Lol.. Its amazing how everyone experiences the same problem at the same time in GS..

Even i've been having starting trouble Since may end (after the accident).
If i dont ride the bike for 3-5 days continuously then it becomes a pain to start the next day.. have to kick 10 times, try button 3-4 times, use choke, scream at the bike a little etc etc

But once it starts its fine, i hold the throttle at 1.5k for 30 seconds and then it never stalls or turns off.

Hmm it seems like you are really aware of your beauty's beauty.
But dear time to see mine too

The Xbhpian with GSR


Thats how it stands its place beside the beauty called Hunk .This shot is on seabeach,Yes we rode our bikes on salt and sand coast

Completed over 500kms of ride over two days.HH Hunk partnered me
After using Motul oil and those kms of riding,Run-in is basically done with.I love this Motul engine oil,frees the engine so.........much.Though the fact that even hard continous cruise speeds of around 90-95kmph over a stretch of 140-180kms my bike's engine shows no signs of heating !!!!!! This thing is awesome !!!!!
Next,as requested by Anupdas.......I did not smoke the Hunk intentionally.,but the Hunk got smoked by itself It was nowhere near the in-gear acceleration my bike.The highroads we did needed ample pickup for overtaking series of trucks and rocket buses together..........My GSR rode shoulder to shoulder with them The trucks and bus drivers were amazed.Most cars travelling over 105kmph failed to keep up with my bike most of the time.The Hunk suffered despairingly,everytime I had to wait for almost half an hour for my fellow Xbhpian to catch up.
The things that makes the GSR such a comfort are:
1.Out of this world smoothness for a normal 150cc air cooled engine.Maintaining constant near top speeds is no issue at all.My bike did a 9000rpm in 6th gear !!! That means it was speeding at around 119kmph-121kmph for sure.
2.Truckloads of torque for its weight...........overtaking is simple as drinking water seriously.Thank you XTP
3.Superb CG or weight distribution,no nervousness or side movement during sudden hard acceleration and in very high speeds.The total power just accelerates the bike leaving out everything else.
4.High revving engine with peak at high rpms .......very good attitude for comfortable high speed riding.
5.awesome dynamics and stock tyres,corners are where even four wheeled cars were smoked like cow-carts Leave out Hunk.My engine became cold and I had some tea,waiting for the Hunk after one stretch of road which was really twisty and had narrow sections and U-shaped corners.The Bike is as stable as sportsbike in corners.My fellow biker told me,"you were looking so awesome at the corners,you were simply sliding off on footpegs,simply wanted to photograph you,as I was far away but can see you.But the cars behind me were in no mood to let me stop ....."

I literally ruled the roads.Never felt like this on any other bike before.........really !!!!!
This GSR is really a very high quality bike ,totally mind blowing.

@ Mach50

After reading your post I began to doubt performance of my bike. Nice write up buddy, savour your passion for time being. Its rainy season, be careful.

Ride safe...........

PS: Even Hunk looks small in front of our beast.

me too cold problem for my bike , now i use choke for half minute then leave.Its come to optimum temperature

Abdul Bhai it will be waste of fuel if you leave choke fully open for half a min. Manual suggests to use choke on cold starts. They have said clearly to turn the choke to full position and once the bike starts, reduce the choke to a quarter and let it run idle for a minute. And make sure to close the choke before riding.

GS Rockz

Hey buddies was just going through the July issue'10 of OverDrive...
Picked up the mag cause it had a review on my dream car: Mitsubishi Evolution and its latest upcoming 10th iteration in India (Evo X in short)

The review was disappointing and nowhere did it illustrate the TRUE potential the car really has with no mention of its rally heritage...

For eg: Checkout this review: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Road Test : Review : News & Reports : Motoring : Web Wombat

Will buy it one day when i have the $$$...oops by then it would be Evo XIV

But coming to our stuff, oddly it has a comparo on Dazzler/GS/FZ/Hunk/P150/RTR160

Conclusion: OverDrive sees GS/Dazzler/Hunk as commuter-comfort bikes and GS wins hands down

And OD sees RTR & FZ as sportive-commuter bikes and FZ manages to put down RTR due to overall quality

P150 is considered the jack of all trades & master of none

But nowhere is there any mention of GS engine being rough

Infact GSof ALL the bikes has:

The Best Built Quality
The Smoothest and most Refined Engine (Honda engine is rated below FZ (2nd) )
The slickiest and the smoothest GearBox
The most Comfortable Bike
The Best Pillion seating
GS has the Most Appealing and clear Instrument cluster
The Only Bike with 6 gears
The most Stress-Free engine at full throttle (along with Hunk)

Where the GS comes in the middle is handling...where the tester again praises GS though not as highly as FZ/RTR

GS is not the fastest 0-60...Its FZ followed by RTR160
But then the gap is tenths of a second ALL are 5.xx secs

GS is one among the Fastest time in 0-400m drag but having the fastest finish speed: 103km/h

