Anupdas

Its a pleasure too see so much enthusiastic owners sharing their opinions. Keep up this good work.

As in my case i have clocked 1400km and engine is lot more smoother than it used to be. But with a pillion the bike feels dead slow. I noticed some problems, anyone please comment on this

1. Engine revving is not free after 4000 rpm. Very noisy after this mark. 5th and 6th are ok. But lower two is just use less. Im very disappointed

2. Rear brake dont have a bite. Usually at medium speeds i use both brakes proportionately. At low speeds using both of them is uncomfortable for pillion and when i tried to use only rear brake it has much larger stopping distance.

3. Fluctuating mileages: After first service the mileage figures have gone down to 45-50 range with a pillion and driving around 60.

4. Front tire tends loose traction at around 80. Had to lean forward to keep it grounded. I really felt like the front tire has gone airborne. Now im wondering how some guys reported 113 kmph???

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BLITZ

I think personally that it is because of the break in procedure where-in your bike is only getting used to RPMs above 4000. Trust me... with somw more kms on the ODO you wont feel a thing.

70% of the braking power in any twowheeler comes from the front brakes. So if you only apply the rear you get only 30%. If you tighten it a lot (and cant make out when to release and start pumping the brakes,) the bike will skid. It happened to me after my second service. I never complained about the rear brakes, but the service guy felt urged and tightened it. then i realized that the bike tends to skid at hard braking, unless you start pumping. And at desperate times, what most people(even me) do is press the brakes hard and forget to pump.... thus skid over.

Even I have no clue what all complex calculations go in when it comes to the mileage of GS. Even mine keeps fluctuating. But the good thing is that its the figures are not heart breaking.

I regularly ride at 102-106. There is a nice highway here in Navi mumbai, and cant resist it when i get there. I have once touched 117 when there was no traffic. Not felt any thing like loosing traction or front going airbrone. I guess... maybe its because I am around 90Kilos...

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Anupdas

Thanks for your quick reply. But loosing the front is a serious problem that i face now. I got my bike serviced last week and the bike has become smooth, for a moment i tried to rip it a bit and after 75 i felt as if the front has become lighter and gave me chills. The road i drove was a little uneven. But there were some cross winds. I think may be that would have caused that. I expect more replies from other members.

About braking, its not a serious problem. I just wanted to keep my pillion a little more comfortable applying front brakes at low speed gives a jolty feel.

With a pillion im sick of 100 cc bikes getting past me from stand still and it takes a lot time to just overtake them that too with late braking or minimum braking.......

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csp007chinmay

hi felix.ragav
thanks for ur valuable advice.

Joey

Anup,

When you are riding at speeds over 70 on uneven roads, then there is every chance that you may feel like losing traction at the front wheel.
Do not ride at high speeds on those kind of roads.

Take your bike to a pretty good road (NH) and test it out at the same speed, if you still have the same problem, test this with any other bike. Maybe its just you or something is definitely wrong with your bike.

I say this because, when I went to book the bike, a person had come there to give the bike for servicing and he was saying that he had riden upto 95 and the bike was very very stable.

Wats with you and 100cc bikes, mate?
Wait till 3K mark on your Odo and then rip your bike and you will leave the 100cc bikes behind, till then just forget about the people around and take care of your bike during run in.

sanjukoli12

I have ridden the bike at around 85-90 on the nashik highway and i felt the bike pretty stable.Also the pick up of the bike when it goes from 60 to 80+ is awesome.In no time it reaches that speed.

donarun

The ugly head is up again .... today while filling gas i casually checked the tank for rust and bang! it was there. There's quite a lot of rusting in the mouth of the petrol tank. Dont know how much more is there inside the tank.

To top it up the milage is still not consistent. Lost all the hope with this machine. Earlier I used to tell ppl that this is OK bike but now, I dare say GS is nothing but a piece of JUNK! Looking for options to get rid of it.

One piece of advice from my side for all future GS buyers - BEWARE!

animeher

I rode the bike at 107kmph with wife as a pillion, and enjoyed a lot. But the road needs to be good, bike is rock stable as always.

Joey

Mate, its not advisable to drive at such high speeds with a female pillion.

Good to hear about the stability of the bike at such speeds, can you comment of the braking of the bike, does it inspire confidence?

worrisomebear

i second this thought...high speed with female pillion pretty dangerous..please rdie safe