thefalcon

Ya, thats exactly how my engine behaves too..
Which batch is your bike from ?
(Mine is from august 09 batch, and i bought it in august 09 too)

Sometimes i rev to 8k in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears and it seems to become smoother after that for few kms, did the same thing today too.
(i've used shell advance, shell fast trac, and the SC veedol oil. veedol was the worst, but this issue is noticeable with the shell oils too)

I'll be giving my bike for servicing(8th one) in 2 days, i'll ask them about this issue and tell them quite a few people got a new bore immediately after sending mails to suzuki, i'll update here on how they reply to it.

I have a pretty long list of things to tell them this time,
2 r***ing parts.
rectifier issue(BA to CA)
engine issue
fix the carb(this was my fault, i tried tuning and now the idling behaves weirdly)

kasperrmat

Mine is 2010 January made.......yeah it is like experimenting new vaccines on trail basis on voluntaries(we the early gspians) with/without expected outcome,but with improved results on every next level of releases.......so we are some sort of voluntaries......sadly the vaccine(gs 150 r) potency is not up to expected level of a renowed company like "suzuki".Hence they are sorting out the drawbacks and addrressing the issues on new refined models like the 2010 gs......and giving booster doses(replacing the malfunctioning parts) to victims like us.so moral of the story is think twice and wait for some time before zeroing on a newly launched model .

The total recall you have mentioned is mouth watering...but alas they will never comply with it....but only replacing the concerned ones...
Even though they resort to replacing parts like "piston and bore" but we are not going to get the near perfect ones like the "revamped 2010 gs 150 r"

*MIHIR*

hmmm i got what you have stated.
Upjetting n KN combo looks killer..
yes i now totally agree that people dont bother to check A/F mixutures while running bike like rocket with KN on-board. key to FE goes only through carb tuning ACCORDING to style of riding...

n with 4 turns i get FE of either 40-45 or 60-64kmpl i dont understand why this happens in similer riding conditions, same pertrol bunk....i think it may be due to petrol bunk is stealing some petrol....
i ll try difffernt petrol pump this time

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akfara

Mr Vinod Natarajan Sir, Please Note it,I hope ur silently watching this thread,Hope for Good help from U ,For all of Us(atleast for south based) We will remember u forever for giving US booster doses(replacing the malfunctioning parts)

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Bubbly

Hi Guys,

Nice to see lots of new GS owners and useful discussions in the thread.. Keep going guys.. The amateurs (includes me ) need the help of the Pros

Ok.. Here is a quick update...

I have completed 9700km on the ODO... Running on ELF MOTO 4 GOLD 20W40 Mineral oil for the past 2k Km... The things I noticed with this oil are no cold start issues, engine gets heated very soon, good fuel efficiency (I am not sure whether FE is linked with engine oil)

Ok.. I got my bike from swapna suzuki (Anna Nagar, Chennai)... I was servicing my bike with them initially..But now they have shut down and I have go to ABT Suzuki (Nandanam, Chennai) everytime.. It was making me irritated to go to nandanam from ayanavaram for the service... Plus whatever the issues I say to them (includes paid services), the bikes comes back to me the same way (except for it is water washed and cleaned )... But I dont get time to get back to them and report those issues after their pathetic service...

My bro owns a HH Passion PLus and he services his bike in castrol bike zone (kilpauk)...
I went to castrol bike zone with my bro and asked a mech over there to take a ride in my bike...

The problems i reported to him:

1) Whenever I engage the clutch, shift the gear up and release the clutch the bike gives a little jerk and then moves freely. It was happening in all the upshifts (I was complaining this issue to suzuki service guys for almost 3 times but no use.. They said it was an issue with clutch play and they have fixed it but they havent found the root cause)

2) Silencer was misfiring rarely (Not often)

3) Rear brakes not sharp (A typical complaint of any GS owner )

AFter the test drive the mech gave me the following explanations:

1) He told that there is a part called wheel rubber (sorry that i cant give the exact term). The wheel rubber thing in the rear wheel co ordinates with the chain and other stuffs and helps in gear shifting. He told that if there is problem with that (maybe an issue with the part or due to improper alignment) this jerk thing happens. He also told me that this issue will make the chain to loosen very soon... Bang.. He was very right.. I used to go to local mechanics in 2 weeks after service for tightening my chains. He impressed me... He told that he will check it and change it if it needs to be (it will cost around 100 bucks)

2) He told this happens if the spark plug gap is not set correctly and if its unclean... He told he will clean the spark plug and the carburettor.. He also told that if the issue persists even after these fixes then there is an issue with some electronic unit (sorry for not giving the exact term ).. Then I need to go and sue the suzuki fellas

3) All the bikes with alloys comes with some rear brake shoes which doesnt wear off easily and doesnt give sharp braking.. I asked him whether its only with GS. He said nope.. He told that he has to harden it manually.. Then the brakes will do fine...

4) Checked the oil level and told me that it looks good and i can do another 1k easily

After all his professional explanations for the issues (I am not sure whether the SC guys knows about these really) I decided to go for the service with castrol bike zone.

GOLD SERVICE - Rs. 355 (the same being charged in service centers but with no resolution for all the issues)


That too this castrol bike zone attends to not more than 15 bikes per day with 6 mechanics (I know that suzuki service center runs with 6 mechanics for 30 - 40 bikes per day)

There are also 2 other services
1) Prime service (125 bucks - Oil change, tighten brakes and basic service) (I think Suzuki service center does only this )
2) Silver service (250 bucks)

He recommended to go for castrol racing synthetic oil for my next change (Castrol MArketing their product.. No offence meant here)

I asked him whether he has serviced any GS before.. He told he has got 3 customers who comes to him regularly.. He even told me that he ll get me an intro with them

This gold service has lots of other things (suspension adjustment, wheel overhauling, wax polishing, carburettor cleaning etc etc) which I forgot to include. Will post you in detail after getting my bike back

MR ACE

^^^ The ELF MOTO GOLD engine oil is TOTAL $HIT & also the ABT nandanam service is not so good. Try out the SMK suzuki in velachery.

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I feel that going to nandanam ABT from ayanavaram is a big headache and now u are asking me to go to Velachery .... I have to spend 100 bucks for petrol itself to and fro from velachery for service

Anyways thanks for the suggestion.. I ll shift to a synthetic oil on my next change... Thinking of Shell..

How about castrol racing synthetic?

rskk89

Buddy thanx for the advice..I actually follow the reserve to reserve method. Once it reaches to reserve I'll put the trip A/B to 0. I used to do same thing when I had pulsar before.

By the way that 56-58 kmpl mileage was before tuning the bike not now. Well at this kind of segment we can't expect 100cc mileage. Since GS has got the capacity to deliver more mileage & also because I've got before I don't want to loose that fig at least within a year of purchase.

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Arun Prasad

please give the address.. of that castrol bike zone, i am also from chennai. but my bike behaves excellent after attending free service camp ( changing the piston and cylinder)

rajesh1136

Hi Adi. Hope you are doing good. yours two tone bike right ? so your engine should be fine. may be it needs some tappet adjust.

Suggestion to all ... don't think limmediately that ur bike needs bore piston change. it may be some other issue also. ask the SVC guys to check throughly

how its feel after changing the bore piston ? im getting exactly what you got and i bought jan batch bike.

how much they charged ? i feel atleast for engine oil they will charge for me. not sure.

due to work i couldnt go today but got call from svc saying bike is ready and they even tested by riding some 20 kms its seems. will get bike tomorrow morning.

@akfara... im really sorry about your situation. and to answer your earlier question. if the svc works dedicated one day enough to change bore piston and one day for testing.

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