anandsharma021

I test rode new suzuki gs150r today. Bike was looking gorgeous in black color. Finishing of the bike and paint quality is damn good. However i was feeling that when we try to accelerate the bike hard there was extra sound from the engine (something like tappet sound).

I observed that new model is slightly lighter and compact than new one or may be just my feeling.

Anyway I am going to buy the new bike (SZ, Unicorn, GS150R) on friday. What u guys suggest me among these three.

I feel sitting plan of suzuki and yamaha is the best. Unicorn is a sedate ride and bit outdated but was smooth ride. yamaha has got best pickup among the three and the sitting plan was also damn good. Looks is just ok. In my city unicorn is readily available and there are not many unicorns here. Only apache and pulsars is here running more.

I like GS in every aspect but two things are making me worried. First is engine noice that too in new motorcycle and second is spares availability. Some suzuki owners is suggesting that spares availability with dealers is not good. If some part like headlight get damaged they take more than 30 days to deliver it. Why a company like suzuki is so bad in spares availability. pls suggest.

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ashoka_bnglr

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2strokerama

Well, dont know about the engine noise youre talking about. But you really shouldnt expect the test ride bike to be the standard....who knows how and by how many it would have been abused. But at the same time, the GS is just as noisy above some 5000 rpm as it is cowpiss silent below that range.

Yes, spares availability is a bit of a sore point. I had to wait for 4 days to get a crash guard.

If you can live with these, the bike is a good purchase.

All the bikes mentioned are good in their own respects. So, dont ask us, go buy whatever floats your boat. But if you want an opinion, I'll say the GS has a sound character compared to the uncle plain unicorn or the cheapish feeling SZ.

anandsharma021

the test ride bike was damn new. I think engine knocking is the character of the new model gs150r.

Unicorn is feeling expansive for what it is offering. So i m not going for that.

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2004 Bajaj Discover 125
2010 Cannondale CAAD9-5
2010 Cannondale Bad Boy
2011 yamaha SZ-R

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race.-H.G. Wells

For instance, the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon.-Bill Strickland

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.–Mark Twain

vikhyath

If you really want a Yamaha, Save a little more and go for the FZ. From the reviews, I gather even in the detuned state, the engine sips just as much fuel on the SZ as it does on the FZ. Honda offerings are always a little pricey, so if you opt for Honda be ready to shell out more at every service or any spare part purchase. I would also like to add that spare part availability of Honda is no better than Suzuki. Sometime back, a friend of mine was made to wait for 2 months to get a faulty speedometer worm replaced even after roaming to 3 different SVCs and threatening the manager. And finally the part which was replaced(albeit free of cost) was flicked from the test ride vehicle.

And then to Suzuki, the GS150R is definitely a more VFM product than the Unicorn, but thats just my opinion. Its left for you to decide. You get a digital console, a powerful engine, and the 6th gear and some better aspects in styling like LED taillamp.

Apart from that riding the 2 bikes, you will hardly notice any difference at all.

vishnukmd

That may be the reason. It is not something very serious to refer to type the address.



Tappet sound from a new GS? Try once again.


It is your feeling. Both bikes weigh 134 kgs dry and 149 with oil, crash guard, saree guard and full tank fuel.


As far as I know, the engine noise problem – one of the main reasons being the vibration dampener - is solved in new GS but which bike is noiseless?

The Suzuki service centre here in my town is servicing 70-90 bikes a day. Their total sale is more than 6000 bikes out of which about 900 is GS itself. I haven’t heard any complaint about scarcity of spare parts from any bike owner.

Crash guard is not a direct supply from the company and it is not an essential part to ride the bike.




That seems to be really strange as the gear ratios are modified and thus increasing torque in each gear. At which rpm was you riding in each gear?
There is no engine knocking even if the bike is at 30 kmh speed in 6th gear in plane road. I am absolutely sure about it as the first thing I tried was to ride in that speed while test riding the new GS.

prajnyan

Since unicorn was about 10k costlier and cost of maintainance was also a bit higher, I felt the lesser fuel economy of few kmpl in yamaha as against the honda is totally okay considering i save in bike investment and running costs.

The Suzuki GS150 is great for riding on highways. I have personally rode it, at top gear gives a great feel. I don't understand why you felt knocking issue. Anyways I liked the lower torque of SZ as it was much suited for the city ride which meant less gear changes and quick pick up hence decided on SZ-R.

Its all left to you, I decided either it has to be yamaha or honda unicorn since the suzuki was heavy and bit costly. Ofcourse it has spares availability issue but its a great bike that i can say did not fit my bill.

P.S: If you do buy Yamaha SZ-R, just get those TVS stock tyres replaced with better ones and you'll love the bike even more.

Rajeshbw

Happiness is finding you have another Gear left....

vikhyath

That again depends on the riding style. In this thread itself you can find people getting an FE of 64km/l and other people getting 38 km/l.

I read it somewhere on the FZ thread that when ridden by the same rider in a similar style, both bikes offered a similar FE differing by just 2 km/l.

Punctures are something that is associated with the tyre profile. But again, if riding on tarmac, you shouldn't face too much trouble.