[tonyt]

Have just removed rear shock to find rust all around the weld between the the top mounting and the main body... bike not even a year old, 1700 miles, has never seen rain except caught out once one wet roads. Hate to think what state the shock would be in after a british winter.. Should have taken some pics to show here and email to Suzuki, but went ahead and cleaned it up to treat and a lick of paint.....

 

[Thumperbob2002]

I`ll have a look at mine- ridden all year and compared to a BMW GS I am impressed with the build quality!!

 

[Xtremsiege2]

Thats not bueno to hear, why did you remove the shock? And it was just a light surface rust or what? Or a pic to help.

 

[tonyt]

Thats not bueno to hear, why did you remove the shock? And it was just a light surface rust or what? Or a pic to help.

Removed to fit my new Nitron shock...

 

[Beaker]

I had a moan to my brother after the first time I got caught in a rain storm and found water inside the rear indicators.
He looked at me rather piously and said " well it is a Suzuki you know"
LOL


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[ChicagoAJ]

Every bike I've bought brand new had rust in about 3-4 months, most never saw rain more than once or twice. Rust doesn't sleep.


Usually the bar ends and swingarm are the first to get it. My FZ-07 had a ridiculous amount of rust under the throttle grip, can't believe it operated smoothly with the amount of rust under there.

 

[Joe Garfield]

Thanks for bringing it up - I hadn't thought much about rust developing early. Cars frames are treated for rust prevention, but I doubt our bikes are.

Sorry to hear your disappointment, but at least it sounds like you know how to take care of it.