Howdy
Ive been lurking around this forum for a few months now after purchasing a new 05 yellow GS500E earlier this year after reading heaps of positive feedback about the bike, its my first bike and i have recently just gotton my provisional licence and im loving the bike. thanks to everyone on this forum for the great info that ive been able to gain. Now to a quick question i have about the bike
last weekend i was just starting off my stay upright course, which in Australia is an all day course you must complete with your bike before you progress from being a learner to a provisional rider. 10 - 15 miniutes into the course practising cone weave's, U-turns etc. i notice my clutch point was getting closer and closer to the handle bar and finding it harder and harder to get it to slip, it then got to the point were the clutch was all the way in and the engine would just stall.
The most obvious answer is that the bike overheated, but that would surprise me seeing as it was only around 10 deg C at the time. The instructor later on informed me that in the last 3 weeks she has had 4 of my 05 model bikes with the exact same problem. Strangely when i went to start it later on in the day to see if i could limp it home the cluch had returned to normal which i thought was strange.
Is there any know problem with this model (which i doubt there is) i cant seem to find anyting on the forum, or has anyone heard of this problem occuring before?
Thanks
Michael
Welcome!
While there is no known problem that exists with the clutch on these bikes, the fact that your (as well as 4 others, as indicated by the instructor) clutch disengagement point moved closer (looser), but then returns to normal, is not normal.
I would see if the local Suzuki shop knows about any service bulletins from Suzuki about this.
While clutches may overheat themselves, expecially when abusing the friction point, and may warp the metal friction plates, it is very rare nowadays.
The only other thing I can think of at this time would be the clutch cable may expand/lengthen or unwind under heat, but that would be a stretch (pun intended).
Thanks for the reply
Is it possible to get directly in contact with suzuki for the issue or just go through my dealership as im guessing they would be more technical than suzuki themselves.