First, thanks to almighty that you are safe to write your experience here. Hope you wear helmet. Drive safe.

Sir, with all due respect, I seriously doubt your claim. I have been riding GS for the last 10months and I found the braking to more precise and effective than that of any Bajaj(the rear brakes only, disks are not compared). I have no doubt on your biking experience or your braking skills, but I believe it is the right technique in braking that is necessary to get the best out of any brakes rather than the quality of the brakes themselves. Quality does matter a lot, but you must be aware of the traffic situation and idiotic driving habits in metros, and I do live in a metro which is well equipped with idiotic senseless drivers, who test my braking skills, if not regularly but quite often and everytime I have to panic brake, thanks to the brakes in GS, I have always managed to stop well ahead of a obstacle. I use 60-40 braking(rear, front resp.) to avoid the nose dive syndrome of disk brake. Both brakes will be engaged, but rear will be at 60% power and front at 40 when i feel the nose dive, I depress the rear and release the front, and when I feel rear may lock up, I depress the front to slow it down quickly. Well I guess this is the technique that is advised in xbhp also. Well it surely needs some practice and under panic braking such habits should become our reflex. This has saved me and my bike from injuries many a times.

Also, there is something called as engine braking!

I agree with Bullet500 as the rear drum brake is quite inefficient for GS . But it can also be considered a good move to prevent rear wheel lock-ups under panic braking.

A combination of front and rear is enough for being idiot-safe on Indian conditions(just as you said WayofLife). I have already done many posts about weight shifting on panic braking and lock-ups(interested can give a PM), bored of the same topic popping every now and then ....

Happy Biking.....

hello everybody today i changed the oil to motul i found it to be very better in performance compared to other oil but i got doubt that whether 1l is sufficient for our bike or not bcos i saw the oil level to be slightly less than f mark at the window

plzzz clear my doubt waiting desperately for the answer.........

You are very correct; I think. My opinion also is the same.

The best method is try in the early morning before cold start try the following

keep the bike in a even surface area ask some one to hold the bike in upright position (yes no center stand) now see the oil level.

Also note 1 ltr oil is enough so no more oil pouring is required, more over our bikes are still not that old to evaporate oil in short period of time.

if you have time and curiosity take a look at the oil every 10 days once or every 200 kms
once

Vishnu even earlier i did said him the same but in a different way

dude the level of oil is between f & L and i checked it with center stand and i drained the oil properly so 1l is sufficient for our bike ri8 i got that doubt bcos once service centre guy told to pour 1.1L that's the reason i asked that doubt

1.1 ltr with oil filter change.

The amount of engine oil required in various circumstances of changing is well described in the owner's manual.

yeah but he said if the oil filter is changed then u need to pour 1200ml i'm bit confused 1.1L without oil filter....

1.1 ltr is required for oil with oil filter change

even one of our member reported service center guy recommended him an addictive to add with engine oil on GS150R

we can trust service center engineers but not always and not on all times:cool

Better to checkout manual for more clarity

This explanation is because you told that the oil level is near the F mark. If 1 litre of oil is poured after removing the old oil fully, and if the oil filter is replaced, the level cannot reach anywhere near the F mark. It will be at or very slightly above the L mark. If the level is higher than that, the used oil was not removed fully; a portion was left inside the crank case. This is the truth.
Here, 1 litre is enough and you can add 100 ml more if you wish. Then the oil level will be at or near (just below) the F mark. Never add more oil as it will affect the engine adversely. More oil will not improve the lubrication.

Vishnuji,

Is the capacity of our oil tank 1.2L(true) and we have to fill 1L? I believe we had this discussion going on as someone here pointed out that the SC guys filled only 800ml and where cheating the rest 200ml etc etc. I believe we have had an lengthy discussion on it right?

Thats one of the old stories and there are many such discussion happened earlier

Ours is 1.5 litter oil tank I believe

(In both cases, the crank case was drained as far as possible and oil filter was replaced. The former is with 1 litre of oil and the latter with 1.1 litres).



The bike needs 1 litre of oil in the crank case but when we refill, this leftover oil is not taken in to account.

Excess oil affects the pickup, engine heat, crank shaft bearing, gaskets, oil seal etc. etc. and will reduce the lubrication and heat transmission. So, filling excess oil in must be avoided.

I do not believe that any of the service centres will dare to fill 800 ml of oil and save the balance 200 ml and thus cheat the customer. Now too I believe that the case of Bond 007 was a problem of misunderstanding.

My opinion is to fill 1 litre of oil and top up later, if necessary.

Let us wait for the comments from others. (As I have mentioned many times earlier, absence of psr in this discussion is a loss).