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  • The saga of my RX135

    First of all sorry for the confusing title guyz

    Me being a hardcore lover of rx got this beauty after a long search of 2 years on april 02/08 considering the bike was in pristine condition cosmetically but the main bearings were shot and some rings sound were there, so gave the bike to a well known tuner in bangalore who literally did a crap rebore job on it the bore itself was in a oval shape as told by atul, me being dumb person literally running around to many garages in the town for a better job everybody used to rip me hard and rape my pocket like anything the bike never used to go beyond 70kmph no matter what you do, after so many hickups and problems came over i decided rather to start wrenching myself or sell the bike away, scaryskulls at tbhp was very helpfull and he started motivating me to do the wrenching i have to thank him a lot for that.

    Now the best came up is it all started after i got the banshee reed valves from a friend of mine and was thinkin how to fix it i contacted atul and sent hime the barrell head to him al most 15 days my bike was lying idle in the portico whenver i see the bike used to kick myself and say get it running asap, f, i actually decided to get the carburettor and reed valve but things went wrong and i got a different set up from atul, these were the mods done :

    1) Intake porting for the banshee reeds.
    2) Street port on the barell.
    3) Head squished for gaining more compression.
    4) Rebore to 0.75 oversize.
    5) Mikuni VM-26 carb.

    Finally i receive the barells from atul with a lot of hickups from the courier company overnight i sat and started assembling it i said atul i want to run the stock filter set up and complete the runnin later will shift to the foam filter (uni) atul told me bike will never run properly but i decided lets see what happens and jetted the bike accordingly the bike used to flutter like hell and was dying at the same moment three days i bang my head on it and all goes in vain and untouched the bike for the week or so, one fine saturday night i took the bike out playing with the airscrew and again the same story repeats i got so pissed took the stock airfilter and battery out and placed the foam filter which atul had sent me along, tighten up the screws fix the side sheilds back and decided to take a spin (air acrew untouched) bike fires up hit the first gear and vroooom he takes off and i come to a halt and started thinking why there is no fluttering, i say myself atul was right and look at the watch it shows 11:50pm the bike was revving like never before, decided to check till what extent he revs at 3rd gear so deserted roads and being no traffic floored the bike within no time bike does 8.6k rpm in 3rd gear while speedo shows 92kmph with my weight of 90kgs with 1 more gear to go ( i had a rxz speedo set up that time) i was so happy and freaked out at the same my legs were trembling like hell i had never ridden a fast 2stroke before may be that would be the reason for trembling ..

    As days passed on the bike needed upjetting badly i had to give a bigger genuine main jet, i have to thank teji a lot for offering me a genuine jet and helping me at the same time thanks paaaji today my old man runs like a horse which has drank cocaine . did a recent speed check with a speed gun he is hitting 110 on the speed gun with a stock silencer and compression ratio of 140psi, i know its less he has just started of and he doesn't have a tacho once the tacho is on he needs to figured outwell.

    Hope i have not bored you guyz out with my long posts and stupid stories ...


    Some pics :
















    Last edited by psycho 98; 04-12-2009, 10:13 PM.
    "Engine tuning is not an exact science, but with some practice and patience you'll get comfortable with your skill and be able tune for any conditions mother nature throws at you"


    Still the Boss -- RX 135

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    Topic Approved.

    @Psycho: Please check the image links; those are not visible.
    :)

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    • #3
      @ aryan thanks for approving

      some how not able to repost the pics anways here are the snaps.

      @pramod thanks for posting in full resloution maga.




      Last edited by psycho 98; 04-12-2009, 10:23 PM.
      "Engine tuning is not an exact science, but with some practice and patience you'll get comfortable with your skill and be able tune for any conditions mother nature throws at you"


      Still the Boss -- RX 135

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      • #4
        Way To Go Pradeep... I know the hurdles you faced to setup this beauty.

        Soon fix the rpm meter & sigma

        Front Disc looks superb

        Pradeep = Perfection

        Added Pics , as it was not visible in your post



        Last edited by Velocity; 04-12-2009, 10:26 PM. Reason: added text

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        • #5
          thats a sweet looking bike very neat

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          • #6
            Congo Pradeep Avre.

            Now that you have started to do your own wrenching, take her to a true 130-140 with the big man's/Atul's services.

