my problems so far with my xt660r
 

well, it's a bit hard for me o start, but i'm starting to be a bit confused if i like my 2007 xt660r or not. so the history. when i bought it, it was 2 years old with 2000 miles on the clock. i now the previous owner - my neibourgh - so he had the bike from new and looked after it very well - never in the rain, or off road, only the ocasional sunday ride - hence the low miles. the i bought it. i live and work in london, so i travel to work and back, i do about 1000 miles a month on it. the problems started at 4000 miles: head bearings - top and bottom of the triple clamp, around 8000 miles both fork seals had failed and now at 15000 miles i have an electrical problem - the ignition fuse keeps blowing - even the mechanics at my local yamaha garage have not find a solution yet. they have my bike for the last 8 days and are as baffled as i am. still not sorted yet. i'm dreading to think about the cost yet. the bike was never abused, never off road, only to work and back. it'm my 9th bike but i never had anyproblems with a bike so new and with so few miles.
it is just me or you had similar problems?

No.1 Be optimistic - We have the solution here!

Join the XT Supporters ( click here ) and then start a thread in the Ask Kev section ( click here ) and consider it problem solved as Kev will take you step by step through all the options which you can then pass to those spanner monkeys at your local Yamaha garage

p.s.: before going back to the Yamaha Garage print the attached picture and show it to them for reference. Thanks

head bearings are a well known problem, seems they never get enough grease in the factory. No big deal - if you know about it.
Forkseals may fail after 15000 miles - no big deal.
The real problem - as CaptMoto allready mentioned - seems to be your Yamaha garage!

Those pro's can't locate an electrical problem within 8 days?
Get your bike to somebody, who knows what he's doing..

well,
good luck anyway!
salu2,
Joe

They may have had the bike for 8 days but how hard are they looking? A small electrical prob is not a big earner so if they start changing expensive bits or talk big money, get the bike back until you have had a think yourself and had some feedback through here.

Blowing fuses is often a shorting wire somewhere and they can be a PIA to find but are usually inexpensive to fix. It usually involves a careful and systematic inspection of the loom and all the connectors. Just 'cos they are dealers it doesn't mean they know things :)

Turn everything off, tank removed, then connect a 55w head light bulb from one side of the fuse which is blowing & the other side of the bulb to the + side of the battery, now move the wiring loom around, as soon as there is a short to earth on that wire the bulb will light up. Hey presto you have found the short. :dontknow:

thanks for the reply gents, the electrical fault: the bike rides fine until i hit traffic, the fan kicks in, i'm first at the traffic lights, lights turn green, fuse blows. i change the fuse, blows again after 10 meters. i put a 20amp fuse in to get to work, i get to work eventualy, i got home - another one fuse blown. so i can use the bike up to one point, when the bike begins to overheat and after the fan kicks in. AND THE GUYS FROM YAMAHA NOW ALL THIS. before i let the bike at yamaha, my neighbour - a car mechanic by trade- had a look, tried to find the short, but after about 3-4 hours he gave up baffled. ( all the street goes to him with car problems, he even fixed mine a few imes, so i trust him). then i decided to go to yamaha, hopeing they'll fix the problem quick. but hey... it did not hapen. and yes, we checked the fan and it seems ok. probably i'll go the garage tomorow and get the bike back and start again

9 days and still counting...

If I was you I would be taking my bike to someone who nows what they are doing & can spend time looking for the fault.

I run a busy workshop with 70 fresh customers everyday + carry overs we can't fix or the jobs were bigger than expected & can tell they would only look at your bike once the booked in work is completed & if there is no time at the end of the day your bike would be carried over to the next day.

It sounds unfair but that is how most workshops operate, it is all about meeting your budget $ for the day otherwise you will have your boss on your tail.

I've heard of various faulty fan motors.
The bearings have been shot/corroded.

This may be a possible source of your problem.
The fan motor has to be opend to check the bearings.

salu2,
Joe

Radu. counting down to what ?

I think it's great that Italians have such wit... Fran you crack me up m8....:hahaha[1]:

days since i left my bike at my local yamaha garage, to find an electrical fault

apparently they found the fault and fixed it! a broken wire that went to the ignition. they have to test ride it tomorow and i hope that's it. i can't wait to get back on it

GREAT news.. hope its all good..........:winner:

oh yes, great news, bke is fixed now, i picked id up yesterday, i was a broken wire underneath the dash, connected to the ignition, so all fixed. i had to pay 2 hours labour and i think it's fair enough, keeping in mind that they had the bike for 9 days. and they promised me a discount when i'll do the 16000miles service. not bad. i was like a kid at christmass when i got back on it:smilies0948:

Happy ending!

well, not so happy ending, fuse blew again so the bike is back at the yamaha garage

As I thought a broken wire can not cause a fuse to blow, a + wire would need to be shorted to earth to blow a fuse.

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