NHTSA Complaint #10325685 — 2005 SUZUKI AN650

LAST SUNDAY I WAS PREPARING TO WASH MY SUZUKI BURGMAN SCOOTER. THE PROBLEM AROSE WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE SCOOTER ONTO IT'S CENTER STAND. I WAS STANDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCOOTER WITH MY LEFT HAND ON THE LEFT HANDLEBAR HAND GRIP AND MY RIGHT HAND ON THE PASSENGER GRAB HANDLE. WHEN I USED MY RIGHT FOOT TO DEPRESS THE LEVER THAT IS PART OF THE CENTER STAND AND IS USED TO ELEVATE THE SCOOTER ONTO THE CENTER STAND THE SCOOTER SLOWLY FELL AWAY FROM ME ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE CAUSING THE RIGHT HAND MIRROR, THE RIGHT HAND GRIP AND THE MUFFLER COVERS TO BECOME SCRATCHED AND DAMAGED. HAD THE SCOOTER FALLEN TOWARDS ME, OR IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN STANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCOOTER, INJURY COULD EASILY HAVE OCCURRED. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CENTER STAND LEVER I NOTED THAT IT , ALONG WITH THE LEFTHAND SIDE OF THE CENTER STAND HAD BROKEN ENTIRELY AWAY FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTER STAND. THIS BREAKAGE CAUSED THE SCOOTER TO FALL. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THE CENTER STAND HAS FAILED ON MY SCOOTER HOWEVER I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE INTERNET BASED SUZUKI BURGMAN USERS GROUP THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE AND THAT SUZUKI HAS UPGRADED AND REINFORCED THE CENTER STANDS ON THIS MODEL, THE AN 650, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN SUBSEQUENT MODEL YEARS. I HAVE RETAINED THE BROKEN PART AND HAVE NOT YET FACILITATED REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT OF THE BROKEN CENTER STAND. *TR