I can offer stuff for anyone in the country and not restricted to Bangalore alone. Bangalore is yet to realise a lot of things, other cities are worse. Its more bling than go here when it comes to 4-strokes and I have seriously fingered some 2-stroke fanatics and proven a thing or two with 4-strokes.

When it comes to tuning, people here are only interested in copying. I know of the no of people who are on my tail to sneak into what I do and make some quick bucks. However copying will never teach them anything but will surely earn a lot of money coz they save the time and money with development.
Back in 2005, I built my first tuned freeflow on my Fiero 200 and the performance gains were something else. I once took the exhaust to a tinker to re-fabricate one section and in 6 months I could see some multiple copies of what i built all over the town. The dimensions were all wrong however and those pipes were more in favour of farting than moving. But who knows dimensions are more important than the looks.

Even on xbhp, I get PMs and mails from fellow members who wanna know what exactly i have built. many seek ideas for their builds and expect me to give every detailed aspect, while it has taken me some serious money and crazy efforts to get there. This is a short-cut country. No body wants to exploit, all want to only replicate.

I see a lot of posts on xbhp about porting a 4-stroke head. If even 1% of the people here realise what it takes to make a good flowing port and what goes into my build, that would be something else. Porting as per most is merely enlarging the port and for most its a childs play. Big deal just remove the metal and voila you have a fast bike! How I wish it was that easy.
Next is the big-bore craze. Shov a larger piston and fly?
You are going nowhere fast except for merely making some more torque at lower revs. Put the bike on a dyno and you'll see its loosing power at higher revs over a stock engine.
Building a big-bore engine is again a cake-walk here, according to the experts here.

The reason why people are ignorant is coz they get all the technical gyaan from their friendly neighbourhood mechanic who is purely an illiterate. Atleast 90% of the mechanics are illiterates and almost all have a very unorthodox and non-technical approach towards tuning. Basics are not in place.
Anybody who can remove and put back things and fix can become a mechanic, but a tuner is something else. Since anything to do with engines is considered as a dirty business with greasy hands, is why this scene is still stuck at this. A mechanic is still some giddu or chottu who will remain in the scene for the next 30-40yrs. Then his son grows and takes over with the same culture in place.
All the educated ones are busy earning some serious salary at some big MNCs and nobody except for a handful are serious about tuning in this country. And almost all the bikers are stuck with the illiterate mechs.
I for one, have my own approach towards tuning which is way radical than what i have seen with others. I'm glad I have got to this much in such a short time, coz of my approach. FYI, I'm not even a mechanical or automobile engineer. I hold a bachelor degree in Business Management. So whats the connection?
Thats some serious, I mean dead serious interest levels, commitment, innovative thinking, money and patience.
I eat, walk, talk, sleep, dream engines.

Joel

I can offer stuff for anyone in the country and not restricted to Bangalore alone. Bangalore is yet to realise a lot of things, other cities are worse. Its more bling than go here when it comes to 4-strokes and I have seriously fingered some 2-stroke fanatics and proven a thing or two with 4-strokes.

When it comes to tuning, people here are only interested in copying. I know of the no of people who are on my tail to sneak into what I do and make some quick bucks. However copying will never teach them anything but will surely earn a lot of money coz they save the time and money with development.
Back in 2005, I built my first tuned freeflow on my Fiero 200 and the performance gains were something else. I once took the exhaust to a tinker to re-fabricate one section and in 6 months I could see some multiple copies of what i built all over the town. The dimensions were all wrong however and those pipes were more in favour of farting than moving. But who knows dimensions are more important than the looks.

Even on xbhp, I get PMs and mails from fellow members who wanna know what exactly i have built. many seek ideas for their builds and expect me to give every detailed aspect, while it has taken me some serious money and crazy efforts to get there. This is a short-cut country. No body wants to exploit, all want to only replicate.

I see a lot of posts on xbhp about porting a 4-stroke head. If even 1% of the people here realise what it takes to make a good flowing port and what goes into my build, that would be something else. Porting as per most is merely enlarging the port and for most its a childs play. Big deal just remove the metal and voila you have a fast bike! How I wish it was that easy.
Next is the big-bore craze. Shov a larger piston and fly?
You are going nowhere fast except for merely making some more torque at lower revs. Put the bike on a dyno and you'll see its loosing power at higher revs over a stock engine.
Building a big-bore engine is again a cake-walk here, according to the experts here.

The reason why people are ignorant is coz they get all the technical gyaan from their friendly neighbourhood mechanic who is purely an illiterate. Atleast 90% of the mechanics are illiterates and almost all have a very unorthodox and non-technical approach towards tuning. Basics are not in place.
Anybody who can remove and put back things and fix can become a mechanic, but a tuner is something else. Since anything to do with engines is considered as a dirty business with greasy hands, is why this scene is still stuck at this. A mechanic is still some giddu or chottu who will remain in the scene for the next 30-40yrs. Then his son grows and takes over with the same culture in place.
All the educated ones are busy earning some serious salary at some big MNCs and nobody except for a handful are serious about tuning in this country. And almost all the bikers are stuck with the illiterate mechs.
I for one, have my own approach towards tuning which is way radical than what i have seen with others. I'm glad I have got to this much in such a short time, coz of my approach. FYI, I'm not even a mechanical or automobile engineer. I hold a bachelor degree in Business Management. So whats the connection?
Thats some serious, I mean dead serious interest levels, commitment, innovative thinking, money and patience.
I eat, walk, talk, sleep, dream engines.

Joel

^I would surely like to work on the new UCE 500. That will be some serious fun. If time permits, I might rip apart one fairly new UCE 500 TBTS and do some works.
The thing which never sparked me with the bullets is that I frankly dislike low-revvy engines. And then, I need some muscles to pull that thing apart man .
I have been eyeing the 500 and 350 heads for a while now, so there are some serious things to be done. Cams are a restriction and then again the bottom engine needs to be beefed. Crank to clutch to the GB which means you have to put some serious money and time for developments. The UCE is much better than the AVL and the rest. AVL is better than the older ones however.
But the point is, how many are serious about pimping a bullet? How much are people willing to stretch?
I see more cruisers than cafe racers, so you can see the trend! Nobody wants to sweat on engine works man. All want the gloss and looks only, esp bullet owners.
Trust me, building an Esteem's engine is cheaper than working on a bullet, no jokes!

^The UCE500 Machismo I saw was being tested at chennai by Ucal and had twin spark. Maybe what i saw was a proto. I have pics
Joel

Not proto.... Its a much worse case. They are testing it for export purposes only. Have seen these guys plenty of time near my home, Besant Nagar etc. Every time I strike up a conversation, this is their answer.

Actually the 500 will be available in India later this year or early next year. It has Kei hin FI. I had a short ride on a proto and it seemed pretty peppy except for the viberation. It is currently being tested for export to UK.

hey joel..... nice work der man...

i just bot a 220 dtsi, n wanted 2 tune it but after reading ur post watevr lil trust n hope i had wid d local "tuners" vanised in thin air.... i m new 2 biking altho i hav riden my neighbours R6 n R1 a numbr of times n all i want is pure performance....

i was wondering if u cud help me out wid My 220..... ever thot of tuning 220's engine?? its already reely fast n quick... i just wonder wat kinda beast u will make out of a vanilla 220 dtsi....

i stay in pune... n wen can we xpect d avaibility of ur mods 2 us ? d mango ppl ?

thanks