Gen 3 Latest report ..

Got-Busa? said:
That ADM is a joke! I pretty much blacklist any business pulling that garbage. Car dealers try that also and I just laugh out loud in the showroom when see it.



I picked up my bike July 9th and my dealer had the cowl in three weeks. Took another 5-days to get to me so almost a month from when I got the bike until cowl was in my possession.

I'd call Suzuki, they are in charge of sending them out. Unless your dealer hasn't registered your bike with Suzuki yet?
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You got your cowl ???.......
 
I'm here to give you my latest report.

Just ran the first heat cycle, and the initial walk around, I came to realize the factory chain is way too tight, considering we're going to stretch it out obviously, but mine is way too tight from day one.

Did anyone else bother to check their chain before they took it out for the initial voyage?. Loaded, or unloaded my chain doesn't even budge.
 
Spudley said:
I'm here to give you my latest report.

Just ran the first heat cycle, and the initial walk around, I came to realize the factory chain is way too tight, considering we're going to stretch it out obviously, but mine is way too tight from day one.

Did anyone else bother to check their chain before they took it out for the initial voyage?. Loaded, or unloaded my chain doesn't even budge.
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Mine had an inch or so of slack. I would have slackened it if bar tight.
Better a touch loose than tight in my book.
 
Spudley said:
I'm here to give you my latest report.

Just ran the first heat cycle, and the initial walk around, I came to realize the factory chain is way too tight, considering we're going to stretch it out obviously, but mine is way too tight from day one.

Did anyone else bother to check their chain before they took it out for the initial voyage?. Loaded, or unloaded my chain doesn't even budge.
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My chain was fine but I'd clean off some of the goop since it was over lubed, and slung grease all over after the first two rides.
 
Spudley said:
I'm here to give you my latest report.

Just ran the first heat cycle, and the initial walk around, I came to realize the factory chain is way too tight, considering we're going to stretch it out obviously, but mine is way too tight from day one.

Did anyone else bother to check their chain before they took it out for the initial voyage?. Loaded, or unloaded my chain doesn't even budge.
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This is such a basic thing. Good thing you checked. Imagine, the arseholes might have done a test run with the chain like that. Do not to go to that dealership for service.
 
Mythos said:
This is such a basic thing. Good thing you checked. Imagine, the arseholes might have done a test run with the chain like that. Do not to go to that dealership for service.
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When the dealership here had Suzuki, they also had HD and the bulk of their mechanics were HD guys....they knew HD products inside and out but to hand them a Hayabusa or GSXR to set up and they would be scratching their heads...

It got so bad the owner went out and sought out a mechanic basically just for sport bikes...he needed the HD mechanics as the shop was basically always full of HDs...
 
:D I was doing a walk around on the first heat cycle while the wife held the throttle. I was looking at the reservoir bottle, and mostly just taking inventory of things and I grabbed a hold of the chain and my god there's absolutely no adjustment to it.

That's why I don't ride my bike home from the dealership. No question about it, never mind that piece of paper that shows the checklist to you. Do your own inventory. Check everything out so you are absolutely sure that bike is safe before you roll. I know a bunch of you do that before you leave the dealership. Mine was in Oklahoma and I had to bring it back to Vegas.

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Funny, the white grease the factory uses on the chain and sprockets makes a mess. I asked my salesman if he could have the shop clean it off? He gave me a look like I wanted 50% off the bike. Needless to say they never cleaned the chain, lube everywhere after my 50 mile ride home. So much for customer service on a 20,000 dollar bike!
 
Mythos said:
This is such a basic thing. Good thing you checked. Imagine, the arseholes might have done a test run with the chain like that. Do not to go to that dealership for service.
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That's why I do my own work. I look at the tires and chain for signs of a "test" ride. I look at everything. Then I load it up and bring it home for the complete once-over.

I think it came out of the crate like that. Either that or Josh (Got-busa) played a trick on me. He was at that dealership before I ever got to Oklahoma. :p
 
Bumblebee said:
When the dealership here had Suzuki, they also had HD and the bulk of their mechanics were HD guys....they knew HD products inside and out but to hand them a Hayabusa or GSXR to set up and they would be scratching their heads...

It got so bad the owner went out and sought out a mechanic basically just for sport bikes...he needed the HD mechanics as the shop was basically always full of HDs...
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I believe it is different over at this end. Harley have their mechanics certified after company training. Suzuki, anything goes, they will take someone off the street to work on your bike, it is a decision the dealership makes.

That said, when I had my Harley, I could do a 5,000 mile service doing everything in the book, in 40 minutes. On the Hayabusa, an oil change takes me longer than that, with removing the plastics.
 
Spudley said:
I think it came out of the crate like that. Either that or Josh (Got-busa) played a trick on me. He was at that dealership before I ever got to Oklahoma. :p
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I took all the fast parts off your bike and put them on mine.... :rofl:

jellyrug said:
I believe it is different over at this end. Harley have their mechanics certified after company training. Suzuki, anything goes, they will take someone off the street to work on your bike, it is a decision the dealership makes.

That said, when I had my Harley, I could do a 5,000 mile service doing everything in the book, in 40 minutes. On the Hayabusa, an oil change takes me longer than that, with removing the plastics.
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40-minutes? :eek: It shouldn't take you that long to remove your fairings...
 
Got-Busa? said:
I took all the fast parts off your bike and put them on mine.... :rofl:


40-minutes? :eek: It shouldn't take you that long to remove your fairings...
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Sure if you do it once every two years and you have forgotten where all the clips are. But in defense, the more than 40 minutes includes draining the oil, replacing the filter, new oil and putting the bike on stands.
 
jellyrug said:
Sure if you do it once every two years and you have forgotten where all the clips are. But in defense, the more than 40 minutes includes draining the oil, replacing the filter, new oil and putting the bike on stands.
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....and if you are anything like me, you like to take your time and check things over once you have your fairings off...I even take this time to clean things up under there..

I might take a couple hours to do mine, I'm not paid by the hour and being retired am in zero rush.....
 
Just installed the seat cowl today...took over an hour or so being careful not the break the plastic

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