2006 Suzuki VZR1800

MOTORCYCLE CLUTCH INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO ENGAGE WITHOUT SHAKING, SOMETIMES TOO MUCH TO START RIDING. SAFETY ISSUE, HAS HAPPENED WHEN TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE BIKE IS UNABLE TO TAKE OFF, UNTIL I TRY ONE OR TWO MORE TIMES PULLING THE CLUTCH LEVER. I'VE LEARNED NOT TO ASSUME I CAN SAFELY PROCEED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHILE THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES AROUND. THIS PROBLEM WAS ORIGINALLY FIXED (MOSTLY) BY SUZUKI SOON AFTER I BOUGHT THE BIKE IN 2006, BUT WOULD OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN STILL. NOW IT IS BAD AGAIN, AND OF COURSE, THE BIKE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE CLUTCH COMPONENTS YESTERDAY I FOUND NO EXCESSIVE OR UNUSUAL WEAR AND NO APPARENT REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I TOOK THE RECOMMENDATION OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND ADJUSTED THE CLUTCH BASKET SPRINGS FOR A TIGHTER FIT WITHIN THEIR HOLDERS (BUILT INTO THE UNIT) AND THINGS SEEM BETTER FOR NOW, I STILL WILL NOT TRUST THE MOTORCYCLE IN TRAFFIC. I THINK SUZUKI SHOULD REDESIGN AND RECALL THIS PART. *TR

THE 3RD DAY I HAD THIS BIKE IT WAS IN FOR CLUTCH CHATTER, DYING IN INTERSECTION IF NOT DISENGAGE CLUTCH FAST CAN JERK AND FALL OVER, COUNTLESS TIME IN SHOP BUT TILL A MECHANIC CAME BACK SHAKING LIKE A CHAIN SMOKER THAT HAD STOP SMOKING FOR 6HRS. NOW. THE SECOND ONE WILL BE CHANGED JUST AFTER 1,525MILES NOT SAFE, CLUTCH NOT BURNED AND PADS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE AND VERY CLEAN, I PAY 497.00 EVERY 2,000MILES ON A COMPLETE CLUTCH SYSTEM JUST TO BE SAFE. *TR

I OWN A SUZUKI M109R THE FIRST 1,000MILES EVERYTHING SEAM GOOD BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, ABOUT 1 TO 2 TIMES A DAY I WOULD GET A CLUTCH CHATTER AND WOULD MAKE THE MOTORCYCLE COME TO A HALT AND STOP THE ENGINE AND THE BIKE WOULD COME TO A SCREECHING HOLT ON THE STREET.. HAVE TAKEN IT IN 3TIMES FOR THIS AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE MOTORCYCLE WAS OK AND CANT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.. NOW AFTER 10,000MILES AND THIS CLUTCH CHATTER IS WORST THAN EVER, NOW THE BIKE WILL DO A CHATTER AT EVER OTHER LIGHT NOW, STOPPING DEAD COLD IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. AT THIS POINT AT ALL INTERSECTIONS I WAS HAVING TO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK JUST SO I WILL NOT BE RUN OVER WHEN THE THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN.. NOW I TOOK THE BIKE IN BECAUSE OF SAFETY AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE MECHANIC CAME BACK WITH EYES BIG AND ROUND, THIS SCARED HIM BAD. THE MANUFACTURER (SUZUKI)SAID IT IS THE CLUTCH, SO DEALER TOOK IT APART AND SAID THAT THE CLUTCH IS NOT BURNED AND THE ACTUAL PADS WERE NOT ABUSED. ALL LOOKS GOOD IT LOOKS SO GOOD THAT THE DEALER IS PUTTING BACK THE OLD CLUTCH AND JUST SEE IF IT MIGHT WORK RIGHT WITH A DIFFERENT OIL THAN THE SUZUKI BRAND. BUT THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT THE WHOLE THING IS THE CLUTCH IS NOT BURNED AND THE ACTUALLY CLUTCH PLATES LOOK THE SAME AS THE NEW ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED THIS TUESDAY IF THE OLD ONE WITH DIFFERENT OIL IN THE CRANK CASE DON?T STOP THE CHATTER. BEFORE I LEFT FRIDAY I WAS TOLD THE SUZUKI WILL NOT WARRANTY THE CLUTCH EVEN THOUGH THE CLUTCH WAS NOT ABUSED AND/OR BURNED.. THIS CLUTCH SYSTEM IS VERY UNSAFE AND IS A ACCIDENT JUST READY TO HAPPEN. *TR

THE SUZUKI M109R (VZR1800) HAS A CLUTCH OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. INTERMITTENT SLIPPING OR JUMPING IN AND OUT OF 1ST GEAR. MANY, MANY TIMES THIS MOTORCYCLE WILL SLIP OR JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHEN ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP. MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER RIDERS OF THIS BIKE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SUZUKI AND THEIR DEALERS DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE VISIT THE M109R RIDERS FORUM AND QUERRY CLUTCH OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR

1.) ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND MOVING INTO TRAFFIC. 2.) TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 3.) 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND ALL THREE SHIFTER FORKS ARE BEING REPLACED. NO COVERAGE FROM SUZUKI OR 3RD PARTY EXTENDED WARRANTY (WESTERN STATES). BIKE WAS PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2006, 11K MI. AT TIME OF FAILURE. FEEL THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID WHAT THEY COULD TO GET IT COVERED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI VZR1800. IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED BEFORE THE CLUTCH WAS RELEASED, THE CONTACT WOULD HEAR A BANGING SOUND. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. AS OF NOVEMBER 9, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,900. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR