Trouble with the Gixxer

[6maniac]

You need to get yourself a Gixxer my friend!

OI !!! That's quite enough of that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Black Magic]

OI !!! That's quite enough of that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoops! Isn't this the General Tech Talk forum? Must be in the wrong place again!

Ninja is on his way to help me sort out some technical issues.... didn't you leave over a week ago now??? You really do need a Gixxer- you are mighty slow on that 10!

[IsleofNinja]

OI !!! That's quite enough of that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoops! Isn't this the General Tech Talk forum? Must be in the wrong place again!

Ninja is on his way to help me sort out some technical issues.... didn't you leave over a week ago now??? You really do need a Gixxer- you are mighty slow on that 10!

Yeah yeah .... hehe!!

Reality bit and I realised it would be extreemly difficult to turn the bike around and come back!!

Soz..... (working on it though)

[Black Magic]

do you ever rev the tits off it? If they are never ridden above 5000rpm then the valve can get coked up (bloody Columbians) and wont shut properly, apparently (as in I know shit) taking it for a good flog CAN fix it. If you want said bike caned please call me on ......... Seriously but its worth a go before spending money.

Took the baby out on the weekend, 12000rpm in second gear (totally within the speed limit of course ), rode it like that all morning, (normally get it up around 8000rpm in between gears and cruise at about 4000)


Instrument panel lit up like a xmas tree. Booked in at the dealer Friday hoping for a warranty repair.

[Sulli]

Do not use the injector cleaner if the bike is still in warranty as it gives the stealerships another "out" to avoid a claim.
Only operate as per the Suzuki owners manual.
If it throws up an Idiot light during normal riding its a warranty claim, stand your ground with the dealers and ask plenty of Questions

[Six Addict]

Do not use the injector cleaner if the bike is still in warranty as it gives the stealerships another "out" to avoid a claim.
Only operate as per the Suzuki owners manual.
If it throws up an Idiot light during normal riding its a warranty claim, stand your ground with the dealers and ask plenty of Questions

... then trade it in on a new 10

[IsleofNinja]

Do not use the injector cleaner if the bike is still in warranty as it gives the stealerships another "out" to avoid a claim.
Only operate as per the Suzuki owners manual.
If it throws up an Idiot light during normal riding its a warranty claim, stand your ground with the dealers and ask plenty of Questions

... then trade it in on a new 10

Or if you want to take baby steps - A low km 04 CBR1000-rr which already has an aftermarket undertail zorst brand new tyres, one careful owner[Other didn't give a shit!!]------straight swap???

Know it's not a Kwaka but sorta equiv to a 7 perhaps?? LOL

[Black Magic]

Do not use the injector cleaner if the bike is still in warranty as it gives the stealerships another "out" to avoid a claim.
Only operate as per the Suzuki owners manual.
If it throws up an Idiot light during normal riding its a warranty claim, stand your ground with the dealers and ask plenty of Questions

Thank you Sulli- haven't touched it myself as yet for that very reason- didn't want to give them a chance at saying that I messed with it.

Sorry Isle of Ninja- baby ninja has first dibs at it, you'll have to fight it out with him!

[IsleofNinja]

Do not use the injector cleaner if the bike is still in warranty as it gives the stealerships another "out" to avoid a claim.
Only operate as per the Suzuki owners manual.
If it throws up an Idiot light during normal riding its a warranty claim, stand your ground with the dealers and ask plenty of Questions

Thank you Sulli- haven't touched it myself as yet for that very reason- didn't want to give them a chance at saying that I messed with it.

Sorry Isle of Ninja- baby ninja has first dibs at it, you'll have to fight it out with him!

Dohhhhhh!!!!

I'm thinking he'd prob do it more justice than me I spose..... One can get a touch lazy with all that extra HP on tap ...(stir,stir)and a 6 really need to be RIDDEN.

.....So bout the CBR Wendy..... I'l even paint it black for you!!!!

[Black Magic]

Yes, but I bet yours doesn't have as many pretty lights on the instrument panel as mine! (Every day is like Christmas on the Gixxer )

Oh, and about that Honda- I DO have standards you know!

[Black Magic]

Ok, BM went into the shop yesterday. They hooked her up to the puter which told them that the butterfly valve in the exhaust was sticking. (Gotta be clever to be a bike mechanic, especially seeing as the other two thousand Gixxers with the same problem didn't give it away.)

Their fix was to lube the cable (a better solution than to disconnect things which was their quick fix to the same problem with my friends Gixxer.)

Went for a spirited ride this morning- no warning lights. I am thinking though that this will only rectify the problem temporarily. 6000km service due in a couple of weeks, so if it starts playing up again I'll get them to look at it again.

The other recommendation was to put a Micron on it.
(See, you really do have to be clever to be a bike mechanic! )

[Blurr]

I vote for option C .............. M4 GP slip ons are the ducks nuts

[r1_forever]

The only solution for this is to remove the valve in the exhaust.

You can post about this and that for the next decade, but this is a known issue worldwide with gixxer 600's and it isn't going awawy until you remove it.

The paayable solution is to get them to ream out the bearing location as this is what expands under heat causing the valve to stick, but most dealers do not wish to do this as it costs them money.

There is about 4 zillion pages of data on this subject on gixxerplanet forums and all data to date backs removing it as it is a barely noticeable difference to performance once removed.

If you want the best advice..dyno the bike as is, then dyno it after removing the cables at the valve and the figures will tell you the story as to what to do.

Best of luck Wendy.

[Black Magic]

More trouble with the Gixxer


Love my 'Team Suzuki' Mad Kaw,
but hey do ya have to keep laughing at me!!! ------------------->>>

[BikerBoy]

everyone removes the butterfly valve wires when they install aftermarket cans right? I certainly did.

So whats the problem with removing the wires to it and leaving the stock pipe on ?

seems like the easiest fix ??