Yes, the part was at my expense, but at least I can ride my bike now instead of waiting for the sub harness to become available (for ? months). After waiting for a month for the part to come in, I was able to get an OEM one from EBay, and the local Yamaha service department installed it. On the ground spider issue - Yamaha Customer Relations advised me NOT TO RIDE MY BIKE until the issue is fixed, but the part that fixes the issue is backordered without an expected availability date. Yamaha fixed two outstanding recall issues (California charcoal canister replacement, and the ground spider issue FJRF009). I wanted to give an update on my bike's recalls' status (2006 FJR1300). So, I am not sure if sharing my experience is helpful, but I am hoping that it would be useful for someone in a similar situation that I am in. To that, she replied - in an obviously annoyed tone - that she doesn't know anything about that TSB, and reiterated that the wiring issue needs to be fixed and nothing else can be done. Again, I asked her about the altitude sickness issue - TSB M2007-016A. She told me that the only thing that needs fixing is the electrical grounding issue (FJRF009). Then I asked her if something can be done to help me with the other TSBs outstanding for my bike. She asked me for my VIN number, and after I gave it to her, she said that I should not ride my bike until the ground wire issue is fixed (FJRF009). The person on the phone didn't seem to care about any details I wanted to provide. So, I called Yamaha Customer Relations myself. Yamaha declined to fix the TSB issues, however. He told me that he received one item for a recall, and is waiting for the sub harness to arrive for the second. After two weeks of waiting, I called the service manager about the status of my bike. He explained to me that Technical Service Bulletins are different than recalls, and he advised me to not get my hopes up about TSBs. The same was true for the 17MPG readout issue (FJRF010) - not that I care about that. He offered to call Yamaha to see if they would fix the altitude sickness issue on a bike with very low miles, even though his computer screen clearly showed that the Service Bulletin timeline (on FJRF004) has expired. The service manager looked up my VIN number and found that with the exception of the ignition switch fix, all other Recalls and Service Bulletin items were outstanding on the bike. So, I took it to the local Yamaha service center with a copy of the Tech Service bulletin printed out in my hand to see if they would fix the issue. A little more digging on the NET revealed that my bike has one of the "affected" VINs. I looked into what might cause the bike to do that, and I found that it is a classic case of altitude sickness documented in Yamaha's TSB M2007-016A. After we were able to stop and turn around, the bike ran fine all the way home. Unnerving to say the least riding two-up on a narrow road with blind corners, a cliff off the right and a mountain to the left with no shoulders to pull off to. At 5,000' or so when we turned onto a twisty, single lane road I found that the bike would not want to accelerate off idle, and then suddenly lurch forward at around 3000 RPM, like someone lit a firecracker behind a bull. The bike ran great on the test ride and all around our area for a few months, until a few weeks ago I took it up to much higher elevations than where we live, with my wife as a pillion. Hello All! I bought a 2006 FJR1300A in April of 2021 with just over 7K miles on it.
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