sajor@mhuxv.UUCP (SAJOR) (07/05/85)
I am the owner of a 1983 Yamaha Seca 750 (XJ750RK, for number freaks)... This package (RK) was assembled in mid-to-end 83 as a final "goodbye" package for the Seca - the base Seca was adorned with a Yamaha of Canada sport fairing, and trunk and saddlebags. The machine has 13000 mi on it now, and the quality of the basic motorcycle has been excellent. However... The quality of the trunk/fairing is *garbage*!! I have never overloaded the accesories, yet, I found that the trunk supporting brackets, PLASTIC, have cracked apart and left the trunk in danger of falling off. Naturally, I removed it. The first month of ownership, the non-rub protected cables to headlamps et all rubbed against the fairing proper, destroying them. The headlight alignment knob self-destructed after about 5-6K or so. The paint on these items literally rubs off with heavy finger pressure. In short, the fairing and trunk are (have) coming off, and are completely useless, while the basic motorcycle remains in perfect operating condition, cosmetically and mechanically. This is *disgusting*! The dealer informed me that in order for this to happen, I had to have overloaded the accesories (untrue.) He offered no solution. Yamaha doesn't answer letters, apparently, or at least the two that I sent out. By the way, I am not the only one... others have told the same story. I guess I am not looking for an answer to the problem, but rather offer this as a warning to those about to buy Yamaha equipment: inspect the non-Japanese parts VERY carefully, especially around stress points. Look thoroughly for plastic cracks that are VERY hard to see. Perhaps, one might be better off buying unadorned motorcycles, and adding known good aftermarket equipment instead of buying fully equipped packages. Well, you live and learn, I guess. Michael Sajor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ ...ihnp4!mhuxv!syscad!sajor