A queixa sobre cavalos cansados,ou que sao declarados pelos fabricantes e nao existem,nao é so para os automovéis,também existe nas motos.
O facto mais curioso é que numa dessas reclamaçoes,a Yamaha em resposta aos clientes insatisfeitos,fala dum caso de publicidade enganosa,e para minha surpresa nao é que se refere ao Rx8.
Aqui vai o texto e o link
Yamaha Offers to Buy Back New R6
2/15/2006
By MCUSA Staff
The motorcycle world was awed when Yamaha announced that its radical new YZF-R6 sportbike had a 17,500-rpm redline, getting near to the lofty rev limits of Formula 1 high technology.
Well, it turns out that a streetbike engine revving to 17.5K is still nothing more than a dream. Independent dyno testing has revealed the R6's rev limiter kicks in shortly after hitting 16,000 rpm.
In response, Yamaha has announced its error in that its tachometer reads about 9% too high, showing 17,500 on the tach but not in actuality.
The following is a release on Yamaha's website:
"Yamaha introduced and marketed the new 2006 YZF-R6 motorcycle with a red line limit of 17,500 rpm, as indicated on the tachometer. After testing production units, we have determined that the actual red line limit is approximately 16,000 rpm, resulting in a tachometer error of roughly 9%. This has no affect whatsoever on the performance of the motorcycle."
While the R6's performance remains, there may be some buyers who bought an R6 in part because of its racy redline. For those people, Yamaha has sent out letters to all R6 purchasers offering to buy back their bikes (plus interest) if they are dissatisfied.
"We decided we'd better do the right thing and step up and put our money where our mouth is," explained Yamaha Motor Corp's press relations manager Brad Banister.
The R6 buy-back follows a similar precedent set in the car world when Mazda offered to buy 2004 RX-8s from owners once the claimed 247 hp of the manual transmission version was found to actually measure at 238 ponies. Automatics were downgraded 10 hp to 197. The difference here is that Mazda was forced to make this offer, while Yamaha is doing it voluntarily.
"It's an unprecedented thing in the industry," Banister added, "and it shows how committed Yamaha is to customer satisfaction."
In fact, this over-clocking of factory tachometers has been going on for some time. Yamaha's previous R6 was claimed to rev until 15,500 rpm, but our dyno testing proved that it hits its redline prior to 15K.
And this isn't uncommon in the world of sportbikes. Last year's Kawasaki ZX-6RR claimed a 16,500-rpm redline but revved to less than 16K when we put it on the dyno.
Yamaha hasn't publicly announced the reason behind the tachometer discrepancy, with Banister explaining that the cause is yet to be determined. He added that Yamaha doesn't expect to be flooded with R6 buyers trading in their new bikes.
"The R6 is exactly what we said it was - the most awesome, the most technologically advanced 600 ever built."
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