I had exhaust donuts replaced on my 2003 RX1 at a repair shop in Old Forge. When I went to pick up the sled, it started and ran fine. I got on, pulled forward and started to turn left. The sled accelerated out of control and I slammed into a truck about 30 feet away and was thrown from the sled. It continued to rev at wide open throttle until I hit the kill switch.
When I told the owner what just happened he and a mechanic came out to look at the the sled. They started it and it revved until they hit the kill switch. They pulled it from under the pickup an opened the hood. Not finding anything there they removed the pad at the handle bars and found that the throttle cable wasn't seated properly in the lever holder assembly. This allowed the throttle to operate normally until you turned the handlebars to the left which tightened the cable to near full throttle.
The shop will not take any responsibility for this whatsoever stating that the cables on Yamaha's pop out like that occasionally. REALLY??!! They had to disassemble the steering column to remove the gas tank to replace the exhaust donuts. It is just a coincidence that this happened on the first attempt to ride the sled after they performed the work???? I'm lucky I didn't get killed!!
I had to go through my insurance company. The sled was totaled. It cost $677 to replace the donuts. They then had the balls to charge $1800 in storage fees.
This says volumes about the person who owns this business and I warn all of you not to use them. PM me and I will be happy to fill in the blanks about the name of the shop.
Good luck and stay away from S....... S... S... on Route 28 in Old Forge, NY!!
