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Rear suspension to motorcycles – Yamaha

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 27 Sep 2007In the weekly report of 28 Sep 2007 (week 38, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Rear suspension to motorcycles
Brand
Yamaha (85 alerts)
Brand as notified
YAMAHA
Type / model
Motorcycles, model MT 01. Model code and frame number (PREFIX No):- 5YU1/5YU3/5YU4, RP121, (000301-011175),- 5YU8/5YUB, RP181, (000301- 0001239),- 5YU2/5YU5/5YU6, RP122, (000003-000438),- 5YU7, RP14N, (000002-000201),- 5YUD/5YUE, RP20N, (000003-000092).
Description
The recall concerns YAMAHA MT 01 motorcycles, produced from 2005 to 2007.
Risk
The rear suspension on the motorcycles may collapse during riding due to the suspension arm breakage at its bearing mount area. The affected area is constantly under stress from the press-fitted bearing. When the affected area is exposed to corrosive agents such as snow melting agent, the affected area develop cracks to the point of breaking the bearing area.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Japan
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0974/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-38 (XML)
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