Feb 17, 2010 02:33 PM
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I am a biker. I just love to drive and is always hungry to drive more and more. I don’t like to travel in a bus or train. I got my adrenaline released whenever I drive a bike on highways.
Before giving Suzuki GS 150R my views about how I chose GSR, let me tell you one thing frankly! There are no bad bikes or best bikes. Every bike got its own pros and cons. And depending on the attributes you are looking for your choice will vary. So always evaluate which bike suits you the most. I mean I took GSR for the optimum combination of power, comfort, smoothness, stability and reliability.
I considered Unicorn, FZ-16, Hunk and the GSR for buying. FZ was the bike I liked the most in case of looks but it was not good to ride in highways. I test drove each motorcycle. FZ may be fastest to reach 60kmph but after that it is a complete slug in higher ends. Hunk was also good looking but lack mileage. Unicorn and GSR, I was confused between the two Titans. Both were equally good in terms of comfort, reliability (Since I drove a Heat and because of the good experience I believed GSR would also be reliable) It took three months for me to decide after reading many reviews and articles from bike advice (search for unicorn Vs GSR article in bike advice) as well as ownership reviews from mouthshut.com. And finally I decided to go for GSR as Unicorn is outdated.
When I first saw the GSR on a magazine I said Yack! I was upset by the way they mentioned that GSR is a copy of many of the existing bikes, headlight looks similar to Pulsar, tail lamp similar to cbz xtreme, side panels similar to hunk blah blah blah!
When I inquired more on this bike’s design I came to know that it resembles the GSR series. Just search for the GSR600, GSR 1000 etc on google images and you can see that the tail lights and side panels are replica of the GSR family and also the headlight which resembles the Lotus flower. When I reached the showroom to have a glance at this bike: OHH man its huge. I mean a big big monster. I love it compared to the other bikes like Apache, FZ and Hunk which looks small in terms of length and tank size. For me ‘SIZE DOES MATTER’.
I am not describing about the looks of the bike as it is personal feelings. But I would like to mention that I love it for its simplicity. Since I took the bike on August 17th, till now I had done 9500 kms and completed my fifth service last Saturday. So far I have not troubled by this bike in any manner.
Starting with the seating position it employs a commuter type seating position. To be said in simple words it gives an upright seating position which won’t cause any back pain or any kind of aches to joints. I had driven this bike from Cochin to Trivandrum and back in a single day. 440 Kms and I didn’t feel any sort of tiredness. In a Heat I feel my joints get punished after driving it for 60 Kms. I give an impressive five star rating for comfort.
Regarding the power GSR won’t give you a punch at the beginning. Or this is not appropriate for those people who want to stay ahead when the traffic light turns green. But it got its power delivery uniformly throughout the entire rpm range. That is you won’t run out of power even at higher rpms. The bike is a winner once you enter the highways. It climbs easily to 100kmps. But beyond that it becomes sluggish. The top speed I achieved on this bike is 118 kmph so far (on the speedo of the bike).
A four star rating is what I give for performance. If you are driving the bike only in city and you won’t go beyond 70 kmph and if you are looking for a bike which is very quick at the lower rpms then this is not your cup of tea. In that case I advise you to take a test drive of the RTR160/180. But if you are driving on highways don’t hesitate to include GSR in your options and definitely go for a test drive. It gains speed at higher rpms. Once you past the 5000 rpm mark the bike accelerate like a rocket. Awesome performance man.
Regarding the stability of the bike, this is the best bike I have driven so far.
