Very Hot brand new YZF450
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Very Hot brand new YZF450
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: SanddunnerD
Hey..
New to this forum and thought that I'd help the little brother out.. I ride a Honda but he just bought a brand new YFZ450 today and when he got it home began running it around his place to get it broken in a bit. After it got a little dark we notice that the header was getting RED hot. Realized that the fan wasn't running at all after we had run it for a while (really pretty easy) just going around the property running through the gears, etc. He and I are thinking that theres something wrong with it and wonder if this new engine got hot enough to damage it? Any one ever seen anything like this on the new YZF450's?
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Dude, the dealer will jack you around. I'm sure if the fan wasn't running and you rode for a while there will be irreversible damage. Depends though. I would take it in and explain the situation. They most likely will pull the engine apart(decreasing value of the bike tremendously) and take a peek. Whether there is engine damage or not, they will say "looks good" and hand it back to you. Sounds like it could be a lemon. My buddy just spent 2 months back and forth with the dealer and it's no fun. After all that he got a new bike.....But you better be prepared for a battle. They won't back down until you shove a lawyer in their face.
Hey..
New to this forum and thought that I'd help the little brother out.. I ride a Honda but he just bought a brand new YFZ450 today and when he got it home began running it around his place to get it broken in a bit. After it got a little dark we notice that the header was getting RED hot. Realized that the fan wasn't running at all after we had run it for a while (really pretty easy) just going around the property running through the gears, etc. He and I are thinking that theres something wrong with it and wonder if this new engine got hot enough to damage it? Any one ever seen anything like this on the new YZF450's?
Don</end quote></div>
Dude, the dealer will jack you around. I'm sure if the fan wasn't running and you rode for a while there will be irreversible damage. Depends though. I would take it in and explain the situation. They most likely will pull the engine apart(decreasing value of the bike tremendously) and take a peek. Whether there is engine damage or not, they will say "looks good" and hand it back to you. Sounds like it could be a lemon. My buddy just spent 2 months back and forth with the dealer and it's no fun. After all that he got a new bike.....But you better be prepared for a battle. They won't back down until you shove a lawyer in their face.
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my yamaha 450r came with a 6 month warranty from yamaha and i would not worry at all regardless of jetting the yfz header pipe will glow the engines just run hotter than others. my 06 would start turning red at night the day we broke it in and so does my 09 and its fuel injected bikes usually arent leaned out when they come out of the factory due to all of the restrictive exhaust i wouldn't worry at all about the head pipe it is perfectly normal
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