Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

[MotoBlizzard]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Warranty claim?

Only if the bike was serviced at scheduled intervals at an Authorized suzuki SVC

Thats why the first thing I asked him was whether he got the service record from the previous owner.

[Pawan Shakya]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Ok, so let me just ask you a few basic questions:

1. Did you ask for service record before buying the bike?
2. Did you inspect the bike properly before purchasing it?
3. Did you test ride the bike properly before purchasing it?
4. If you knew the odometer was tampered before purchasing it, why did you buy the bike anyway?
5. Did you buy the bike from its First owner?

There seems to be a lot of BS in what you are saying. What do you mean by "I guess it would be somewhere near 25k"? What is the Odometer reading RIGHT NOW?

As I had the shortage of money i bought the bike from a dealer Known to one of my friend and he handed over the documents once I paid the full amount.

And as it was a known and trusted dealer to my best friend, I actually ignored above said points.

I got to know about meter tampering only when the bike was transferred on my name and I went to get it serviced.

I even got the bike inspected by a professional.

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Only if the bike was serviced at scheduled intervals at an Authorized suzuki SVC

Thats why the first thing I asked him was whether he got the service record from the previous owner.

Bike is serviced at the service station only but the issue is the meter is tampered also which is already notified by/to the service center....

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I felt exactly the same way you do bro. This guy has knowledge to surf online and so. Buying a motorcycle without checking above basic points is absurd.

And I felt like You have an habit of provoking others. listen Bro Judging others without knowing the actual facts is equal to cutting the branch of tree you are standing on...... Hope you understand ...... and Further this is a platform for helping others and not to disrespect or offend others......

[White Fang]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

And I felt like You have an habit of provoking others. listen Bro Judging others without knowing the actual facts is equal to cutting the branch of tree you are standing on...... Hope you understand ...... and Further this is a platform for helping others and not to disrespect or offend others......

Well please accept my apologies if you felt i was accusing or or mocking you. It wasn't my purpose at all.

Don't trust anybody's word when you're spending something which you worked very hard. Now slowly you're realizing your friend's trust for that dealer is not worth it. I guess you'll learn those with life lessons. I hope you'll fix your bike soon. Cheers.

[kris123456]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Hi All,

I recently bought a used Gixxer SF but unfortunately within a month or 2 its piston or crank got faulty or you can say that engine is almost dead .. can you suggest me what should I do get it serviced or just sell in at the half of the cost ( I bought it for 58K)

Sorry to hear that.
You were cheated. That’s okay. Things happen and just move on. No point in you cheating some one else by selling it now.

Get a new piston and crank. Should cost around 4K or more or so. Have another 2k as buffer expense. Get it fixed. You have a brand new bike altogether.

Check for gear box damages first. If they are gone, try to sell it off. If they are good, get it repaired and use it. Crank gone, so the old user must have used carelessly. This affects gears first. Go for repair only if that’s the only component which needs repair.
Tell your mechanic in advance. After opening engine, if he wants to mint you, you aren’t going to pay. Say that you have only limited cash.

Go to Suzuki service and take their quote. If you get fixed there, you get 6 months warranty by law. If they quote high prices, you at least know what all need to be changed. This should help when you go to local service shop.

Please update us with parts cost. This being a new bike, we don’t have much info on parts cost.

[White Fang]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Sorry to hear that.
You were cheated. That’s okay. Things happen and just move on. No point in you cheating some one else by selling it now.

Get a new piston and crank. Should cost around 4K or more or so. Have another 2k as buffer expense. Get it fixed. You have a brand new bike altogether.

Check for gear box damages first. If they are gone, try to sell it off. If they are good, get it repaired and use it. Crank gone, so the old user must have used carelessly. This affects gears first. Go for repair only if that’s the only component which needs repair.
Tell your mechanic in advance. After opening engine, if he wants to mint you, you aren’t going to pay. Say that you have only limited cash.

