VL250 throttle

[ukiwi]

Been riding the new bike for a couple of weeks and love everything about it, apart from the cost of the first service that is, $1700.00 labour charge, but what can you do when theres only one Suzuki dealer you can go to.
Anyway one thing I have found is the throttle is not the smoothest, the only way I can describe it is a bit grabby or snatchy.
Accelerating through the gears is fine but when shut the revs off to slow down you really notice it, bit of whiplash. The only way I have found to make it smoother is to use a little clutch. The same thing happens when you open the throttle back up to accelerate.
Not a huge issue, and I only have a Honda CBF, Im married with a child so forget the gay jokes, to compare it to. So am I just being to picky or should I get it checked out?

[KiwiRat]

$1700????????????????????????????????????

WTF did they do? The first service on my bike only ran to $250.

[Katman]

I'll second that.

WTF!!!!! $1700 in labour??????????

[ukiwi]

Teach me to check before I post
Try $170.00 labour

[KiwiRat]

I'm thinking (or hoping) he meant $170.

That seems to be in the right neighborhood.

[KiwiRat]

Gah.

Just beat me.

[Katman]

I would suggest taking it back in and getting them to check the throttle cable freeplay for a start.

[Fatt Max]

Gidday dude,
Phew, glad to see we got the labour charge sorted, eh. Nearly choked on me beer mate.
As for the throttle, I found exactly the same thing to begin with but it seems to have sorted itself out. Mine goes in for it's 1000Km service in a week or so and I'll get them to look at it but I dont really think it's anything major.
Otherwise, it is a nice bike, eh...I wish I had done all this 20 years ago.
Take care, ride safe and eat pies

[ukiwi]

Great bike to ride, cant help smiling every time i get on it.
Did you sort out the smoke issues you had?

[Fatt Max]

Great bike to ride, cant help smiling every time i get on it.
Did you sort out the smoke issues you had?

Yep, no worries. The bike just needed a bit of running in, some great KB'rs helped me out on that one.

I smile as well mate, they are a cracking bike...

[ukiwi]

Good to hear. We have some smoke on ours when its first started but nothing once it warms up.
Been out there wahsing and polishing today, just as well its a long weekend, going to take all 3 days to finish.

[Fatt Max]

Hey, question for you mate,
What do you wash and polish your bike with? I use Autosol on the chrome but would be interested to know what you did with the rest?
Cheers dude

[ukiwi]

Turtle wax products for wash and polish. I use the super hard shell polish on both paint and plastic chrome, brings it up nice and does a good job protecting it.
Make sure to use a microfibre polishing cloth, stops the swirl effect you can get on a black paint finish.