2005 Suzuki VL1500

I WAS RIDING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WOULD BARELY RUN. SUBSEQUENT TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE GENERATOR STATOR HAD SHORTED AND WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING CAUSING THE BATTERY TO BECOME DEPLETED. REPLACEMENT OF THE STATOR, REGULATOR/RECTIFIER AND THE BATTERY WAS REQUIRED. I WOULD EXPECT THESE COMPONENTS TO LAST LONGER THAN 18,000 MILES BUT AFTER DOING MY RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM FOR THIS MOTORCYCLE, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR

THE MOTORCYCLE (SUZUKI C 90 BOULEVARD) WOBBLES UNCONTROLLABLY ON DECELERATION, THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL, THIS STARTED WHEN IT HAD ONLY 1500 MILES ON IT. DEALER WOULD DO NOTHING. IT HAS ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS THE RECTIFIER SHORTS OUT. SUZUKI REPLACED THE RECTIFIER AND STATOR. THESE PROBLEMS ARE INHERENT IN 2005 AND 2006 SUZUKI C90 BOULEVARD. IN 2007 SUZUKI REVAMPED THE STATOR AND RECTIFIER. *TR

FRONT BRAKE FAILS TO STOP VEHICLE. FRONT BRAKE LEVER TRAVEL IS EXCESSIVE AND OFTEN TOUCHES THE THROTTLE GRIP WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY SIGNIFICANT DECELERATION. DEALER RECENTLY BLED BRAKES AT THE 4000 MILE SERVICE. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT ON OCT 1, 2005 WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. HAD TO CHANGE LANES TO AVIOD A REAR END COLLISION. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WITH OTHER VS1400 SUZUKI INTRUDERS. *NM

DT: OWNER HAS A MOTORCYLCE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH THE BALL BEARNINGS FELL OUT OF THE FRONT WHEEL. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO HAVE ANY FRONT BRAKES. THEN, THE OWNER LEANED TO THE RIGHT AND LET THE MOTORCYCLE ROLL TO A STOP. THE FRONT WHEEL WAS WOBBLING. THERE WAS A FRONT WHEEL BEARING PROBLEM ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. IT WAS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 9,000 MILES. THE FRONT WHEEL BEARNINGS FELL OFF LAST WEDNESDAY. THE MOTORCYLE WAS TOWED. THE OWNER TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPAIRED IT. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THE OWNER THAT THE WHEEL BEARNINGS WERE DERVIED FROM THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES. THEY INDICATED THE BEARNING THAT FAILED WAS CALLED A KACHI BEARING. THE OWNER CALLED SUZUKI AND MADE A COMPLAINT WITH THEM. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BEARING WITH A KOYO. THE OWNER HAD TO REPLACE THE KACHI BEARNIGS TWICE WITHIN 15000 MILES. THE OWNER WAS CONCERNED THIS PRODUCT COULD CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY TO RIDER OR OTHER MOTORISTS. *AK

NOTE: VEHICLE IS NOT A VL1500, IT IS A SUZUKI BURGMAN 650 MOTORSCOOTER WHICH WAS NOT A CHOICE ON YOUR DROPDOWN MODELS. SPEEDOMETER IS COMPLETELY INACCURATE ON MY BRAND NEW 2005 SUZUKI BURGMAN 650 MOTORSCOOTER. WHILE DRIVING MY MOTORSCOOTER, I CANNOT GET AN ACCURATE READING ON WHETHER I'M GOING TOO FAST OR TOO SLOW. SOMETIMES THIS SPEEDOMETER IS AT LEAST 20 MPH FASTER THAN WHAT I AM TRAVELING. I HAVE TAKEN THE BIKE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I AM BEING TOLD BY BOTH THE DEALER AND SUZUKI THAT A 10% MARGIN OF ERROR IS ACCEPTIBLE BY SUZUKI AS BEING ACCURATE ENOUGH TO DRIVE ON THE AMERICAN HIGHWAYS. I CHECKED WITH THE LOCAL POLICE AND HIGHWAY PATROLS AND WAS INFORMED THAT WHEN A SPEED LIMIT IS POSTED THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DRIVING - NOT 10% PLUS OR MINUS. I AM ALSO BEING INSTRUCTED BY SUZUKI THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MENTALLY CALCULATE THE MAXIMUM 10% DIFFERENCE ON THE SPEEDOMETER WHILE DRIVING IN MOUNTAIN CONDITIONS AND CROWDED HIGHWAYS CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY FACTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THERE ARE 2 SUZUKI BRUGMAN 650'S THAT WERE PURCHASED FROM THE SAME DEALERSHIP WITHIN THE SAME WEEK, BOTH ARE NOW IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME REPAIRS. BOTH OWNERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE FIXED AND THEY MUST BE RIDDEN IN THIS UNSAFE CONDITION. I WOULD APPRECIATE NHTSA HELP IN RESOLVING THIS SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATION.