debated posting anything at all, but am certainly disappointed with the " weak link" of this amazing bike! :'(
after getting home from a forest service road ride I noticed a spoke hanging off my rear wheel! upon further inspection found another one missing. at the dealer I was told that the spokes are not covered under warranty, " maintenance issue'! instead of buying a complete set of spokes from Yamaha, I contacted woodys wheel works, and they were ready to send me a couple for me to install. well after reading forums and blogs all day, not to mention the fact that i'm leaving this Saturday for a month of riding ( two weeks two up), I decided to have woodys replace with SS spokes, true both wheels, and found the rear needed straightened. $750 later, picked them up, confident that this was the weak link fix.
checked them last night, found two loose on the back and one on the front! waiting for a call back from woody to verify a torque setting that I can check while on the road. will run them down to him when I get back, unless they " seat in".
left the beemer camp after two GS's and two final drive failures, LOVE my S10, 2014 with almost 10k miles, but wish I could find the failsafe bike... oh well, makes for an adventure !