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I called Yamaha.....that worked. Thanks!

Thanks. I just need to get over the "shock factor" since it's my first street bike with spokes.

I will soon since I'm taking it in for the 4,000 mile service.

Yep they look good. I may need to look at stainless spokes. Thanks for the info.

Could very well be something I'm picking up off the road. I live just a few miles from the beach....lots of sand around here. I also get caught riding in quite a few rain showers. I don't use a power washer on the bike....just a garden hose, soap, and microfiber cloth.

I'm hoping someone can answer the following question for me. Is the corrosion I'm seeing on my spokes strictly a cosmetic problem or is it something I have to worry about because it affects the strength of the metal and possibly the safety/performance of the bike? If it's just a cosmetic problem...

The water here in northern FL that doesn't go through the water softener is extremely hard water (25 gpg). I've learned that using softened water to wash vehicles is the lesser of the two evils.

That one's easy. I'm originally from Florida and I moved back to FL about 3 years ago when I retired but I lived most of my adult life in the mountains of western North Carolina in the Asheville area. I worked and lived about 15 minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway so I would ride motorcycles on...

Mine uses salt and I agree with you but I would think the softened water would be less of a threat to the bike than the non-softened hard water that had a hardness of about 25 gpg. But, I'm no water expert.

That stone chip effect is crazy! I've never seen anything like that. Hard to tell from your photo but do your spokes look like mine? So you just let them dull over time and didn't worry about it? Is the surface corrosion just a cosmetic problem or is it something we have to worry about because...

I have a water softener since FL has very hard water so it has only been washed with soft water. As far as soap, I use liquid soap made for cars and motorcycles.

It's on both sides unfortunately.

I didn't know either. Glad to hear yours look like new.

I have a '23 model I purchased new about 5 months ago with almost 4,000 miles on it. I was washing it the other day and noticed some corrosion developing on the wheel spokes....front wheel looks worse than the rear (see attached picture). The bike is garage kept, cleaned every few weeks, and...

I bought an inexpensive old school torque wrench on Amazon. I figured I could use it for the windscreen and other odd jobs down the road. Plus I have a bad tendency to over tighten screws which gets me in trouble.

Unfortunately Yamaha hasn't sent me any YES cards and I've owned the bike for almost 5 months BUT they do blast me with promotional emails every other day.:confused:

Nope but I love the airplane. :)

Interesting.....thanks.

I just purchased and received the Yamaha tall windscreen for my '23 S10. I don't have a torque tool and wasn't planning to use one for the simple install (4 screws) but the directions that came with the windscreen call out a torque specification. Any thoughts on how important it is to tighten...

Welcome Dmytro, from Florida. Enjoy your new bike and please stay safe.