20 Most Recent 2008 Yamaha MT-03 Questions & Answers

They apparently fixed nothing . Call them again. Where are you?

Howdy: If the air temp is hot and raining the engine will heat up somwhat but not to the hot level. There is a temp sensor in the radiator system (refer to your manual) that may be stuck. Do a flush and pour in new coolant. Also when engine is cold undo the radiator cap and see if the coolant starts to move as the engine warms up. If not water pump rotor may be loose or broken and not pushing the coolant thru the engine. Try it - Good luck and ride safe - Doug

loss of fuel occonemey is some times caused by lack of oil changes and other regular maintance

running over temperature maybe check the temperature when you ride budd

Check the owners manual you should have got with the bike, if not check ebay there are loads available.

You will need to remove the two electrical connectors as well as the two pipes, one the overflow, the other the breather. Best to remove these first.

There is a safety cover that needs to be removed before you can release the main fuel plug. Once the cover clip is removed, the main clip needs to be squeezed at the release point (you should see the depress points), and pulled gently to remove. Best you have a friend hold the tank while you do this.

I found this to be a problem when I first removed the tank off my mt-03.

Checking the colour of the plug may tell you what the general state of tune if like for the bike, but the sudden stops sure sounds like ignition system failing. Fuel delivery still there, although it may well be flooding/overfueling for some reason when the problem occurs.  I suppose you have checked the VIN (RM021000000000301 to RM021000000008715)  just to be sure that your bike if not one of those affected by the recall. I would be asking the Yamagents to check for the mods/recall to be sure that whatever the solution is has actually been done to yours. The reference to wet weather would be inclining me to follow that up to the max. Sounds too close to the problem to not be it. 

Hi mattandem

I have replied already to your other post... didn't see this one... not sure what the vibration through the peg could be caused by as they mount directly to the frame. The frame being a substantial structure to the bike means that the vibration is being created anywhere on the frame,and you are feeling it in your foot peg. The only thing that comes to mind is that perhaps one of the tank mounting rubbers is not seated properly, or inadvertently rolled away on the garage floor. This is what I would be checking for.

regards
robotek

Hi Mattandem

Best approach to working out these sorts of problems is to pull the tank off again,and carefully check all your work. Particularly any new wiring, or wiring that you may have disturbed whilst installing the grips. Check also that all of the rubber mounts for the tank are correctly in place. Cabling has a tendency to rattle quite loudly against any and everything on your bike. Vinyl insulation tape lagging new cables to existing looms is an effective way to stop them rattling, and strategically placed cable ties, particularly about the front end and headlamp fitting. Good luck with the de-rattle. Let me know how you got on. Cheers

regards
robotek

The shock would get just as hot without the exhaust being next to it. The amount of heat generated by the thousands of up/down cycles a shock goes through, especially at racing speeds, is higher than the heat transferred from the pipe being next to it.

Sparking due too loose fitting of the negative terminal to the chassis. Check all ground points of the wiring harness. The anchoring screw may be loose.

Right front of the engine is the dip stick. Check for online manuals. Manuals lib is free.

Sorry I do not have one but I suggest that you buy a service manual and you will get one that way for not too much money.

Definitely sounds like a short circuit, particularly since you're getting battery voltage at the ground terminal on the switch. With that kind of short, it's very possible your battery may have gotten damaged, or at least drained, while driving.

check under the seat.

Hi maybe the battery is flat?