Motul has the normal 3000 20w 40 as well as motul 3000 4t plus 20w 40

The difference is the first one is just jaso ma standard oil which is unfit for our bike, where as the plus variant oil is jaso ma2 standard oil which is perfect fit for gs
You can find ma2 writen in the label.

Elf 4 moto, valvolin premium, gulf are few of the ma2 standard oils.

Any Oil brand With ma2 standard will go good with gs

i am talking about motul 3000t plus MA2 well intially the oil is super good but after 1200kms the gears have become a bit hard i have been using it for past 3 times and felt that gulf was way better anyway will be using motul once more before completely shifting.But one thing Gulf reduces the noise better as far as i can think off.

harsh sound

I own a 10 month old gs,nearing 6th service.i am facing a peculiar problem which i will be raising in my coming service,but if you guyz have the same please let me know solution.

The bike makes harsh sound(rocks in grinder) when we accelerate our bike after the following scenarios
when we retard our bike like near a speed break or sudden breaking( i am not confusing the sound with mixer sound when we descend a sloppy road or the struggling sound when riding on high gears at low speeds,hope you got the point.other wise the sound is good at the start and high speeds.

Apart from that i also face the millage issue getting only max 45/litre.

Motul is good for me may be its not fit for delhi climate condition.

Yeah gulf makes our gs perform well silenty.

Believe a good synthetic oil will work out for you

Well i know what you talking about as far as i know it is not the chain noise but something else but i don't hear it when i put in my lid only when i ride without the lid i can hear that grinding noise during deacceleration .

on the other hand I have started to ignore the noise from engine a bit since i have come to a conclusion that Tappet adjustment still can't negate the tick tick noise which everyone is talking about most of the times since it is something to do with the whole engine itself and no one in Suzuki svc has been good to solve it.



Edit: @MSN Bhai i have done like 11000 kms now thinking of switching to Synth and suggestions ? Motul Synth costing about Rs700 here but really not very pleased with motul thinking of getting something more compatible with my GS.

guys happen to see a new yamaha in net How is IT

Super Yamaha

Hi adi, I met a other state(chennai TN-03) GS150 here in my place a brand new one ,He told he buy it in chennai and working here in ONGC ,when i ask abt mileage and how much odo he clocked ...He told its 50-52kmpl and odo is 1500km including his drive from chennai(300 km)....
Later when i met him i asked him to show his bike sound .....Its looking like the same sound u and me telling ....When i ask abt it he told its tappet loose sound, It can be adjusted ...When i told abt mine same sound and its not solved by SC people ...He told GO to GOOD LOCAL MECH who have feeler gauge in Hand and do ur tappet adjustment......He also suggest me a Good local mech in my Town itself ,But I never trust Local mech....

I don't under stand how tappet is loose in a brand new bike .he told he is very sane rider and has thunderbird 350cc too , But he feels this GS is super for long Travel compare to Thunderbird
I hope if u get mileage good then forget abt this "TiC TIC sound" or wait In this forum some Genius to find solution

Thanks for ur long post, yes i am experienced one , My previous bike pulsar 2003 DTSI which i keep for 6 years ,serve me with 51-55kmpl in city and 65kmpl in highway consistently ,with the same kind of driving in GS 150, I am a sane rider who won't exceed 5000RPM , and ride mostly 5th gear in city with some times 6th gear......

If u don't see my previous post in the middle of the thread
i have to repeat it .....

Mine is small town ,And dealer is sub dealer only ,but compare to rest of the other BAJAJ(2 sub dealer),TVS,HONDA,HERO HONDA and even LOCAL MECH..They have poor facility, Even to adjust VALVE or TAPPET NOISE they get feeler gauge frm main dealer PONDYcherry after 8 months only after i bought april 2009...

From the beginning i got less mileage , or multiple personality disorder symptoms, my SC mech told me to wait till 5000km for adjusting mileage , then he did and got the same result and i complained in suzuki web site , then got phone from a Gentle man called "MR Vinod NATARAJAN" who is south service head SUZUKI....He informed the PONDYCHERRY main dealer , AND he came this year feb 2010 with The so called CO analyser and done tunning and done 200ml can test which i did 4 times and finally get 11.2km for 200ml

