Is my bike fooked?

Jonwig · Derestricted Danger Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Karma :

I've just returned to biking after a gap of around 8 years. I have just bought a secondhand S-reg GSXR 600 with 19000 on the clock from a Suzuki dealer.
The dealer let me take it for a test ride and it seemed fine.

I bought it and had two happy days of heaven.

A couple of days later, I started it up up, waited until it was warm and was just reving it lightly before I was going to ride it. It didn't quite sound right so I held the revs constant at 4000rpm and the bike seemed to miss slightly even so often in a perfect sequence. I got on rode away and it seemed fine.

A day later I was going up a motorway on it at around 60 mph, i turned the throttle in 6th and nothing much happened, I dropped it down a gear and the response was slightly better, I dropped it down another gear and after a couple of seconds it picked up then went unresponsive again. After around 10 mins it came back to life and ran normally again. When I got back I noticed the oil can indication was flashing.

I have two questions:
Does the oil can indication mean low oil pressure or low oil level - as I don't have an owners manual?
Bearing in mind the dealer is ment to have serviced the bike before I got it, Can the oil warning mean anything other than the bike is knackered?

Actually this should probably be in the workshop forum - sorry!
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anders · Banned Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Karma :

Oil low light.

Take it back to the dealer by law you have 7 days in which you can decline the bike and ask your money back.

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0ni · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Karma :

Depending on which model gixxer it is you could be suffering from carb icing. Can you repeat the details?
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Retro-Man · Traffic Copper Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Karma :

oil lamp normally refers to oil pressure, having said that if theres no oil there will be little pressure.
check your oil level, if it's ok then you could have a major problem. if its low then at best the dealers has cocked up.

agree with oni that the motoway symptoms could be carb icing but when tallied with low oil pressure it points to something major.

I would strongly reccomend taking it back to the dealer and getting rid.

this sort of situation always begs the question why did the prev owner get trade it in

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Johnny GSX-R · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Karma :

Carbs icing up will cause the lack in power, however 6th gear at 60mph on a 600 is asking a bit much for it to pull away with any vigour.

Re the oil light.... its OIL PRESSURE, take it straight back.

Jonwig · Derestricted Danger Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Karma :

Thanks for the suggestions,

OK, I'm a complete bike dunce!
The reason the oil light was on is because I'd turned the engine off before I looked down (so obviously the oil pump wasn't running) - I'd convinced myself, looking back, that I'd looked down with the engine running - doh! Embarassed

So it looks like the only problem I had could be due to carb icing?

It's ran OK this morning and someone at work who's a bit more experienced, in things motorcycle, than me thinks the engine sounds fine, revs freely e.t.c. Mr. Green

Got to go back to the dealer anyway as the speedo doesn't illuminate when you turn the lights on but I think I was just being paranoid and there's nothing wrong with the bike! Thumbs Up

Has anyone got an electronic copy of the owners handbook for a 1998 GSXR 600, I've downloaded the service manual but I haven't got a owners manual. Confused

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NC30UK · Scooby Slapper Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Karma :

sounds like a fueling issue, perhaps carbs as already stated, but i think its jumping the gun a bit to be blaming carb icing this early on.

Check the fuel piping and fuel filter.

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0ni · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Karma :

I have the same model GSX-R as you have and it does suffer horribly from carb icing and the first time it happened I thought something was seriousley wrong.

Try some Silkolene Pro Fst, should cut out any carb icing issues and then you may be able to narrow it down to something else.
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Jonwig · Derestricted Danger Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Karma :