(And above despite having the lowest power-wt ratio ...am seeing the P150 entry as print error)


GS150R Rockz

The Biggest shocker (sorry Dazzler buddies)

Dazzler has :
SLowest acceleration 0-400m

SLOWEST Braking (With F/R Disc Brakes included )...infact 60-0: 24.xx secs and its happens to be one of the lightest 137kg...
All other bikes: < 19 secs

Mediocre ride quality worsened only by FZ/RTR (Again blame the monoshocks)

ANd shocking worst overall Mpl: 45.xx while FZ: 48.xx
GS is also low with 53.3 compared to P150/RTR/Hunk: ~57

BottomLine: I will not say that the tests are ultimate or they that they represent realities (The way they review my EVO X without any proper intro ) but then OverDrive cannot be that wrong Cheerios

1.I always........trust Bike India's Judgement overall,they give the most accurate 0-60s possible.
According to them,0-60 for the FZ16 is 5.50secs,for the GSR its 5.40secs,New Pulsar big big UCD29mm carb is 5.40secs.GS is faster than FZ anytime.(today only smoked one )

2.Drag times(0-400):This one is more or less the same.Its really true

3.Test Datas :It depends a hell lot on the riders and in which state the bike is in.........mainly tyre pressure,proper gearshifts and shift pattern,timing of acceleration and letting the bike to be on its own,engine oil etc.Its not about any info is wrong,but the all over info says many things about this bike

@Anupdas.....you should not doubt your bikes performance,you should upgrade your way of riding for better performance related feedback from the bike

If I trust my own judgement,I have ridden the Karizma,R15,RTR180 and P220F many times and in every kinds of road.GS150R is totally different...........acceleration feels totally like Karizma under me, offering the comfort levels of an Enfiled 350 on cruise

GS150R is really the Bike of the year 2010 !!!! Its not only the coveted but it is the title that can best define the bike

Thanks Amitine for this wonderful post. But with my personal experience there are some which i would like to disagree

1. The smoothest engine is Unicorn definitely not FZ.

2. In my opinion FZ has got the best transmission, second will be Uni. Our GS has multiple personality, sometimes very smooth sometimes hard and lacks a precise feeling.

3. If FZ is getting 48kmpl then GS would get more than 60. Even with a pillion Im getting 53 on riding speeds above 60 in city conditions.

4. Mileages of RTR/P150/Hunk seems to be a hype, note they all are Indian companies.

There is a high chance that this article may be biased to Indian manufacturers, nevertheless its good to hear our GS topped the segment.

@Mach50
That was meant to be a praise for your bike, I never doubted my beauty and she is delivering what i want.

You said it buddy
And boy Karizma ZMR: The only other bike i would gladly exchange my GS with...not even R15

Its all about finding the bike which suits our riding style. According to me I wont trade my GS with even R15 or ZMR. If not GS the second choice would definitely be R15, ZMR just dont seems to be a value for money product. ZMA is much better than ZMR in terms of value for money and even looks.

@Amitine: Bike India July issue reports Dazzler hitting true top speed of 118kmph, and the best braking time with 2.52 seconds, 17 metres (60 - 0 kmph). Its the best corner carver with a fantastic ride quality. So there it is, different magazines different reports, but you'll believe what you like to believe hehe

EDIT: edited the braking time with correct info from the mag!

Absolutely,ZMA is far better than ZMR and GSR's Acceleration is like the ZMA,the feel totally.

R15.........!!!! You wont love the low end torque though(bcoz you ride the GSR),beautiful light bike but needs to be hard revved always,Result is-faster clutch plate and chain sprocket wear.Cost of parts.....Enormous.Its maintainence can make some people cry.

GSR gives you all except the Top speed and light weight.So said no to R15.Saved the money for my future Hayabusa

Thats why I have a highly tuned Suzuki Shogun(2t-16PS,110kg,110cc) too,to smoke anything below 250cc.

AM as confused as U

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@ Amitine

I fully agree to what you said except that transmission. Four of my friends have Unicorn and one has FZ. We always exchange our bikes and still stick to what i said earlier. It may be because my GS is a little rough. We can shift gears of FZ and Uni even in stand still position but our GS needs to be moved either front or back to engage gears. Downshifting on hard braking requires gradual sequential shifting which is good in a sense that it trains you. Gears shifts are becoming more smoother after 3 oil changes. But it never gained the precise feeling of FZ, its more like a spongy feel. Upshifting is on par with FZ but downshifting requires some skill.

One reason I can say it for sure is that two of my friends, one with Unicorn ,FZ and me bought bikes around same time. Our ODO reads same 6.4K and I can say it for sure than FZ is best, second is Uni and our GS is third.

And also I never allow rpm to go to 2K mark always downshifts just as the rpm drops below 3.5k mark with blipping throttle.

Dunno ...But as the attachment shows the OD seems concerned
Nway nothing comes near a test ride: The Ultimate comparison