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I've put almost 16000 miles on my GZ250 with several long trips and one over 400 miles in a day. The stock seat is brutal. I tried gel pads and an AirHawk before giving in and spending the money for a custom seat. There are photos posted else where in the forum. In short I had the seat reshaped and raised the height 2 inches. It made a world of difference.
I had problems with the turn signal switch because the dealer left it outside in the rain and it was corroded on the inside. A little cleaning and lube and its worked fine since.
The bike quit on me once and it took me several weeks to track down the problem. The wiring harness inside the head light housing was cut an a wire going the ignition was nicked. It was shorting out the exciter circuit.
I'm not an experienced motorcycle mechanic but I pretty much acn fix anything I can get good documentation and tools for. I consider the GZ250 very easy to work on.
The Suzuki windshield is junk. Doesn't keep the wind off you very well and there is a lot of turbulence around your head. If you ride a lot at highway speeds it will crack around the mounting bolts and slowly come apart.
The Suzuki Sissy bar isn't very good one made for looks more than function but its got lots of places to hook and tie thing down. Much better than any thing else I could find. The luggage rack is tiny.
GZ250s don't like being left out in the rain. My wife has one that was kept outside. I've been replacing water damaged parts on it since we got it.
Its great in traffic. Mine is a daily rider. The only time it doesn't get ridden is when in bad weather or when I need to haul cargo that will not fit on the bike.
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