Thread: Restoring a 1995 Shaolin.. Need Inputs.

They are sourced from the same land.
They perform the same, however dont last exactly the same.
On a Fiero, the Jap ones would last a good 10k kms under real hard abuse, this one will start fading away at around 8k kms. These plates would hold over 22 horses on my Fiero 200, its just that I would change them every 3k kms.
The RTR plates are also not jap, however they last a solid 25k kms under whatever abuse u throw at it. My RTR has clocked 22k kms with plenty of racing abuse and still runs on OE plates and still pops thru gear shifts and not a sign of a slip yet. Its got the best clutch in the country.

Glad to hear that! Esp. when the Suzuki plates are going for around 1,500 now. The TVS ones for around Rs. 200! So even if they have 80% life compared to the Suzuki ones, they make much more sense, as long as performance is not affected.

consider this, you get these plates for 180 bucks. They last easily 10k kms under sane riding. I said 8k with mad riding on a stock engine. So for 1500 bucks you can run nearly 8 sets which will last u 80k kms over the jap ones. FYI, the jap ones are no more made and its a waste of money to buy them anymore. Some dealers sell them at a premium and fools buy them considering its some pot of gold.

@ thread starter : Best of luck....let the pics do some talking too..

@ all: Thanks for the info. The bike is 97 and not 95 as stated. It was purchased from Zen motors in B'lore. Thanks joel for pointing it out. The Bike had 30K on the dial when I bought her. She is now running on standard. The only mods I had done were using the Gun's Handle bar and silencer as they had rusted away. The wiring had also been screwed up by my older mechanic.

I am planning to approach a certain Guru Autoworks in Mylapore, Chennai for restoration. My budget is 15K incl of painting. I might add a RTR disc if bdget permits. I will Post Pictures of the vehicle in it's current state tomorrow.

OT: I visited Pudhupet today to meet some old friends and learnt about the police raid some time back. Any Info on this?

Ragav

Originally Posted by Joel

consider this, you get these plates for 180 bucks. They last easily 10k kms under sane riding. I said 8k with mad riding on a stock engine. So for 1500 bucks you can run nearly 8 sets which will last u 80k kms over the jap ones. FYI, the jap ones are no more made and its a waste of money to buy them anymore. Some dealers sell them at a premium and fools buy them considering its some pot of gold.

Only 10 k with sane riding??? Thats BAD!! Would hate to open up anything after just 10 k km. My gun has done just over 20,000 km... still going great guns with the original plates. Crankcase has never been opened. I was hoping i'd never need to open/change. My riding is more or less sane... no drags... only ocasional high speed highway runs (80 +/- 20 kmph). How long do you think my plates will last?

1995 shaolin????? thr is no such thing ever produced.. u have to be sure he's not conning u.. listen to joel, he's completely right..

^I'm an ex-shaolin owner so have a clear track of the shaolin's trend. Owned a 1999 Shaolin and sold in 2005. The shaolin was lauched in Aug 1997 and the refreshed version with launched in oct 1999 with a new dash, gear indicators, fr plastic mudguard, ceriani front forks, new CDI and magneto, new grapghics/paint, a new Cat-con exhaust and a few other tweeks. The Shaolin was last produced till jan/feb 2000 along with the shogun. In Nov 1999, the Suzuki Fiero was launched and TVS considered it a replacement to the Shaolin and shogun.

Joel how wrong they were, thinking that the feiro cud do the same kind of rounds the lin n gun did. Anyway hoping to work on my engine soon. Time is just not permitting me. Besides my quest for adding another oldie to my garage is keeping my money in the savings account instead of getting it out there and letting me restore the shaolin completely.

Originally Posted by Nikhil Pereira

Joel how wrong they were, thinking that the feiro cud do the same kind of rounds the lin n gun did.

But you wont believe what happened next.
The Fiero went ahead and thrashed the rally and motocross records of both the Shaolin and Shogun right from the year 2000. It was the MX and road racing champion untill 2006 and was later replaced by the upgraded Fiero aka RTR. In the expert class, the Fiero/RTR in the modified MX frames were faster around the track than the blown indian 2-strokes.