Shitty Suzukis

[carver]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?

[huff3r]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?

Nope! Mine only breaks when i do something stupid!

[carver]

only yamaha have been worse

[vifferman]

Noper.

I've never owned a Suzuki.
I've had many Hondas though, and the only things I've had to fix were one (1) footpeg bolt, and two (1.873) R/R/R/R s.
Oh - and I had to treat them weekly (or was it weakly?) with some special anti-gheyness wax.

[AllanB]

I have noticed with my Honda that I need to fill up the petrol tank every now and then. Most annoying, but according to my dealer and Honda NZ this is NOT a warranty issue.

[Sidewinder]

maybe its the thrashing, all tho mine never fucked out, whats rong with this one?

[Hitcher]

Mrs H has had her share of Suzuki-related issues. Most have been electrical, particularly the sidestand switches. On her Marauders, the entire electrical system seems to centre on the sidestand switch. After having had her second switch fail on her Bandit, it's now disabled.

The Bandit's throttle mechanism appears to be only good for about 30,000 odd km. It looks like she's about due for a second one.

Mechanically her Bandit is just fine. It's done about 66,000km now (Mrs H will have had it about three years in June) and thanks to a Scottoiler still on its original chain and sprockets.

That said, a Bandit 1250, or a Strom Thou still figure in my "Highly Rated" list. I am also most interested in the rumoured GSR750.

http://motobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gsr750.jpg

[Sidewinder]

Mrs H has had her share of Suzuki-related issues. Most have been electrical, particularly the sidestand switches. On her Marauders, the entire electrical system seems to centre on the sidestand switch. After having had her second switch fail on her Bandit, it's now disabled.

The Bandit's throttle mechanism appears to be only good for about 30,000 odd km. It looks like she's about due for a second one.

Mechanically her Bandit is just fine. It's done about 66,000km now (Mrs H will have had it about three years in June) and thanks to a Scottoiler still on its original chain and sprockets.

That said, a Bandit 1250, or a Strom Thou still figure in my "Highly Rated" list. I am also most interested in the rumoured GSR750.

http://motobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gsr750.jpg

oh no it even looks like it will be as shit as a gsr600 aswell. down grade on everything:Pokey::Pokey:

[Deano]

The SV650 pro twin has certainly taken a bit of abuse. It's been written off by an unknown and raped by a Mair who thinks rev limiters are an indicator to upshift.

Having said that, it used to run out of puff at 10,500, now it runs to 11,200 happy as Larry. Some say they do that before they blow, but hey, we'll see I guess.

[Wiki Drifter]

I got 2 zukis, one is super reliable, other one has a lot of minor nagging problems. It reflects on how they were treated by the previous owners...



Oh - and I had to treat them weekly (or was it weakly?) with some special anti-gheyness wax.

That wax doesn't work when it's raining men. :buggerd:

[McJim]

I like reliability, so I own a Ducati.

[beyond]

Problem is you didn't buy a GSX1400 mate!!! :)

[Deano]

I like reliability, so I own a Ducati.

Oh my sides !!:clap:

[Sidewinder]

Problem is you didn't buy a GSX1400 mate!!! :)

but dont they need new foot pegs every 5000ks tho?

[Gizzit]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?

I've owned three so far. Never had trouble with any of them. :cool:

[Kiwi Graham]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?


only yamaha have been worse

Got one of each and there both sweet as bro :niceone:

[Hitcher]

oh no it even looks like it will be as shit as a gsr600 aswell. down grade on everything

Thank you for shattering my dreams.

[Maha]

Problem is you didn't buy a GSX1400 mate!!! :)

Na Paul, thats when his problems would really start.
Hanging on to one of those things is a man job...:niceone:

[beyond]

but dont they need new foot pegs every 5000ks tho?

