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**MACH50** · 06-08-2010, 10:12 PM

Originally posted by Anupdas View Post

In that workshop, there was Fiero fully dismantled

, saw the engine full aluminium, only the cylinder had a lining of cast iron or so

. Saw the camshaft, the intake and exhaust valves had different size, the later being bigger. And saw the so called tappets causing all the fuss. I never thought that springs holding the valves was this hard. Technician said its a necessary evil otherwise it wont open and close reliably in higher rpm

. Carburetor was of Piston type Mikuni

. In his opinion Fiero was a real value for money bike. Now the question my question is why did they stop making Fiero

?

I have the Original Suzuki Fiero.....with disc brake and no electric starter.Its engine is awesome.........keep the throttle pinned to maximum.....within a short distance the speedo exceeds 125kmph easily,no vibrations to throw you off its seat,it is like riding a GSXR.Now this was a Suzuki machine.

People who discontinued it are the TVS........not Suzuki.
TVS altered the carb settings and ignition and final drive of the bike and launched their own FieroF2 and FX,both of which are neither phenomenal nor attractive.......like a basic HH Ambition.Now TVS has switched back to Fiero setting with RTR180 and see its a phenomenal ride.Till RTR160 and RTR160Fi......the desiness of TVS remained.

Suzuki engines are built away above TVS levels of refinement and quality......

Lets be back to GSR

**Anupdas** · 06-08-2010, 10:18 PM

Oh god 125!!!, with that light weight front

, I badly want to drive a Fiero

. What happened to your Fury, is it still with you

. When Fiero was discontinued, I thought it had some defects

.

PS. If everyone is interested

I can take some snaps of that engine, so that everyone will know what the engine looks like. Cylinder, piston, camshaft,tappet, timing chain, valves, carburetors etc. etc.

**MACH50** · 06-08-2010, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by Anupdas View Post

Oh god 125!!!, with that light weight front

, I badly want to drive a Fiero

. What happened to your Fury, is it still with you

. When Fiero was discontinued, I thought it had some defects

.

I hope the Fury you are talking about is Fiero.......

Anyway, my father uses it now.My Dad had awesome passion for brilliant bikes,Fiero is one of them.Actually he told me to ride the Fiero when I bought the Zeus for commuting purpose for myself.........but its all my fault,I screwed the bike before it.....I did a not-at-all recommended 80kmph in 2nd gear on one of my bad days

(out of frustration for something else 'sighs'),and found the engine smoking like anything.The Fiero since then has been restored......but some of the engine got TVS parts...never was it like before from then on.I handed it over to my Dad for his powered commuting purpose.

I have my Shogun and now GSR for myself

**Anupdas** · 06-08-2010, 10:35 PM

I think Fury is much better name for Fiero. 80 in second gear, madness. Please be gentle with GS

. When Fiero was launched I didnt like it all

, reason as a kid went for the looks of CBZ classic

. Later even after 8 years seeing lots of Fiero in my area(and not a single CBZ), I did some inquiry and most of them don't even want to think about another bike. One of the reasons being we have a TVS dealer near by. One even claims a mileage of above 60 don't know how much is true.

When will you get your GS?

**MACH50** · 06-08-2010, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by Anupdas View Post

One even claims a mileage of above 60 dont know how much is true.

No, mileage is abysmally lower than that figure.........50kmpl,as my dad reports.

Also your calling of Fiero as Fury.........

can be confusing,
Fury is really the name of an exotic 175cc 2T Enfield bike with 17bhp power

,I appreciate your respect for Fiero though

Our Fiero still jogs and walks to 90-100kmph speed while most other new 150ccs breathes the pants out to that range and shakes after that.
I hope GSR would be better than those.....close to Enfields atleast if not to the original Fiero.

GSR is coming to me on the lucky day

......Thursday

God bless the machine.

**Anupdas** · 06-08-2010, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by MACH50 View Post

No, mileage is abysmally lower than that figure.........50kmpl,as my dad reports.

Also your calling of Fiero as Fury.........

can be confusing,
Fury is really the name of an exotic 175cc 2T Enfield bike with 17bhp power

,I appreciate your respect for Fiero though

Our Fiero still jogs and walks to 90-100kmph speed while most other new 150ccs breathes the pants out to that range and shakes after that.
I hope GSR would be better than those.....close to Enfields atleast if not to the original Fiero.

