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I too have a Unicorn (along with my P220 ). It is 3 years old and has clocked 54000+ kms (my daily commute is 84 odd kms) with riding conditions similar to what you are facing. What I used to do was get the bike serviced every 2500 to 3000 kms like clockwork, apart from the usual stuff like oiling/greasing the chain, tightening brakes etc. and till date, the bike is going strong (in fact, I'm having second thoughts about selling it off )

Welcome to Xbhp Rishabh .
First of all there are few things which are very important and which are not to be compromised for a safe and peaceful ride to your destination and back, they are:
1. Brakes
2. Tyres (You can leave this cause you've just got new ones)
3. Cables (Throtlle & Clutch mainly)
4. Lubricants
5. Headlights
Usually for new age bikes the service interval is 3000kms or 3 months (whichever is earlier), so religiously follow this and in your case 3k kms would come first. Build up a nice rapport with the service guy and get your bike checked and serviced properly.
Apart from servicing all you have to do is a quick check (assuming that you'll know how to do it cause you've had it for 48k odd kms now) on the above listed five items daily (if possible) or else atleast once a week while washing or cleaning your bike (I do this and i feel it's more than enough).
Finally there are few items other than oil and filters like spark plug, cables which are to changed at regular intervals of 10k kms or so mentioned in your service manual. keep a note on that and do insist on changing them in your service station.
There are people who ride more than 100 kms a day on Unicorn and my friend has done more than 1L kms and the bike is still the same. He just does regular maintainance. I think this is more than enough and your bike would do just fine.

In addition to the above solutions.., one more possibility is changing the sprocket gearing i.e. make it shallower(reduce 1/2 teeth on wheel sprocket), reducing the overall ratio......this will make your engine run at a lower rpm for the same vehicle speed.....but there will be corresponding loss in torque/acceleration.....
just an option...

I'm doing about 1500 Kms a month, which is about 70 Kms a day for over 1+ year now. Just listen to the noise of your engine everyday, religiously.

Do the following in routine...
1. Keep the engine oil in topped up
2. Air filters cleaned
3. Lubricate the chain
4. Check brake shoes
5. Tyres cleaned (I mean it)
All the more, simply stick to your manufacturers recommendation on service intervals whether you do it by yourself or get it done at A.S.S.

Most importantly, use quality fuel & lubricants.

Spot on.. aargee
Most of the other items, I guess, could be taken care of with regular servicing

aargee....please elaborate on it a bit...., how does it helps....thanks buddy..

When you've mud between the treads, if decreases your braking ability. Also, when you've the slush cleared off from the tyres using tyre cleaner, it improves the softness in the rubber rather than cleaning it with running water. It also helps aesthetically.

nothing special needed to be done.

my bike covers 110 km daily(delhi-gurgaon) and it is karizma R and ZMR(alternate days)

i own pulsar 220. . . and i my daily riding is 120kms.....and i ride 25 days in a month(home-collage-home)
my question is....
what is the regular interval of cleaning airfilter?

Thanks sunny!

Centaur, I too won't be selling of my bike anytime soon. It has hardly given me any problems till date! By the way, just wondering, since even you travel in similar conditions, how does your suspensions (rear) perform?

Thanks shelton_jh! This information makes a lot of sense. Have noted it down.

This is exactly what I do everyday! And it is also one of the reason for me to start this thread. Now, this is what I have noticed all these days riding for long distances - If I start the bike in the morning, and immediately set of for office, the bike sounds harsh. But, if I let the bike idle for 3-5 minutes before starting off, the engine sounds as good as new! Does this make any sense to you?

Well, I'm on my second shock absorber, but I guess that's okay, considering I did a Leh trip on the Unicorn as well... but it's not as soft as I'd like it to be, inspite of trying all the settings


It makes perfect sense... your idling gives the engine oil time to circulate and do its lubrication thingy