LOL... not if you get off them a bit. :)

[325rocket]

never had a problem with mine ... hang on, i have a honda

get a honda



get a perm

[Sidewinder]

Thank you for shattering my dreams.
im sorry my mate had one and fark me anything is better, they just make em so damn cheap. keep the aprila

[Armitage Shanks]

Problem is you didn't buy a GSX1400 mate!!! :)

No problems at mind end either mate ...:shifty:

[Cajun]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?


5 years of owning my 600, with our any real issues.

i thinking its the noob control the gas lever that has problem with them not working correctly, or fucking it up

[Hitcher]

im sorry my mate had one and fark me anything is better, they just make em so damn cheap. keep the aprila

Say what you like about Suzukis, at least the local distribution network stands behind the factory warranty.

[babyB]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?
how many have you had....
maybe you need to get someone else to fix it for you:shutup:

[Sidewinder]

LOL... not if you get off them a bit. :)

i get off over alot of things :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Pussy]

i get off over alot of things :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Pfffft!
You're just too gay to own a zook

[Sidewinder]

Say what you like about Suzukis, at least the local distribution network stands behind the factory warranty.

yea they are the one manafactor that stands by there product and suzuki nz has a pasion for bikes aswell unlike bluewing, yamaha well there is no yamaha nz its ran by auz, and the dude at kawasaki is a toss

[Sidewinder]

Pfffft!
You're just too gay to own a zooki only worked on mine when i crashed it, a few times that is lol.
im not gay, my bf is

[Armitage Shanks]

Say what you like about Suzukis, at least the local distribution network stands behind the factory warranty.

Certainly better , it seems, than Kawasaki's profile in ChCh .....you'd never know they were in town. My mate just picked up his new KLX from Ashburton 'cos the Ch Ch guys were asleep....as they have always seemed to be . I'd love a new Kawasaki Road Bike but I'm not sure where to buy it from Ashburton or...Blenheim ? . :confused:

[The Everlasting]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?



What problems are you having?


I've seen a lot of people bashing suzuki's on here,are they really that bad,or is it just the odd one?

Surely most makes have their fair share of problems..

[AllanB]

I've seen a lot of people bashing suzuki's on here,are they really that bad,or is it just the odd one?
..

Nothing wrong with them and they are very well represented in NZ.

[Grahameeboy]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?

No......but I don't crash which helps....:Punk:

[AllanB]

Thank you for shattering my dreams.

I think it looks pretty cool. Depends on what they do with the engine I guess.

I've a friend with the 600 - I like it, and the yoshis help give it a bit of personality.

[Sidewinder]

I think it looks pretty cool. Depends on what they do with the engine I guess.

I've a friend with the 600 - I like it, and the yoshis help give it a bit of personality.

they handel like a whale thats had 3 tabs of lsd

[FzerozeroT]

I'm guessing it will be something simple like a leaking rocker cover.

[Sidewinder]

I'm guessing it will be something simple like a leaking rocker cover.

or the twosmoker oil pump cracked and stopped pumping and then sessed the motor. wait that was your bike after you put the stone through my radator!:2guns::2guns::laugh::laugh:

[AllanB]

I'm guessing it will be something simple like a leaking rocker cover.

Could be tyre pressure - apparently you need to check this on Suzukis.

[avgas]

Broke it - moved on. Mind due it was an RG150 and there was nothing left of the internals.
But it did do 24,000 before doing that so the average was good. At a total cost to me (minus rego/petrol/oil) around the $3K mark @ 24,000k's thats bloody cheap.

[Cheshire Cat]

Get a Honda.

More importantly Get a perm:jerry:

[Fatjim]

Firstly, Suzuki's aren't designed to wear out. As Uncle B used to say. "How do you make a Suzuki crash? Just add petrol"


The SV650 pro twin has certainly taken a bit of abuse. It's been written off by an unknown and raped by a Mair who thinks rev limiters are an indicator to upshift.


Actually, I've found rev limiters act like a poor mans quick shifter.

