2006 Suzuki GSX-R600

I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SOONER THAN NOW. I ALMOST LOST MY HUSBAND DUE TO A CRASH CAUSED FROM THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONING. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT SOMEONE WE KNEW WAS ALSO PRESENT AND CALLED ME. IF NOT MY HUSBAND PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. HE OBTAINED MULTIPLE FRACTURES, ROAD RASH FROM HEAD TO TOE, CHUNKS OF HIS SKIN WERE MISSING AND CRACKED HIS HEAD OPEN. THE MOTORCYCLE ITSELF WAS TOTALLED AND IN A NUMBER OF PIECES. MY HUSBAND SPENT DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND MANY MORE AT HOME RECOVERING. BUT IT ENDED UP CAUSING HIM HIS JOB AND TODAY STILL HAS SOME ISSUES MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

RIDING HOME AFTER WORK ON BACK HIGHWAY AND LOST ALL POWER TO BIKE. REAR TIRE LOCKED UP A BIT, SO HAD TO PULL CLUTCH AND CUT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY TO PARK ON THE SHOULDER. POWER LOSS WAS INSTANT AND IF CARS WERE BEHIND ME, IT LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. POWER LOSS WAS COMPLETE, SO I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS OR BLINKERS. THE MASTER FUSE BLEW DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE REGULATOR RECTIFIER. THE SHOP I TOOK IT TO THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE ISSUE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE POSSIBLY 2007 MAY HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, WHICH USES THE SAME REGULATOR. $382 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS FAIRLY COMMON AND JUST AS DANGEROUS AS MOST THE RECALLS I'VE SEEN LATELY FOR GM, ETC. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE ON A 2 LANE ROAD, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE JUST TURNED OFF. WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS OR ANYTHING. I WAS REAL CLOSE TO GETTING HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME WHEN MY BIKE SHUT OFF. LUCKILY THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO STOP IN TIME BEFORE HITTING ME. AS READING ONLINE THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL BIKE AND YEAR. THIS ISSUE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A SHOP TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED, THAT WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT THE STATOR REGULATOR AND RECTIFIER WAS GONE BAD. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I HAVE SEEM MANY CASES LIKE THIS AND SUZUKI SHOULD FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE A LIFE IS TAKEN. I CALLED TO SPEAK WITH A SUZUKI AGENT AND ALL THEY STATED WAS THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SUZUKI WILL TAKE CARE OF AND THAT THIS IS A NUMBER 1 SELLING BIKE AND THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. *TR

STARTED UP THE BIKE AND IT FELT KIND OF SLUGGISH. RODE ABOUT 10 MILES AND THE BIKE CUT OFF ON ME AND ALL I COULD SMELL WAS BURNING ELECTRONICS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE RECTIFIER THAT WAS ON FIRE. I QUICKLY DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY FROM THE BIKE AND WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO COME. I KNOW THERE IS RECALLS ON LATER MODEL SUZUKIS WITH THE RECTIFIER, BUT WHY NOT THE 06 TO 07S? I'M ASSUMING THAT SUZUKI USES THE SAME VOLTAGE REGULATOR REGARDLESS OF THE YEARS. MY MOTORCYCLE COULD HAVE GONE UP IN FLAMES. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT NIGHT AND MY MOTORCYCLE LOST ALL POWER, THERE WAS NO WARNING OR ANYTHING JUST DIED. IF THERE WOULD OF BEEN ANOTHER VEHICLE BEHIND ME THEN I COULD OF EASILY BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I COULD SMELL SOMETHING HOT IN THE FRONT OF THE BIKE. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED HOME. I STARTED RESEARCHING IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS THE RECTIFIER / REGULATOR TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BIKE, IT GETS HOT AND BURNS UP. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE 30 AMP FUSE TO BLOW FOR THE THE WIRING FOR THE BATTERY. I SEE THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS FOR THE 2008-2011 MODEL YEARS BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THE 2006 AND 2007 YEARS AS WELL, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THESE YEARS ALSO. *JS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI GSX-R600 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC THE MOTORCYCLE BATTERY OVERHEATED CAUSING THE MOTORCYCLE TO STALL. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V108000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ALTERNATOR GENERATOR REGULATOR. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 8,000.

MY PROBLEM CONSISTS OF A JERKISH FEELING FROM DE-ACCELERATE TO ACCELERATION. I WAS RIDING HOME FROM LATE DINNER WITH SOME FRIENDS AROUND MIDNIGHT, WAS COMING TO A CORNER WHERE I NOTICED WATER FROM NEAR SPRINKLERS, I THEN LET OFF MY GAS TO SLOW DOWN TO COME INTO THE TURN, AS I STARTED TO GIVE IT GAS AGAIN, IT SHARPLY SPED UP CAUSING ME TO LOW SIDE FROM THE CORNER. I WAS GOING NO MORE THEN 15-20MPH, AS I WAS COMING OUT FROM THE CORNER APPROX. 30MPH. I'VE HAD A FEW OTHER SUZUKI BIKES, OLDER YEARS, NEVER HAD THIS SORT OF PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN RIDING FOR OVER 5-9YEARS. *TR