Maxabout.comEditor Review
1st GS Series Bike from Suzuki in India
Thursday, October 23, 2008The 150cc Segment is picking up in India. Suzuki has been a little conservative till now with its bike models.
Zeus and Heat and not extra ordinary, but it sells enough to be seen here and there a while. The company took another step ahead with the Access 125 Scooter.
Yamaha has stormed the 150cc segment with the launch of YZF R15 and FZ16 , Suzuki’s foray into this segment is expected to be create similar impact in the segment with the GS150R.
Inspired from the styling of Suzuki's GSR 400 and GSR 600 - the GS150R boasts masculine styling cues.
With a bikini fairing, wolf-eyed headlamps and pilot lamps mounted on either side the styling of the GSR is little conserative. GS150R’s muscular fuel tank is alike the one seen in TVS Apache RTR.
It has no monshock, but comes with the contemporary gas charged suspension at the rear. Disc brake at the front and drum at the rear is as typical of any 150cc bike.
Gear lever is the comfortable heel and toe type and GS150R comes with a six speed transmission.
The engine of the Suzuki GS150R is said to be convenient for riding in the city. The 150cc engine respires through a BS26 carburetter. It comes with Throttle Positioning Sensor (TPS).
GS150R's 149cc engine develops 13.8bhp of peak power at 8500rpm and 13.4Nm of peak torque 6000rpm. According to Suzuki, GS150R will return a mileage of 48kmpl in City and 55kmpl in Highway.
The engine uses engine balancer technology to minimise vibration and comes with a rubber damper and a balancer shaft.
It has a digital speedometer which shows gear position, fuel level, speed, odometer, tripmeter and the tachometer is a neat dial adjacent to the digital console.
It has power and economy modes. The Power mode allows the rider to gun the bike while the Economy mode helps conserve fuel.
It is available in four colours:
- Pearl nebular black.
- Metallic flint gray.
- Candy max orange.
- Candy dark greenish blue.
Suzuki GS150R has been attractively priced at Rs.59000.00 (ex-showroom Delhi).
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