[huff3r]

Get a Honda.
More importantly Get a perm:jerry:

But i thought he was straight? :laugh:
Or was the whole scooter vid NOT a joke? :doh:

[Smokin Joe]

I've had five Suzuki's and I am well pleased with the reliability, both two and four stroke.

[Sidewinder]

But i thought he was straight? :laugh:
Or was the whole scooter vid NOT a joke? :doh:

im not gay just the other guy in the vid

[2wheeldrifter]

im not gay just the other guy in the vid



It takes two to be gay doesn't it?

[TuonoTom]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?

Get a Honda.

[Sidewinder]

It takes two to be gay doesn't it?

no the other can be bi or in my case rapped

[xr-rider]

the only problems RG is a broken foot peg and a big end bearing due to no oil pump. also a few pistons, one due to the rebore being to tight

[YellowDog]

My Triumph Tiger is being a bit of a bitch.

Gets less 'Ks per litre' than my 3-litre Subaru.
(but I do ride it a bit quicker)

[2wheeldrifter]

no the other can be bi or in my case rapped

nothing worse than been blocked unwillingly... :no:

[carver]

What problems are you having?


I've seen a lot of people bashing suzuki's on here,are they really that bad,or is it just the odd one?

Surely most makes have their fair share of problems..

electrical on the thousand.
corrosion on the DR650
leaking oil on the 600
all of them seem to be poorly finished

[slofox]

Compared to some bikes I have owned, my SV is Mr Reliable...no problems so far (30,000k) apart from those externally inflicted by the likes of sheep and coffee shop car parks... :angry2:

[Cheshire Cat]

But i thought he was straight? :laugh:
Or was the whole scooter vid NOT a joke? :doh:

Gay has more than on meaning these days

[crazyhorse]

it seems like i am forever fixing suzuki's
do you guys have the same thing?

Nope - have owned 6 Suzuki's and never once a problem - except when I changed the oil................ :whistle:

[steve_t]

Compared to some bikes I have owned, my SV is Mr Reliable...no problems so far (30,000k) apart from those externally inflicted by the likes of sheep and coffee shop car parks... :angry2:

LOL. U and your sheep encounters :shutup: What happened to the hot bank teller chick? ::love::dodge:

[Pwalo]

No problems on my last two GS500s, or my current SV.

Even my T125 was a great runner after my Dad found it's earthing problem.

[MarkH]

no the other can be bi or in my case rapped

Well it is nice to hear that you enjoyed the experience.

Back on topic:
I am rapped with the reliability so far of my Suzuki - I have only had to do routine maintenance like petrol, oil, filters, tyres. Well there was an exhaust gasket that cost $40 that I had to replace - but apart from that everything has been good.

I would happy to buy almost any Suzuki that I liked the look of - from SVs to Hayabusas - I think they are great bikes and good value.

[Jeaves]

Compared to some bikes I have owned, my SV is Mr Reliable

Yep fantastic machines. Quite happy with the finish and engineering on em apart from the suspension.

Mind you I would'nt mind giving a Honda a go futher down the track, better build quality...supposedly?

[Insanity_rules]

I like reliability, so I own a Ducati.

S'funny you should say this. Every bastard and his dog told me before I bought my first Ducati, that they break down all the time. Neither of the two ducati's I've owned have ever let me down in any serious way. Only problem I ever had was a regulator dying on the 900 and that was easily fixed.

[Gizzit]

Compared to some bikes I have owned, my SV is Mr Reliable...no problems so far (30,000k) apart from those externally inflicted by the likes of sheep and coffee shop car parks... :angry2:

I have to agree with you SF. Those SV650's are bloody good bikes :niceone:

DR650's are also a great bike .... IMHO :)

[wbks]

Some kunt forgot to tell me about the oil leak out of the gixxer 6 I've got at the moment, but other than that I've never had trouble with a suzuki

[woodyracer]

ive owned 4 suzuki's.......a gs125,drz125,rm85,fxr150 and they were algud apart from my fxr {made under licence} so i dont hav a probelm with suzuki's...

even tho now i hav a kawasaki and honda {i like honda alot}

[Brett]

Haven't had to do a single thing to the Gixxer6...nothing except services and tyres.

