After reading some,(not all), of the posts on this subject, I felt like it was time to put in my $.02. Basically, I think the majority of the dealers are doing all they can to satisfy us, and it's Yamaha themselves who have the 'manjana attitude'. Based on my personal experience, Yamaha doesn't give a rat's a$$ how we "feel" about the current situation. If they did, they probably would have let us know about it in a more timely fashion and be doing more,(parts availability), to rectify the deficit. I found out about it on this forum in January, after the initial recall came out in September. It takes five months to notify an owner of a potentially dangerous condition on their motor vehicle? After reading about it here, I contacted my dealer then called Yamaha. The Yamaha CS rep said my letter was already mailed out, but I still haden't received it two weeks later. It finally showed up on Jan. 30, and dated Jan. 9. Some coincidence. The dealer ordered my parts a month ago and was told they'd be here in two weeks. Since then, he's caled for delivery dates every week and gets, "They're two weeks out." Yesterday he checked and got "no estimated delivery".
This isn't the first time we've had an issue with this bike. Remember the front brake issue?? How many of us were told there was no problem. Kind of like the infamous V-Max head shake issue. I was also involved in that one. Yamaha still hasn't admitted there was ever a problem with the shake/wobble complaint on the 'Max. History repeats itself??
I think it's time we all got together and bared our teeth, collectively. Some of us are owners who are content with Yamaha's effort, some are only concerned with resale value, some are middle of the road, and some are really pi$$ed off. Whatever your persuasion is, remember we can hang together or hang separately. Thirty thousand plus involved vehicles should equal thirty thousand plus responses. If you don't have the time, MAKE the time. It's your bike and your $$. Every owner of this vehicle should be calling Yamaha CS and bitchin'. Every owner of this vehicle should be complaining to the NHTSA, every owner of this vehicle should be at least checking out the class action lawsuit, etc., etc. Never forget there's strength in numbers. If we want this resolved in a timely, fair fashion, we have to come together, a small percentage of us clamoring at the gates won't get it done. Spear Warrior has posted some good contact information, USE IT.