2002 suzuki gs500e problem after oil change!

[Morbo the Destroyer]

Originally Posted by MOKE1K

I believe suzuki recommends no synthetic oil.

Ruh-roh. Wish I'd known that 40,000 miles ago.

[Easy Rider 2]

Originally Posted by MOKE1K

I believe suzuki recommends no synthetic oil.

And I believe that statement deserves some elaboration.

For what models/applications in particular do you think that is true ??

I believe that it is NOT true.....across the board, anyway.

[MOKE1K]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider 2

And I believe that statement deserves some elaboration.

For what models/applications in particular do you think that is true ??

I believe that it is NOT true.....across the board, anyway.

Suzuki's reasoning is that it may casue some clutch slippage. Just what they say, although being a tech I've seen many go with full synthetic with no slippage.

[MOKE1K]

Originally Posted by Morbo the Destroyer

Ruh-roh. Wish I'd known that 40,000 miles ago.

Should be printed in your owners manual.

[rickyeby]

Is the problem totally fixed. It sounds like a dying battery to me. My ninja 250 did this recently. it would run for sometime the die. if i wait for 10 mins and try it ran again for sometime and then dies again. it turned out to be the battery. The bike was running fine a minute before the problem started. I was on a ride 100 miles away from home.

If your problems are fixed then ignore this.

I am going to buy a gs500 and wanted to find out possible failures to look for.