Henry_C said:

He bought it with a few miles on the clock, absolutely as new , condition but may well have been last year's stock, who knows (other than the dealer!)?

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Well actually,

anyone who lifts the seat up. There's a plate under there, on the frame, that will have what "K" model it is. 

It will also be in the front of the service book for the bike.

Whoops,  I got that, a bit wrong, Peter.   SORRY !

The plate under the seat, has the Chassis number on it.

But it is on page one of the Service Book.

And it is, on his V5 C Registration Document, too.

Alan.

Henry_C said:

He bought it with a few miles on the clock, absolutely as new , condition but may well have been last year's stock, who knows (other than the dealer!)?

Well actually, anyone who lifts the seat up. There's a plate under there, on the frame, that will have what "K" model it is.

It will also be in the front of the service booklet for the bike. Mine has.

If it's a nice sunny day, I may well take a ride up to Swindon.

I'm sure it will be a spectacular event to see.

But I doubt, very much, if I will participate in the ride to Lynham. 

But who knows?…. There's a first time for everything!

I know you mean well, but…….

What I said was, the dealer ORIGINALLY said they didn't know about a clutch problem, and thus, ANY bulletin.

But then said, Suzuki will be issueing one, for the K9.

But when THAT one came out, it only covered the K7, and K8 models. NOT the K9's.

         (I suspect  C. J. Ball's recall, was for a K8, NOT a K9.)            

They then said, the K9's are already cured of the fault, in the build.

But that's also a load of crap! As it's not cured at all. It's still there.

I wouldn't have taken it to a dealer, if there wasn't a problem!!!

I wouldn't have taken that much notice of it at all, and gone along with your friend, who said he thought it was inherent in "Twist & Go's".

But mine didn't start, until I had 1,200 miles, on the clock. So that can't be right.

       Still, it's not a serious problem, at all. Not by any means.

As for the battery, well, they checked the terminals, and they were tight. So they couldn't have been loose, in the first place. They also checked some connector, in the ignition system, and that was OK, as well.

The dealer, who I bought the scoot off, in Swindon, hasn't contacted me, either. So it looks like Suzuki hasn't acknowledged, there's a fault.

So now, there's nothing more I can do, but sit on my hands.

I'll just go on, enjoying my rides, on a very good bike, like I always have.

And if anything does crop up, I'll throw the book at them.!!!

Funny you should say that, Willie. Have you got that, the wrong way round?

Because, if you scroll down to my "Burgermiser" post, on the 23rd. January, you'll see that I quoted an earier, State-Side post, that said it was the other way round.(the five, being re-replaced by three).

I'm affaid to say, there are dealers, and dealers. ie, some are better than others. The people I've been speaking to, up till now, on the phone, have been sales staff. And although they are trying to be helpful, they don't really know whats going on. A salesman said it was no use me bring it in for the F1 light, if its not "on" now.

But I managed to speak to a mechanic, yesterday, who said he's only a salesman, so yes, bring it in.

So I rode 26.4 miles to Chichester, and the mechanics connected it to their conputer.   But it showed up that there was no fault on it. 

So perhaps the salesman got it right, and NOT the mechanic!!!

Strange thing is, Suzuki won't pay the dealer for the inspection time, if there is a, "no fault" shown.  BUT THERE "WAS" A FAULT.

They couldn't explain why the light had come on, or why the engine had cut-out on me, three times. They rang Suzuki, who said lower the ISC valve position, from 118 step, to 81 step. (thats the electronic throttle / idle gradient).

I told them to do it, anyway, if only to have something to charge to Suzuki, on warrantee. That saved me having to pay anything.

I asked them to check the Judder and squeal, when they test rode it, but they said there was NO problem with that, either.

But on my way home, I could still hear it.  Although the judder didn't seem to be as prominent, as it had been.

All in all, it's been a complete waste of time, and effort. So I'm going to carry on as if there is nothing wrong, and keep my fingers crossed, that I have no more problems with it.

Just had the clutch on my AN400-K7 replaced under warranty by Suzuki NZ at 2300km.  Used to have shudder on takeoff and 3 pad clutch was replaced with the new 5 pad unit. It rides like new again! 

   Well, the dealer should have rung me about the bulletin, but hasn't.

                   The Dealer……He speak with " Forked Tongue "

                       Or maybe, Suzuki still hasn't issued it yet.

Anyway, I haven't  experienced any squealing, lately, but it still shudders quite a bit, on take-off.  (but  never on landing, though ). 

                        Except when I give it a big handful.

Alan. T. ( ex. Burgermiser. )

(12 o/c. Midday. GMT )

Picked up my bike yesterday. It was 41 degrees on the ride home, but only my hands got cold.

Talked with the service guy… my bike has 10,200 miles on it. He said the belt is still pretty good and will be ok for awhile but the sheaves are wearing, both upper and lower.

So I ride the bike home to see if the shudder is still there.  It is GONE!

But…he said that I will be able to feel it shift now and some of the noise is still there…that's from the belt and sheaves.  He said I will probably start to notice a bit of a loss of power as the belt wears more.  I did notice a tiny bit at take off but nothing major.

I had asked him how much it would be to replace the belt and sheaves when I do start to notice it more.  The parts alone will be over $600 !!!!!!!!!

Holy crap!!!!    Labor will be practically nothing, about $150.

Oh well…such is the price of being a Burgman rider!

But boy oh boy…was it ever nice to have my butt back on that seat!!  Raining and cold again today and will be in 20's and 30's next few weeks so it looks like I won't be out and about for another month or more.

I am suffering from PMS….Parked Motorcycle Syndrome!

My dealier seemed to be unable to find anything and "never heard of any vibration issues"  But press on.  The service bulletin is GV/AN No. 41A   dated 11/2/09   for P/N 99500-34102-03E. 

Then magiclly he found it.   My problem is that i first reported it under warrante but now im out.  Think it's going to cost me.

But i really love my an400 K8, and i just cant wait until all the snow is gone… but that going to be a few months…

Dan

Don't get me wrong, the 400 is a very good scooter, and I'm VERY pleased with it.

                 I definitely made the right choice, over the 650.

I read someone's post, on here, that said the clutch problem was incurred when Suzuki up-graded the 400, back in the 2007 model.

Actually, they more than up-graded it, It's a whole different machine, altogether.

There's a part in the clutch, that apparently had three legs on it, and with the up-grade, it now has five legs. Which seems to trap more dedris. And thats where the problem is. The cure, is to replace the five legged one, with the three legged one….I think.

Suzuki has put out a service bulletin to dealers, to rectify the situation.

The "F1″ light problem, is different, altogether.

This shuddering, and screeching, on accelleration, is ALSO occurring on my "K9″ 400.

I phoned Suzuki, today, who said I would have to take it up with a main dealer, who will inspect it, first, and decide what is to be done, under warrantee.

They put me through to my preffered dealer, who was busy, at the time, but would ring me straight back.

But they didn't bother…..