Yamaha FJR1300A Electrical problems by year

I commute on my motorcycle nearly every day throughout the year. This is the reason I have a motorcycle. My work start time is at 5:30am so I commute to work in the dark year round. I also travel a section of road that takes me through a 6 mile canyon that has no street lighting so the road is completely dark and has many turns while traveling at near the 65mph speed limit. Two weeks ago while traveling this section I flipped the headlight brights switch which caused my headlights to go completely out. ...

Headlights failed without warning. Potentially life threatening as this occurred while underway at night. The defect occurred in what is known as the s6 spider - a spider being a ground wire collector circuit on the vehicle. The vehicle has already been recalled for other spider failures, but the spider affected by this problem was not among the ones dealt with. *Tr

Riding in western virginia, on a warm saturday afternoon, I noticed my turn signal indicator lights were both on, and flashed weirdly when I used them. I also lost the electric adjustable windshield, and discovered when I stopped that I had no headlights. This was painful because the ride I was on involved a lot of night time riding. Luckily this happened during the day and I was able to use my auxiliary lights that night. Upon dis-assembly, a ground spider (s6) under the nose of the bike, not covered or inspected by the current recall was burned to a crisp. This would have been really bad had I lost my lights at speed, at night on a twisty mountain road. *Tr

Aug. 3Rd 2010 while driving north on ca 101 at about 4:00 pm in heavy rush hour traffic , the engine stopped dead. It would not restart. It was towed to the nearest yamaha shop where it was diagnosed and repaired. The problem was found to be a bad ground connection(spyder). The connector was removed and the wires were soldered together at the yamaha dealership . I have the connector and gave it to my local dealership . They were not aware of the problem and were not concerned about the safety factor ( driving in rush hour traffic at speed and to have the engine just stop ). *Tr

Total loss of power and control with failure of the motorcycle grounding harness system. *Tr

My motorcycle stopped running twice while riding down a local highway. The engine briefly shut off for a few seconds before starting back up and running normally. When it did so a number of lights came on the dash while the engine was off, including high-beam indicator, emergency flashers, and the speedo and tach stopped working. Later the same day I stopped to fuel up and the bike would not start, and all the same dash lights were on (even though the emergency flashers were not flashing and high-beams were not...

Electrical power cutout. No power to starter, multiple dash lights on, flashing fuel meter indicator, turn signal indicators, etc. Not a burned out fuse but rather a fried ground point on the wiring harness. This is being reported very often on the fjr forum. My shop took pix and sent to yamaha to see what they will do about it. Ground point connector gets corroded, loses ground, overheats and fries circuits. If this happens when you are riding, you will lose all power and the engine will die. *Tr

After starting my motorcycle for the first time that day, my wife and I rode it .9 Miles when the engine quit running. I was midway through a steep, downhill left turn when I lost power. I stopped the bike using a combination of front and rear brakes, stopping at the stop sign at the bottom of the hill. Several of the lights on the instrument cluster were illuminated. Both turn signal indicator lights were lit without flashing. The lcd fuel gauge was flashing. The high beam indicator light was illuminated. The...

Sitting on motorcycle, started motor, backed out of garage, put kickstand up and motor died. Tried to restart, but nothing worked; no lights, no horn, no information showing in display, no flasher lights or turn signals. This is the first time this incident has occurred. Took to local motorcycle dealer and after having to look on a motorcycle forum on the internet found out problem was in one of eight different ground switches located in the wiring harness. He cleaned switch (cannot replace individual grounding...

Investigation of known issue with other yamaha fjr1300s. Spider ground #4, "s4" showed signs of a catastrophic failure of the electrical connector in the wiring harness due to overheating. Connector is melted and corrosion is present. Finding this melted connector before riding the motorcycle precluded failure of the connector while in motion. No accident occurred. I installed a 'ground shunt' wiring harness that I made to re-route the ground connectors away from the factory harness which is of poor design, and of wire gauge size too small for the possible amperage of the circuit. Melted connector and common ground insert are available. *Tr

Ground spider failure. 2006 Fjr1300 with 30,880 miles on the clock, bought it used from a local honda dealer on 4/8/10. Started noticing weird hiccups less than a month after I bought it. I first started to notice problems on the way home from deals gap, nc while sitting in 98 degree rush hour louisville traffic. Bike died on me: turn signal indicators lit up, gas gauge flashed, windshield stayed put, no headlight or taillight, no starter button, no fans, no horn. Pushed bike to side of road and fiddled with it...

This failure occurred on a 2006 yamaha fjr1300a model. After riding motorcycle for a couple of hours I stopped for a meal break. When I tried to start motorcycle it would not restart. Instruments were flashing indicating an electrical error. Motorcycle needed to be trailer home. Upon inspection by an authorized yamaha dealer it was found to have an overheated, melting, ground junction in the main wiring harness. Yamaha corp. Authorized a replacement of the main wiring harness under my extended warranty. If this had occurred while the motorcycle was under power the engine would have shut down potentially causing injury or death. *Tr

Yamaha fjr motorcycle. Motorcycle engine will not crank or start. Problem was found to be a defective electrical ground splice located near the left front upper corner of the engine. Inspection revealed the electrical ground, group splice had overheated and burnt with associated burnt wires. This motorcycle has several of these types of electrical ground splices and there have been internet reports of many failures, not all of them the same splice I had a problem with. The potential danger is an engine stall out...

Making a right hand turn on my 2006 yamaha fjr -1300a and the bike died while in mid turn. The start button would not work, the lights were on, even though the key was turned off. When the ignition switch was turned on, the gauges were erratic. I took the bike apart on the side of the road to try and locate the problem. I found a burned grounding connector. Apparently yamaha feeds 5 18 gauge wires into a connector with one 18 gauge wire coming out to ground. There are six or seven connections like this in the...

Failure of grounding coupler (spider) causing loss of all power while motorcycle is in motion. Failure caused by environmental (rain, dirt, etc) factors entering the coupler and causing corrosion and failure to conduct electrical ground. Motorcycle is disabled until coupler is repaired or wiring harness is replaced. *Tr