Just looked at my butterfly after hearing about the troubles w/ the King Quad air filter. I definetely have dirt on the butterfly. I am heading to get a UNI filter today. My question to you is do I leave the stock filter on and take it into Suzuki or put a UNI on and continue to ride it. The bike runs great now but realize that damage has probably been done. Don't feel like giving my bike up for a couple of weeks if I don't have to. I also am not going to be paying for a new motor when I paid $7k and only have 1,000 miles on it. New filter on and ride or take it into dealer and start the arguing process?

 

If it were me I'd take it into dealer and start the arguing process. I'd carefully and thoroughly document the problem myself with pictures and video first though. I'd go to my dealer and calmly explain the problem to him and show him on the machine the dirt and how it got into the motor through the intake through the defective air filter design. I'd let him do whatever he needs to do as far as diagnostic testing on the motor such as compression or leak down tests and get any guidance from Suzuki as far as suggestions but bottom line I wouldn't let them make me pay for anything in relation to that engine. In was entirely their screw up.

Suzuki should be paying 100% parts and labor to rebuild engines. They shouldn't be tying it to compression or leakdown either. By doing that they are attempting to buy time to get the machines out of warranty so they're not stuck with any kind of rebuild. If they show signs of dirt, they sucked dirt because of a faulty filter and they're going to have a shortened engine life. Suzuki needs to do the right thing and make the repairs and not be their usual weasel selves and try to get off cheap by screwing the people who bought their product.

They just never seem to learn. They're listening to lawyers and accountants who can't see beyond quarterly numbers.