Firstly let me tell you that this is my first ride.
I am not an expert in bikes, let me list out some of the Pros and cons.
an extra balance as the mass in concentrated more towards centre.
- Tilt it as much low as you can while riding it wont slip offf control due to wider tyres.
I have seen a lot of people with exhausts worn on road due to cornering around bents on road.
The quality of mechanical parts looks promising comapared to other brands.
The headlights are perfectly designed so that it wont disturb people ridng in opposite dir.
The exhaust pipe is really short[Midship design] compared to unicorn or a pulsar.
Super stable at high speeds. You can feel it perfectly under control at even 95kmph.
After that still no issues if its on straight highways. I have taken it to only 108kmph.
I love riding at 85 which is quite comfortable and under control for me on highways.
Now coming to the negatives
The rear tyre is said to be punctured easily. Not a problem if you have good roads around like me.
The speedometer and dashboard looks like a toy cars one. With a smaller LCD panels.
The engine picks up slowly in the range upto 60kmph. After 65+ its quite ok.
May be due to the combined effect of wider tyres and Midship muffler which chokes the exhaust gases
leading to a lower pickup. This is quite irritating if you have a habit of overtaking vehicles infront .
It takes around 3-5 seconds to cover a car or bus while for bikes like karizma or pulsar it takes less than 3 secs.
- Finally FE is the most concerned factor with many. Yes its quite low compared to similar bikes in this range.
It ranges between 36-45 for many. For a 150CC ride its quite low as Pulsar 200NS delivers around 43kmpl,
Karizma ZMR also similar and Pulsar220 delivers 38kmpl.
- A neutral point, which is my personal opinion is that the graphics and vinyls are going worse
A word about Mileage.
People might be wondering why people claim different values of mileage for a same bike.
In fact it depends on the tuning. One of my friends always get 45-48 kmpl and I later
discovered that his was tuned to a lower power which you can feel while riding.
But its enough if you ride single.If you are looking for mileage, go for something with
electronic fuel Injection(ZMR, Hero Glamour[86KMPL]).
FZ or FZs ??
I couldn’t find any difference between FZ & FZs in Mechanics..
FZ looks more masculine any tough. Go for the black or blue one.
Fzs looks more metrosexual, with lot of colors.
Its for you if,
Your riding is mostly on high speed highways.
You donot have a habit of overtaking on narrow roads.
You ride mostly on stable speed roads.
Rivals worth considering
Pulsar 200NS(Liquid cooled, Better FE, Power, Stylish)
Karizma ZMR(Electronic Fuel injection, Better FE)
Honda CB trigger (Costly)
Honda Unicorn
Hero CBZ extreme
About My ride
FZ-S Sunset red 2012 edition(regrets... )
6K km done.
7 Months
3 services done
Bought for 79.8k INR
No issues yet except for hardshifting, which was rectified well in second service.
Location - Chalakkudi, Kerala