2006 Suzuki Boulevard M109R Problems

MY 2006 SUZUKI M109R HAD BEEN JUMPING OUT OF 2ND GEAR, INTO NEUTRAL WHEN I ACCELERATE, AND THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP AFTER THAT, WHICH PUT ME INTO A 150' SKID ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH WAS VERY UNSAFE, AND I COULD HAVE EASILY DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS SERIOUS, RE-OCCURRING MECHANICAL FAILURE THAT SUZUKI DOES NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SUZUKI NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THESE COMMON, UNACCEPTABLE, HIGH-RISK SAFETY PROBLEMS, BEFORE OTHERS ARE INJURED, OR KILLED, AND THEN THEY GET SUED FOR IT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND IT CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, IF YOU ARE A SUZUKI M109R OWNER, WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER, AND HOLD SUZUKI ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS FAULTY DESIGN. THE SUZUKI M109R HAS A LOT OF TORQUE, AND POWER, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH A MORE ROBUST, HEAVY DUTY TRANSMISSION, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE, BUT IT WAS NOT, AND SUZUKI NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM RESPONSIBLY. ATTACHED PICTURE SHOWS 150' SKID MARK.

I HAVE A 2006 M109R THAT HAS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE POWERTRAIN. THIS BIKE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE OVER 5,000 MILES ON IT AND IT TENDS TO FALL OUT OF SECOND GEAR BACK INTO NEUTRAL. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND COULD VERY WELL CAUSE YOU TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE BIKE. THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. SUZUKI NEEDS TO ADDRESS A RECALL CONCERNING THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST OF ANY SUZUKI PRODUCT THAT I WILL EVER PURCHASE FOR NOW OR THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE THEY OR NOT STANDING BEHIND THERE BRAND EVEN IF IT IS A RISK TO MANY PEOPLE LIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I RIDE A 2006 SUZUKI M109R 1800CC MOTORCYCLE AND TWO DAYS AGO THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. IT HAS SLIPPED OUT OF EVERY GEAR EXCEPT FIFTH WHEN APPLYING MEDIUM AMOUNT OF THROTTLE. IT HAPPENED WHEN ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT. I WAS BEHIND OTHER VEHICLES SO I WAS NOT RACING THE ENGINE WHEN SHIFTING. I HAD TO NEGOTIATE MY BIKE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC FROM THE FAST LANE IN NEUTRAL. WITH THE DRIVERS NOWADAYS TAILGATING YOU TO GET TO THE LATEST NEW STORE OPENING HAVING A MOTORCYCLE COMPLETELY SLIP OUT OF GEAR WHILE EVERY OTHER VEHICLE AROUND YOU IS ACCELERATING IS DANGEROUS. I HAD THREE CARS NEARLY SIDESWIPE ME WHILE COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SCARY. YOU BET. I THINK WITH LESS THAN 4100 MILES SUZUKI NEEDS TO RETHINK THEIR QUALITY ISSUES WITH M109R TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. I AM SURE A RECALL WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN LITIGATION FOR A DEATH. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2006 SUZUKI M 109R MOTORCYCLE. THE BIKE WOULD JUMP OUT OF SECOND GEAR WHEN YOU WERE GOING DOWN THE STREET. YOU WOULD END UP WITH NO POWER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION BUT HE PUT IN THE SAME PARTS THAT WAS IN THE BIKE BEFORE. THE BIKE ONLY HAD 8,800 MILES ON IT. I HAVE BEE TOLD THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE SUZUKI HAS NOT UP GRADED THE TRANSMISSION PARTS. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU TRY TO GO INTO SECOND GEAR. *TR

REAR BRAKE ROTOR VERY LOOSE WITH FREE PLAY. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN RIDING IN SECOND GEAR. REAR BRAKE ROTOR IS LOOSE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 M109R THAT HAS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE POWERTRAIN. THIS BIKE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE OVER 5,000 MILES ON IT AND IT TENDS TO FALL OUT OF SECOND GEAR BACK INTO NEUTRAL. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND COULD VERY WELL CAUSE YOU TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE BIKE. THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. SUZUKI NEEDS TO ADDRESS A RECALL CONCERNING THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST OF ANY SUZUKI PRODUCT THAT I WILL EVER PURCHASE FOR NOW OR THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE THEY OR NOT STANDING BEHIND THERE BRAND EVEN IF IT IS A RISK TO MANY PEOPLE LIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

