Done Servicing Yday, Mechanic told me how to adjust tapping, which is giving weird sound.

Hello everyone I'm Rakesh, newbie here.

I was looking for bike that could do a daily commute of 60km everyday.

The following bikes were considered
1. Royal Enfield - Thunderbird, Classic and newly launched Himalayan.
Took TD of all vehicles and I almost went for Thunderbird i really liked the comfort it offered, but there was a waiting period of 2 months so had to look some other options.

2. Honda -
The only bike that liked was Hornet, TD was good but i've already had enough of Honda so went against it.

3. Suzuki-
Well i had Gixxer in my mind, watched lot of comparo's between Honda Hornet and Suzuki Gixxer, all of the comparisons favored Gixxer, took TD of Hornet and Gixxer back to back, I liked Gixxer and booked it on the spot, opted for Suzuki Gixxer SP edition (Naked version).

Pros-
1. Looks, it does good isn't it?

2. Pick up- compared to Hornet it's really good, thanks to low end torque

3. Efficiency- had done 600 odd km's till now, getting around 50-55km

4. Build quality is awesome.

Con's-
Need help in this-

1. Vibrations- Getting vibrations around tank area and right foot peg, is it normal to get vibrations before 1st service??

2. Engine burning smell after continuous riding for about 20-30kms

3. Gears - really hard sometimes, up shifting is easy but downshifting is troublesome.

4. Braking- well the rear disk makes lot of noise, when asked SVC guys says its normal and it will fade away, is it really normal??

pics-
[ATTACH]219564[/ATTACH][ATTACH]219565[/ATTACH][ATTACH]219566[/ATTACH]

Con's-
Need help in this-

1. Vibrations- Getting vibrations around tank area and right foot peg, is it normal to get vibrations before 1st service?? <<>>Normal, the engine is still in break-in

2. Engine burning smell after continuous riding for about 20-30kms <<>>Normal, the engine paint is burning off

3. Gears - really hard sometimes, up shifting is easy but downshifting is troublesome. <<>>Normal, transmission is still in break-in

4. Braking- well the rear disk makes lot of noise, when asked SVC guys says its normal and it will fade away, is it really normal?? <<>>Normal, brake pads will take time to bed in, besides you shouldnt be using Rear brake other than for Emergency braking (in combination with Front brake) or Slow speed traffic movement (less than 10kmph)

Its ready
Please don't come with gear and squid stuffs
I was barely testing it in front of the mech

Nice work! Let us know the comfort level. Are you planing to take your bike on a long drive?

Team,

I bought gixxer sf in Aug 2016 as i am impressed with the pick up of this bike,
Show room person set the idle speed at 1500rpm, but after running for few km i observed engine heating issue, i know about heating issue in gixxer but to check if any thing wrong i went to show room guy and he reduced the idle time to 1200, but i observed much drop in pick up and engine heating issue is exist but i continued as i aware of this issue in gixxer. clocked 700+ and my first servicing is also done. but still my engine heating issue is there and engine also giving so much grunting noise after 4000 rpm.

I worried about this engine grunting noise, low pickup and heating.


can any one please suggest is it normal with gixxer? or any thing can be done to avoid the noise and improve the pick up.

Pick up will drop if idle RPM is decreased, top speed will increase. For heating issue, give it sometime, 700 Kms are too less to judge the engine.. you should not cross 4000 rpm until 1600Kms .. Engine will tune itself by then.

AFAIK, pick up/top speed has no relation to idle RPM!
We may feel that pick up is affected as we need to give slightly more throttle to raise the RPM to move forward.

so it has relation. because when i test rode it and when i bought its like ready to jump for little throttle also but now it feels like pickup is equal to my previous unicorn 150 after reducing idle speed which i dont like, my main requirement is pickup and mileage. other friend in other thread said carb settings should be tuned for better pick up, but i have to wait for 90days more for my second service. i am not able to enjoy the riding. I want best pick up.

If you increase the idle rpm to say 1800-2000, the bike will start moving forward once you leave the clutch, you wouldn't need throttle input.
But that is not the way a bike should behave. Stick to idle rpm setting mentioned by the manufacturer.
Increased idle RPM means, fuel wastage, more heat while waiting at signals etc.
So my advice would be to stick to Suzuki recommended idle setting, wait for few more kms on the odo - eventually, you will start enjoying the bike

That is 1200-1300
Which will gradually increase to 1500 when the engines warmed up if someone hasn't read the manual