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**MACH50** · 01-15-2011, 11:55 PM

Originally posted by animeher View Post

@Turbo_Biker STI: What color was the bike?

He indicated a big dusty Black GS150R !!!

@Turbo_Biker STI:Also tell if the exhaust looked like this or not :

**Turbo_Biker STI** · 01-16-2011, 12:11 AM

Oh boy, that was pretty fast reply

So all you young guys do stay up late. Good but once married and working, you tend to de-communicate from all tech stuff by night 10.30

Anyway Anup Das & Mach 50;

The speed is all based on by Swift speedo...but those two were hovering above & below 130kmph whereas the Pulsar would be around 125 & fazer around 115 approx.
This entire Topgear event lasted almost 8 mins with the final climax between GSR & RTR for 2 mins before the sportbike just zoomed past us, but after the GSR had edged out the RTR with both engines on song...
Infact I turned off my MP3 when the drag started

I was scared that If they lost control (the RTR guy, not the GSR), they would be under my car.. But I did feel as if I am a VIP with bikes around me...

Now Mach 50, are you google robo or what... those images are great

.
And yes that GSR guy had the 2 pic silencer and what the Porur SMK Suzuki had was the ugly third silencer plate.
The first silencer could be the pulsar as he was towards my right but he did have a big silencer when viewed from back initially

Now that " elusive "

biker:
I think he was wearing the green bag, but red Puma shoes I am certain as I had those and I am sure they would not last more than a year

He was wearing khaki shorts and casual tshirt...

RTR Guy: Was fully dressed in formal and had a laptop on his back...

Rest all was adrenalin pumping fear and I was more scared than them incase they lose control

**Maestro** · 01-16-2011, 12:13 AM

it feels good when people come and actually priase your bike!!!!

but 133kmph on odo is achievable i achieved it on a slope though and 129kmph on straight road....even my friend NInaD aka Nin registered a whopping 135kmph on his pulsar135

....but that was on a super slope.....
man o man....they must have started early and were ripping only to gain some distance for the superbike to cross them.....

after telling about the SHORTS and CASUAL shirt.....i doubt the GSR guy would come out......but seriously......whomsoever it was....wear riding gears its for your safety.....and ride safe....

**Anupdas** · 01-16-2011, 12:17 AM

He he, this will be a really weird way someone will recognize potential of a bike. My friend has done 131 with a pillion so guess he was not just bluffing

. BTW I have done 121 and ran out of road to push further.

**MACH50** · 01-16-2011, 12:30 AM

Originally posted by Maestro View Post

Nin registered a whopping 135kmph on his pulsar135

I have done 155kmph atop a Pulsar 220,whereas the GPS logged speed was only 136kmph !!!!! It leaves a room for more than 20% speedo error on Bajaj bikes

Originally posted by Turbo_Biker STI View Post

Good but once married and working, you tend to de-communicate from all tech stuff by night 10.30

Oh dont you mind.........we would be loved and would have our share of 'nakhras'

,I have my own enterprise to take care of

Originally posted by Turbo_Biker STI View Post

Now Mach 50, are you google robo or what... those images are great.
And yes that GSR guy had the 2 pic silencer and what the Porur SMK Suzuki had was the ugly third silencer plate.

I am kinda sold out on Suzuki......and if anything concerns it,I take initiatives faster than the Hayabusa

But Sir, the 2pic silencer is that of a 2009 GS150R and a googled image

and the "ugly third silencer plate " is the 2010 GS150R and the image is of my own bike

Heres the full image

**Maestro** · 01-16-2011, 12:59 AM

ohhh....so that ugly looking silencer is yours.....

and @all
can any one help me with the procedure to change the bore and piston......the noise coming is unbearable.....

**vajra_bng** · 01-16-2011, 01:18 AM

GS150R or Unicorn or Uni Dazzler

Hi,

I am very much confused with these 3 bikes dont know which to buy.
Can you guys please help me out.
I want a VFM bike with good FE at least 50+ and low maintainence.
My riding will be around 35kms perday in city and may be once a month on the highways for about 200 kms.

Thanks in advance you guys Rock :-)

**MSN1** · 01-16-2011, 01:35 AM

Originally posted by vajra_bng View Post

Hi,

I am very much confused with these 3 bikes dont know which to buy.
Can you guys please help me out.
I want a VFM bike with good FE at least 50+ and low maintainence.
My riding will be around 35kms perday in city and may be once a month on the highways for about 200 kms.

