shoeb2015

Two days ago I bought a original sealed speedo cable and while replacing I found that new speedo cable had a manufacturing defect .
The inner wire was smaller than the outer cover(black).
I wasted so much time figuring it out ,exchanged it and got another piece and it was fitted without much effort.

shoeb2015

Clear Lens SWISS made,costs 26per pc including screws.


Swiss amber color bulbs costs 17 per pc,local made bulbs cost just 6 rs










Here is a picture of my led array which was taken in its initial stages .
It has been improved a lot since then,
Note-some resistors are extra/unused/damaged.

Pinaki

Very nice find !
These swiss lenses look very nice , fully clear(I prefer this design) ... the Splendor-Pro blinker lenses I got have horizontal serrations/lines . But these lenses too lack the thin rubber gasket on the edge , don't forget to transfer those in from your old lenses while fitting ... else it might leak in rain-water . Bulb quality is very good compared to the Lumax made ones I got for 8Rs each ... no wonder it's pricey .

sachin1111

Recently I bought a new NGK plug with same model as my stock NGK. and i felt my stock NGK plug which is 6k old still performs better then the new NGK plug. I can sense smoother idling & more importantly it gives around 2-3 kmpl more mileage than my brand new plug. does this mean new one has some defects?

Pinaki

My horn is gone weak and flat . Checked battery , it's in very good condition , OE exide 2.5ah wet cell , fluid levels ok and 12.3v after several days of non-use . Recharged it to 13.3v levels and horn became louder .. still sounds croaky . I have to ride crowded streets and by-lanes all the time .
ANy suggestions for a better horn or servicing & adjusting the OE one ?

Above_All

Help with horn's My favorite thing it is .

Pinaki Ji try to adjust the horn first , if not then service it . Or if you want to change it then go for stock Maruti Single horn .

To adjust the horn just rotate the front plate with hands & check for sound . If it's not satisfying then slightly loose the 8 no. bolt which is holding that front plate .

If this not help then you have the adjust the horn point screw located at back side with the help of screw driver & 8 no. spanner

To service the horn you have to open the horn & drill the ribit holding horn point , then clean the point , & fit it back to position with a 6 no. nut-bolt.
( Wanting to post a DIY but not posted as i don't like the thing that even coment to DIY posts needs approval from mods . )

shoeb2015

Pinkaki jee,
You have so many bikes try swapping the horn and see if it is an electrical fault.
I replaced the Horn yesterday with a MINDA horn.(Rs.130/-)
It is a completely sealed unit with hot glue ,even the adjusting screw is covered with hot glue.
I wanted to buy pulsar's horn but then I would need to use two of them to produce good sound.

TIP-
Get a Digital multi-meter and set it on continuity with buzzer mode,
turn the adjusting screw anticlockwise until DMM does not beep anymore.
Then turn the screw clockwise and find out the position of the screw from where DMM starts beeping that is the correct setting for your horn.(Turn 90 degrees more if required)

@Above ALL
I have got 6 horns which I reconditioned. The contact points usually gets rusted or a layer of carbon(black thing)develops on it and results in croaking or worst it does not operate.I have tried using thin rubber gaskets etc...but somehow water enters in and I have to repeat the process of opening ,cleaning, refitting and adjusting.

Any tip for preventing that from happening again ?

shoeb2015

FYI,I Was going through this thread and found this out.

I have focused/aligned/adjusted the reflectors in such a way that the illumination is just awesome,much better than many other 100/150cc bikes out there having 35watt bulbs.
I don't know why many bikes have beams parallel to the road or they are not adjusted at the time of delivery.

I will post the pictures of beam spread soon.

Pinaki

Everytime I have tried tinkering with horns earlier , most of them never made ANY sound after that . Anyway , I'll try little bit as suggested by you and shoeb . Maruti single horn will work ok on the 2.5Ah battery ? I do have a maruti parts dealer almost next door .
If you write your guide specific for the splendor , you can post it in this thread only .. I guess .
Great TIP !! I do have an cheapo multimeter with continuity buzz . The Splendor plus's OEM horn can be disassembled and worked on ? Sure ? Then I shall try it .
Just 3 bikes in running condition , a max-100R , a cbz-x mostly ridden by my kid bro and this splendor+ . My Rx-135 needs a cylinder-piston kit and yamaha is asking 7000 Rs plus just for that(excluding other parts that'll surely be required) , so haven't got to it yet and the bike is kept covered in garage . Can't take out horns from the running bikes because I & bro need them constantly and love that rx too much to risk it's all oem parts .
Yeah , I often wonder about this . Now how difficult is it for these big big motorcycle manufacturers to design an conventional headlight reflector+lens that works right ?!!
TIP - If you dissemble and polish the reflector,bulb and lens internals with waxpol liquid silicone polish , it reflects at least 10% better and doesn't fog insides on rainy days . This is easy to do on headlights like Yezdi or RX but in splendor/cbz-x etc(most bikes these days) you have to go through the trouble of removing and putting back the fairing .

sibun

@above all- splendor meter cable are coming with this type of defect. One solution is to use 'SUPRAJIT' or "REMSON" cables. SUPRAJIT is OE supplier to almost every company. Previously pricol cable used to come which were approximately Rs. 150 and of much higher quality. While in 2006 i had this problem of breaking of meter pinion and inner wire every five days. My mechanic changed complete cable and pinion as a set and the cable inner lasted for 5 years (for me its approximately 1.3 lacs km) and i changed the cable in December 2011 and the pinion is still going strong.
@pinaki- As sachin has said i have changed the spark plug to ngk the bike wouldn't idle slow and the engine felt rough and mileage became 65 k pl while my 20k run champion plug would idle at approx 1000 rpm and returned 75-80 k pl in city cycle. I bought a champion plug and all the problem vanished. Remember a splendor engine will idle at 1000 rpm when warm without any problem. If it is turning off then either the air-fuel mixture is wrong or there is problem in ignition system or the engine is leaking compression through valves. Slow idling is an excellent method to check whether the tappets are tight as it will leak compression.
Yes swiss bulbs are of excellent quality and don't buy electrical products from lumax as they are of worst quality. Lumax makes reflectors and sealed beam of excellent quality. Ve range is a company which has the best quality bulbs or you can go for Halonix brand bulbs.

Sometimes bulb also dictates the light spread of headlights. try different brand bulbs and see which gives best light output.
Or you can use the Germany bulb coming in new cbz extreme which comes at around Rs.195. You can get it at hero spares and this bulb is thinner than conventional halogen bulb. see the headlight of new extreme or shine.
You can adjust the headlight focus for better visibility.

First find a dark spot so that you can view the light well. Then make some one sit on the bike and race the engine with the headlight on. Then insert a Phillips head screw driver in the headlight adjusting screw and rotate the screw for vertical adjustment. Adjust in such a way that the head beam falls on the road at a distance of approx 50 feet. Usually dipper scatters more if the headlight is pointed high. My fathers splendor+ had the same problem and i lowered the light as a result visibility has improved tremendously. My Joy has round MFR headlight so it has much better visibility but its light intensity is low than new hero.

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