I do have a problem... Not as severe as yours. When my bike sits for 10 days it gets hard to start.Dragon on Wheels wrote:It's actually not a multitude of problems. Just one part that wasn't put together well and they never fixed. I had problems with my battery when I bought the bike, so I brought it in for them to fix. At first they gave me a whole speech about how there's nothing wrong even though the battery would have no charge after less than a week. Finally, they said they'll replace it, but the 2nd battery had the same issues. I've since replaced that one with a battery I bought at Wal-Mart and it's been fine so far, but I have so little confidence in the bike that I don't dare travel too far. I've been lucky that every time it didn't start has been at home.RhadamYgg wrote:
Do you really have a lot of problems? I don't seem to have a lot.... What kind of problems, so I can be on the lookout. You'd think that a 25 year old model would have all the kinks worn out.
RhadamYgg
It may not be Kawasaki the manufacturer's fault, but that specific dealer has been less than helpful/useful and either they gave me bad batteries or there may still be some electrical drain somewhere that I haven't figured out. (if my current battery continues to be reliable after December, it will have lasted several months longer than either of the batteries the dealer put in) I suppose my general impression after having to push the dealer to fix a part that wasn't done right in the beginning and them never actually fixing it has given me a negative impression of Kawasaki. So, the service was bad because they never fixed the issue and they kept giving me an attitude every time I had asked for them to look at it, and the reliability was bad because with their batteries, the bike wouldn't start some of the time. Everyone I talked to told me that it wasn't normal for a bike to continually need to be recharged every week except for the dealer.
Sorry for the long rant.
RhadamYgg