PURCHASED THE BIKE IN LATE JUNE WITH LESS THAN 1800 MILES. GOT A VIBRATION FEEL & SMALL TAPPING NOISE A COUPLE DAYS LATER. TOOK BACK TO DEALER & THEY DIDN'T FEEL IT OR HEAR IT. THEN IN SEPT WENT FOR A SHORT RIDE WITH A FRIEND & IT STARTED KNOCKING & TRYING TO STALL OUT. CALLED THE DEALER & WITH LOTS OF PROBLEMS FINALLY GOT THEM TO DIAGNOSE IT. IT NEEDS THE MOTOR REBUILT WITH PISTONS, RODS & CRANK. THEY HAD DONE THE TURN UP & CHANGED THE OIL BEFORE WE PICKED IT UP AFTER PURCHASE AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO SEE ANY PROBLEMS THEN. DON'T KNOW HOW IT COULD NEED THE MOTOR REBUILT WITH LESS THAN 2500 MILES ON IT. THE MOTOR ISN'T EVEN BROKE IN YET. HAS THERE BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS? I AM HAVING TO SHELL OUT $3500 FOR REPAIRS I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD AND AREN'T MY FAULT. *TR

I BEGAN NOTICING A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE AROUND MY SUZUKI M109R MOTORCYCLE AND COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE STRONG ODOR. I STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE IN MY GARAGE TO LET IT WARM UP AND WENT INSIDE MY HOME TO RETRIEVE A JACKET SO I COULD GO RIDING. WHEN I RETURNED SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS EXTREMELY STRONG AND I NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF GAS HAD FORMED ON THE GROUND UNDER MOTORCYCLE. I SHUT THE MOTOR OFF AND LOOKED AND NOTICED THAT FRESH GASOLINE WAS POURING FROM UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIR BREATHER AND DUMPING ONTO THE ENGINE AND THEN ONTO THE GROUND. THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL MORE SECONDS UNTIL THE FUEL STOPPED FLOWING FROM UNDER THE AIR BREATHER. I CLEANED OFF THE FUEL FROM THE MOTOR AND OFF THE GROUND AND BEGAN TO DO A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS FROM OTHER SUZUKI M109R OWNERS. I FOUND DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE AND ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. TODAY I CONTACTED MY LOCAL SUZUKI DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED THEM OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THIS IS THE FIRST THEY HAVE HEARD OF THE PROBLEM I DESCRIBED. I WILL TAKE THE MOTORCYCLE IN TO THE DEALER SERVICE AREA THIS COMING SATURDAY AND LET THEM LOOK AT AND FIX WHATEVER HAS GONE WRONG. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL OTHER SUZUKI M109R OWNERS AND SEVERAL DOZEN ARTICLES WRITTEN BY OTHER OWNERS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM AND THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED BY SUZUKI BEFORE A MAJOR FIRE OR DEATH DOES HAPPEN. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP EACH TIME. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE GAS CAP IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2006 SUZUKI M109R. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI BOULEVARD M109R. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT LENSES FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE LENSES IN THE PAST, BUT REFUSES TO ANY MORE. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE LENSES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OFF THE VEHICLE AND PREVENT HIM FROM USING THE TURN SIGNALS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500. UPDATED 062909 *BF UPDATED 07/01/09.*JB

I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE, (2006 SUZUKI M109R BOULEVARD) ON I465 IN THE MIDDLE LANE AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM. I HEARD A LOUD THUD AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY REAR WHEEL LOCKED COMPLETELY UP. MY REAR END SLID OUT TO THE RIGHT, BUT SOMEHOW I WAS ABLE TO COUNTERSTEER THE MOTORCYCLE AND KEEP IT UPRIGHT. WITH JUST PURE LUCK I WAS ABLE TO REACH THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE AFTER SLIDING FOR ABOUT 100 FEET WITH NO BODILY HARM. AFTER LOOKING AT THE MOTORCYCLE I REALIZED THAT THE SWING ARM (WHICH HOUSES THE DRIVE SHAFT), HAD BROKEN COMPLETELY AND CAUSED THE BACK TIRE TO LOCK UP. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, AND HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES ON THE WEBSITE M109RIDERS.COM WITH PICTURES THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO THE INCIDENT THAT I EXPERIENCED. THE BREAK IN THE SWING ARM HAPPENED IN THE EXACT SPOT THAT ALL OF THE OTHERS DID. *TR