Rode my friend's Honda Yuga to Vellore on Monday evening, and straight away missed my bike. The bike was good, but only upto 60kph. The seat was wide, but not as comfortable. Only a 110cc bike, but really missed the 5th gear. On the upside the headlight was way better than my SS125.

Thanks Prashant and Sambit, will certainly keep that in mind.

Awesum.... Agree with all your points. But I never got 60 kmpl ever in my 20 months and more than 24K kms of riding. . Avg was around 55 kmpl. And yes, as Prasanth said.... take care of your silencer especially, which is very prone to rusting.

Congratulations. Being in Chennai, just keep a check on rusting. Other than that, I don't think you have to worry about much.

Pretty much a no nonsense bike, will keep going despite abuse and harsh riding.

I bought this only after going through 130+ pages of this thread and already felt like owning this bike before even I bought it.

Booked this bike on March 17 2012 and got it a week later. Loving it ever since. Done 8000+ Kms at an average of 53 Kmpl (153 litres so far ). Finished my 5th scheduled service. But there are some issues as with any other bike.

1) Loud at low speeds - but love it when cruising
2) Stuttering when wet - during rains or after water wash
3) Not as good with a pillion

Only that much I could say negative about.

Now the positives
1) Great weight distribution, great to drive single
2) Good comfort for long drives
3) Good control in traffic (handling and brakes)
4) Good mileage
5) Good looks err.. Great looks

I rode this bike :
From Chennai to Vellore last month at a steady 60 (65 while over taking) and got a mileage of 71.4 kpl !
From Chennai to Vellore three months ago at 40-50 (with pillion) and got a mileage of 65 kpl !
From Chennai to Vellore four months ago at 80-85 (with pillion) and got a mileage of 39 kpl !
All the returns from Vellore to Chennai @ 65-70 with a mileage of 54-56 kmpl . Good enough.

The new Discover may be better in performance and mileage, but certainly not in comfort, at least for me.

Thanks guys. You were all very helpful and honest in me choosing this bike. I knew exactly what I was going to get, and that is what I got.

2 days back, I get it checked by a local mechanic in Vijayanagar, he did some adjustments and the mileage has increased a bit, but still the bike has jerking issue.

Poor mileage could be attributed to carb tunning. They must have screwed it up. And now that they have tried rectify this fault, they must most probably have changed the air-fuel nut. Which is further going to reduce mileage.

Please try to get it checked from another workshop.

Problem after getting my bike serviced from service center

Hey Guys, I got my Bike Get serviced around 15 days ago, since then i am facing a problem, please help me to spot the fault and rectify it,

Suddenly after I got my bike serviced from Bangalore wheels, the mileage dropped down from 53 to 40, and the bike jerks while accelerating (the same sensations which we get when the bike run out of fuel), I spoke to the service center folks and they changed settings in carburetor, but still the same problem persists, it would be a great help if you guys can give me suggestions about what the problems could be.

Dude. go for ss125.... best bike for performance, thought the mileage is bit low. but apart from that is awesome to ride. be it city traffic or highways it cruises like a knife thought butter.
even if you are at 100kmph speed you will not feel slightest of vibrations, this gives you more confidence.
As others say low end torque is not that low, sufficient for city ride with a pillion. handling is superb coz its a light weigh bike. Tire grip is also good. the best part is suspension. ask many bullet riders are envy the soft suspension of this bike.

@Squid:
Applies to all vehicles. Here's a very detailed discussion WRT the K&N on Nissan cars (with supporting statistics):
K&N air filter or OEM, why OEM is better

@bbsrailfan - Thanks for the detailed information. Was useful.

OT: Sorry to go OT here, but does the same principle apply for cars as well? K&N filters would allow dust to get through to the engine? Or is that a different ball game and not to be discussed here.
Just one line quick answer would suffice. Or we can take this off-line.

Please don't! Those things do more harm in the long run. A K&N (or any other free-flow air filter) allows more air to pass into your engine compared to the stock filters, so you can't simply plonk a free-flow filter - it will destroy your engine. After fitting an aftermarket filter, you will need to make modifications to your carburetor to allow it to feed more fuel to the engine (to keep up with the increased air supply) - this process is called upjetting.

Pros:

• After suitably tuning your carbs and filters, you can extract ~10% to ~15% gain in performance.

Cons:

• It is dangerous for the engine in the long run, as the free-flow filters are not very effective and allow fine dirt to pass through into the engine.
• A corresponding drop in mileage will be noticed - basically you are feeding more fuel to the engine to extract more power.
• Not to mention that irritating "urrrrr urrrrr" tinbox sound (which some people love here, no offence to them)

All said and done, it's your call - you are the best person to decide.

Thanks @bbsrailfan and @Praj zm.
Does adding a K&N filter improve the performance by any margin?

• Adding to what Praj has already replied - its performance is slightly better than a Stunner/Ignitor and slightly below the new 2012 Discover.
• Torque is not at all low - it's just that the torque is delivered higher up in the revs range.

So for example you standstill at a signal with a pillion. While a Stunner/Ignitor/Discover can pick up nicely at 3000 RPM the Yamaha may need revving to 3500-3700 RPM to gather momentum. On singles, you will barely notice the difference.

But once it's gathered momentum, progress is rapid. Find and open road and keep revving all the 3 vehicles (Yamaha, Discover, Stunner/Ignitor) and you will notice that the Stunner/Ignitor twins lose their steam at 70-75km/h. The Discover is slightly faster to reach the 100 km/h mark but the Yamaha catches up soon without breaking into a sweat.

The bottomline is, if you have been using a 2-stroke or a low-revving bike which has very good low-end torque (like the Bullet/Fiero/Shine/Victor), you may need to improvise your riding style to suit the vehicle. Yamaha is a rev-happy bike.

hero ignitor is a good bike with all the goodies
like split seats etc
you can look for it in the hero website