2006 SUZUKI GSX-R600 Complaints

VERY ABRUPT THROTTLE RESPONSE WHETHER ROLLING ON OR OFF THE THROTTLE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN CORNERS TO THE POINT OF ALMOST LOOSING CONTROL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THERE IS NO "NEUTRAL" POINT WITH THE THROTTLE. IT IS EITHER FULL ON OR FULL OFF. *TR

THE BIKE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WITH SMOOTH POWER. THE ABRUPT CHANGE IN THROTTLE (EITHER RAPID ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION) CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND UNSTABLE RIDING CONDITION. THIS IS MOST NOTICEABLE IN THE LOWER RPM RANGE AND WHEN THE BIKE IS AT OPERATING TEMP. *TR

IN THE MONTH OF JULY I BEGAN TO NOTICE A VERY TOUCHY THROTTLE AT ALL RANGES OF RPM'S. IT HAS SINCE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS WELL. I WOULD SHIFT INTO A HIGHER GEAR TO GET TRY TO GET RID OF THE PROBLEM IF I WAS JUST CRUISING FOR A MOMENT BUT IT WOULD STILL JERK HARD IN, AND EVEN OUT OF SMALL THROTTLE ADJUSTMENTS. VERY ANNOYING AND EVEN PAINFUL WITH A PASSENGER RIDING. I RIDE WITH SEVERAL BIKES OF THE SAME MODEL AND SO FAR 100% OF THEM HAVE HAD THE VERY SAME PROBLEM SO I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST MINE. PLEASE REPORT THIS TO SUZUKI AND HAVE THEM POST A WARRANTY FIX THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. *TR

UNCONTROLLABLE ABRUPT ON/OFF THROTTLE RESPONSE: MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN CORNERING RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

FAILURE TO REAR TIRE ON MY 2006 GSXR 600 SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE THAT HAD 3014 MILES ON TIRE WITH NO ABUSE ON TIRE. THE TIRE SEPARATED AT 75 MILES PER HOUR ON HWY 95. THE TIRE SEPARATED ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CENTER OF THE TIRE THEN CAUSED ME TO LOSS CONTROL. I BELIEVE THE TIRES RUBBER COMPOUND SEPARATED. *JB

I HAD AN OVERHEATING ISSUE WITH THE BIKE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD 800 MILES ON IT. I WAS RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE AIR TEMPERATURE AROUND 70 DEGREE. THE BIKE WAS RUNNING AROUND 200 DEGREES. WHEN I STOPPED FOR GAS AT THE GAS STATION THE BIKE IMMEDIATELY OVERHEATED UP TO 250 DEGREES WHEN I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. AN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL MOTORCYCLE REPAIR SHOP REPAIRED THE BIKE AFTER THE FAILURE AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT THIS SERIES OF BIKES HAS A DESIGN FAILURE AT THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING. THE HOUSING IS SMALLER THAN THE THERMOSTAT'S OPENING PART SO THE THERMOSTAT CAN NOT OPEN FULLY OR CAN BE STUCK INSIDE IN A PARTLY OPENED POSITION. THE LOCAL SUZUKI DEALER IGNORED THE PROBLEM!!! THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE BRAKES DOWN. AMERICAN SUZUKI HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY A LETTER ABOUT THE PROBLEM THERE IS NO RESPONSE YET. *JB

MY SON WAS RIDING UP OUR ROAD ON HIS SUZUKI GSX-R600. WHEN HE HIT HIS BRAKES TO A VOID HITTING A CAT. THE FRONT FRAME OF HIS MOTORCYCLE BROKE APART. AT THE WELD. ALL THE WELDS ON THIS FRAME LET GO. *JB