sychodan
Well-Known Member
Hi all
First of all I´m writing this to help other owners to solve that problem faster than i did and want to appologize in advance for my english, but i try to give my best
Since the day i bought my bike , i was fighting with bad vibrations, buzzings and annoying sounds.
This weekend i stripped my bike completely to see where the this comes from, and i found a lot.......
Step 1: Vibrations from the Vent
That should definitely be your first step. The vent is the most common issue on this Bike and will buzz everywhere.
I´m linking here to JFSK16 manual, big thx for that!
Click!
Step 2: Radiator Cover
The radiator cover sits very loose on this bike. You can easilly pull it out when you remove the 2 screws per side from die sidecovers and then remove the two screws holding the cover.
You can see two plastic hooks at the bottom -> putt some foam or felt tape here, also do this left and right from top to bottom!
After you reassembled everything, you´ll see its fitting much tighter an cannot buzz anymore. But as said before, dont forget to tape that two black hooks at the bottom!
Step 3: Remove the front fairing
At this is the point I´m really not satisfied about yamaha´s engineers.
After i removed the fairing completely (you have to open 5 screws)
i saw the big fail immediately.....
The cables which are running in front of the lights are touching the vent. And that so strong, that you can see how the plastics going away and cutting into the fairing (the bike´s having just 6000 miles on it....)
I fixed that by covering the cables (all cables which are in the fairing) with felt-tape
Step 4: Instrument Cluster
Another problem is the instrument cluster. The cluster is beeing held by 3 screws with a big fat rubber washer between. the problem is that these washers are shrinking , how older the bike gets -> you have to add additional rubber washers till its tight again and not able to move.
Step 4.1: plastic cover above radiator
Yamaha installed two little plastik covers, which are directly touching the radiatior guard. I dont see any real sense here and removed them completely
(maybe from preventing hot air from the radiator going into the airbox but when i removed that two little plastics you could see how they were touching the frame (plastic dust)
Step 5: miscellaneous
- air filter: i also had the problem that my air filter (Pipercross) hat to much space in the airbox. so when i get to 4500-5500 rpm and the bike starts to suck some serious air , the filter rattled in the box.
Switching to stock filter was way better, i then decided to install a K&N which is not made of plastic, its rubber
- tighten engine mounting screws
(couldnt find a manuall here, if someboday has it, please pm me, i´ll add it here)
- Reassembling: when i reassembled the bike , i put rubber washers everywhere between srews and plastic parts. Easy cheap fix that also helps a little
Nevertheless, you´ll get away the noises here but dont forget its still a litre bike, so when the handlebar is vibrating a little , fill it with leadshot and wd40
When i went out for my first ride yesterday i was absolutely surpised what a different bike this is now. before, i could always say which rpms i have by feeling the different buzzes..... Now i can drive through a corner, holding the bike at 5000 rpms, get smooth out without any distortion.
I hope this helps a little for everyone how also have that problems
(i´ve really been thinking about selling this bike ......)
But now, i love it more than ever
If someone has some additional stuff, pls PM me , i´ll add it. and maybe we can make a sticky out of this thread.
Best regards from germany
and sorry again for my broken school english here
Dan
First of all I´m writing this to help other owners to solve that problem faster than i did and want to appologize in advance for my english, but i try to give my best
Since the day i bought my bike , i was fighting with bad vibrations, buzzings and annoying sounds.
This weekend i stripped my bike completely to see where the this comes from, and i found a lot.......
Step 1: Vibrations from the Vent
That should definitely be your first step. The vent is the most common issue on this Bike and will buzz everywhere.
I´m linking here to JFSK16 manual, big thx for that!
Click!
Step 2: Radiator Cover
The radiator cover sits very loose on this bike. You can easilly pull it out when you remove the 2 screws per side from die sidecovers and then remove the two screws holding the cover.
You can see two plastic hooks at the bottom -> putt some foam or felt tape here, also do this left and right from top to bottom!
After you reassembled everything, you´ll see its fitting much tighter an cannot buzz anymore. But as said before, dont forget to tape that two black hooks at the bottom!
Step 3: Remove the front fairing
At this is the point I´m really not satisfied about yamaha´s engineers.
After i removed the fairing completely (you have to open 5 screws)
i saw the big fail immediately.....
The cables which are running in front of the lights are touching the vent. And that so strong, that you can see how the plastics going away and cutting into the fairing (the bike´s having just 6000 miles on it....)
I fixed that by covering the cables (all cables which are in the fairing) with felt-tape
Step 4: Instrument Cluster
Another problem is the instrument cluster. The cluster is beeing held by 3 screws with a big fat rubber washer between. the problem is that these washers are shrinking , how older the bike gets -> you have to add additional rubber washers till its tight again and not able to move.
Step 4.1: plastic cover above radiator
Yamaha installed two little plastik covers, which are directly touching the radiatior guard. I dont see any real sense here and removed them completely
(maybe from preventing hot air from the radiator going into the airbox but when i removed that two little plastics you could see how they were touching the frame (plastic dust)
Step 5: miscellaneous
- air filter: i also had the problem that my air filter (Pipercross) hat to much space in the airbox. so when i get to 4500-5500 rpm and the bike starts to suck some serious air , the filter rattled in the box.
Switching to stock filter was way better, i then decided to install a K&N which is not made of plastic, its rubber
- tighten engine mounting screws
(couldnt find a manuall here, if someboday has it, please pm me, i´ll add it here)
- Reassembling: when i reassembled the bike , i put rubber washers everywhere between srews and plastic parts. Easy cheap fix that also helps a little
Nevertheless, you´ll get away the noises here but dont forget its still a litre bike, so when the handlebar is vibrating a little , fill it with leadshot and wd40
When i went out for my first ride yesterday i was absolutely surpised what a different bike this is now. before, i could always say which rpms i have by feeling the different buzzes..... Now i can drive through a corner, holding the bike at 5000 rpms, get smooth out without any distortion.
I hope this helps a little for everyone how also have that problems
(i´ve really been thinking about selling this bike ......)
But now, i love it more than ever
If someone has some additional stuff, pls PM me , i´ll add it. and maybe we can make a sticky out of this thread.
Best regards from germany
and sorry again for my broken school english here
Dan
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