Faults:

As soon as I bought it, I had the front tire replaced, put new carb holders on, and a new complete exhaust 2-1 as the other was rusted, all to pass the safety. There was an oil leak, which required a new gasket in the engine.

The choke became stuck, making it very difficult to start.

Main fuse blew, and melted the plastic around the fuse clips, so I had to modify it using a fuse holder for that connection.

Replaced chain and sprockets this year.

Replaced spark plug wires this year.

General Comments:

I can ride this bike all day, and often do without becoming too sore.

It began to run rough this summer, and would backfire on engine braking. I ran some higher grade fuel in it for a few tanks and it fixed itself, runs better than ever actually.

It does get blown around pretty good at higher speeds, and anything over 100 km/h gets the RPMs up pretty high.

Kick start is very handy to have, and it will be missed on future bikes I'm sure.

Faults:

Nothing went wrong with my machine for the two years I owned it.

General Comments:

This was my first bike. It ran well, was a good size for a guy starting out. Fast enough for the city, light enough to get used to parking and using the kick stands and maneuvering around in city traffic. I kept it clean, oiled, polished and it served me very well.

On the highway it was a bit light I think, especially accelerating hard out of corners. At around 100km/hr with a hard acceleration towards a higher speed, it wobbled a couple of times and that slowed me down in a jiffy.

I would consider this Yamaha an ideal around town cruiser, and it looked great.

Faults:

The electric start didn't work from the beginning, but being a light 400cc bike, I had no problem kick starting it everyday. She would fire right up on the second or third kick on a cold start up.

General Comments:

Bought it for $800 from an older gentleman who had it in storage for a couple of years.

Replaced the front and back tires ($120), and the general tune up I did myself (parts $50). The carbs needed to be cleaned up as well, so it did take about a month before it was ready.

Kick started it all the time and would ride around town to college. Awesome gas mileage! The ten liter tank would last two weeks, and it has a one liter reserve so if you ran out of gas (I did twice), just switch the petcock to reserve and you could start it up again.

I did take the motorcycle on the highway once, and only once. Top speed up a hill was only 100km/h and the ride was uncomfortable with no fairing. It's light weight is not so good when a big rig comes the other way, it blows you all over the place.