I'm in for whatever is decided.

Hey guys, I have a question and I know it's a little out of place here but I already tried posting a question over in the Suzuki area and all I heard was ..............:CRICKETS:..............

Do you guys use dealer service ? I mostly want to service it myself but I don't want to have problems getting Suzuki warranty work in the future... It's due for the initial 100 mile service and I'm thinking of just buying a shop manual and going for it... Your thoughts ?

 

If you have the knowledge and time go for it,or you can be like me a pay for it,, i know two good places,,R&Rmotorsports in Putnam CT 860 963 7376 at $50 per hr or a guy who does work in his heated basement(very good mech,and charges $25 per Hr) PM me for his #.

 

Im going to work on this monday morning and allready thinking about rideing this weekend! WTF lol,,IM HOOKED.

 

I looked for your question in the zuki forum- didn't see it. found the one about your inner fender-


For the typical maintenance- I do it all myself. However, the 100 mile service I would take to the dealer. Sometimes valve lash needs adjusting or the efi tps needs to be tweaked- it's shouldn't cost too much- you also might void your warranty if you don't have it dealer serviced every 6 months or whatever it dictates under your warranty- read the fine print.

dealer / factory warranties are picky about stuff like that, especially on a new motor.

 

Yeah, BG sorry for the confusion. That is the only post I made in the Zuk forum. I was just using the lack of replies on that thread as my excuse to post OFF TOPIC in here about this question.

 

My 05 700 KQ was a battery killer- even left me stranded when the battery was dead and manually pulling it over didn’t start it - had to walk 4 miles back home and grab my truck and another battery . My tps sensor would constantly need adjustment also. It would start hard, or require a few seconds of cranking before starting. I think there was an issue with the efi draining the battery even when the ignition was off- But that was in 2005- I’d think Suzuki would’ve fixed those problems by now.

If you search the forum for “kq 700 problems” I’m sure you’ll find’em- these were common issues with the 05-06 KQ. Haven’t heard anything about the new AXI-

You can buy a whole bag of those fender clips from ebay on the cheap- I even drill holes and use them on my outty to keep plastic from rattling. Always good to have a few in the trunk-

 

Yeah, I did read about those battery issues while I was doing my pre-purchase research. Hopefully they are fixed by now.

I will get some plastic clips too. Maybe if I quit burying it over the fenders the plastic will stay where it belongs...

 

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Nice job with the vids John! i was on some of them.

 

Cool videos. Thanks for putting all the effort into it.

Thanks for the advice about the service on my quad as well guys. I dropped it off tonight and they're taking care of it tomorrow then delivering it back to the house. I'm expecting to pay $250-$275 for this one then I'll do all the future work myself.