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50k on mine and i rev the shit out of it, never heard of any isuses on any super ten 1200, but then its possible to get one bad egg along the line somewhere, a faulty engine part is possible

No word back from the dealer that sold you the bike or from Yamaha UK DB1200 ?

spasm wrote:50k on mine and i rev the shit out of it, never heard of any isuses on any super ten 1200, but then its possible to get one bad egg along the line somewhere, a faulty engine part is possible

That's what I'm hoping, there are virtually no major engine failure that I can find which speaks volumes

geoham wrote:No word back from the dealer that sold you the bike or from Yamaha UK DB1200 ?

It's a bit complicated as I bought it from a non Yamaha dealership, I got my local dealership to collect it Thursday. Not heard anything as yet, I'll ring them Thursday if I've not had any news.
I made the decision to send it there as I trust them implicitly having bought Yamaha's from them in the past and they've always looked after me.

Thanks for the update DB1200. Hopefully it gets sorted asap.

Keep us informed as I'm watching this with interest!

Update so far .......
Evidently it's a bit of a mess, I'm going to go to the Dealers and have a look at it Sat and find out what happens next.

First time i have heard of engine failing on ST1200 , that speaks volumes about the bike considering that if there was a even a small number of failures it would be blown out of proportion by now thanks to the internet hysteria phenomenon .

I know it's no consolation DB, but if it was a bolt that came adrift on the balance shaft at least you know the cause. Thing is, how did that happen? Is this a problem waiting to happen or a one off where the person building the engine didn't torque it up properly?

Loggy wrote:I know it's no consolation DB, but if it was a bolt that came adrift on the balance shaft at least you know the cause. Thing is, how did that happen? Is this a problem waiting to happen or a one off where the person building the engine didn't torque it up properly?

You're absolutely right, and I'm not that bothered by it all, its in very good hands - There are people in the world with bigger problems than what I've got !
I don't need it for work and as you say I know what the issue was and I'll know more on Saturday, although they did say it was a one off and I've been very unlucky which as we know by the lack of other failures worldwide is probably true.
Would I buy another ??

Dave.

P.S
Stunning Bike Loggy (Always wanted one of those)

engines are built by machines these days