What is a race bearing kit?

Finally I took a black GS 150R today.

Hi All,
Finally I took a black GS 150R today.

Cheers,
Kiran

Congrats Kiran.,

But ,first let us know the deciding factor behind this , an initial ownership is a warm welcome...

Reason for choosing GS 150R

Thank You..

Few reasons that made me choose GS150R are below:

*Decent mileage and fuel tank capacity.
*Big bike look and feel
*Not common on roads.
*Ride comfort.
* 6 gears

Will let you know my review/feedback once i ride it enough, Its just 30km on ODO now..

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Congratulations. Try to keep the bike in good condition.

First month ownership and first service experience

Its a little more than a month now I bought a Candy Max Orange GS 150. Good experience 99% good and 1% not-good.

Reason I chose GS are:
1. I am 5 ft 11 in. So needed a taller stance bike.
2. Needed a bike with high handles (thought of Royal Enfield TB, but did not like the sound and felt it was too costly)
3. Good FE.
4. No fuzz.
5. Longer bike.
6. No other bike attracted me than GS.

First the good(s)
When I took possession of the vehicle, I felt good, big and happy.

I drove a Suzuki Samurai for almost 8-9 years, that had all gears down pattern, so had some hiccups to get adjusted to the 1-down and 5-up gear pattern. So first week was spent to unlearn Samurai pattern and get used to GS pattern. Almost 150 Kms, were over by then.

Second week, was mostly about figuring out smooth gear change timing. After 200 Kms, my GS (now my friend) understood me, and spoke to me when to change the gears. This is how we converse: On a drive, to down-shift gear GS asks me with a dak-dak-dak sound from engine, then I reply with clutch+gearchange; to up-shift gear GS asks me with a drrooom sound, then I reply with a clutch+gearchange. Sweet 225 Kms up.

The whole third week was occupied with nuances of acceleration and slow speed in Bangalore city traffic. This is what I learnt, to speed up, change the gear and raise the throttle slowly, GS is 140 Kgs remember, so it will reach the speed desired but in an OK time. OMG, 350 Kms up. Slow speed, no problem for GS, steady+smooth.

Fourth week was too much for me. Run in period is not yet over, so strained my GS on over-taking (basically mornings and the Eco mode blinker was not so visible, honest) couple of 5.5K RPMs to overtake, then realized my run in period and slowed down. Mostly in the late evening rides still managed 60 Kmph for 4.5 - 5 k RPM on 6th gear near Madivala market. Felt good until the Eco mode blinker reminded me to ease down. A couple of times multiple gear changes at sudden stops did have my gear indicator go blank and I felt the gear did not land proper, that made me redo the same gear again . That was a little odd. 475 Kms on the Odo. Whew.

Fifth week was into relearning my driving to suit GS. Pretty smooth ride GS was, it did climbed the fly overs on the road smooth. While most other bikers swayed on the road for gusts of wind, but my GS was sturdy, steady. A little more than 650 Kms up, so gave the bike for service.

Now the not-good(s)
Yeah, first service was not to my satisfaction. I depend on my GS for to/fro office commute. I took back the bike from service almost at the closing time of the SC. I did not find any upgrade in my ride quality, right-turn blinkers were not working . Foolish me to believe that the SC person would have done a quality job. I realized about the blinkers only half-way back to the office from the SC . Next day morning, I see drips of oil from below the bike. I was frustrated, went to the SC and told the service personnel about the problems and 1.5 hours later got the blinkers fixed, and the SC guy said the oil dripping is because of the oiling they did to the gears and that chain and it would stop in a day or two. After a day's ride I find the gear shift is smoothing up.


Will talk more about me and GS later.

Bye for now.

Congrats.....

From Which showroom you brought it and where do you live in hyd?

I find the gear shift lever has to be fixed in a particular angle for it to be smooth. If the lever is fitted such that the heel is higher than the toe, then gear shifting becomes very tight and almost impossible to shift gears. Try two or three positions with the heel at a lower position and see

Congrates for your new possesion , ride safely , take care

I didn't find any liver setting adjustments in GS , can you let us know how can we set it , my gear liver link seems to have some play.

This link might be of some use, i guess

Today, I was stranded in a suburban location with nothing else but a tea stall and a Bajaj showroom. Test rode the new bikes from the Bajaj stable, The Pulsar 200NS and the Discover 125ST.

First impressions

Pulsar 200NS-

Its a big bike with a good build (a first for Bajaj IMO). After mounting the bike, the first thing I noticed that the console was very similar to the GS("Inspired?"). The bike started after a long crank and the next thing I noticed was that the exhaust was sounding like it had something blocking a part of the airway. After some hard throttling and braking, I can say that the R&D team has managed to get rid of the vibrations and put in some good brakes. 80-0kmph stopping distance was impressive. Now moving to the section where all the action is supposed to be, PERFORMANCE. The 1st gear was the only one that impressed me. This might be a subjective opinion but I feel the in-gear roll-ons from 3rd gear onwards feel much punchier on the GS. Personally I feel that the bike can attain a higher speed due to the larger displacement engine but if given a better body, I feel the GS can stay at the pulsar's heels. Another thing worth mentioning is the rider stance and comfort. The riding position might be forward biased but is fairly comfortable but the suspesion is a little harder than the GS and if riding two-up, riding over bumps make a loud thud. On the flip side, the handling is good.

Discover 125ST-

Personally I think its more of a marketing strategy to keep the Discover series in the market race than a real upgrade. The engine definitely feels better than the previous generations but the dynamics of the bike are all wrong for both what its supposed to be-A tourer and what it will be-A commuter. This bike is nowhere as comfortable as the GS.

All this is my personal opinion. I am posting this in this thread just because I'm used to riding the GS for quite some time now and have tried comparing these bikes.

I bought it from Malik Suzuki, Tolichowki. I live in BHEL.

Requesting Suzuki Customer Service Details

Hii, Can anyone give me contact e-mail id/telephone number of Suzuki customer service(If such a thing exist), When i tried the form available in suzuki website i get Delivery Status Notification(Failure) in my inbox.

ps:- What exactly is a race bearing kit?? Is it related to Cone-set?

Nice to see comaprisions done with GS(reference) , 3 sparks and 4 valves is to much , still kudos to bajaj from trying something out off way though it may be a disaster in long run being a bajaj product.

There no discription about seting the liver play , i hope it doesn't exist in current model , just simple rod with washer ribit.