2003 Suzuki SV1000 Electrical system Problems

“The charging system magnets detached from the flywheel/rotor (internal to the motor), causing an issue where the charging system was not functioning properly. This is a safety issue because the magnets could have become dislodged enough to cause a catastrophic and immediate engine seizure/failure, resulting in I a crash. Thankfully, I caught the issue before it became severe. After a bit of online research, I have found this to be a very common issue for Suzuki bikes equipped with this family of engines. Numerous instances can be found on the sv650, SV1000, and all models of the v-strom. …”

“1. Bike would completely go dead while riding, gauges go black and bike will not crank. It happened on multiple occurrences 2. Problem was a total loss of electrical power, this means no lights, no ignition, no gauges, like if someone had turned off the ignition switch. 3. I trouble shot the problem because the motorcylce was out of warranty and the shop wanted to charge me a diagnostic fee to look at it. I found the connector on the wire harness that goes to the ignition switch black and burnt from the wires shorting together. I bypassed the connector with a new connection. …”

“My 2003 Suzuki sv1000s motorcycle had an intermitant total power(electrical) failure that would result in the bike completely shutting off. Bike was brought to a local dealer and they could not duplicate the problem. The dealer replaced the battery under warrenty and advised me that sometimes the batterys just go bad. The bike was fine on the few shorter rides I tested it on..the motor didn't cut out leading me to beleive that the problem was fixed. While leaning in to a corner on the morning of sept. 13th I again experienced this engine cut out leading me to loose control of the front end. …”

“While riding the motorcycle the electronics and engine began to cut-out intermittently. Upon inspection, it was found that the connector between the ignition switch and the ignition relay had melted and was shorting out. The fuse on the connection did not blow. There was no moisture present or other exposure.”

“Dt: the contact s owns a 2003 Suzuki sv-1000s motorcycle. While attempting to start the motorcycle the indicator lights came on, and then the motorcycle lost power. The motorcycle was towed to a dealer, and they replaced the wire from the harness to the ignition switch. This seemed to remedy the problem at the time. But the motorcycle lost power again after a month . The second time this happened she was riding the motorcycle. The same thing occurred as the first time the motorcycle lost power. …”