Hey everyone! First things first this is only my second post to this forum, and I'm really only used to reddit. So forgive me for bad formatting or failed comment replies.
So almost a year ago my 2021 MT-10 had a catastrophic failure with the engine and itb lew up.
There was a previous post about it here.
fz10.org/thread/4171/another-blown-mt-10-engineThis was not posted by me and I just happened to find it here.
So the dealer was going to rebuild the motor and I was seriously not comfortable with this. I stressed the fact that I wanted a crate motor from Yamaha and would not accept a dealer built motor from scratch. They basically ended up telling me tough luck.
So I reached out to a lemon law firm and they go in touch with Yamaha for me. They said if they weren't able to do anything for me that they wouldn't charge me for their services. And if we won Yamaha would pay the legal fees. So it sounded like a good deal.
For reference yes, the bike had no cat, an Austin racing exhaust and midpipe, and no tune. It was ridden like that for less than 800 miles.
I was seriously concerned that if I tried to lemon it that Yamaha would look deeper into this than as compared to a normal warranty claim. My fear was that they would see the exhaust and just tell me to kick rocks as I've voided the warranty. Then I would be stuck with the bike and a blown motor, and have to pay to get it repaired under my own dime to the tune of roughly $10,000~.
Luckily the lawyer came through and got me two options.
Option 1: Warranty the bike like the dealer said, and get a settlement to make me feel okay with the situation. They wanted me to make an offer and did not have an offer for me.
Option 2: Yamaha would buy the bike back for every penny I've spent. Tax, title, and interest on the loan included.
I did not feel comfortable keeping the bike unless they agreed to an unreasonable settlement I wouldn't do it.
So I just let them buy the bike back, and I got to keep my exhaust!
As for what happened to the engine, I will never know. Yamaha asked the dealer to not touch anything on the bike and to leave it exactly how it came into the dealer since technically they were being sued. So the engine was actually never opened up.
I wish I had more info for you guys as to what happened to the motor but I simply don't have anything to tell you.
So that's what happened. I have an order on and MT-10 SP with the local Yamaha dealer with no delivery ETA.
I am fully aware that other dealers may have them, but I bought my last two bikes with the dealer, and I know they won't charge me insane mark ups on the new bike. Where I'm sure another dealer will.
So that's the update everyone. If your MT-10 blows up under warranty, I do suggest getting a lawyer involved. You may end up being able to have it rebuilt and get some money out of it.
