Criteria for a Tourist Bike (Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda & others)

[junaid_256]

I am planning to select the best touring bike for trip to GB areas. I have set the following selection criteria's to choose the best bike among the Suzuki, Yamaha & Honda bikes.

Available Options:

Suzuki:
GD 110
GS 150 or GS 150 SE

Yamaha:
YBRs & YBZ (125 CCs)

Honda:
Honda CB150F

The criteria are as follows:

1. Comfort (comfortable seat and less engine Vibrations):
2. Reliability:
3. Cruising Speed (Higher the better):
4. Off road Capabilities:
5. Ease of Maintenance & Repair:
6. Customization Friendly:
7. Higher Ground Clearance:
8. Easier access to mount racks and other goodies:
9. Better Stability with higher Loads:
10. Better Suspension:
11. Higher positions of Exhaust nose so that water can't get in (Useful in water crossings):

Kindly help me select the best bike based on the criteria's that I have written above. Feel free to add more criteria's as it will help to further add more flavor to the discussion.

[threebullets]

Assalam-o-Alaikum
Junaided bhai your questions about good bike for long tours.

Brother Suzuki GS150 is good bike for long tour as I read at pakwheel forum. Look wise not good but comfortable wise good, better option is GS150SE.
Suzuki GD110 is not off road bike as informed by salesman at bike plaza, murree road, Rawalpindi.

If you read tourist threads on this forum YBR and YBG, both are highly recommended by owners for long trips but not fit pillon riding. Top speed is 95 to 105.

Honfa CB - 150 is newly launched bike and after launching of bike , a guy (youtube I'd bike waly) review about bike and informed bike is not good, first owner Bike engine seized and wiring problems and much more, it's not understood. I think It's paid video clip. However complete output comes after two months.

Conclusion

I am not user of Suzuki or Yahama bikes in history but good awareness through Pakwheel forum means reading thousands of threads about these bikes. My vote gone to Suzuki GS-150SE.

Awaiz43, pakwheel friend already purchased YB125Z two weeks ago and much satisfied. Secondly I talk with a person at Jahang, he buy YB125Z and informed much comfortable bike.