Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

[Keith Marcel Menezes]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Hey guys, I own a Suzuki Gixxer SF Fi. Last week, my bike would not start after a night of riding in the heavy rain. Basically the starter would not work and I ended up push-starting my bike. Took it to the SVC and they returned my bike with a changed clutch assembly switch, which looked like a wire. I rode again in heavy rain 2 days ago and my bike won't start again. I don't want to keep going and replacing the part for Rs.50 every weekend. Can someone please help a brother out? I have to push start my bike everytime because I don't even have a Kickstarter.

[AniR]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Hello guys...!!!

bought the blue beast 4 days back..!!
SF FI ABS



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[ALI.R]

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Hello guys...!!!

bought the blue beast 4 days back..!!
SF FI ABS



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Great decision. Congratulations!

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[AniR]

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Great decision. Congratulations!

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thank you..!!![emoji4] [emoji4]

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[Tloren]

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I am having a weird problem recently. Sometimes when I turn the Key to "Ignition" and set the Engine Kill switch to 'ON' the whole display / electricals goes blank after coming (READY) -- bike refuses to start at this point with the starter or kick. Its only if I toggle the Engine Kill switch or turn on the headlamps and then setting the Engine Kill switch to 'ON' is when it works.

So I will just repeat the sequence to ease the confusion for the readers.

1) Engine Kill Switch is set to 'OFF' as per my habit when the bike is parked.

2) I put on the Key and turn it to 'Ignition' -- Display comes live and says 'READY' along with the Neutral Indicator (Business as usual).

3) I turn 'ON' the Engine Kill Switch -- Display and Neutral Indicator goes blank. Engine refuses to start as it happens when you set the Key to 'OFF'.

4) At this point I toggle the engine Kill Switch ( OFF -> ON ) or turn on the Headlamp before toggling it and now the display stays live.

5) Bike starts.

Seems like some sort of a lose connection. Any ideas?

P.S. -- This doesn't necessarily happen during the first start of the day. Sometimes happens during a short break.

Hey!
I had the same problem last monsoon and the SVC guy had sprayed chain lube into the bike's key hole and in a couple of plugs which solved the problem temporarily until this monsoon where it ended up getting much much worse.
I had to fidget with the key for about 5 minutes or more to even get the display to turn on and turning the kill switch on would turn it off again. Sometimes my bike would turn off in the middle of the road when I turned on the indicators. *Scary*
So I went to the SVC today and told them i want a PERMANENT fix and not some temporary jugaad so they said they'll look into replacing the key/ignition set under warranty.
I'll be getting my bike back tomorrow, will update here once I do.

[icarious]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

@MotoBlizzard , so I went to service my bike today. While preparing my job sheet, I deliberately started on the rear section off-setting of the 1st Gen BS-3 Gixxers. I told them, how its a problem with the first gen bikes only and not the new 2017 BS4 models. They instantly admitted to knowing about it, but cited "it might happen during transit when they get transported". To my amaze, when I asked them to fix it if its a problem during transportation or whatever, they blatantly refused that it can't be fixed once it happens. I think something is really going on between Suzuki and the Authorised Dealers / SVC. It seems like Suzuki and the Dealers were aware of this manufacturing defect but instead of recalling and fixing the problem they chose to ignore it. I guess we should make more noise, mail Suzuki and use these posts here as a reference. Even though this isn't affecting ride quality / balancing as such but I fear it might affect the re-sale value of the bike. Anyone with a decent eye would go for a heavy bargain when they notice it -- after all why not? This is not a problem with 'EVERY' Gixxer. Just pre-2017 BS-3 models. This was not expected by Suzuki. Instead of releasing incremental 'features' every now and then - 1st Drum Only, then Disk, then FI, now Single Channel ABS, 2018 it might be Dual Channel ABS and 2019 it might be what? Nitrous Cylinder? they should have perfected the bike. Even though this is much better than a lot of Indian Stuff. But it lacks the premium / robust feel and build quality as we expect from a Honda/ Yamaha/ Kawasaki or Suzuki... Shame on them.

[SanBike]

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I have 2016 dual disk. Recently met with accident and got it repaired. After repair bike is pulling left when I let go handle bar. Also handle feels stuck and move when tried to turn right. Left turn is smooth. Any idea what is wrong and how much it would cost to repair?

[Tloren]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

I have 2016 dual disk. Recently met with accident and got it repaired. After repair bike is pulling left when I let go handle bar. Also handle feels stuck and move when tried to turn right. Left turn is smooth. Any idea what is wrong and how much it would cost to repair?

Check your wheel/fork/handlebar alignment, if not aligned properly you will have problems steering the bike as you have described.

[Saravanan Murdlock]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Check your wheel/fork/handlebar alignment, if not aligned properly you will have problems steering the bike as you have described.

what are all the things you got repaired after accident?

[MotoBlizzard]

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@icarious

Interesting.

I had a talk with the AM a couple of days ago as I mentioned previously. Heres the thing and theres some logic to what he said which I cannot deny.

As per my observation, the rear swingarm is indeed not aligned with the chassis of the bike. This can be seen visually if you know how to look for it. For a more solid proof, the front and rear sprockets are not in a single plane. If you measure distance between a central point on the chassis and the ends of both the arms of the swingarm, the length will not be the same. Also after about 10k kms you will see an uneven wear on the rear tyre.

However, despite all of the above issues, I havent felt any instability; not on the highway, not in the city, not on the track and neither is there any kind of Pull to one side.

Now I am not a mechanical genius or a physicist but if the observations I made would have caused any problems, I would have felt something wrong with the functioning of the bike by now, which I havent. The handling and maneuvering capabilities remain solid.

