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We were discussing the rust probelms occuring in GS 150R on the GS ownership thread. And at that time I was going through the net regarding this issue and I found one person who had the same rust issue in the GS and the rust was so much that he finally got 100% money back for his bike.
I had contacted this person and he told me he is into the business of NDT. It means Non-Destructive Testing. he told me its a high end technique & analysis to find out the flaws in metal before they breakdown.
He sent me one mail regarding the quality of bikes of international brand in India.
Below I am posting the mail. Any expert comments are welcome on it.
Well no offences meant. Just your feedbacks.
Below is the mail I recevied.
"I will give u a small example: When we put grill on our windows we get it painted and for at least 2 years you will not see a single spot of rust. Then how these new bikes are having so much rust. I have Bajaj Chetak Scooter purchased in 1984, till date I have never noticed any rust inside or at the mouth of its petrol tank. It is not so that they cannot manufacture rust free bikes but they are taking Indians for granted. They think Indians are fools and they can sell anything to us just by using International Brand. Can they dare selling such bikes in USA? No they will not because they will have to give heavy compensations to the customers there and apart from that US government will kick them out! I have heard that there is some Government organization in India which checks and certifies every new Motor vehicles in India before it is launched for sale. Until they do not certify no new bike can come on road. A complaint can be made to them by all who suffer. This is a very serious issue. How can a new bike have even a minutest rust? No bike should have any rust within its warranty period or its life cycle which ever comes last. Each manufacturer should declare the life cycle of their bikes / cars. A very strong message should go to all the Motor vehicles Manufacturers that Rusted bikes / cars are not acceptable to Indians. You may be shocked to learn but there is a strong possibility of these people purposely degrading the quality so that the vehicle gets naturally damaged early and they get customers again.
Technically it is possible to quantify the quality of everything in such a manner that it will fail in a pre defined time! You purchase a 200 rupees Steel plate to eat food and it will never rust in your life time and these bikes costing so many thousands of rupees Rust within first week of delivery. Forget about the paint coming out, what about the quality of steel used? Are they using the Recycled Scrap Steel? Don't you smell anything fishy in this? There are grades of steels which are rust proof or rust resistant, are they not aware of that? The reason they give about the rear lever of gear shifting pedal to be raised is due to the extra movement required for the 6th gear, do they have any knowledge about Ergonomics? How can they design such a gear lever which gives pain to the heels of their customers? Instead a simple Ratchet mechanism would have not required that raised gear shifting lever, as in Ratchet mechanism the lever remains at the same position irrespective of which gear is selected. Now, about the mirror, to have good coverage of the rear view you need a more convex mirror, and it is costly so they have put up a less convex mirror, as they do not care for your safety! If you find such type of faulty mirrors on all the bikes that does not mean that if everyone is doing something Wrong then it becomes Right, wrong will always remain Wrong. These people introduce 15 to 20 years old technology in India. They just do not want to raise the bar of technology in one go. They want to do it in steps so that every few years they can come up with something catchy for the customers. It is like if you quantify Technology from 1 to5, 5 being the latest and 1 the oldest, and if western countries are getting vehicles of technology grade 5 and India is getting the technology grade 2, then next year the Indian Manufacturers will not introduce the technology grade 5 in India but will introduce technological grade 3 so that continuously Indians can be fooled in the name of new technology. "
Experts kindly post their comments.
Thanks
We were discussing the rust probelms occuring in GS 150R on the GS ownership thread. And at that time I was going through the net regarding this issue and I found one person who had the same rust issue in the GS and the rust was so much that he finally got 100% money back for his bike.
I had contacted this person and he told me he is into the business of NDT. It means Non-Destructive Testing. he told me its a high end technique & analysis to find out the flaws in metal before they breakdown.
He sent me one mail regarding the quality of bikes of international brand in India.
Below I am posting the mail. Any expert comments are welcome on it.
Well no offences meant. Just your feedbacks.
Below is the mail I recevied.
"I will give u a small example: When we put grill on our windows we get it painted and for at least 2 years you will not see a single spot of rust. Then how these new bikes are having so much rust. I have Bajaj Chetak Scooter purchased in 1984, till date I have never noticed any rust inside or at the mouth of its petrol tank. It is not so that they cannot manufacture rust free bikes but they are taking Indians for granted. They think Indians are fools and they can sell anything to us just by using International Brand. Can they dare selling such bikes in USA? No they will not because they will have to give heavy compensations to the customers there and apart from that US government will kick them out! I have heard that there is some Government organization in India which checks and certifies every new Motor vehicles in India before it is launched for sale. Until they do not certify no new bike can come on road. A complaint can be made to them by all who suffer. This is a very serious issue. How can a new bike have even a minutest rust? No bike should have any rust within its warranty period or its life cycle which ever comes last. Each manufacturer should declare the life cycle of their bikes / cars. A very strong message should go to all the Motor vehicles Manufacturers that Rusted bikes / cars are not acceptable to Indians. You may be shocked to learn but there is a strong possibility of these people purposely degrading the quality so that the vehicle gets naturally damaged early and they get customers again.
Technically it is possible to quantify the quality of everything in such a manner that it will fail in a pre defined time! You purchase a 200 rupees Steel plate to eat food and it will never rust in your life time and these bikes costing so many thousands of rupees Rust within first week of delivery. Forget about the paint coming out, what about the quality of steel used? Are they using the Recycled Scrap Steel? Don't you smell anything fishy in this? There are grades of steels which are rust proof or rust resistant, are they not aware of that? The reason they give about the rear lever of gear shifting pedal to be raised is due to the extra movement required for the 6th gear, do they have any knowledge about Ergonomics? How can they design such a gear lever which gives pain to the heels of their customers? Instead a simple Ratchet mechanism would have not required that raised gear shifting lever, as in Ratchet mechanism the lever remains at the same position irrespective of which gear is selected. Now, about the mirror, to have good coverage of the rear view you need a more convex mirror, and it is costly so they have put up a less convex mirror, as they do not care for your safety! If you find such type of faulty mirrors on all the bikes that does not mean that if everyone is doing something Wrong then it becomes Right, wrong will always remain Wrong. These people introduce 15 to 20 years old technology in India. They just do not want to raise the bar of technology in one go. They want to do it in steps so that every few years they can come up with something catchy for the customers. It is like if you quantify Technology from 1 to5, 5 being the latest and 1 the oldest, and if western countries are getting vehicles of technology grade 5 and India is getting the technology grade 2, then next year the Indian Manufacturers will not introduce the technology grade 5 in India but will introduce technological grade 3 so that continuously Indians can be fooled in the name of new technology. "
Experts kindly post their comments.
Thanks
. Talk about US , there is a standard set for everything or any consumer product out there and the co cannot make false claims which happens in under-developed or developing countries to lure the customers . And there is quality inspection agencies and blah blah other govt organizations for the welfare of the customer . 
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