Oh, now I am pis*ed

[Ramius]

Guten Tag

For those who have been following the woes I have with my bike, add another one to it. It is a 2004 model Suzuki purchased in November and low and behold, the only thing keeping it going now is insulation tape.

Was at New World tonight, went to my bike, sat on it, started it, flung the stand up, and the bike stopped. I looked down and hello, my kick stand snapped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

I think I am either not meant to have this bike, or it hates me!

Is this usually something that is covered by warranty? :argh:

[Waylander]

shit luck mate maybe the bike just hates ya, i dont see why it wouldnt be coverd by warranty unless you got a cheap deal. who knows...

[Ramius]

shit luck mate maybe the bike just hates ya, i dont see why it wouldnt be coverd by warranty unless you got a cheap deal. who knows...

I would hope not, got the bike from Wellington MC and they seem to be pretty good guys! :eyepoke:

[riffer]

I would hope not, got the bike from Wellington MC and they seem to be pretty good guys! :eyepoke:


Geez Sean, you've had some shocking luck with that bike.

Take it back to Jimmy on Tuesday, I'm sure he'll help you out.

Good luck dude.

[Redstar]

No I hav'nt been following your woes but am suprised can you give us a brief summary of you woes?

Ps How heavy are you? in Kgs that is and tell the truth it might be a mitigating factor for Suzuki and invalidate your warranty?

I can hear your say HOW RUDE! tell us tell us!

[John]

jezus I thought I had bad luck!

dont worry though they have a good rep and will sort you out, in get you back riding again.

[avgas]

Fix her and either sell her, or get a witch doctor to shoo away the evil sprits.
I hear a good burnout does wonders too.
You have to be the only guy i know to ever break a stand

[erik]

Fix her and either sell her, or get a witch doctor to shoo away the evil sprits.
I hear a good burnout does wonders too.
You have to be the only guy i know to ever break a stand

Maybe the stand was somehow weakened in the multiple times it's been knocked/blown/fallen over?

I hope you have better luck with your next bike.

[inlinefour]

Guten Tag

For those who have been following the woes I have with my bike, add another one to it. It is a 2004 model Suzuki purchased in November and low and behold, the only thing keeping it going now is insulation tape.

Was at New World tonight, went to my bike, sat on it, started it, flung the stand up, and the bike stopped. I looked down and hello, my kick stand snapped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

I think I am either not meant to have this bike, or it hates me!

Is this usually something that is covered by warranty? :argh:

Simlpe, give the POS (piece of shit) back to the one who sold it to you and purchase a Fireblade. :ride:

[Warren]

Guten Tag

For those who have been following the woes I have with my bike, add another one to it. It is a 2004 model Suzuki purchased in November and low and behold, the only thing keeping it going now is insulation tape.

Was at New World tonight, went to my bike, sat on it, started it, flung the stand up, and the bike stopped. I looked down and hello, my kick stand snapped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

I think I am either not meant to have this bike, or it hates me!

Is this usually something that is covered by warranty? :argh:

What a POS, side-stands should not break ever, even if there are two fat people on the bike leaning on the side stand.

Sell the bike and invest in a nice pair of running shoes.

[Ramius]

No I hav'nt been following your woes but am suprised can you give us a brief summary of you woes?

Ps How heavy are you? in Kgs that is and tell the truth it might be a mitigating factor for Suzuki and invalidate your warranty?

I can hear your say HOW RUDE! tell us tell us!

Well, less than a week after I brought it brand new from Wellington MC it was pushed over by some prick on Mt Vic. Later that week I had it parked up where some bugger let his big fall onto mine which pushed it over again, when someone picked it up they didn't kick stand it properly and it fell again.

Insurance bill came in $4751

As for my weight, last time I got weighed which was just over a week ago, 86kg.

[Ramius]

Maybe the stand was somehow weakened in the multiple times it's been knocked/blown/fallen over?

I hope you have better luck with your next bike.

I wouldn't think so because each time it has gone down it has gone on the opposite side from the kick stand?

[Ramius]

Simlpe, give the POS (piece of shit) back to the one who sold it to you and purchase a Fireblade. :ride:


Hmm..Might have a few problems giving it back to Wellington Motorcycles. However, I would love a fireblade, gonna give me one? :whistle:

[Ramius]

Fix her and either sell her, or get a witch doctor to shoo away the evil sprits.
I hear a good burnout does wonders too.
You have to be the only guy i know to ever break a stand

Well, I am getting her fixed totally, am considering selling her because I have taken it to a priest and it has been blessed. Don't know how to do a burnout. I don't think I broke the stand myself because looking at it, it seems decayed where it has broken off.

Here are some pics of it

[SuperDave]

Holy shit, you have bad luck mate. Your bike must be cursed. :crazy:

[DarkNinja]

looks like a pretty clean snap to me :S dont know what could have caused it.
maybe its a new kind of wood mite that works through metal - a metal mite!

[Jantar]

Guten Tag

For those who have been following the woes I have with my bike, add another one to it. It is a 2004 model Suzuki purchased in November and low and behold, the only thing keeping it going now is insulation tape.