Thanks in advance you guys Rock :-)

Good man,

What you shortlisted are all good bikes that can serve well for your purpose.

Old unicorn is still a good bike that lacks latest gadgets, style and tools you have to wait for some months to make it your.

Test drive all three for at least three kms and decide.

Mean time in thru the respective bike thread / forum to know more,

A test drive will make you select easier and faster.

**vishnukmd** · 01-16-2011, 02:42 AM

Originally posted by Turbo_Biker STI View Post

So pls:
1. This Xbhp guy, can you please tell me about your bike...was it a factory GSR150 or one with modifications

2. I had booked a dazzler based on my friends suggestion and never knew about your bike...Today I am highly impressed...The only think my friend knew about your bike was that it is a 150cc Pulsar clone...

3. Frankly I never liked the dazzler puny look, and went for it as I trust Jap engg. compared to our native tech...
Today I test drove GSR150 and it just fell like a complete bike...but the silencer of that guy GSR was a bit different and seemed to had a flat chrome plate unlike the half cut what I tested at SMK Porur

So, I am ready to go for GSR150 if you could educate me about the issues faced with your bike and why its not selling much or is not marketed. Even my friend upon testing GSR was impressed and considers it better than all the bikes he has ever driven...I am 6" guy weighing a healthy 92 kgs
I trust Suzuki engine in cars...I have a 1990 Maruti 800, had an esteem that crashed, and now have a Swift VXI All were money well spent...
Also that xbhp guy, you drive pretty well

About the biker and the bike you have seen. I think, perhaps, he may have re-tuned his bike for better performance, which can easily be done by a skilled mechanic. A very few of the modern bikes including GS is capable of retuning, but the mileage will be somewhat around 35 kml or a little more.

I was extremely happy to read your write up as it gave me a clear picture of the performance of this bike and thanks for giving me an opportunity to express myself.

Once again, you can buy this bike without any doubt about its performance, mileage and functioning. It surely will go trouble free for years; I am sure.

Good luck.

**vishnukmd** · 01-16-2011, 02:52 AM

Originally posted by Anupdas View Post

Japanese dont believe in marketing, they believe if their product is good customer will buy.

Anup,
True. The same was about their Fiero. It was a failure in the market. But now it is called 'Fiero the legend'.

**vishnukmd** · 01-16-2011, 03:06 AM

Originally posted by vajra_bng View Post

Hi,

I am very much confused with these 3 bikes dont know which to buy.
Can you guys please help me out.
I want a VFM bike with good FE at least 50+ and low maintainence.
My riding will be around 35kms perday in city and may be once a month on the highways for about 200 kms.

Thanks in advance you guys Rock :-)

As you are searching for good mileage and low maintenance, surely GS. It is a trustable bike - without any doubt. Will give an excellent mileage over 60 kml, if not used for racing.

**kjsooraj** · 01-16-2011, 03:25 AM

Originally posted by vishnukmd View Post

As you are searching for good mileage and low maintenance, surely GS. It is a trustable bike - without any doubt. Will give an excellent mileage over 60 kml, if not used for racing.

Totally Agree with that...

Woww.. seems like new fan following is on the way..

**vishnukmd** · 01-16-2011, 03:30 AM

Originally posted by MACH50 View Post

@Gagan0123: After going through the rpm indications.........I totally agree with what Vishnukmd had to suggest about how your bike lost power......that is there was problem in the carburetion of fuel. As it regained the speed, the reason is that there is a leak (earthing / grounding) in the carburettor plug adapter and hence enough power was not supplied to the plug. So, replace the adapter. .........which I usually call faulting of electrical conductance at high rpms.......for this reason many people uses Power Cables to fire their Spark plugs,whose dual conductance ability enables more than usual charge transfer...........and fault in electrical circuitry is more evident from the fact that your speedo kept showing 90kmph at 5K or 6K rpms.

Hence the following things would be very helpful for you and your bike in this case:
1.Replace the Carburettor Plug Adapter as advised by Vishnukmd.
2.Use an original Spitfire power cable to power your spark plug.
3.Replace the stock spark plug CPR7HSA with Irridium grade CR7HIX.
4.Go for fully synthetic grade oil and I recommend : Motul 300V grade 15W50.

These things would enable your bike to sustain speeds of 120kph on the speedo without any immediate faults.

