Yamaha Yzf R1 1998–2009 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TB-M2009-008 · NHTSA communication 10030233 · issued May 7, 2009
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1998–2009
model years
27
vehicle entries
Official summary
Yamaha motorcycle: hard to start when cold, erratic, or won't idle. A possible cause is insufficient valve clearance. Effects all yzf-r6v/w/x models and yzf-r1/r6 models. No model years listed. *pe
Vehicles covered
- 1998 Yamaha Yzf R1
- 1999 Yamaha Yzf R1
- 2000 Yamaha Yzf R1
- 2001 Yamaha Yzf R1
- 2002 Yamaha Yzf R1
- 2003 Yamaha Yzf R1
- 2004 Yamaha Yzf-R1
- 2005 Yamaha Yzf-R1
- 2006 Yamaha Yzf-R1
- 1998 Yamaha YZFR1
- 1999 Yamaha YZFR1
- 2000 Yamaha YZFR1
- 2001 Yamaha YZFR1
- 2005 Yamaha YZFR1
- 2007 Yamaha YZFR1
- 2005 Yamaha Yzf-R6
- 2006 Yamaha Yzf-R6
- 1999 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2000 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2001 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2002 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2003 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2004 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2005 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2006 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2007 Yamaha YZFR6
- 2009 Yamaha YZFR6
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.