Go to Suzuki service and take their quote. If you get fixed there, you get 6 months warranty by law. If they quote high prices, you at least know what all need to be changed. This should help when you go to local service shop.

Please update us with parts cost. This being a new bike, we don’t have much info on parts cost.

Agree with your method. Just for being on the safe side, please request a quote for the repairs. Then you’ll know how much you’ll be spending.

[Pawan Shakya]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Sorry to hear that.
You were cheated. That’s okay. Things happen and just move on. No point in you cheating some one else by selling it now.

Get a new piston and crank. Should cost around 4K or more or so. Have another 2k as buffer expense. Get it fixed. You have a brand new bike altogether.

Check for gear box damages first. If they are gone, try to sell it off. If they are good, get it repaired and use it. Crank gone, so the old user must have used carelessly. This affects gears first. Go for repair only if that’s the only component which needs repair.
Tell your mechanic in advance. After opening engine, if he wants to mint you, you aren’t going to pay. Say that you have only limited cash.

Go to Suzuki service and take their quote. If you get fixed there, you get 6 months warranty by law. If they quote high prices, you at least know what all need to be changed. This should help when you go to local service shop.

Please update us with parts cost. This being a new bike, we don’t have much info on parts cost.

Thanks Kris,

The dealer who sold me this bike is ready take it back at half of the price i bought for ... the local mechanic is asking 5k for the repair but he suggested to sell the bike as it may give problems in future ....

[kris123456]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Thanks Kris,

The dealer who sold me this bike is ready take it back at half of the price i bought for ... the local mechanic is asking 5k for the repair but he suggested to sell the bike as it may give problems in future ....

Forget the dealer. His business is to cheat.

Take it to service center. Hear what they say. Take a list of all parts that needs to be changed. Take their cost.

Go to your mechanic. Ask him what all needs to be changed. Take a quote on how much money it would cost you. Don’t tell that you visited Suzuki service.

Go home. Have some coffee or tea. Think, who will do better. Give it to them. If service center asks around 2k more than mechanic, I would say give it in service center. Ask them for 6 months engine complete guarantee as you are spending a lot and you can’t afford any more. Generally, service centers are very good at such critical work. They might ignore free services but we shouldn’t judge them based on that.

You might get some good guarantee from them for atleast 6 months. Just be polite and don’t be arrogant. Tc bud.

[Pawan Shakya]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Forget the dealer. His business is to cheat.

Take it to service center. Hear what they say. Take a list of all parts that needs to be changed. Take their cost.

Go to your mechanic. Ask him what all needs to be changed. Take a quote on how much money it would cost you. Don’t tell that you visited Suzuki service.

Go home. Have some coffee or tea. Think, who will do better. Give it to them. If service center asks around 2k more than mechanic, I would say give it in service center. Ask them for 6 months engine complete guarantee as you are spending a lot and you can’t afford any more. Generally, service centers are very good at such critical work. They might ignore free services but we shouldn’t judge them based on that.

You might get some good guarantee from them for atleast 6 months. Just be polite and don’t be arrogant. Tc bud.

Thanks Kris!

Will surely do as you suggested.

[White Fang]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

@MotoBlizzard

Okay I have a very important question to ask. As you'd know, i'm awaiting on my delivery. So i stumbled upon this motoman's method of seasoning the bike engine. Is this true or should i stick to traditional moderate rpm settings for first and second service?

[ashwanth.r]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

@MotoBlizzard

Okay I have a very important question to ask. As you'd know, i'm awaiting on my delivery. So i stumbled upon this motoman's method of seasoning the bike engine. Is this true or should i stick to traditional moderate rpm settings for first and second service?

https://www.xbhp.com/talkies/motorcycle-ownership-experiences/31761-suzuki-gixxer-sf-ownership-thread-307.html

[MotoBlizzard]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

traditional moderate rpm settings for first and second service?

What do you mean by that? Are you asking for an effective and appropriate break-in method?

