New rust record for GNs?

[imdying]

Time to harden up. It cost you bugger all, and a little surface rust isn't going cause you any grief. Your first bin will probably cost you more

Keep it clean, and keep a towel in the garage to wipe it down after getting home in the rain. Spray n wipe a bit of CRC on the 'chrome' bits too, that'll help keep it at bay.

Each 2006 GN250 is equally badly made, so at least when you go to sell it, the condition of your won't be anything out of the ordinary

[Lucy]

Thanks for the sympathy.....not. I think I am quite hardened to it, like I said, I was sort of expecting it eventually.

I do keep it clean, I do wipe it down, and I had spray and wiped it with CRC.

I wish 3 1/2 grand was 'bugger all' to me. You must be rich.

[degrom]

Thanks for the sympathy.....not. I think I am quite hardened to it, like I said, I was sort of expecting it eventually.

I do keep it clean, I do wipe it down, and I had spray and wiped it with CRC.

I wish 3 1/2 grand was 'bugger all' to me. You must be rich.

In bike price terms... $3500*New bike = 'bugger all' * New bike....

What will a 1983 GN250 with 80k on be worth?

[Lucy]

Dunno, are you selling one? Yeah I know that it's cheap for a new bike, that's why I bought it. I still really like it and plan to keep it for a while, I just thought that less than a month was pretty damn quick, even for a 'cheap bike'. I'd be cross if my BBQ rusted that fast, and they are a lot cheaper.

[degrom]

I thinking of selling yes... But I must say for I will miss it once it's gone. It's one of the most relaxed bikes I ever had. They just keep on going and going!!!

[Lucy]

I'll let you know if mine is still going in 23 years! It is funny how the design hasn't changed, I like it. I think I'll always be a cruiser rider by the way I'm going.

[Cookie]

[...]I do keep it clean, I do wipe it down, and I had spray and wiped it with CRC.[...]

My advice is to spray the CRC directly on the surfaces then wipe off any excess (if you are not already doing so).

Safe riding.

[heyjoe]

There has been a lot of comments by GN250 owners about the rust problems in recent times. My wife used to have a GN250 about 23 years ago and it was a nice bike which she enjoyed and rode nearly every day. It is disapointing to see the quality of finish of these machines deteriorate to this poor standard.

I am not defending the Chinese made models as the testimony of many riders here in kb clearly show a pretty good overall picture of what the quality of finish is like now. My opinion is that the Chinese manuafacturers have made these like this because they can. What I mean is no-one has done anything about it. Surely the reports of the crap quality has been passed on from owners complaining to dealers and dealers complaining to Suzuki. If nothing has changed from this negative feedback then assume someone in the chain of events has decided to ignore it all. Surely this cannot be good for the Suzuki name. I don't accept the excuse that you get what you pay for. It has the Suzuki name on the badge and that is all the buyer sees. Suzuki is Suzuki.

When I worked selling hardware tools etc 17 yrs ago there were some big American names that moved their manufacturing to Japan. Customers would be concerned about the quality but they didn't need to worry as they had a big name to protect and set high quality controls on the manufacturing and gauranteed their products against poor workmanship. There were not many problems with quality.

So the problems with the GN bikes is not doing Suzuki any favours at all to their reptutation.