2007 Suzuki VZR1800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI VZR1800 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT AFTER SHIFTING IN GEAR AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE MOTORCYCLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NINE TIMES FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURE. THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE CLUTCH WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,300.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI VZR1800 K7 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSITION FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND WAS UNUSUALLY ROUGH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ROUGH SHIFTING WAS NORMAL AND COULD PROVIDE NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ALSO ADVISED HIM THAT THE SHIFTING WAS NORMAL FOR HIS MODEL VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI VZR 1800 M109R. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR THE VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS WITHOUT WARNING ON IT'S OWN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTING MALFUNCTION WAS CAUSED BY A HARD SHIFT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISKS SINCE THE GEARS SHIFTING AT WILL COULD CAUSE A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,800.

SUBJECT IS MY AND OTHERS 2007 SUZUKI BOULEVARD 109 MOTORCYCLE, 2ND GEAR DEFECT/FAILURE.I WENT ON THE WEBSITE OF M109RIDERS.COM AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THE SAME CASES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ALL OF THEM ARE OF THE 2ND GEAR JUMPING OUT INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION, WHICH I HOPE DOESN'T RESULT IN SOME ONE GETTING KILLED OR SERIOUSLY HURT. NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE I LIVE,THERE IS A SUZUKI DEALERSHIP THAT HAS SEEN 7 OF THE SAME CASES OF WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING COME INTO THERE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC SAYS HIMSELF THAT SUZUKI IS REFUSING TO DO A RECALL IN FEAR OF HURTING THEIR FUTURE SALES OF THIS NEW MODEL BECAUSE OF THE 2ND GEAR DEFECTIVE/ FAILURE . I'VE PUT A FORUM ON M109RIDERS.COM ASKING IF ANY ONE ELSE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING I HAVE BEEN AND I RECEIVED AN OVER WHELMING OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS OF ANGRY AND LIVID MOTORCYCLE OWNERS OF THIS PARTICULAR MOTORCYCLE. I'VE RECEIVED CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE 2ND GEAR JUMPING OUT OF GEAR THEN INTO NEUTRAL POSITION ON THIS MOTORCYCLE, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ANY ONE THAT EXPERIENCE THIS. THE BOULEVARD 109 FROM THE YEARS, 2006 1ST MODEL TO 2009 IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM AND I'M ALSO BEING TOLD THAT SUZUKI IS WITH HOLDING THE RELEASE OF THE 2010 MODEL BECAUSE OF THIS VERY PROBLEM. I HOPE THAT SUZUKI WILL DO THE MOST RESPONSIBLE THING, WHICH IS RECALL, THESE MOTORCYCLES BEFORE SOME ONE GETS HURT OR EVEN WORST KILLED. I'M BLESSED WHEN MY 2ND GEAR FAILED ON ME AND THAT THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK THAT ALMOST RAN INTO ME WAS A VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND SWERVED OUT THE WAY OF HITTING ME. WE ( SUZUKI BOULEVARD 109 OWNERS ) ALL THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER AND WE ALL HOPE THAT SUZUKI DOES THE RIGHT THING... *TR

I STOPPED FOR A SIGNAL LIGHT. THE CLUTCH ON THE MOTORCYCLE LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. THE MOTORCYCLE SURGED FORWARD. I HAD TO KILL THE ENGINE BY USING THE EMERGENCY KILL SWITCH. I HAD TO HAVE THE MOTORCYCLE TRANSPORTED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. AFTER DISASSEMBLY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TUBULAR NUT ON THE (GEAR ASSY., PRIMARY DRIVE SKU: 21100-48G00) HAD BACKED OFF. THIS ALLOWED THE PRIMARY GEAR TO MOVE PREVENTING THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FROM OPERATING. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AN FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. I WAS LUCKY THAT WHEN MINE LOCKED UP I WAS STOPPED AND WAS ABLE TO KILL POWER WITH THE EMERGENCY SWITCH. I WAS ALSO LUCKY IN THAT I WAS THE FIRST VEHICLE IN LINE AND DIDN'T REAR END ANYONE. IF THIS HAD OCCURRED WHEN I WAS MOVING I COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I CALLED THE SUZUKI TECHNICAL HELP LINE ASKING FOR THE TORQUE SPEC FOR THE TUBULAR NUT. SUZUKI REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO ME. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO BUY A NEW ASSEMBLY FROM A SUZUKI DEALERSHIP. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE EXISTING COMPONENTS OTHER THAN THEY WERE NOT ASSEMBLED PROPERLY. THE TUBULAR NUT WAS NOT TORQUED PROPERLY. IF I BUY A NEW ASSEMBLY WHAT CHANGE HAS SUZUKI MADE TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE. I WANT SUZUKI TO COVER THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. *TR

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI VZR 1800 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID. ADDITIONALLY THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE MALFUNCTIONS WERE DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, AND TRANSMISSION SERVICE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

2007 SUZUKI M109R MOTORCYCLE. 13,000 MILES. WHILE AT RED LIGHT BIKE ABRUPTLY JUMPS FORWARD CAUSING BIKE TO FALL OVER. WITH HELP GOT BIKE UP, STILL DOING SAME PROBLEM NEEDED TOWED. TOOK TO DEALER FOUND TUBE NUT HAD CAME OFF OF GEAR SHAFT AND RUINED CLUTCHES A $700.00 REPAIR WHICH I PAID. AFTER GETTING ONLINE I FOUND OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM MANY BIKERS HAVE CONTACTED AMERICAN SUZUKI WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT KNOW RECALL OR WARRANTY WAS DONE. I CONTACTED THEM AND ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. ALOT OF GOOD THAT WOULD HAVE DONE IF I GOT HURT OR KILLED. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY PROBLEM AND THE DEALER CAN NOT GUARANTEE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. SUZUKI SHOULD MAKE THIS A RECALL AND SHOULD REIMBURSE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PAID FOR THIS NOT KNOWING THIS IS COMMON IN THIS BIKE. I AM 57YRS OLD BOUGHT BIKE 2YRS AGO SO I AM NOT DRIVING AROUND POPPING WHEELIES OR BEATING THIS BIKE. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON AT SUZUKI TOLD ME THERE WAS NOBODY HIGHER THEN HER THAT I COULD SPEAK TOO AND SAID SHE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A VZR 1800 2007 MODEL SUZUKI AND HAVE HAD CLUTCH PROBLEMS STARTING AT 10000MI HAD A MECHANIC CHECK IT AND SAYS IT HAD OIL TROUBLE CAUSING TROUBLE SUCH AS SHUDDER AND GRABBING I CALLED A DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD IT AND WAS NO RECALLS BUT I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON M109RIDERS FORUM (I MEAN LOTS). *TR