Was at New World tonight, went to my bike, sat on it, started it, flung the stand up, and the bike stopped. I looked down and hello, my kick stand snapped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

I think I am either not meant to have this bike, or it hates me!

Is this usually something that is covered by warranty? :argh:

I have owned a large number of Suzukis over the years, and have generally found them to good bullet-proof bikes. The only exception was a 250. Not a GSX however, but a GT250R (two stroke for those who are too young to remember back that far). It was a real lemon, and the Suzuki warranty proved to be worthless for the faults it developed. First it blew the baffle tube out of the exhaust. Next it blew a hole in one piston. Then the exhaust clamp thread stripped (new barrel needed). Another hole in a piston (rebore this time). Chains lasted about 4000 km if I was lucky. I traded it in at 13000 km for a GT380. The 380 wasn't as fast, but it did prove to be reliable.

[Darryboy]

Yeah I think in general GSX250's are fucked from the start (whether that be form Chinese manufacturing or just plain old "bad juju")

As I've had my share of bad luck with mine and I remember someone else on here (Cheeter?) had a bad accident on one a few months back (I believe he wasn't too badly from it but the bike looked totaled).

The only reason I still have mine is I've been waiting on some parts since November from when some wank from work backed his wanky sales car into the poor (cursed) GSX while it was minding it's own business.

If the above accident had not have happened I'm quite sure I'd have sold the bike over the xmas break and had enough money to buy an NC30 that went on trade me for a whisker over $3K.

Anyone interested in purchasing my GSX (once it's repaired) please ignore the talk of curses and such.

Actually everyone ignore it as I'm merely a bitter man having a drunken rant.

Good Eve.

[erik]

... I don't think I broke the stand myself because looking at it, it seems decayed where it has broken off.

Here are some pics of it


I agree, that rust on half of where it broke makes me think it had a crack for quite a while before it totally failed.

How close to the top of the stand is that? Was it near a weld?
A photo of the top part of the stand still attached to the bike would be interesting.

[Deano]

So Suzuki's weight saving secret is out. LOL

[Ms Piggy]

Hey Ramius - that is so frustrating :disapint: and that stand breaking like that is just plain weird. I mean I have a 20yr old bike and the side & middle stand are sweet.

Don't give up though! It's just the biker gods giving you a hard time to see if you really wanna be a biker or not.

[StoneChucker]

When I had my old '87 CBR250, but was still on my restricted, I wanted something faster. So I thought I'd testride a brand new GSX250. I was quite disappointed. It was for one slower, it felt a lot less sporty than the CBR, but the biggest thing I noticed was the build quality. The switches on the bars felt really "plasticy" and unreliable.

What surprised me was the salesman conveyed to me through his attitude that this bike was not worth selling the one I had.

Also, your repair bill came to $4751??? How could they pay to fix it, when a new one is not that much more. The mind boggles...

I will say though, those are just my impressions. Apart from the sidestand, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't make a great learners bike.

[Coyote]

Get rid of the damn thing. It's only going to cause you more trouble.

Anyone else had these troubles with a GSX250?

[Ramius]

I agree, that rust on half of where it broke makes me think it had a crack for quite a while before it totally failed.

How close to the top of the stand is that? Was it near a weld?
A photo of the top part of the stand still attached to the bike would be interesting.


As per request

[R6_kid]

looks pretty rooted... and that looks like a pretty budget stand! I'm pretty sure the ones on my GF250's are solid cast aswell as the one on the ZXR. Lucky it came with a centre stand aswell

[Waylander]

kinda looks like it was glued on before you got it but maybe thats just me :blank: hope ya get it somethin sorted and goodluck mate

[Storm]

Mate the way you and that bloody bike are going, you will never fall off or have bad stuff happen for the next 10 years as you have had your turn on the shit end of the stick for long enough. Hope it all gets sorted ok on tuesday

[Aaron]

I don't see any reason why they shouldn't make a great learners bike.
Mine arrives tomorrow... :yes: I'm still rather excited but the problems Ramius has had are somewhat concerning. I can only hope that his woes are isolated to that bike and not all produced last year :sweatdrop


I'm pretty sure the ones on my GF250's are solid cast swell as the one on the ZXR.
I'll post tomorrow how the stands on mine are constructed.

[muzz]

looks to have been broken for a while with a bit of bird shit welding holding it together

[Rainbow Wizard]

...went to my bike, sat on it, started it, flung the stand up, and the bike stopped. I looked down and hello, my kick stand snapped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! :argh:

Suzuki outwork lots of their component manufacture and have recently changed the supplier of their sidestands. Turns out the previous maker (Custers) was not up to it, I think that one must have been Custer's last stand.
:killingme

[Waylander]

Suzuki outwork lots of their component manufacture and have recently changed the supplier of their sidestands. Turns out the previous maker (Custers) was not up to it, I think that one must have been Custer's last stand.
:killingme

didnt see that one coming :o
nicely played

[erik]

As per request

I dunno what kinda warranty the bike has got, but that looks like faulty workmanship to me, breaking on a weld like that. They should replace/repair the stand for you imho.

