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why indulge in cosmetics?
i stay no more than 500m from the place in mumbai - a/c market, tardeo - where the mods are carried out- infact a cbz modded to R1 is the current craze
i have been there several times.
my Rd mech took my bike in that lane for some paint job work, i was there.
so while some touch-up was being done, i spent my time - more than an hour- at this hanif fellow's garage, and saw and studied how he fabricates the stuff.
when i changed mechs, the new mech had his place in that lane itself, right near to hanif's(the fellow who F*#Ks your bike- and chargesyou for it) - and i must have cumulatively spent around half a day at hanif's.
the materials, processes and the final product are of the lowest quality - i can assure you.
if anybody does want to verify - i can take you there.
why? because i do not want you fellows to lose your sense of judgement over some fancy looking ****.
companies spends millions making a bike - hanif can do no better to them. the fellow is no techie - i am.
the fairing is not aerodynamically tested- so any improvement to stability and such is bull**** - in fact it may harm the dynamic properties ofthe bike.
the fairing adds dead weight and not aerodynamics, and this weight hampers performance.
as to performance improvement - to the engine espeially- does any motorcycle mechanic, ANY, have the gauges, devices and instruments to verify performance levels?
NONE
they are, i am not sorry for saying this - are the WORST enemies of your machine- illiterate and full of crap.
customers are very gullible, i warn you thus.
most fellows tend to relate performance with noise and feel-of-the-pants - get over with it.
the most ancient machines made noise.
modern machines are recognied for their LACK of noise(in ways due to govt regs also) - and no vibration performance.
loud cans not equal to better performance.
put it simply, machines are like humans
they consume, process and exhume.
if you upset one parameter, such as cans, wheels, bars, porting, etc.,
what you in essence are doing is CRAP.
imagine you are the bike - the free flow can and filter are youre repiratory system - one for inhaling and the other for exhaust.
if they are wrongly matched, you cannot breathe properly and your efficiency reduces- same with machines too.
altering one aspect means altering ALL other aspects.
with alleged power increase, do mechs ever tell you to strengthen your chassis? or upgrade your forks to handle the extra power - if they do how do they expect to do it?
some local welding, and shocks picked from some tatty imported bike?
in india, even if it is claimed to be done properly, how do you test it?
does anyone have a dynamometer or even know of one?
where are the testers and instruments?
I am not against local mechs, yes.
but I defer to give my expensive machine to a fellow who knows zero of mechanics and electronics.
maybe the joker has fiddled with one to many bikes to get his 'experience'.
might have spent a bomb on cosmetics - the fellow is a fool.
regards
Farzan
i stay no more than 500m from the place in mumbai - a/c market, tardeo - where the mods are carried out- infact a cbz modded to R1 is the current craze
i have been there several times.
my Rd mech took my bike in that lane for some paint job work, i was there.
so while some touch-up was being done, i spent my time - more than an hour- at this hanif fellow's garage, and saw and studied how he fabricates the stuff.
when i changed mechs, the new mech had his place in that lane itself, right near to hanif's(the fellow who F*#Ks your bike- and chargesyou for it) - and i must have cumulatively spent around half a day at hanif's.
the materials, processes and the final product are of the lowest quality - i can assure you.
if anybody does want to verify - i can take you there.
why? because i do not want you fellows to lose your sense of judgement over some fancy looking ****.
companies spends millions making a bike - hanif can do no better to them. the fellow is no techie - i am.
the fairing is not aerodynamically tested- so any improvement to stability and such is bull**** - in fact it may harm the dynamic properties ofthe bike.
the fairing adds dead weight and not aerodynamics, and this weight hampers performance.
as to performance improvement - to the engine espeially- does any motorcycle mechanic, ANY, have the gauges, devices and instruments to verify performance levels?
NONE
they are, i am not sorry for saying this - are the WORST enemies of your machine- illiterate and full of crap.
customers are very gullible, i warn you thus.
most fellows tend to relate performance with noise and feel-of-the-pants - get over with it.
the most ancient machines made noise.
modern machines are recognied for their LACK of noise(in ways due to govt regs also) - and no vibration performance.
loud cans not equal to better performance.
put it simply, machines are like humans
they consume, process and exhume.
if you upset one parameter, such as cans, wheels, bars, porting, etc.,
what you in essence are doing is CRAP.
imagine you are the bike - the free flow can and filter are youre repiratory system - one for inhaling and the other for exhaust.
if they are wrongly matched, you cannot breathe properly and your efficiency reduces- same with machines too.
altering one aspect means altering ALL other aspects.
with alleged power increase, do mechs ever tell you to strengthen your chassis? or upgrade your forks to handle the extra power - if they do how do they expect to do it?
some local welding, and shocks picked from some tatty imported bike?
in india, even if it is claimed to be done properly, how do you test it?
does anyone have a dynamometer or even know of one?
where are the testers and instruments?
I am not against local mechs, yes.
but I defer to give my expensive machine to a fellow who knows zero of mechanics and electronics.
maybe the joker has fiddled with one to many bikes to get his 'experience'.
might have spent a bomb on cosmetics - the fellow is a fool.
regards
Farzan
that's really disgraceful. 
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