[rocketman1]

No problems with the new Suzuki at all, Had it two years
I would say Suzukis's are as reliable as any other Japanese bike, and that means pretty bloody good.
I have owned them all and the biggest problem with motorbikes, is fixing the f--k ups that other back yard mechanics have previously stuffed up or things they have failed to service.
They all come out the factories good these days, but it is the ignorant or slack (tight ass) owners that cause most of the problems.
Don't blame the bike!

[sinned]

Say what you like about Suzukis, at least the local distribution network stands behind the factory warranty.

No compliants about the dealer. New SV1000 dropped the clutch under warranty and they loaned me a bike for 3 weeks until parts arrived from Japan. The rectifier on the Hayabusa failed - fixed under warranty. Shit can happen but the dealer is excellent.

[davo]

I have a suzuki drz I have given absolute hell too, and it has more or less taken it (its been me who's broken first!!). having said that its got a bit of a wobble in the front now, that I really need to work out...

[carver]

Some kunt forgot to tell me about the oil leak out of the gixxer 6 I've got at the moment, but other than that I've never had trouble with a suzuki

Mine has a leak from the rocker cover gasket LH side?


I have to agree with you SF. Those SV650's are bloody good bikes :niceone:

DR650's are also a great bike .... IMHO :)

apart from the rust!

[Sidewinder]

Mine has a leak from the rocker cover gasket LH side?

hasnt it alway had that tho

[carver]

hasnt it alway had that tho

i have got it apart atm...
it looks ok, what can i used to seal it up?
gasket glue?

[Sidewinder]

i have got it apart atm...
it looks ok, what can i used to seal it up?
gasket glue?
yea bro i got some at home in my tool box. just check to see if you have to have a certain clearance which real gaskets achive. but if theres no prob go for gold is what i say, i love the shit. only use the red stuff tho as works better on hot places. put on a bead not too thick tho as when you tighten it up it will squese inside the engine if too much is aplyed. tighten losly leave for like 20 30mins to let it settle and go rubbery then evenly tighten everything up!:done:

[carver]

yea bro i got some at home in my tool box. just check to see if you have to have a certain clearance which real gaskets achive. but if theres no prob go for gold is what i say, i love the shit. only use the red stuff tho as works better on hot places. put on a bead not too thick tho as when you tighten it up it will squese inside the engine if too much is aplyed. tighten losly leave for like 20 30mins to let it settle and go rubbery then evenly tighten everything up!:done:

sweet, this weekend then!
might do it sat arvo seeing as the BBQ is postponed

[Sidewinder]

sweet, this weekend then!
might do it sat arvo seeing as the BBQ is postponed

yea sweet as, im going to move on sat i think anyways. but that wont take long as i dont realy have much stuff anymore:Punk:

[carver]

yea sweet as, im going to move on sat i think anyways. but that wont take long as i dont realy have much stuff anymore:Punk:

sweet, txt u up

[Sidewinder]

sweet, txt u up

chur my nigger

[Cr1MiNaL]

Owned yamaha's all my life and I sware by them.

Get a Yamaha be a man, learn to wheelie and get a Perm.

Be like me.

[carver]

Owned yamaha's all my life and I sware by them.

Get a Yamaha be a man, learn to wheelie and get a Perm.

Be like me.

no thanks, Im gay, but there are limits to whats ok

[Sidewinder]

Owned yamaha's all my life and I sware by them.

Get a Yamaha be a man, learn to wheelie and get a Perm.

Be like me.

yea and the newest one is the only one you havnt writen off as yet:love:

[Pixie]

12 years and 200,000 km on 2 bandits and no problems.
I do all the servicing myself,mind you.Wouldn't let a monkey touch it if my life depended on it.

[2wheeldrifter]

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