[StoneChucker]

Mine arrives tomorrow... :yes: I'm still rather excited but the problems Ramius has had are somewhat concerning. I can only hope that his woes are isolated to that bike and not all produced last year :sweatdrop
I'll post tomorrow how the stands on mine are constructed.

Don't worry dude, every bike is different, even bikes of the same make, model and year! And, IF anything goes wrong, the guarantee should sort you out. As I said, I've ridden one. They are fun, and you will have said fun accordingly :Punk: :Punk:

Oh, post some pictures now, you hear? :)

*EDIT* I know how you feel, there have been a few problems with 04 R1's overseas, and I was hoping mine was trouble free when I was waiting for it. So far, no problems so it's all good! :)

[Aaron]

Thanks for the support mate :) :niceone:


know how you feel, there have been a few problems with 04 R1's overseas, and I was hoping mine was trouble free when I was waiting for it. So far, no problems so it's all good! :)
Yeah, I guess it's a case of bad news travelling faster than good <_<

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Well, I am getting her fixed totally, am considering selling her because I have taken it to a priest and it has been blessed. Don't know how to do a burnout. I don't think I broke the stand myself because looking at it, it seems decayed where it has broken off.

Here are some pics of it
Just take it back and ask them to weld it up or replace it. Or take it to a muffler shop and they will seam weld it for $5.00. Shit happens but it is no big deal.
If you constantly run the bike back on to the stand you will break the stand over time. What I mean by that is make sure the bike is not allowed to run back and stress the stand each time you park it. We have this problem with the work bikes on the farm as they are parked on the hill and it becomes a habit to run the bike back when the stand is out to let them dig in to the ground a bit to make them stable. Leads to a broken stand. Also pays to drill a small hole in the stand arm close to the bottom so the condensation can dry.

[Ramius]

Don't worry dude, every bike is different, even bikes of the same make, model and year! And, IF anything goes wrong, the guarantee should sort you out. As I said, I've ridden one. They are fun, and you will have said fun accordingly :Punk: :Punk:

Oh, post some pictures now, you hear? :)

*EDIT* I know how you feel, there have been a few problems with 04 R1's overseas, and I was hoping mine was trouble free when I was waiting for it. So far, no problems so it's all good! :)

Yeah, its all good, you have nothing to worry about, the Devil is just out to get me and has possessed my bike.

[Coldkiwi]

i'm very surprised to see rust inside that break from a bike sold off the floor in November. Would've thought thats a dead giveaway for a manufacturers defect unless its formed since the stand actually snapped. I don't think Suzuki don't do weight saving on their stands by replacing steel with aluminium, especially on an entry level bike like the GSX. I remember looking at the overall weight between the 03' gsxr600 and 03 gsx250 and the 600 weighed something like 15 kgs LESS due to all the aluminium parts over the gsx's steel.

[Ramius]

i'm very surprised to see rust inside that break from a bike sold off the floor in November. Would've thought thats a dead giveaway for a manufacturers defect unless its formed since the stand actually snapped. I don't think Suzuki don't do weight saving on their stands by replacing steel with aluminium, especially on an entry level bike like the GSX. I remember looking at the overall weight between the 03' gsxr600 and 03 gsx250 and the 600 weighed something like 15 kgs LESS due to all the aluminium parts over the gsx's steel.

Well, I can definately say the rust was already there, I took the photos about an hour after it snapped off. Stupid damned thing!

[Redstar]

Well, I am getting her fixed totally, am considering selling her because I have taken it to a priest and it has been blessed. Don't know how to do a burnout. I don't think I broke the stand myself because looking at it, it seems decayed where it has broken off.

Here are some pics of it

Hollow rubbish no wonder shame on suzuki!

PS for someone how is 4ft nothing you are a fat bugger at 86kgs :wavey:

[Ramius]

Hollow rubbish no wonder shame on suzuki!

PS for someone how is 4ft nothing you are a fat bugger at 86kgs :wavey:

Well, I can feel the joy and happiness of togetherness in the air.

Damn these short legs. The ladies don't complain though :whistle:

[Ramius]

Well, took the baby into Wellington Motorcycles today. They said, leave it with us, we'll take care of it "paraphrasing of course" Anyway, bottom line, had the mecho call telling me my new stand will be here tomorrow and will be able to ride it home tomorrow afternoon. Apparentely will be covered by warranty and allegedly had been cracked for a while, was only waiting for the last straw to break it :mad:

[PhilBilly]

Dont worry ive had my bad luck this year.
My new years resolution was to get fit, but wasnt planning on pushing the bike from Taranaki street to Berhampore with a flat front tyre, must of been the biggest fittness in 10 years. lol

[Redstar]

Suzuki outwork lots of their component manufacture and have recently changed the supplier of their sidestands. Turns out the previous maker (Custers) was not up to it, I think that one must have been Custer's last stand.
:killingme Thats very funny but did you know that Custer did not did at little big horn he was allready dying of Siff!

Siff..Siff siff siff

you had to be there!