Honestly speaking I had registered speeds ranging from 105kmph to 127kmph for many hours together.......the cruise speed of my GS150R on highways is usually around 110 kmph.After these events,even I am confident that I would go for all the above high rpm modifications soon too(but not my adapter,its still not fried

).

.........eventhough I havent faced any problems till now,but prevention is always better than cure.

If you are concerned about the fact that your bike is much more noise than usual,then take it to Service Centre,see what nuts and bolts and engine mounts are loose,tighten them.Get your piston checked for O ring leakages or abrassion over there only......you could have checked all these at your trusted mechanic's but honestly speaking you have to go to an authorised Suzuki SVC now for new adapter and do the checkings too.

@Vishnukmd:Hence it can be well understood,that Suzuki buyers are always looking for tough and fast undiluted performance.We need liquid cooling,forged pistons and high revving bike,so that every time it does not feels getting pushed like a racing bike which needs immediate overhaul after every speed runs.

But with the Shogun and Fiero,Suzuki then had shown us,that its engines can endure endlessly............so I do not fear pushing the GS150R to extremes too.....and GS150R hasn't disappointed me till date,like a true Suzuki it keeps enduring.

I am never against replacing the power cable with a better genuine one, but my opinion is that, a mere change of cable will not be sufficient and the spark plug too must be replaced with iridium plug and for better conduction of heat and for smooth functioning of engine parts, oil needs to be changed to synthetic. As it is for better performance, we have to change the air filter, jet needles, exhaust, perhaps the carburettor itself, bore, piston etc, etc. Remember, these modifications are for performance; not for mileage, which is the first preference of a common Indian biker. The first question from an Indian about a bike, even if it is a real racing bike, will be about its mileage. This reflects the average Indian’s mind.

A lot of money is needed to do all the modifications for better performance which is not the aim of an ordinary biker who rarely dashes in a speed >100 kmh. With all this money, one can buy an R15 or if stretched a little more, a Ninja.

I am happy that you are not having any dislike towards me.

Appreciate your very sensitive, yet simple, mind which is always ready to challenge anything and anyone. Thanks and good luck.

**vishnukmd** · 01-16-2011, 03:58 AM

Originally posted by Gagan0123 View Post

Here's the RPM reading:
When I was at 120: 9k in 6th gear
when the speed was dropping, it went till 7k, then I shifted the gear down to 5 and still the rpm level kept moving backward (to my surprise the bike was above 90kmph in 5th gear and 6k rpm, which might sound kind of absurd)
so shifted one more gear down to 4th, and then the speed rose to 105kmph with RPM meter peaking at 11k
and then with a shift up I was able to maintain constant speed of 100kmph till I reached college and didn't put it in 6th gear(I thought might be gear was down)

And how am I gonna check the discrepencies in the piston?? should I open every screw present in the engine to open it and see whats inside??

I guess I don't have any other option but to follow your advice since I am losing faith in the reliability of this second hand bike, till I'll go through everything this bike contains, myself.....

thanks for the good luck buddy
I have already switched to fully synthetic oil and now will be buying iridium sparkplug as soon as I'll find out where to find one in our small city...
even though I don't think it can be a problem of overheating in these chilling winter mornings, but still the incident reminded me of the Nintendo bike game named "Excite Bike" in which when the bike was driven fast, it soon got over heated and then the biker will have to stop for some time till the bike temp is upto normal......

The overheating I mentioned is not due to the climate or the speed of the engine. It is due to the leak (short circuit) of electric current caused by loose connection in the adapter, which produces electric spark and heat inside it which causes burning and smell. The chilling climate cannot reduce the heat.

This leak or short circuit is reducing power supply to the plug, which, as a result, reduces carburetion and engine rotation.

It is not a problem of engine overheating. Just change the adapter, after it the spark plug, as Mach50 also suggested.

The bike gaming and real bike riding is totaly different. Good luck.

**vishnukmd** · 01-16-2011, 06:23 AM

[QUOTE=Gagan0123;562570] will be buying iridium sparkplug as soon as I'll find out where to find one in our small city. QUOTE]

Forgot to mention it. Heard duplicate or reconditioned used iridium plugs are in the market. Send an email to [email protected]. May have to pay the cost of Rs. 700/- in advance (Rs. 550/- for plug and Rs. 150/- for packing and forwarding charges). It is a suggestion. You can buy from any trustable shop. Not very popular as mainly used by racers and hence may not be available in small towns.

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