2006 YAMAHA 1100 SILVERADO Problems & Recalls

RODE BIKE ABOUT 3 HOURS PRIOR WITH NO INDICATION OF PROBLEM. AFTER PARKED THE 3 HOURS I HEARD A LOUD WHINE/HOWL COMING FROM MIDDLE OF BIKE. DEALER MECHANIC DISCOVERED MIDDLE DRIVE YOKE JUST ABOUT SHEARED OFF THE SHAFT. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWS ABOUT 50% OR MORE SHEARED OFF. FROM THE LIST IT APPEA...

Mileage: 47,900

STARTER WHEN TRYING TO START WOULD NOT TURN OVER MOTOR, BUT THE STARTER WOULD TURN OVER. I HAVE FOUND THAT YAMAHA KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE IT HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE THAT OWNS A YAMAHA VSTAR, 650CC AND 1100CC, THE REPAIR BILL COST BETWEEN $900.00 TO $1,200 , AND EVEN AFTER REPAIRS BYE EVEN DEALERS YOU CAN...

Mileage: 24,342

STARTER WHEN TRYING TO START WOULD NOT TURN OVER MOTOR, BUT THE STARTER WOULD TURN OVER. I HAVE FOUND THAT YAMAHA KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE IT HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE THAT OWNS A YAMAHA VSTAR, 650CC AND 1100CC, THE REPAIR BILL COST BETWEEN $900.00 TO $1,200 , AND EVEN AFTER REPAIRS BYE EVEN DEALERS YOU CAN...

Mileage: 24,342

STARTER WHEN TRYING TO START WOULD NOT TURN OVER MOTOR, BUT THE STARTER WOULD TURN OVER. I HAVE FOUND THAT YAMAHA KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE IT HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE THAT OWNS A YAMAHA VSTAR, 650CC AND 1100CC, THE REPAIR BILL COST BETWEEN $900.00 TO $1,200 , AND EVEN AFTER REPAIRS BYE EVEN DEALERS YOU CAN...

Mileage: 24,342

I'M EXPERIENCING A SEVERE WHINING NOISE ON DECELERATION ESPECIALLY IN 3RD, 4TH AND 5TH GEARS. CONTACTED THE YAMAHA DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE AND THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. UPON RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET I REALIZE THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MOTORCYCLE W...

Mileage: 25,000

PURCHASED MOTORCYCLE 5/2011 THREE MONTHS LATER IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE WHEN DECELERATING. ITS MAKES THIS NOISE WHEN MOTORCYCLE IS MOVING BUT ENGINE IS NOT UNDER LOAD. I TOOK THE BIKE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND BOTH OF THEM SAID IT WAS THE MIDDLE GEAR SET. THE REPAIR COST WAS $2300. THIS IS...

Mileage: 19,000

PURCHASED MOTORCYCLE 5/2011 THREE MONTHS LATER IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE WHEN DECELERATING. ITS MAKES THIS NOISE WHEN MOTORCYCLE IS MOVING BUT ENGINE IS NOT UNDER LOAD. I TOOK THE BIKE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND BOTH OF THEM SAID IT WAS THE MIDDLE GEAR SET. THE REPAIR COST WAS $2300. THIS IS...

Mileage: 19,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 YAMAHA XVS-1100 V-STAR SILVERADO MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN A BOLT FRACTURED FROM THE MIDDLE GEAR DRIVE SHAFT AND BEGAN RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE YOKE OF THE U-JOINT AS THE BOLT LODGED INSIDE THE YOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHOR...

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 YAMAHA XVS-1100 V-STAR SILVERADO MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN A BOLT FRACTURED FROM THE MIDDLE GEAR DRIVE SHAFT AND BEGAN RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE YOKE OF THE U-JOINT AS THE BOLT LODGED INSIDE THE YOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHOR...

Mileage: 20,000

DRIVING 60 MPH ON HWY18 THE BIKE STARTED VIBRATING AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED BOUNCING, PULL THE CLUTCH IN AND ALL PROBLEMS GO AWAY. THE "MIDDLE GEAR" OUT PUT SHAFT OF THE TRANSMISSION SNAPPED OFF INSIDE THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE DRIVE SHAFT JOKE ON. TO REPLACE THE BROKEN OUT PUT SHAFT THE ENGINE AND ...