Then i use to get mileage around 51 -54kmpl consistent till 8000km
Then i found my engine is rough and there is tic tic sound from engine and mileage dropped to 47-49kmpl ,then i call the SC pondy he send the feeler gauge very late ,MY mech did tappet adjust and on next day it started again and i found a different bad noise from engine which will come after riding 2km ...That time i found many 2009 model have same problem and it was rectified by changing B&P replacement in these GS thread by other users refer "RAJESH"
Again report to MR vinod south head and he instructed the PONDY SC to check and replace the B&P if needed, since there is no facility to change B&P here in my town....I send the bike to PONDYCHERRY 140km from here thru my MECH as i can't take due tom other work...
They change BORE and piston along with CAM CHAIN(which is reason for tic tic sound)....return the bike after one week ,i visited one time to look my bike, whether the job is done or not...but when i went its not finished ,THE SC manager told me he need to set the valve properly by giving to lathe
After i got it i found the sound is not there,Ride again 1000km run-in and changed oil in 700km
But while with such problems my bike returns 47-49kmpl, after all done ,when i check mileage its dropped to 40kmpl....
Now after running in 1000 km(1300km cuurent odo after B&P CHANGE) i get the tappet noise ,which the mech itself agree with it.....
Now called again The MAIN SC he promised a service camp by end of december and look after the bike
I met fellow GS in karaikal , they report mostly 55kmpl to 58kmpl here under city,Only few told they getting 50 or less 50kmpl.....
Forget to mention there is still 10 brand new GS 2009 model available in my SUB SC as ready for sale

while doing 200ml test me only rode and get 11.2kmpl and again pondy SC rode and get same result 11.1kmpl
If u want more stories abt B&P with other, refer previous page in middle i don't
remember the pages
I know they changed my carburator setting while changing my b&P,thats why i am getting poor mileage
Sorry guys, this long story needed for Vishnu as he need full story behind it..
ALSO I maintain my bike with good oil (GULF pride PLUS,MOBIL SUPER 4T) with oil filter change etc
Even the other GSpian mathew have same mileage problem and even carburator is replaced , and now he report me he is getting TATA NANO mileage And out of this thread

AHHHHH......Let me Finish Br and attach my already posted pic again for you

Let the engine RPM set by the mechanic to be so. The fluctuation of RPM is normal and common with every bike, including mine. It means that the tachometer is correctly responding to the variations in the engine revolutions.

The difference in the exhaust sound is due to the fluctuation of engine RPM. That also is normal.

Be sure that the brakes are not applied involuntarily when you drive. Some have the habit of pressing the brake levers while accelerating.

Small quantity of fuel in the tank will cause more evaporation. So make sure that the tank is always almost full.

Further, check for any leak in the fuel supply pipe from tank to the carburettor.

Once again check the brakes, tyre inflation etc and do a mileage test with a small quantity of petrol in a jar and post the result here. I am sure that you will get a neat mileage. Then have a cup of hot coffee or tea, start the bike and go.

Brother,you really know to make satire of people,
Nitro kit on the GSR !!!!!
Yeah I know blokes who fit nitro kits on their Enticers,but never hear from them later on
I saw infront of me a 225cc Karizma engine blowing off its piston and broke conrod,when the rider buttoned the nitro near red-line during a drag race.
He then ordered an entirely new engine and got it ported .....his Karizma now does 150kmph on speedo.
So please advise wisely.
GSR is a good stock bike and there maybe stupid ways of screwing it,which I advise not.

Dear Mach50,

Glad to know that your friend is O. K and Karizma is capable to do 150 kmph even though it is after porting.
Anyway, how far is your residence away from Nandigram?

Regards,Vishnu.

@akfara for 2 years i am not giving to local mech even though i have a trusted person since warranty issues will be there. I think tappet i am not sure it is due to tappet since it comes from the rear not from the engine i thought it was from chain but it is something else.

I did tank fill till brim level last 2 times ,filled again to know my mileage and found 40 and 43.5 after running 235km once and next 125km......
If there is leak in fuel pipe to carburettor , we can smell the fuel,is that culprit to mileage owes ????
Any experts can answer a foolish question by me is "implementing DTSI in bajaj to our GSR by suzuki will improve our mileage and performance" I know TVS is using it in TVS FLAME again ...
And why suzuki is Trying to sell the 2009 models in some small towns,instead of getting back from showroom and converting to bug free 2010 models ????

Adi in ur case it may be right ,it may be ur swing arm gives sound ,some one posted the pictures of it already ,In my case i get a clink clink sound after a puncture attended by local tyre walla...then when i went again to some other tyre walla for fixing a puncture occurred again ,He found that sounds due to "DRUM NUT" lost its thread due to excess pressure by previous person who attended the puncture.... He did some adjustment and sound gone , but told me to replace the DRUM NUT

Thanks for the cool tricks buddy, but it would be more beneficial if you keep it a bit feasible as well.....
Also, seems like you skipped reading the lines between () where I said that I drove it gently and didn't go beyond 5k on rev meter, while checking the mileage of this bike, even barely used brakes as I was on highway, still the mileage was like that......
And yes, I like to extract most out of everything, but I also make sure that it doesn't go beyond the limits....