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Gas Mileage dropping - no reason I can see
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<blockquote data-quote="birkdale10" data-source="post: 1159137" data-attributes="member: 28060"><p>I am adding more to my thread, which is getting longer.</p><p></p><p>My bike is still in the shop. I found out that the Irving Yamashop has a 2 week backlog. I took the bike in Jun 14, and it sat for 2 weeks before anyone looked at it. 'Looked at it' meaning that someone rode it for a while and didn't notice anything wrong. It idles, it accelerates, it stops and goes. They said it ran pretty good. I say it runs poorly, because I know what it is like when it is pretty good.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, they can't check the gas mileage from a 15 minute ride. The whole reason I took the bike there was for an expert to figure out why I'm getting 50 miles less per gallon of gas, and engine lights come on every now and then.</p><p></p><p>I am just about ready to go and get my bike back and take it somewhere else. Does anyone reading this live anywhere near the DFW area and know of someone qualified to work on an admittedly difficult to diagnose problem? There is another Yamaha ship in North Lewisville, and I don't know of any others. There are supposed to be private mechanics out there, unaffiliated with a dealership that sometimes do better work. Again - anyone! Do I have any good options for a bike mechanic in the DFW area?</p><p></p><p>And, btw, someone asked about a Power Commander on the bike. I'm not exactly sure what that is or what it does, but unless it's something that Yamaha put on the 2005 models as stock equipment, I don't have one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="birkdale10, post: 1159137, member: 28060"] I am adding more to my thread, which is getting longer. My bike is still in the shop. I found out that the Irving Yamashop has a 2 week backlog. I took the bike in Jun 14, and it sat for 2 weeks before anyone looked at it. 'Looked at it' meaning that someone rode it for a while and didn't notice anything wrong. It idles, it accelerates, it stops and goes. They said it ran pretty good. I say it runs poorly, because I know what it is like when it is pretty good. Obviously, they can't check the gas mileage from a 15 minute ride. The whole reason I took the bike there was for an expert to figure out why I'm getting 50 miles less per gallon of gas, and engine lights come on every now and then. I am just about ready to go and get my bike back and take it somewhere else. Does anyone reading this live anywhere near the DFW area and know of someone qualified to work on an admittedly difficult to diagnose problem? There is another Yamaha ship in North Lewisville, and I don't know of any others. There are supposed to be private mechanics out there, unaffiliated with a dealership that sometimes do better work. Again - anyone! Do I have any good options for a bike mechanic in the DFW area? And, btw, someone asked about a Power Commander on the bike. I'm not exactly sure what that is or what it does, but unless it's something that Yamaha put on the 2005 models as stock equipment, I don't have one. [/QUOTE]
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