I think that there is other information that we could use.Please refrain from any other information unless you think it is an important fact that lead to the failure.
I've amended the original post to include the extra info.I think that there is other information that we could use.
Brand of oil is one.
It would also be very helpful if anyone could point out any other brands/models of motorcycles that have their alternator magnets glued on with nothing mechanical securing them in place as in our bikes.
Has anyone had their motorcycle stop running while they were riding and traced the problem to slipped magnets? Or worse, has anyone been hurt due to this problem?
Basically we need to be able to show that this is a defective design. It would be helpful to show that the brand/type of oil that folks used was or was not contributory to the problem arising. And if we could show that this problem puts riders at risk of bodily injury, getting the NHTSA to issue a recall might be possible.
I think that we have way too little information at this point to draw a conclusion. Plus we have folks who report having slipped magnets without having used synthetic.Seem's to be pointing in the direction of fully synthetic oil causing the grief... ???
And at least one that's never been using anything but synthetic oil in 100000+ kilometers, but hasn't had magnet issues.I think that we have way too little information at this point to draw a conclusion. Plus we have folks who report having slipped magnets without having used synthetic.
pictures on post no8 tell it all.Seem's to be pointing in the direction of fully synthetic oil causing the grief... ???
Yes, thanks, that's really telling.pictures on post no8 tell it all.
All magnets but one slipped clean of with not a trace of glue residue on flywheel.
I'd like to hear anything that might be helpful in figuring out what causes the problem. For now we haven't had nearly enough feedback, and thus we don't have enough ammunition to even get beyond a claim by Suzuki that this is a rare and isolated event.My response was about the causes of magnet failure and I pulled it as inappropriate to this thread.
Eh...riding style !!!! please elaborate ? .....I'd like to hear anything that might be helpful in figuring out what causes the problem. For now we haven't had nearly enough feedback, and thus we don't have enough ammunition to even get beyond a claim by Suzuki that this is a rare and isolated event.
Ralph's feeling is that the problem may be brought on by riding style, and he may be right. However, even if that is the case, it might still be considered a design defect because different riders having different ridings styles was easily foreseeable when the bike was designed, and this bike, with it's clip-ons and rear-sets, is clearly intended to be a sport bike.
