Would appreciate any advice / thoughts from fellow SV owners on the following situation (I apologize for all the details -- not sure how many are relevant):
I brought my 03' SVS to Burnaby Kawasaki for an oil change today (yes, I bring my zook' to a kawi dealer... it's a long story, but I just feel comfier dealing with the crew at BK :happysq ) Anyways, the bike currently has 16,000KM on the clock and the last change was done at 12,000KM. I use regular dino bike oil -- the last change was done with Penzoil 10W40 oil and this most recent change was done with Kawasaki M4 10W40 bike oil. AFAIK, the Kawi oil meets the manual's specs (rated SF or SG) and I always replace the oil filter with a stock Suzuki filter.
So basically from BK, I went for a quick shake-down run up Cypress. Everything was fine, up till' the point where I rounded the first hairpin @ the lookout point and accelerated up the next steep incline. Suddenly my oil light came on, and stayed on for about 5-10 seconds. I quickly decelerated and pulled over; shut off the engine & waited a few minutes, then checked the drain plug, filter, and oil level -- everything was ok. I continued my ride and everything seemed cool -- the light never came back on, and the bike performed flawlessly.
So in a nutshell, would you guys say this is a fluke oil starvation issue? In other words: inclined road + hard acceleration + new filter + new oil = a weird oil- circulation 'hiccup'? I called Gary at BK, but he'd never heard of anything like this happening. I tried calling Dan at Motorcycleworld too, but just missed him -- hence this post. I know the SV has some oil-starvation issues during extended wheelies -- something to do with the placement of the oil-cooler on the 03's. Just FYI, no wheelies on this rip up Cypress :thumbup
Would appreciate any advice / thoughts you guys might have (notwithstanding comments like: "That's what you get for putting Kawi oil in a SV" :rolleyes)
--Thanks--
I brought my 03' SVS to Burnaby Kawasaki for an oil change today (yes, I bring my zook' to a kawi dealer... it's a long story, but I just feel comfier dealing with the crew at BK :happysq ) Anyways, the bike currently has 16,000KM on the clock and the last change was done at 12,000KM. I use regular dino bike oil -- the last change was done with Penzoil 10W40 oil and this most recent change was done with Kawasaki M4 10W40 bike oil. AFAIK, the Kawi oil meets the manual's specs (rated SF or SG) and I always replace the oil filter with a stock Suzuki filter.
So basically from BK, I went for a quick shake-down run up Cypress. Everything was fine, up till' the point where I rounded the first hairpin @ the lookout point and accelerated up the next steep incline. Suddenly my oil light came on, and stayed on for about 5-10 seconds. I quickly decelerated and pulled over; shut off the engine & waited a few minutes, then checked the drain plug, filter, and oil level -- everything was ok. I continued my ride and everything seemed cool -- the light never came back on, and the bike performed flawlessly.
So in a nutshell, would you guys say this is a fluke oil starvation issue? In other words: inclined road + hard acceleration + new filter + new oil = a weird oil- circulation 'hiccup'? I called Gary at BK, but he'd never heard of anything like this happening. I tried calling Dan at Motorcycleworld too, but just missed him -- hence this post. I know the SV has some oil-starvation issues during extended wheelies -- something to do with the placement of the oil-cooler on the 03's. Just FYI, no wheelies on this rip up Cypress :thumbup
Would appreciate any advice / thoughts you guys might have (notwithstanding comments like: "That's what you get for putting Kawi oil in a SV" :rolleyes)
--Thanks--