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43,000 km with my Suzuki GSX-S750: The ride so far

22nd July 2024, 12:12 by Ananth Iyer

The last set of Centauro NS had lasted for ~10000 kms and had suffered 3 punctures so far.

BHPian TRR recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

Well, it’s time for the bi-annual update on the ownership of the GSX-S750

The bike has now crossed 43,000 kms on the odo and life with the bike continues quite nicely, albeit with some recent hiccups. 18th July 2024 marked the 3rd anniversary of the day the GSX came home. So the odo’s run roughly 31,000 kms in these 3 years, which I’d say is fair mileage for a naked sportbike. Definitely not a garage queen. Since the last update on this thread, the bike has put on another 7000 kms and glad to say that more than half of these are from weekend jaunts outside the city. It’s settled into a pattern where I end up doing 100-150 kms in the week on the office commute, then head out for 250-400 km runs during the weekend. And as always, there have been no complaints from the bike, whether in the choc-a-bloc traffic of Silk Board junction and ORR or in the rainy country side on non-existent slushy paths. The versatility of the GSX still surprises me sometimes. It’s happy to cruise around at 3000-3500 rpm inside the city and when I’m riding with friends on slower bikes, but will effortlessly change character and have you holding on for dear life once you take it past 7000 rpm and unleash all 115 horses. If you wanted one bike to do it all, I’d say this is a very good contender for being that bike.

The bike after a quick wash and chain TLC

The chain-sprocket set after 23K kms, think they're holding up well enough. The OEM sprocket was changed out at the 20K mark [PS: the water droplets were dried off before applying a fresh coat of lube ]