GSR is coming to me on the lucky day

......Thursday

God bless the machine.

So there is a bike called Fury

, I didnt know about it, then may be we can call it firy

. I have taken mine up to 113, reaching 100 will be quick, from there it will be very slow, dragging and cross winds. The real fun is that when you are riding around 80+ speeds, it wont feel we are going that fast( Craziness factor). Weight keeps bike stable, but it will increase the drag. A friend of mine, claims that he clocked 130 KMPH, on a 5 km long straight crouched behind visor and revved past red line

in 5th and 6th. If its him its may be possible, total nutcase

.

**Maestro** · 06-09-2010, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by Anupdas View Post

So there is a bike called Fury

, I didnt know about it, then may be we can call it firy

. I have taken mine up to 113, reaching 100 will be quick, from there it will be very slow, dragging and cross winds. The real fun is that when you are riding around 80+ speeds, it wont feel we are going that fast( Craziness factor). Weight keeps bike stable, but it will increase the drag. A friend of mine, claims that he clocked 130 KMPH, on a 5 km long straight crouched behind visor and revved past red line

in 5th and 6th. If its him its may be possible, total nutcase

.

loolz........130kmph on gs.............

**Anupdas** · 06-09-2010, 12:52 AM

Originally posted by Maestro View Post

loolz........130kmph on gs.............

Did I forget to mention that he did it with a pillion

! Since he is my best friend, I believe him. He did it with two of his friends P180 UG3, P150 UG3( My friends own bike), they did 122 and 118 resp. GS smoked them with a 130. Initial lead by P180 ,shortly followed by P150 and GS. GS covered others shortly reaching around 100 and then slowly pulled away

. Seems like he is mentioning about his dream

.

This will be an entertainment for us, the only thing I didnt like is that he actually owns P150 rode his friends new bike which hardly covered 1500 kms and hammered it past 10K rpm ( His friend wanted to know the top end speed

and asked him to drive it

).

**rajesh1136** · 06-09-2010, 12:53 AM

Originally posted by mathewsyriac View Post

It is in Porur...
Mr. Kalyan is very co-operative and responsible too.
He always used to have his set of mechanics and co-ordinates the job very well..
In ABT Mr. Satish does a good job, no issues with him, but in his absence, things go up side down.. Secondly, at ABT, too much of politics, so at times the SC guys won't be in a good mood. The result is reflected as poor service...
@ SMK, the employs are much happier and Mr. Kalyan knows how to manage them..

Last time when i left my bike @ ABT, Service head was on leave, i believe only my bike was washed & Teflon coated. My issues remained.. Swing arm was also not lubricated(Squeaking Sound), Disk not corrected, Tappet noise...

Today also i spoke to kalyan, infact he called me back due to lack of signal in his area.. He is actually on leave and had asked me to bring the vehicle on thursday

All this are my personal experience when i had to wait long for mileage tuning...

Oh is it ? i believe Satish in ABT in sales not in service. i will try SMK for 3rd service. How much they charge for teflon coating and will SMK give back the bike if i give on saturday morning on saturday evening ?

Originally posted by BLITZ View Post

The speedo/ODO sensor is in the primary/front sprocket. Check the pics. Three screws marked to be removed and the sensor will be visibe. Just pull it out and the ODO will stop.

Originally posted by Anupdas View Post

You need to unscrew only lower two screws. You can remove the sensor, but i think the best way is to remove a nut & bolt fixed on the primary sprocket. I think the sensor is a type of Hall Effect Sensor, it finds the rpm by counting the rpm of that nut. So if you can remove that nut, speed sensor cant sense rpm and ODO will be dead.

Thanks guys. i will try that soon. no time during weekdays. fully loaded with office works.

How to check whether my bike runs lean or not ? i dont have any prob in pick up and top speed till now. Will start with inspecting Spark plug.

BTW, still im looking for iridium.. Planet DSG replied after many moths saying they not having for GSR

**KARIZMATIC** · 06-09-2010, 01:01 AM

Originally posted by rajesh1136 View Post

Oh is it ? i believe Satish in ABT in sales not in service. i will try SMK for 3rd service. How much they charge for teflon coating and will SMK give back the bike if i give on saturday morning on saturday evening ?

