnt. The gear box is lovely now, really smooth and easy through the gears. going to give in a complete in depth clean and polish tomorrow and then it will be photographed and put up for sale.

Good to hear it's been fixed.

How do you rate JS Gedge?

Naturally I'm getting a little twitchy now my warranty is due to expire.

I've been fortunate with mine to date, suffering only the quick wear cush rubbers which is easier to fix myself than waste half a day visiting the Yam dealer.
The corrosion on the spokes and fixings is pretty disgraceful, as well as a daily bike I use it as a greenlaner so it'll never look in tip top condition so I live with that issue.

I wonder if Yamaha will continue to fix the rectifier failures out of warranty.I did treat mine with ACF 50, seal with silicon,strap the connector halves together with cable ties early on and don't fancy disturbing it now.

I've reached about 18000 miles and I reckon maybe a quarter of that has been off -road. I've ridden plenty of deep water,mud, sand and done 3 Long Distance Trials. I'm well impressed with how the bike has stood up to the punishment only replacing several chains, sprockets and rear brake pads. Far better than my old DRZ400 which went through brake pads, bearings, seals and cables in no time, drank oil and went pop around the 25000 mile mark, luckily after I'd sold it.

Back when the Ten came out it was priced as a budget bike pretty much.

If I was spending my money again I wouldn't get one for what Yamaha are asking nowadays.

I have to say I've had differences of opinion with Trevor Gedge in the past, but in fairness both Trevor and his staff have been absolutely 1st class with all the help and work carried out on the Tenere. He did me a good deal on the bike and the extras. cant fault them at all.

bike now sold.

I past the 75.000km mark. Engine starts to sip oil now (2L/10000km). I had the regulator problem, a short circuit in the fuel pump wiring and replaced the head stock bearing and need to replace them again. for the rest it is a good bike but unfortunately needs some engine work in the future.

What have you replaced it with ?

We last saw Sean on Septemebr 3rd last year, I don't think he frequents us any more....