Open call for TU250 information, pics, specs, manuals, etc..

[patrick_777]

Send me anything you can find.

If you have a manual and can scan it, even better, or if you can spare it a couple of weeks I will front shipping to and from and scan it myself. A service manual would be nice too.

Email all information you can (no matter how little or insignificant) to me at admin@tacogod.com

If you have a TU250 or any variant of the GZ, let me know.

Thanks

[ToeCutter66]

My TU didnt even come with an owners manual.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by ToeCutter66

My TU didnt even come with an owners manual.

Over here, when you buy a vehicle, you get a few "bits of paper" to satisfy the police, (if you get stopped) but the manuals etc. arrive a couple of weeks later with the official paperwork. That means that for the first - critical - couple of weeks, you have no idea how the manufacturer wants you to treat the vehicle. You don't even know what grade petrol to put in.

[dentheman]

Originally Posted by ToeCutter66

My TU didnt even come with an owners manual.

I read somewhere the owner's manual comes stored in one of the side panels.

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by ToeCutter66

My TU didnt even come with an owners manual.

If you can't find the manual under the seat or behind a side panel you can order one. When we got Lynda's GZ there was no manual and the dealer kept putting us off about it. I just went to the local Yammer dealer and ordered one. He was happy to take more of our money.

[ToeCutter66]

I looked under the panels, found the tool kit, but no manual. I will also keep an eye on the mail.

But, there is a guy on the yahoo tu250 group that has the service manual and might be willing to let someone make a copy of it. His e-mail is maxrph(AT)yahoo.com

[lenkf]

I just checked and found "TU250bike.com" is an available domain name if anybody wants to startup a dedicated forum for the TUs. I'd follow.

Interesting info:

1) the GZ250 is no longer available in the US it seems. Lucky that bike has been around for a decade so there's plenty of NOS in the US.

2) Suzuki motorcycle shops tell me that its "hard" to get new Suzuki bikes now at the end of 2011.

3) I haven't seen new TU250X nor Boulevard S40 Suzuki bike in my local Suzuki motorcycle shops for a year though both are now legal in California. They say where California goes, the rest of the US follows, especially with imports from Japan

4) I've seen many reports that the TU250 uses the "same engine" as the GZ250. But if you compare the top end, there's only one exhaust port on the TU. Don't know if the rest of the TU is the same as the GZ. At least the TU head is different from the GZ head.

5) I prefer the look of the TU, but it doesn't come in black or the faster red this year

lenkf

[Gz Rider]

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[alantf]

Originally Posted by Gz Rider

I think the GZ will be back in the US soon.

.........But only if Suzuki fit it with FI!

If you look on totalmotorcycle, you'll see a few carb bikes that say "Not available in NA"

[alantf]

It seems like nanny state USA no longer wants any vehicles bought as new to be fitted with a carb. Seems like they will only accept new vehicles with fuel injection. At least, that's how it comes across to me. A lot of the bikes with carbs state "Not available in North America" e.g Yamaha 1100 custom, 100 classic, 650 classic, 1100 silverado, 650 silverado, to name but a few. All carbed bikes. Other manufacturers sometimes don't even bother putting carbed bikes on the list. Could be wrong, but, like I said, that's how it appears to me.