Oh, now I am pis*ed

[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?

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:Me]

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 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... 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

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

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.