The AM checked the chain and had said theres no accelerated wear of any kind. He also offered to replace my swingarm if that helped me to get over "my" issue but I knew for a fact that replacing the swingarm was not the answer. The problem is with the chassis and where the swingarm attaches to teh chassis.

Anyways I turned down the offer simply because if he went into replacing the swingarm, the bike would have needed to sit in the SVC for a couple of days. He gave me his assurance that if anything goes wrong prematurely, he will take care of it.

Finally the question that popped in my mind was, what if theres a problem with the chassis itself and not the wheel alignments? What if the chassis is the culprit?
But anyways I have spent a rather large chunk of my time worrying about trivial issues that concluded to nothing rather than enjoying the bike.

As long as the engine runs smoothly and I dont get any instability, I am fine with what I am riding.

Also I partially disagree with your observation. Its not just the 1st Gen BS3s. The latest 2017 SP SF ("Eruption edition") that arrived at my dealership 5 days back has the same swingarm offset.

If there was something wrong, there would have been a massive recall. In the end it seems like a subjective cosmetic defect after all.

I have 2016 dual disk. Recently met with accident and got it repaired. After repair bike is pulling left when I let go handle bar. Also handle feels stuck and move when tried to turn right. Left turn is smooth. Any idea what is wrong and how much it would cost to repair?

Did you get it repaired at teh SVC? If not then take it to the SVC first.

[icarious]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

@icarious

Interesting.

I had a talk with the AM a couple of days ago as I mentioned previously. Heres the thing and theres some logic to what he said which I cannot deny.

As per my observation, the rear swingarm is indeed not aligned with the chassis of the bike. This can be seen visually if you know how to look for it. For a more solid proof, the front and rear sprockets are not in a single plane. If you measure distance between a central point on the chassis and the ends of both the arms of the swingarm, the length will not be the same. Also after about 10k kms you will see an uneven wear on the rear tyre.

However, despite all of the above issues, I havent felt any instability; not on the highway, not in the city, not on the track and neither is there any kind of Pull to one side.

Now I am not a mechanical genius or a physicist but if the observations I made would have caused any problems, I would have felt something wrong with the functioning of the bike by now, which I havent. The handling and maneuvering capabilities remain solid.

The AM checked the chain and had said theres no accelerated wear of any kind. He also offered to replace my swingarm if that helped me to get over "my" issue but I knew for a fact that replacing the swingarm was not the answer. The problem is with the chassis and where the swingarm attaches to teh chassis.

Anyways I turned down the offer simply because if he went into replacing the swingarm, the bike would have needed to sit in the SVC for a couple of days. He gave me his assurance that if anything goes wrong prematurely, he will take care of it.

Finally the question that popped in my mind was, what if theres a problem with the chassis itself and not the wheel alignments? What if the chassis is the culprit?
But anyways I have spent a rather large chunk of my time worrying about trivial issues that concluded to nothing rather than enjoying the bike.

As long as the engine runs smoothly and I dont get any instability, I am fine with what I am riding.

Also I partially disagree with your observation. Its not just the 1st Gen BS3s. The latest 2017 SP SF ("Eruption edition") that arrived at my dealership 5 days back has the same swingarm offset.

If there was something wrong, there would have been a massive recall. In the end it seems like a subjective cosmetic defect after all.

As I said, this doesn't affect ride stability / balance or anything noticeable issue. Looks to me like they adjusted or calibrated the bike for zero error. I am yet just about to reach 7k on odo. Will keep an eye on the Tyre issue as you said.

[Prasad Vogooru]

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after riding my SF in the rain for 120kms, the pass switch stopped functioning, Is there any way to make it work by using some spray or anything?
or I need to go to SVC for it?

[MotoBlizzard]

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As I said, this doesn't affect ride stability / balance or anything noticeable issue. Looks to me like they adjusted or calibrated the bike for zero error. I am yet just about to reach 7k on odo. Will keep an eye on the Tyre issue as you said.

I had a question, if you have any info regarding this. I need a new key for my bike since I misplaced my main key and for this I assumed there was only 1 option: replacing the lockset. (I dont wanna go into making 3rd party duplicate keys cause that is not the solution.). However I just discovered in the parts catalog that theres a separate code for a BLANK KEY (Code: 37146-34J20). The original keys come with a metal tag with an engraved number which is most probably the pattern ID number. Any idea if its possible to order spare keys?

[icarious]

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I had a question, if you have any info regarding this. I need a new key for my bike since I misplaced my main key and for this I assumed there was only 1 option: replacing the lockset. (I dont wanna go into making 3rd party duplicate keys cause that is not the solution.). However I just discovered in the parts catalog that theres a separate code for a BLANK KEY (Code: 37146-34J20). The original keys come with a metal tag with an engraved number which is most probably the pattern ID number. Any idea if its possible to order spare keys?

Yes, that metal tag contains an engraved unique ID specific to your lock set. I think its mentioned somewhere in the manual that its all you need to order a spare. Try calling Suzuki Customer Care to know about the process of ordering spare keys using the unique ID. And no, don't make 3rd party duplicate keys. In the meantime, you can try to learn 'How to hotwire my own motorcycle' . 'Joke' .

[mousyr1]

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I can feel vibrations under the seat and on the right foot peg or break lever... Any issues?? I have clocked more than 13k kms... This happens when I go past 65 / 70 kmph ...

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I too have same problem in my bike, mine is naked gixxer. I got serviced two times but it didn't resolved yet. Not feeling comfortable while riding bike.