Soooo many questions Ken...
The shop manual really says to replace them; maybe
because they start to pass moisture into the system
(which IS sensitive to gunk); not many bikes have an
ABS system this good/sensitive; I have not heard of
any refusals to replace the HU due to lack of line
replacement per manual; nor have I heard of actual
brake line FAILURES--just HU's ceasing to function;
and finally, we HAVE an ex(cellent)-Yamaha Tech person
on THIS list!!!
FL Kev
--- Ken Swartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's really with this brake line stuff? The
> question I have with all the
> bikes I've owned I can't recall any Ducati, BMW, HD
> and Yamaha stating that
> brake lines should be replaced every two years. You
> can bet that if the HD
> crowd saw this in print many would do it no
> questions asked and would be very
> well known of. I know of 30 year old HD's and other
> brands around that have
> not had brake line problems or replacement
> schedules. So why is it on this
> Yamaha that it is "recommended"? I have not heard of
> any other type of Yamaha
> bikes having this. Or do all the people that own
> other types of bikes don't
> notice or don't care or it isn't needed. If it
> isn't needed so what. Could
> it be that Yamaha knew of the ABS problem and
> started this brake line stuff
> to cover their butts with some excuses that if you
> didn't do it then they
> wouldn't fix the HU. If brake lines are so bad then
> they should be replacing
> them. How many out there have been riding for
> nearly 100,000 miles on a GTS
> been doing so without having brake line failure?
> Have you folks been
> replacing them? Where they really bad? Is this a
> real problem or just a
> Yamaha parts marketing ploy? Has anybody that has
> real good contacts with
> Yamaha tech people really pressed the question on
> this service schedule?
>
> KS
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