Mileage: 50,411

AT FIRST I HAD A VERY LOUD WHINING SOUND WHICH CAME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN. I TOOK IT TO THE YAMAHA DEALER WHICH HE HEARD AT FIRST BUT THEN IT WENT AWAY. HE SAID THEY HAD A BULLETIN FROM YAMAHA ABOUT GREASING THE SPLINES IN THE DRIVE TRAIN WHICH HE DID, EVEN THOUGH HE COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE NOISE.I PI...

Mileage: 15,800

MIDDLE DRIVEN SHAFT RETAINING BOLT SHEARED OFF WHILE RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 26,100

2006 V-STAR 1100. SHAFT PROBLEM IT BUSTED IN HALF AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. MOTORCYCLE COMPANY I TOOK IT TO SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. HAD NO WARRANTY AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER. UPDATED IVOQ 08/27/10 *TR

Mileage: 10,000

YAMAHA V STAR XVS1100 MIDDLE GEAR SHAFT BREAKS OFF AT NUT SECURING U-JOINT ASSEMBLY TO SHAFT. THE GEAR SHAFT BROKE WITH OUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE BIKE HAS 60K MILES. THE NUT CAN GET LODGED BETWEEN UJOINT AND SWINGARM PIVOT BOLT THIS CAN CAUSE THE DRIVE SHAFT TO LOCK UP, ALSO L...

Mileage: 60,160

MIDDLE DRIVE SHAFT SNAPPED OFF RELEASING RETAINING THE NUT INTO UNIVERSAL JOINT. THE RETAINING NUT COULD HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE UNIVERSAL JOINT AND JAMMED THE UNIVERSAL JOINT RESULTING IN THE REAR WHEEL LOCKING AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE. IN ADDITION TO CONTROL LOSS, MAJOR GEARBOX DAMAGE W...

Mileage: 43,000

MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2006 VSTAR 1100 CRUISER MOTORCYCLE. WHEN IT WAS WORKED ON, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RETAINING NUT HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE DRIVE SHAFT ALONG WITH SOME WASHERS. THIS OCCURED AT APPROX. 9600 MILES. THE CONSEQUENCE WAS THAT IT WAS FIXED WITHOUT A MAJOR REPLACEMENT BUT ...

Mileage: 9,600

I OWN A 2006 V STAR 1100 THAT I PURCHASED USED LAST YEAR. A WEEK AND A HALF AGO I WAS LEAVING WORK AND HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE METAL SPINNING WHENEVER I LET OFF THE THROTTLE I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT SPLINES NEEDED GREASED AND THE REAR TIRE WAS BAD. I TOOK IT BACK A...

Mileage: 100,750

06 VSTAR 1100 CLASSIC, 12,126 MILES - PURCHASED NEW FROM SHOWROOM FLOOR FEB. 14 OF 2006 - MILEAGE WAS GENTLE - NOT ABUSIVE/HARD 5/24/2008 AT 7:30 RETURNING HOME FROM RUNNING ERRANDS. TURNING LEFT FROM DEAD STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, FELT A SHUDDER IN BIKE, HEARD A POP. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TU...

Mileage: 12,126

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 YAMAHA VSTAR 1100 SILVERADO MOTORCYCLE, THE NUT ATTACHED TO THE MIDSHAFT (DRIVETRAIN) BROKE OFF AND THE BROKEN NUT/SHAFT THREAD APPARENTLY TUMBLED AROUND WITHIN THE DRIVETRAIN AREA, CAUSING THE DRIVETRAIN TO TEMPORARILY LOCK UP / BIND WHILE RIDING 25 MPH. THIS ALSO CAUSED FAILU...

Mileage: 10,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 YAMAHA VSTAR 1100 SILVERADO MOTORCYCLE, THE NUT ATTACHED TO THE MIDSHAFT (DRIVETRAIN) BROKE OFF AND THE BROKEN NUT/SHAFT THREAD APPARENTLY TUMBLED AROUND WITHIN THE DRIVETRAIN AREA, CAUSING THE DRIVETRAIN TO TEMPORARILY LOCK UP / BIND WHILE RIDING 25 MPH. THIS ALSO CAUSED FAILU...

Mileage: 10,000