Lemon Bike

[onearmedbandit]

Fuck me, that's fucking ridiculous. You didn't happen to ask them why exactly we kiwi's should be shat on like that?

[Katman]

Dealers = theiving cunts

What else is new?

Not the dealers - Suzuki NZ.

[98tls]

Not the dealers - Suzuki NZ.

Yep,should have added thats EX Japan so its Suzuki and not there dealers as such,interestingly they have never sold one in this country,wonder why.

[98tls]

If it turns out to be the ecu i'd be on ebay/dedicated v-strom website/the phone to the wrecker before shelling out... there's a dl650 ecu on ebay for $170US, no good to you but gives you an idea of second hand price...

Wouldnt be to bothered about wreckers myself,my last experiance with one was getting a quote for $400 +post for a part that i ended up buying in Germany and getting it to my doorstep for $100.No doubt they would know the silly money Suzuki sells em for and offer it to him for only slightly less stupid money..

[onearmedbandit]

Quite right, but it's the dealers at the end of the day that get the bad rep. They should see it of personal interest to the survival of their business to pull the importers into line. Or maybe they are just not interested in servicing a market like ours, and would prefer if we just cut down their costs by buying overseas (referring to the importers).

[imdying]

If every Suzuki dealer pulled the pin on their dealerships, Suzuki Japan would come and clean house pretty quickly.

[miloking]

Take it to independent motorcycle shop and get second opinion...i dont buy this ECU bull

[Crasherfromwayback]

If every Suzuki dealer pulled the pin on their dealerships, Suzuki Japan would come and clean house pretty quickly.

Problem is...Suzuki NZ is basically Suzuki Japan.

[TripleZee Dyno]

What are the "problems" you are having?

[BuzzardNZ]

Before you go down the ECU path, do some research into 'the green connector issue' The DL's and SV's are known for this problem and if yours has it, should be under $100 to fix.

[Oscar]

I bought a Suzuki DL1000 from a guy on Trademe about a 1 1/2 months ago. From the first long ride on I had problems with the bike. I had a mobile mechanic (recommended on kiwi bike) come out to look at it and he couldn't figure out what was going on with the bike. Finally I took it to Coleman Suzuki and they're even mystified but it's looking like it's the ECU (electronic control unit) which is going to cost $3500 The previous owner seems nice enough and he says he never had any problems with the bike (he even recommended kiwibiker and some other things) and he didn't ride it much so I can imagine he didn't have an idea although it didn't work from the get go (only on long rides though - it seemed to be ok on short rides in the city). He has agreed to pay half of the repair bill but I'm wondering if this will happen now that it's this expensive. I'm wondering if there is anything I can do through trademe or a "lemon car/bike" organization - there are some things like this in the US (where I come from).... or any other good options? I bought the bike for $5500 so I'm not sure the repair is even worth it. Thoughts?

1. That sounds pretty cheap for a V-Strom.
2. I'm amazed that the guy wants to pay half.

What is the bike doing?

[avgas]

Bummer. I was always suspect of DL's..........but put it down to them just being ugly

[Laava]

just being ugly

HA HA! But we loves them anyway! As said, find someone who has one and beg borrow steal their ecu for a test run. Check the earthing and such. Go on to Stromtrooper.com and post in the aussie kiwi section. You will get this bike going for a lot less than you think, I am sure. Ask Triplezee if he can test your ecu. They are not that bad generally so you may find fault elsewhere. Has the bike had modifications, ie TRE?
The absolute first thing I would do is remove the ecu and check, clean plugs re-install with CRC 6.6 along with checking out all the major plugs on the loom. Do a tank lift and open the airbox to check the filter. Unless that has been done. How many km?
Be aware the 02-03 has a different ecu to later stroms[I think?]

[Oakie]

You didn't really describe the symptoms but it reminds me of something in my deep dark past that I heard of happening to someone else.
Bike started fine and ran around cold just fine. It was only after quite a bit of time that it started running rough. Now I'm not an auto-electrician's arsehole and have now idea on how it all works but the problem apparantly was in a rear indicator light which was shorting out when things got nice and warm and this caused the rough running. May be a wild goose chase but I guess you could get that sort of stuff checked out.

[Oscar]

You didn't really describe the symptoms but it reminds me of something in my deep dark past that I heard of happening to someone else.
Bike started fine and ran around cold just fine. It was only after quite a bit of time that it started running rough. Now I'm not an auto-electrician's arsehole and have now idea on how it all works but the problem apparantly was in a rear indicator light which was shorting out when things got nice and warm and this caused the rough running. May be a wild goose chase but I guess you could get that sort of stuff checked out.

A rear indicator???
Bit early for April Fools ininnit?