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Disagree about the Yamahamer quality thing, good as any Jap bike, but then I haven't owned one in a while. I'll pass this comment on to my cousin who almost bought a R star last month. I hope you buy the Triumph, very good quality, welcome to the forum.



It's not so much that Yamahas are unreliable, they can just be frustrating to work on.
For instance:
I had a 600 Seca II. The starter clutch needed replacing. The shop manual's instructions:

1.Remove engine from frame.
2.Split cases.
3.Remove transmission.
4.Now you can get at starter clutch. Ten minute fix.



Hey Brian,
Seein' as how you sound like a man of experience here when it comes to this matter, how would you like to take a nice little vacation to Prescott AZ, where my '95 Triumph Sprint has been sittin' for the last couple years, and which needs a new starter clutch too.

And yep...you gotta split the cases to get to that little sucker on my Triumph also.

(but as you infer, at least with these newer Triumphs like the second generation triples and all the new twin models, those little suckers are much easier to get at)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)