2007 Suzuki Boulevard M109R Problems

SEVERE CLUTCH SHUDDER IN FIRST GEAR AND DROPS OUT OF SECOND FROM TIME TO TIME. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

MY SUZUKI M109R 2007. 9K MILES START HAVING 2ND GEAR PROBLEM. LOUND CLUNKY SOUND AND MISSED SHIFTING 2ND GEARS. I'M SCARED TO END UP I'M THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD . I'M AT THE STOPLIGHT 1ST GEAR OK AND ONCE I HIT MY 2ND GEARS I SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN AND DOWN OR UP SHIFT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEED UP AGAIN WHILE CAR BEHIND ME HONKING AT ME LIKE CARZY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI BOULEVARD M109R MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN SECOND GEAR WHEN THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE SECOND GEAR SYNCHRONIZER WAS REPLACED. THREE YEARS AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, A SIMILAR MALFUNCTION OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE REPEATED FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

MY MOTORCYCLE HAS FAILED TO GO INTO GEAR AND HAS CAME OUT OF GEAR ON SOME OCCASIONS PUTTING MY LIFE AND OTHERS IN DANGER! I BELIEVE THAT THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO FIX SAID ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN MY MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER AND HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE THEY SAID IM NOT SHIFTING HARD ENOUGH! I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THE SAME MODEL. *TR

MY SUZUKI M109R 2007. 9K MILES START HAVING 2ND GEAR PROBLEM. LOUND CLUNKY SOUND AND MISSED SHIFTING 2ND GEARS. I'M SCARED TO END UP I'M THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD . I'M AT THE STOPLIGHT 1ST GEAR OK AND ONCE I HIT MY 2ND GEARS I SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN AND DOWN OR UP SHIFT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEED UP AGAIN WHILE CAR BEHIND ME HONKING AT ME LIKE CARZY

2ND GEAR TRANSMISSION ISSUE. AS I PULLED OFF FROM A GREEN LIGHT IN THE CITY I MOVED INTO 2ND GEAR AND THE BIKE LOST POWER LIKE IT WASN'T IN GEAR AND THEN IT LAUNCHED ITSELF AND I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I WENT TO 3RD AND 4TH GEAR EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I HAD TO GO INTO 2ND GEAR IT WOULD POP OUT OF GEAR.

I WAS COMING TO A RED STOP LIGHT PULLED IN MY CLUTCH TO STOP.WHEN I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH THE BIKE JUMPED AND KEPT GOING I HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE MOTOR TO STOP. THE CLUTCH LEVEL FEELS FINE BUT THE CLUTCH WILL NOT DISENGAGE. *TR

TURNING A CORNER IN SECOND GEAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT POPPED OUT INTO NEUTRAL. BECAUSE I WAS LEANING WITH THE BIKE IT DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND HIT THE EXHAUST. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT BEFORE DROPPING IT. THIS BIKE HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND NOW I DON'T EVEN RIDE IT. SUZUKI DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS BIKE'S TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUE. DO NOT BUY ONE. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI BOULEVARD M109R. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V148000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WHILE IDLING IN TRAFFIC AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE MOTORCYCLE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT JUMPED OFF THE VEHICLE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,800. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE RECTIFIER FOR MY 2007 M109R (VZR1800) IS FAILING TO CHARGE MY BATTERY. I REPLACED THE BATTERY, ASSUMING THIS WAS THE REASON THE BATTERY KEPT DIEING, BUT THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PROBLEM. UPON INVESTIGATING "SIMILAR" PROBLEMS WITH ALMOST EVERY OTHER SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE, THE PROBLEM IS THE RECTIFIER AND AT A REPLACEMENT COST OF $ 235.00 WITHOUT LABOR, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE ! I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE M109R WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS I AND MANY OTHER M109R OWNERS ARE QUESTIONING IS A KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

I WAS WASHING MY MOTORCYCLE, HAD IT OFF THE GROUND ON A LIFT, AND WAS CLEANING THE REAR WHEEL AND I SPIN THE WHEEL AS I CLEAN IT. IN FORWARD SPIN IT SPUN FINE BUT WHEN I REVERSED THE SPIN IT WOULD DRAG AND BIND. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT WHEN I SPUN THE WHEEL IN REVERSE, I NOTICED THE INSIDE BRAKE PAD WOULD PROTRUDE OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BRAKE PAD HOUSING AND THE BRAKE ROTOR. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE BRAKE PAD COMPLETELY FREE BY HAND FROM THE BRAKE HOUSING...IT HAD TOTALLY SEPARATED FROM THE BRAKE HOUSING. I CALLED THE RETAILER AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING WITHOUT A RECEIPT. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY SAID THEY WANTED ME TO SEND THE PARTS TO THEM AT MY COST AND THEY WOULD SEND ME NEW PADS. I SAID NO I WILL PAY NOTHING FOR YOUR PROBLEM AND THIS IS POTENTIALLY A LIFE OR DEATH MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS REAR BRAKE STOPPING POWER WOULD BE ZERO IF THAT PAD FALLS OUT WHILE BRAKING. MANUFACTURER: VOLAR MOTORSPORT 833 LAWSON STREET, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91748 626.964.3399 [email protected] <[email protected]>; HERE IS MY INITIAL EMAIL TO VOLARMOTORSPORT.COM: ON 9-2-2014 REGARDING PROBLEM..................................... SUZUKI M109R, 2007 REAR BRAKE PADS VMFA231 LAST CHANGED BEFORE DEFECTIVE ONE DISCOVERED 11-27-2011 @ 27,032 MILES; CURRENT MILEAGE 38,652 INSIDE PAD TOTAL SEPARATION FROM HOUSING. WAS WASHING MY BIKE UP ON ITS STAND AND WAS SPINNING THE REAR WHEEL TO CLEAN IT AND WHEN I SPUN IT IN REVERSE IT WAS BINDING? I INVESTIGATED AND, WHILE WATCHING, WHEN I SPUN IT IN REVERSE, THE PAD WAS MOVING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSING AND BINDING THE WHEEL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL PAD THE REST OF THE WAY OUT PRETTY FREELY. LARGE SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. *TR

ON STARTING OUT FROM STOP, VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY SPINNING THE REAR TIRE IN A RATCHETING MOTION EXCESSIVELY ON DIRT OR GRAVEL SURFACE AND MORE VIOLENTLY CHIRPING OF THE TIRE ON PAVED SURFACES. THE REAR SWING ARM ALSO SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND COULD SUSTAIN UNNOTICED DAMAGE TO THE REAR SUSPENSION AND DRIVETRAIN. CLUTCH PRODUCES A HIGH FREQUENCY WARBLING SOUND AND CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY DISENGAGING THE CLUTCH COMPLETELY, IF NOT DISENGAGED THIS CONDITION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE CLUTCH MATCHES THE ENGINE OUTPUT SPEED. *TR