2005 Yamaha XV1700: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jul 2, 2018 · Transmission · 12,001 miles · CA

(11104769) while riding on a city street at approximately 25-30 MPH, the transmission locked up along with the rear wheel. The bike stalled and skidded to a stop in the inside traffic lane. I could shift into neutral but the rear tire was locked up and could not move to the side of the road. Another biker and motorist stopped, and we were able to drag the bike out of the traffic lanes. I returned later and loosened the back axle, slipped the drive belt and rolled the bike back to my house which was approximately a mile and a half away. After doing some research on the web, I took the drive pulley cover off to inspect the pulley. There was no pulley retaining nut or lock washer. The pulley had come off the shaft and wedged itself in the housing causing the rear wheel to lock up. The method for attaching the front drive pulley ( 22mm nut and a washer w/ bendable tabs) appears to be a faulty design, a simple search in online forums yields scores of complaints with stories of improper torque, washer tabs not holding, and the nut coming loose. I have only had this bike since march and have only put about a thousand miles on it. It had around 10,977 when I bought it from a dealer on ebay. I was just about to do the 12k service on the bike when this happened. In my opinion, this is a flaw that can very well cause severe injury or death to the rider. I thank god I was in city traffic at lower speeds when this occurred. If it had happened just hours earlier when I was doing 70 MPH on the 405, I probably would not be writing this. This is not a walk around visual inspection type of item that an everyday rider would go through. There are six (6) 8mm hex head bolts holding the cover on that would have to be removed in order to inspect the integrity of pulley, nut, and washer. A slotted nut with a pin would work better than this setup. I'm thankful I wasn't carrying a passenger.

Filed Jul 25, 2007 · 1,200 miles · SC

I have a 2005 yamaha road star. Since the purchase of this bike I have had problems with sticking valves on the rear cylinder. It's the exhaust valve. When this happened it was a dangerous ride. Heavy traffic with no where to go. Seems yamaha is aware of this situation. It's dangerous to ride. Power goes to nothing and the bike stalls during shifting.

Filed Jun 11, 2007 · Engine · 8,000 miles · OR

Rear cylinder exhaust valve sticks causing engine to lose power, back fire, cut out & at times stall. Dealer rejetted carburetor, cleaned air filter, installed new spark plugs & shock treated fuel system with ring free. Noted on repair invoice they would not be liable for further repairs. Condition is coming back after 2000 miles. I need to keep adding ring free to make bike run.

Filed May 21, 2007 · Acceleration · 4,201 miles · MA

One cylinder in the bike seemed to go dead and while turning the motorcycle will bog and stall....have to take really big chances when turning into traffic or lanes on highway. Have almost gotten hit 6 times by other traffic....just before stalling there is was loud tapping noise and the motorcycle power very quickly when trying to give it the throttle.

Filed Mar 31, 2007 · Fuel system · 16,000 miles · OH · fire

I was riding my motorcycle out of aspen colorado when I stopped to get gas. I filled the tank on my motorcycle. I then went inside and took a 15 min break. I then got back on my bike, started it and told my wife to get on. As she was getting on the bike stalled. Unknown to me the carburetor started overflowing, dumping fuel on the hot pipes and my right boot. I hit the starter to restart the bike and the bike backfired setting the vaporized fuel on fire. We were able to put the fire out. There was some damage to the bike and the bike had to be trailered back to ohio. Thankfully no one was injured.