Suzuki GSR600. Unreliable?

Life without a motorcycle, when you’ve had one for the past year and a half straight, is difficult. It’s even more difficult if the reason you don’t have your motorcycle is because it’s broke down.

I purchased my Suzuki GSR 600 K7 in January of this year. I’ve done, as you can see at the left there, nearly 8000 miles on it. So why, you ask, is it broken already?

Well it’s not even the first time it’s broken. This is the second. The first was in May, when the bike refused to start. I was in the middle of no-where when it broke and would have left me stranded if I were riding alone. Fortunately I wasn’t and Blair was able to give me a ride back when the Garage came to collect my bike.

They took over 2.5 weeks to fix it and the result was that they didn’t know what was wrong with it. The wiring loom was replaced and it seemed to work perfectly first time.

Well whatever the reason for it breaking in the first place has returned. My bike is “booked in” on the 8th July, when it will be looked at and probably taken through the same diagnostics that they used before, which means that it will take yet another 2 weeks to fix. I may be surprised, but plan for the worst.

2 weeks without a bike may seem like relatively little, but when your day to day life depends on it, a far greater loss is suffered.

I am really disappointed with this. I was under the impression that Japanese bikes were reliable and for the most part, they are. But for some reason this bike seems to have a problem.

Anyway, it’s pretty frustrating and I think a wee letter to Suzuki will be in order.

In other news, Emma’s Draggin Jeans that she had ordered 3 months ago still haven’t arrived. So she decided to phone them up again and cancel the order. When she did the guy that she spoke to was like “OK, that’s it canceled bye.” which frustrated Em a bit because she wanted some sort of apology or reason, but they gave nothing.

Draggin Jeans = poor customer service.

Oh well. We have bought a house! I am beyond excited about it and find myself looking at sofas, lights and blinds for our new place. I can’t wait! I keep winding Em up saying that I am going to get a 40″ flat screen and she keeps getting annoyed saying there’s other things we need first. Like a bathroom! hahaha.

I’ll keep you updated on the bike situation.
Thanks for stopping by,

Gordon