Just returned from a 600 km trip. The bike was absolutely relaxed throughout the journey and felt very smooth to ride. After riding a good distance, the gear shifts seem to be very smooth now. During the journey, I had to change the position of the handlebar towards the rider for a comfortable ride. Achieved an acceptable FE of 48 after maintaining an average speed of around 100km/h.

600km trip:
FE of 48 at average speed of 100km/h - good FE

Hi thanks for your reply. My comments in bold.

My comment in bold.

Yup 600km, visited Kasargod for some research work on the endosulfan effects. Tanked up for Rs. 1300, still had some fuel on returning.

Friend,
Here, in my village, is a man who pushed his neck between the horn of a rage bull and you can imagine what the result was. He was rescued by his friends and neighbors after much effort and was asked why he did such a thoughtless foolishness.
This was his answer: “Thoughtless foolishness? I was thinking about it for the last six months and was imagining what the result will be”.
Try to test ride a friends GS or, if the showroom guys think you are a genuine buyer, they will arrange a GS for you to test.
I too have heard about this problem but I don’t think it is due to spraying endosulfan. If it is a side effect of endosulfan, why such effects are not seen everywhere it is used?
A major cause of it, I guess but I am not sure as I am not with a scientific background, is incest i.e. marriage between closely related persons seen among two major religions in India. Though such marriages are prohibited, this prohibition is limited to certain relations such as direct brother and sister. Persons with close relationship are allowed to marry together if it is customary.
I may be, most possibly, incorrect. Can you please PM me what you think about the so called endosulfan effect?

Hello guys.... I'm really worried. My GS 150r stops suddenly and refuses to start. Just 2 days old bike. Help me. I start after some hours and there after go on fine.

My comments in bold.

You didn’t read me wholly or correctly.
The showroom guys can easily arrange a test ride if you are a genuine buyer. That is all what I have to say about it.
Stunner is 125 cc bike and the others 150 cc and not comparable.

Thats what I said, how to prove that I am genuine customer? Just for sake of it, I put forwarded same queries in front of Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki salesman and managed to get test ride for honda and yamaha. They have great bike in their stable but Suzuki....needs to improve big time in marketing and customer relations. They didnt even bothered to note my phone number and let me know when GS150r wud be available for test ride.This was attitude of showroom guys..towards potential buyer giving them business of 70 K !!! God knows what would be their attitude when one goes to buy a spare for bike and giving them business of maybe 700 rs.

I am not comparing Stunner with GS150r, am I ? I just said I test drove it.

Lacking this – marketing strategy – is the primary reason of poor sales of GS; not anything else like engine problems, poor FE or anything like that. You can see how trouble free GS is while going through this ownership thread.
The after sale service is comparatively better; I hope. Or, which bike’s SC is free of complaints? Even the owners of some recently marketed bike are complaining about the service they get at the SC.
And about the attitude of the salesmen at the showroom. No one did ask me why I was standing is a Honda showroom for about 45 minutes when I went there to test ride their CBR150R. After that, a sales girl came to me and informed that TD bike is not available and asked me to visit again after a fortnight. This is what you get from some showrooms.
Anyway, three CBR150Rs where there then at that showroom but none was sold out. More precisely, even a single CBR150R is not sold from their showroom here in my nearest town and the reason may be that it is not a city but a town and the preferences of the customers may be different. At the same time, the per annum registration of two wheelers in the district I live is about 75000-80000.
I didn’t ask you to not compare GS with a 125 cc bike; did I? Instead what I asked is to not compare 125 cc Stunner with other 150 cc bikes you mentioned, i.e., SZR or FZ.
If planning to keep the same bike for a longer time, select a good one.

Right ! sometimes its just a bad dealer....but I tried on two suzuki showrooms. Next weekend I will try on third and last

It all boils down to the kind of usage you do. If you want a city bike, get a smaller capacity bike and If you want a comfortable highway muncher then get a higher capacity bike. Since all your options are Japanese, you can't go wrong with any one of them. Get a Honda if you are willing to bear the bad attitude of the dealers as indicated in other threads. Get a Suzuki if you have a service center nearby and get a Yamaha if a lower FE than competitors is acceptable. The service center should only be concern if you don't have the time or experience to do the regular maintenance yourself. As you can see on this thread, almost zero owners have complaints with the current generation of this bike. It's a worry free bike with the bonus of a smooth engine at all RPMs and good FE. What's your location?

@ Punarvasu: Have sent you a PM.

@Vikhyath:: Congrats for the research work and looks like your long runs has started. Thats a good FE for that speed.

@Moonlight:: Welcome to the forum. Replies for your queries a: All the bikes are now teflon coated to avoid rusts in tank. b: Thats is ususal in all the bikes if rev hard, only the sound differs in each and every bike. Nothing to worry about.

My bike is 11months old & it is close to 18k kms on ODO ( +2.5k kms w/o ODO) with trouble free riding with least maintenance. Do you need anything better than this to know its quality.

@Piyush Parekh:: Welcome to the forum. Can you explain it little more?

Looks like our DIY master is back after a long time! Great to hear that your bike is doing well too.