No Kirtimannan my friend i said i admit i am a true fan of the gs why will i try to find fault? & ya What u said is very true nothing is perfect so but my thought was that will it be beneficial to me to get the so -called new version but what i feel from analysis of u all is really i should go for this Gs only bcoz i am in love with this one!

& also who guarantees new version bike will be problem free it will have issues so better have known issues rather than unknown !!


I agree Experience & then love it !

@ mach50: Unbelievable that youre getting 50+ kmpl for all your hard riding. I accidentally had an opportunity to check today and Im getting around 300 kms for 500 bucks petrol => 7.6 litres => ~ 40 kmpl. I ride my bike just as hard and take care of it just as well. I simply dont understand the disparity between our bikes. Atleast Im enjoying riding the bike to bits is all I can say to make myself feel better.

@ all: On a similar note......I did some highway riding today. Bike ran for almost 120 kms from reserve to fully dry. At my bike's above mentioned mileage of 40 kmpl, our useable reserve seems to be around 3 litres. My approximation though is around 2.6 - 2.75 ltr taking into account the possibility of a higher mileage on highways. I havent yet seen or heard of a confirmed value from anyone.....so......

++ Today was a harsh test for the bike....around 100 kms of top end riding mostly always reaching ~ 8.5-9k rpm in almost every gear. No noticeable change after end of the ride. Performing just as before the ride. So, 'aal iz OK' for now.
Now, apart from checking engine oil level, tire pressure and if all nuts and bolts are present, is there any special maintainance I need to give for my bike after this?

Hi All,

He (sarathsnair) reached my mechanic and they replaced the break shoe and tested its getting hot again that too with in 1 kms

more over if we don't apply back break its not at all heating only if we apply break its hot with in minutes

mechanic adviced him to go for alloy wheel replacement

Sounds to be a fault on alloy wheel ? do we need to try any further test or is their anything else need to be looked in to

That mechanic needs an immediate electric shock treatment. Nothing else to do.

tell me if you know what may be the problem as it gets tooo hot with in 1 kilometer drive.

break shoe is not faulty as with the new one also it is getting the hot that too close to the break shoe area.

did checked all the break related adjustments and all those possible things connected to the back wheel still no go, if we don't apply break its not getting hot.

even after 10 kms my bike back wheel is cooool ? if this is normal means it should happen to all GS rite

Sir, no offence meant. But can you clearly define what do you mean by overheating? Is there any standard temperature, which the brakes/alloys should maintain? Do not compare it against other bikes, each bike have their own characteristics and performance. I do see the same characters in my GS too but, I dont think it is of any worries. With heating the brakes do fade and loose the bite. But that is common with all the bikes and it is only due to friction. Try touching your tyres after a long run, it will be hot too, that heat will be transferred to the alloy(which is a combination of metals) conducts heat. And the brake shoes will have a minimum clearance with the drum surface and the inner surface of the drum is purposefully made rough to provide more grip while braking. Thus this results in inefficient dissipation of heat accumulated during braking. A smoother surfaces emits more heat than a uneven surface. Moreover our alloys are black!! A black body stuff, if you are an engineer must have learned this in your thermodynamics. If that is the problem, then no one on earth can do anything about it. you have to live with it.
I believe since you are a senior rider(not with age but with experience) I am sure you will be aware of your foot pedal position, and not ride with brakes engaged.

^^^^ nice post. But its already mentioned that the rear brakes were not contiuously engaged while riding when this was observed. Morever, the standard of comparison is between msn1's bike and the complainant's bike. Where msn1's bike alloys remains relatively cool after 10 kms of riding on his bike, the latter's alloys are claimed to heat up to a much greater degree riding for much lesser distances. As can be inferred, this is no common problem, if it exists.

just got curious as both are GS,
i don't know what is standard temperature on this regard

even after going 10 kms my bike wheel (near the break drum and the complete alloy wheel @ back remains okay (temperature is touchable) where as his wheel temperature goes to such an extent where you feel like touching a hot pot.

foot pedal position and all those have been checked at the starting itself but still it remains unresolved.....

its hot even while driven by different people

let us wait for further comments from sarathsnair

hmm... so if the heat is coming from the engine and some people's bikes seem to get hotter than others then isn't the engine at fault?

I understood the situation. But, on the other hand, if its nothing to do with the brake lever, then one has to check the bearings from the socket as to whether there more friction is created and which is getting transferred to the relatively larger area exposed, for dissipation, typical tendancy of energy flow. But I can think of one another situation which would be similar to what MSN sir's mechanic suggested, probably the alloy has a bad surface finish(a misalignment/bad material quality-manufacturing defect) which would require a wheel change.

Well, one thing can be done is that if MSN sir is willing the alloys between the rear wheels of the GS can be interchanged and check whether if its still overheating when run on a different machine. This would eliminate the doubts of bearings/sprocket fault. Just exchange the wheel with another GS rear and check if that is getting heated the same way.

Hi all thx for the inputs

it's not from the engine for sure coz we checked riding without using back brake..... and the alloy remaining cold after few kilometer

with the brake it's started heating after putting the new brake shoe only the alloy's getting heated not the drum or not even the chain sprok and chain cover etc....
and ma friend using gs in cochin he also checked after i told him about this
he's also dont 've this heating prob.

"ll post it in suzuki website btw by evening

Thanks madhu

guys check this link out..Hilarious....

Suzuki GS 150 cc Bike 2011 Model Review, Mileage, Features, Wallpapers, Price in Pakistan | Its All About Reviews


where is the world heading. definitely a joke right??

pathetic......

pics of my bike..apologies for poor picture quality..will post better ones soon...

can you believe that they are passing out that piece of junk as a GS 15or in pakistan??? i mean cmon...