Hello all,

I'm not extremely knowledgeable about motorcycles, so I'll try my best to explain what happened.

Yesterday, I went to ride my new 2012 Suzuki Savage, with <150 miles on it. I turned it on with the choke, let it run for ~30 seconds, pushed in the choke, left it running for 3 minutes, then hopped on and head off. I got on the on ramp, got up to 60 mph, and it just dies, and I have to pull off the road.

It took several minutes to get it on again. I hear it trying to ignite, but wouldn't catch. I checked the gas, still had plenty, checked the oil, still full. I flipped it to prime, tried to turn it on, and that didn't do much. I put it to reserve and tried, still no luck. Put it back to "on", and played with the throttle while trying to turn it on, and it eventually worked.

I went about 1 mile, and it started sputtering and dies again. This happened another 2 times on my way to work.

I'm not sure what's wrong. My dad suggested it might be that I didn't let it warm up enough, so I left it on even longer on idle at the end of my work day, rode it around lightly in the garage, but as soon as I got to a slight hill in the parking lot, it died.

Anyone have suggestions of what could be wrong, or what might have caused what happened? The seller told me "just ride it" when I asked him about what I should be careful about in the first few hundred miles, and I'm afraid that that advice is what got me in this pickle. I don't have an odometer, so it's also hard to imagine how I'd keep it under a certain RPM.

Thanks all

A used 2012 bike?  That seems strange, whats the story there? That alone makes me wonder what its history is, was it sitting, was it from another state where the jetting may have been fiddled with.

If I misread that and its actually from a dealer, bring that joker back and have them fix it.

Put some Sea Foam in the gas to clean and lube the carb.

The theoretical value of Seafoam (aka snake oil) is to clean out a dirty system. New bikes usually don't have dirty systems, so save your eight or nine bucks. There is absolutely nothing in Seafoam that will do a better job of cleaning than the gasoline already in the tank.

bill67 wrote on 07/17/12 at 12:45:01:


So how much cleaning and lubing does a new mower or snowblower need?

I called up the dealer and they told me to bring it in and they'll get take a look and make sure to prioritize me. I'll try to get as much information on what happened and why, so you all can add it to your knowledge banks. I'm really bummed that this happened on my brand new bike, but hell, I know that this stuff happens sometimes.

Thanks a lot for the help. I hope whatever happened isn't serious. :\

If the job is warranty work, Suzuki might require the parts be sent to them.

Before the rings are seated they can set up a chattering kind of motion, digging in & creating tinly low spots around the wall,, or so Ive heard,, IDK,, Its just recommended to vary RPM.