[White Fang]

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https://www.xbhp.com/talkies/motorcy...hread-307.html

Perfect explanation. I think i might be a'ight but just to clarify things; If i vary my speed to ups and down baring in mind 5K RPM limit i should be doing as he told right? Anyway riding in city with traffic will do this automatically as well.

[MotoBlizzard]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Anyway riding in city with traffic will do this automatically as well.

Not necessarily, it depends on how aware you are about what you are doing.

Right now in city riding, I barely go above 2nd gear. I sure go upto 7k rpm in 2nd gear but its very difficult to get into 3rd gear and expect proper control. Because what happens is if you shift to 3rd gear, most often then not you will not be able to accelerate as much due to traffic and essentially you will be lugging the engine which is bad. This will cause you to immediately shift back to 2nd gear.

[White Fang]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

What do you mean by that? Are you asking for an effective and appropriate break-in method?

Traditional method means the way as the manufacturer or as per in the owner's book method. Strictly restricting RPM limit not to exceed 6K and holding speed around 60 KM/h.
I guess you have previously explained a good method for effective break-in method. I'll follow that.

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Not necessarily, it depends on how aware you are about what you are doing.

Right now in city riding, I barely go above 2nd gear. I sure go upto 7k rpm in 2nd gear but its very difficult to get into 3rd gear and expect proper control. Because what happens is if you shift to 3rd gear, most often then not you will not be able to accelerate as much due to traffic and essentially you will be lugging the engine which is bad. This will cause you to immediately shift back to 2nd gear.

Yes, i'm afraid you have a point too. There are some places where i can speed up to nearly 90 KM/h easily for minute or so. Then i can vary my gears till 4th. Traffic will settle in riding the bike after 15-20 minutes.

[MotoBlizzard]

Re: Suzuki Gixxer SF : Ownership thread

Yes, i'm afraid you have a point too. There are some places where i can speed up to nearly 90 KM/h easily for minute or so. Then i can vary my gears till 4th. Traffic will settle in riding the bike after 15-20 minutes.

There are a lot of technicalities behind an Engine break-in the most basic objective being to properly seat the piston rings against the cylinder wall. You will find soft breakers and hard breakers.

The way I did it is very simple:

1. Vary the engine rpm in each gear.
2. Accelerate to RPM limit mentioned in the manual, then let the bike decelerate
3. Continue for 10mins
4. Take a break, let your bike rest.
5. Repeat until 100kms then get an oil change at teh SVC (this is not the first service, just an oil change). Refill with motul mineral.

For the first 100 kms avoid using the bike for commute. Perform the above breakin on empty roads at night. I covered 100kms in 2 nights (50-50) After which I started using the bike for commute.

Thats how I did it, and I have covered 10,000 kms till now and the bike is still in excellent shape.

For oil recommendation IF you want to switch to FS oil continue using Motul Mineral atleast uptill 7500 kms (3rd service). In 3rd service you can opt for ECSTAR R9000 FS oil.

IF you want to switch to Idemitsu SS oil, continue using Motul Mineral atleast uptill 3500 kms (2rd service). In 2rd service you can opt for Idemitsu SS oil.

Iam currently using the ECSTAR R9000 FS and I dont really find it any different than Motul 7100 (not my GSX), Idemitsu SS, or Motul Mineral oil, which I find surprising. This conclusion could be either my lack of experience or thats how it actually is.

I might switch back to Motul Mineral or continue with R9000 depending on how I feel during my 7th service.

P.S: I did not use Motul 7100 in my bike, it was a colleagues bike maintained in just as good condition as mine. Why I dint use 7100 and why I wont is because the Gixxer and Intruder have only 3 SMIPL recommended (or rather authorized) engine oils that is

1. Motul Mineral 10w40
2. Idemitsu SS
3. ECSTAR R9000 FS

SVCs are not authorized to use any other oil in the Gixxer and Intruder other than whats mentioned above. This topic is a bit controversial so I am not going to get into too much details here. Rather I will make a video about it and hopefully it garners some attention and support.