Thanks guys. i will try that soon. no time during weekdays. fully loaded with office works.

How to check whether my bike runs lean or not ? i dont have any prob in pick up and top speed till now. Will start with inspecting Spark plug.

BTW, still im looking for iridium.. Planet DSG replied after many moths saying they not having for GSR

check spark plug if color is lite then ur bike is running lean

**Anupdas** · 06-09-2010, 01:05 AM

Originally posted by rajesh1136 View Post

How to check whether my bike runs lean or not ? i dont have any prob in pick up and top speed till now. Will start with inspecting Spark plug.

BTW, still im looking for iridium.. Planet DSG replied after many moths saying they not having for GSR

If you dont have any problem with pick up, top speed, vibrations past 5K or so, then don't worry its running in optimal tuning. Creeping of vibrations as you rev engine is a sign of bike running lean or rich. The other method to check is to examine the electrode of spark plug, remove the plug and see if its tip is light brown in color its running in optimal mixture, if a white gray tint lean and black if the mixture is rich.

Have you decided to go for NGK Iridium

, please post the number of the Plug

. Our GS have NGK but its not Iridium

**mathewsyriac** · 06-09-2010, 01:43 AM

Originally posted by rajesh1136 View Post

Oh is it ? i believe Satish in ABT in sales not in service. i will try SMK for 3rd service. How much they charge for teflon coating and will SMK give back the bike if i give on saturday morning on saturday evening ?

I think there are two people in the name "Satish"...
About SMK, mostly u get it on the same day.. But at times can be delayed due to excess workload....

**imjoshee** · 06-09-2010, 01:09 PM

Hello guys,

Long time I have been to this thread,after my GS had gone I started riding my Fiero again.

Good to see so many GS owners here. Congratulations to all !!.

Read some posts & there were many who wanted to switch to semi synthetic(SS) or full synthetic(FS) oils because of the roughness of the engine. I would suggest you stick to mineral oil for atleast 8000kms & then switch to synthetics.By this time the engine will be smooth & you would not feel to switch to synthetics.Also you can try various brands available in the market but stick to the grade that is xxW40.

Iridium plugs are not yet manufactured by NGK for GS. I had enquired it the moment the bike was launched,so you need to use the stock NGK plug which IMHO is not at all bad.

I hope this helps.

Enjoy riding guys.

Vishal

**MACH50** · 06-09-2010, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by Anupdas View Post

A friend of mine, claims that he clocked 130 KMPH, on a 5 km long straight crouched behind visor and revved past red line

in 5th and 6th. If its him its may be possible, total nutcase

.

The GSR needs to be high revved if not hard revved.........after 2000kms only.Its max power comes out at 8500rpm(higher engine speed so high road speed) like the Shogun.Yes GSR can carry speeds past 119km but if given the road,no crosswinds and a bit of crouch.Also GSR will kill most crosswinds bcoz of its heavy momentum.The bike redlines at 9500 I think.Its not logical carrying it beyond that.Also the engine oil here becomes the decisive factor.More Viscous the engine oil more better are redlining speeds.

**Augustine09** · 06-09-2010, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by imjoshee View Post

Hello guys,

Long time I have been to this thread,after my GS had gone I started riding my Fiero again.

Good to see so many GS owners here. Congratulations to all !!.

Read some posts & there were many who wanted to switch to semi synthetic(SS) or full synthetic(FS) oils because of the roughness of the engine. I would suggest you stick to mineral oil for atleast 8000kms & then switch to synthetics.By this time the engine will be smooth & you would not feel to switch to synthetics.Also you can try various brands available in the market but stick to the grade that is xxW40.

Iridium plugs are not yet manufactured by NGK for GS. I had enquired it the moment the bike was launched,so you need to use the stock NGK plug which IMHO is not at all bad.

I hope this helps.

Enjoy riding guys.

Vishal

+1 to that
Welcome Back Vishal... I had a plan 4 months ago to change the engine oil... But did not do since it did not cross 10K on the ODO then. But after it had crossed (It is 11.5K on the odo now

)... the engine is too good in terms of refinement... So now I never feel the need to change the oil...
Probably we can go for a different brand like Shell, Motul, Elf,etc.. but I second the opinion to stick to the 20W40 Mineral oil grade...

BTW vishal, did you buy any bike after returning the GS ?

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