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            • #7
              ah finally a thread for your beloved RX

              Its good you took the right approach and got your stroker done right. It takes a lot of self involvement to get things right, which is a very good thing about you. Most RX rebuilds go kaput because of lack of commitment and the owners don't know much about the bike..Its good you took the pains to become aware of your machine and get the jetting right

              Just spoke to tejinder..He was running a 16/34 sprocket and you were running a 16/38 hence the lower top speed

              If you revert back to stock 16/34 you'll see that she's easily going above a comfortable 120kph..

              Time to get a motorpipe and get this kicking
              83' RD350 HT
              96' RXG
              97' RXZ
              91'RX100>09'RX165
              2010' HH ZMR

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              • #8
                @ psycho - which piston and rings u have used. any different? can u specify

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                • #9
                  wo ho looks factory fresh nice

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by kar1zma View Post
                    thats a sweet looking bike very neat
                    Thanks.

                    Originally posted by jayprashanth View Post
                    Congo Pradeep Avre.

                    Now that you have started to do your own wrenching, take her to a true 130-140 with the big man's/Atul's services.
                    Thumba thanks sure will take him there.

                    Originally posted by atul_astro View Post
                    ah finally a thread for your beloved RX
                    Its good you took the right approach and got your stroker done right.
                    I had to take the plunge else he would be sitting on dusts now.

                    Originally posted by atul_astro View Post
                    It takes a lot of self involvement to get things right, which is a very good thing about you. Most RX rebuilds go kaput because of lack of commitment and the owners don't know much about the bike..Its good you took the pains to become aware of your machine and get the jetting right.
                    Thanks for those kind words, i had to thank teji for helping me out in jetting.

                    Originally posted by atul_astro View Post
                    Just spoke to tejinder..He was running a 16/34 sprocket and you were running a 16/38 hence the lower top speed
                    If you revert back to stock 16/34 you'll see that she's easily going above a comfortable 120kph..
                    I feel like kicking myself hard anyways will revert it back and update you on this.

                    Originally posted by atul_astro View Post
                    Time to get a motorpipe and get this kicking
                    I think that will take some time to come

                    Originally posted by vasanth kumar View Post
                    @ psycho - which piston and rings u have used. any different? can u specify
                    Ordinary pistons no fancy stuff.

                    Originally posted by wierd_san View Post
                    wo ho looks factory fresh nice
                    The bike has never been repainted since 4-5 years, i some how bend my lazy bumm and to the washing and waxing every 15-30days.
                    "Engine tuning is not an exact science, but with some practice and patience you'll get comfortable with your skill and be able tune for any conditions mother nature throws at you"


                    Still the Boss -- RX 135

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Velocity View Post
                      Way To Go Pradeep... I know the hurdles you faced to setup this beauty.
                      Soon fix the rpm meter & sigma
                      Front Disc looks superb
                      Pradeep = Perfection

                      Thanks howz ur bike doing complete the runnin fast, and please stop pulling my leg kano, please edit your post and remove the bold part, i am no where there still learning
                      "Engine tuning is not an exact science, but with some practice and patience you'll get comfortable with your skill and be able tune for any conditions mother nature throws at you"


                      Still the Boss -- RX 135

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                      • #12
                        ah finally the thread is up. was waiting for a thread about your bike.
                        thought it will have a stage by stage report right from the purchase to date.
                        you made it so short

                        i know how much pain you have taken to bring it to this stage. kudos to you mate.

                        will be waiting for more news from you and your bike.
                        Bikes don't spill oil, they mark their territory.

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                        • #13
                          Pradeep that front disc setup is amazing! And I have seen you thinking and working on the bike for months, since we last met in January you have upgraded it non-stop and it really has paid off. The best thing I like about your procedure is, you do a great thing within a stipulated allowable budget! I would have spent 9K for that front disc setup, and I know you have completed it less than half of that amount. Now that is what I called cost management.

                          Helmet off to you man!
                          '98 Shogun

                          '91 RX100

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                          • #14
                            one question and sorry for hijacking the thread-

                            have seen people going for pulsar, rtr and few other disk brakes setup.
                            why not go for a rxz disk setup? what will be the cost for getting the disk brakes(cost factor to be considered).
                            Bikes don't spill oil, they mark their territory.

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                            • #15
                              hi Psycho... that is a touching story of your seed getting back to full throttle. I could have comprehended it better with a some punctuation in your post. Regards.

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