And, yes, the tank was topped off and not partially filled.  The bike is not broken in yet with only 570 miles.



Im guessing that means you bought it new?

At the risk of demonstrating my ignorance, did the lady have the choke in all the way?

70mph with 15 inch rise handlebars and a 6'2" 225# rider still gets around 35mpg. Something is definitely screwy with your stock petcock.

It's kinda funny: When I bought my 98 the previous owner told me just as I was getting ready to ride it home "You may need gas soon, it only gets about 50-60 miles to a tank"...I remember thinking, that doesn't sound right....but I kept topping it off right around 50-60 miles...
...then one morning..chug--cough ---chug...I switch to reserve, but bike won't start, tried prime, nothing......finally I get some gas in a can and fill it back up and all is good.
So then I went here on the forum and read about the petcock and the vacuum etc, and the raptor.
Long story short, I got a Raptor petcock and and plugged the vacuum etc. Bike runs better, no more problems.
upon inspection, I believe that my petcock was really just gunked and dirty. I mean, seriously, it's a wonder the bike ran at all.
When I tried to drain the tank to make the raptor switch, prime didn't do anything at all.
Like I said before, my 98 was pretty much left in the elements  etc a long time before the PO bought it and then he rode it for awhile and sold it me.  So I don't know if the petcock was faulty on mine or just filthy.
BTW..I drained the tank and got everything out of it before installing the raptor. I'm pulling the tank off to paint it next weekend (started side cover and fender this past weekend..sanded and primed!) so I'll really need to clean the tank good then.

THere is, depending on where she lives, and the ambient temp, the possibility that after 3 hrs of parking lot work that the bike was overheating???

Does it mater what year raptor petcock is needed to fit our bikes

Update:  I put 1.29 gallons in today.  The manual states the tank only holds 2.6 gallons so I should not have to use the reserve but did.  I truly believe the gas in the tank was of good quality. Even with parking lot drills, I did let the bike cool off and breezed out the engine.  I know I did not abuse the bike by riding it too long without letting it cool down.

I am now convinced it is a vac petcock problem as I had the same cutoff problem as another poster in another thread.  I am not happy to have a hardly used bike with this problem already.  My plans is to go to the dealership tomorrow and raise H@LL!  

 
Get the dealership's managers email address and we will all send him candy grams should they be silly enough to screw around with you.

Or if we have your claim number, we can express how we feel to Suzuki of America, same small amount of effort either way.





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