Originally Posted by
veganbikes
But who is doing the warranty? When a company leaves the U.S. they usually aren't focused on that warranty department. 5 years is awesome if you have someone at the other end of the line. I have seen a few companies where maybe year 1 you can still get a modicum of support and then the next years it slides down and then I have seen stuff where there is another company involved like in the U.S. with PON holdings when Focus/Impulse left Gazelle took over and that worked out decently well because GZ has great warranty support but Yamaha is independent making their own products.
Hopefully they will support that stuff because from my limited time but several rides on a Yamaha motor, it was nice and yeah if a good deal at your local former dealer hard to beat if the service is real.
Yamaha is not leaving the US market. They are just not selling eBikes. Yamaha still has a ton of dealers in the US (the powersport dealers they were selling many of these through are not going anywhere). Plus, they are still making and selling these bikes elsewhere (Europe and Canada), so there will be no shortage of warranty parts. Plus, keep in mid that they also make motors for many other eBikes. And this is a pretty well establish company with a good reputation.
I would not be too worried about this.