my reply in bold.

How about winding up this thing this week?
we have today, tomorrow n saturday, I am free all three evenings
what about you guys ?

Check pune thread...

@eshan: I don't think I can come as I don't have all safety gears.
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Meanwhile, bike is giving super low average. 33-35 kpl. What could be the reason?
The bike is being barely used. once in a week or two. I keep very small amount of petrol in the tank. I think petrol is evaporating when the bike is not used, is that possible?

Evaporation is possible but not much. I guess the bike is out of tuning.

No riding gears, that's not fair, you know I came up with full riding gears last time we met.

Completed 20,000 Kms



I bought "Antique Blue" in December 2010. Since then I have been very proud owner of this one of a kind hooligan. I learnt all the biking on this. This is my first ever bike, and we both grew together. It was like building strong relationship with her as time went pass. We had many falls, but with every fall, I got to learn what she doesn't like to be done with her.
We have toured many places, been to Sinhgad, Mumbai, Malshej, Kaas, Goa, Lonavala, Banglore, Mulshi, Kolahpur, Lavasa, Khapoli, Kashid and Ahmedabad (In exactly this order). We have been together in every type of condition, be it 42 degree, or chilling winter nights or heavy rain lashed Ghats...
She has been always stuck with me.
We ridden every way, be it offroading, drags, corners, super fast straights, casual enjoying speed or sometimes even crawling. But everytime enjoyed each other's company.. And all this there has been one more friend tugging along, my Camera..always capturing our every trip.
Today she is not in stock form..
following are her current specs

Spark Plugs : Iridium
Headlight : 55/60 W
Pilot lamp : Philips White light
Rear Tyre : MRF Zapper Wyde
Clutch Plates : New

Mileage : 40 avg
Top speed : 145 kmph
Odometer : 20,004 km : 847 Kms
Fastest run : 125 kms in 1 hour 10 mins
Longest one day run
Color : Still as shining as before, Plasma Blue


Total Falls : 5
Age : 1 year 5 months 13 days

Most memorable trip : Home going trip to Ahmedabad done on 6th April

And I am still not done with her, I guess won't be ever ..as there still lot to understand about her needs as we grow old together

Hail 180... Loved the write up and congratulations for completing 20k kms...

Keep her safe.

hmm possible. There are lots of backfires on deceleration. I pulled the plugs, set proper distance between electrodes. They were almost black from brown. Air filter is new. Carb is just cleaned a 500kms back. New motul 5100 in just 500 kms back.

Also yesterday when tank dried in mid road, it was in overflown state for 15 mins even after pouring petrol in. I think outside heat can be blamed for it.

Another thing I have over tightened the drive chain. There's no slackness. I'll put some slackness in it today or tomorrow.

Lol I didn't see them, where did hid them?

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@AntiqueBlue: Great companion you have got there. I bought mine a year before you and still done only 15K km. . I too have had 3-4 falls till date.

thank you

Where do you live ?

Congrats for a clean ownership except for the five falls. I have had 4-5 falls too. How is the 55W Halogen performing any battery discharge issues?

Your carburetor setting is not right its too lean or Rich. There is a misconception that setting the mixture to lean gives good mileage although it does help but only upto an extent if the mixture is too lean than the bike might not give even the desired rated mileage.


Yeah, I think you did'nt noticed the riding gears as it was dark all around. Also it was a charming experience meeting at night that too @10'o clock. Night time is better for a meet IMO.

Near Wakad.
SO you coming to dhaba g2g, right?
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@princesirohoi: You coming too right?
Another thing, You're running fine on stock UG3 RR. UG4 RR should be even higher on charging capacity as being full DC every electrical component has to use electricity right through RR? I'm a little relieved.

I think engine is running on rich side because, plug tips turned black, misfires happen with rich mixture and bike currently has very good pick up. If it was running lean then it would have introduced knocking, right? haven't experienced knocking in ages.

I think I'll note stock setting first and then see trying AFR screw clockwise, half a turn once, till I get good mix.

Aab next time darshan kab honge aapke?

when ?? where ?? which dhaba ??

no i am not running on stock ug3 rr, i have an ape rr.
stock ug3 rr is not sufficient.

but i had tried ug4 rr on my bike for a few days and measured its output, it was 5 amps, that means axact equal to ape rr, and it ran fine for few days, then i got an ape rr and changed it. so it confirms that if only stator is rewound with thicker gauge wire, your stock rr will do the job for a 35 watt HID.

and since ur bike is total DC, ur bike's stock charging may be just sufficient to run a 35 watt HID.

so first install an HID and see, if battery hold good, then no need to do anything, even if battery gets discharged all you need to do is rewound stator.

total cost= 1600 for chines HID + 300 for coil rewinding.

my bike has some serious engine problems and i will be attending it this sunday, so may be next week we can meet.

Backfire is caused due to lean mixture. It could also cause a drop in mileage. I don't know if the RICH mixture also causes backfire.

Rich Mixture means the carburetor is delivering too much gasoline. Typical symptoms of a rich mixture are:

• Poor fuel economy
• Sluggish acceleration
• Choke not needed from cold starts
• Sooty or black spark plugs
• Sooty or black muffler end pipes
• Strong smell of gasoline when machine is at idle
• Uneven running (will often slow from regular idle rpm's and stop)

2) Lean Mixtures means the carburetor is delivering too much air. Typical symptoms of a lean mixture are:

• Backfires as the throttle is closed (primarily during coast-downs)
• Lurching acceleration
• White or light grey spark plugs
• Requires excessive amounts of choke to run/start
• White or light grey muffler end pipes
• Bluing (on chrome systems) of the exhaust header down-pipes

3) Incorrect Adjustment applies to carburetors that have incorrect adjustment of the air/fuel screw and the balance between two or more carburetors - where fitted. Incorrect adjustment can produce any of the previously noted symptoms. On multi-cylinder machines, with separate carburetors for each cylinder, the following symptoms are typical of an adjustment problem:

Source: Carburetor Problems - How to Diagnose Carburetor Problems


I will be soon in Pune may be in June, will inform you and others.

@princesrohi: Could any competent mechanic remove the stator coil or I need to go to a electrician to remove and refit it.

@prince: Oh I thought that was UG3 RR you were using. I'm not jumping on HID right now. I'll just do rewinding for now.

I'll do the rewinding myself, can you point me to a propoer instructions info or something. I tried searching a little but didn't find the actual procedure.


Oh that's new. Didn't you yourself said that bike will have better pick on rich AFR?
They must have meant knocking instead of backfiring.
Nevertheless spark plugs are black here so that defines everything.

That stator coil is tad easy to remove. Look on bsmotoring, they have demo there.

any mechanic can remove the stator plate, after removal of stator plate, give it to a good motor rewinding shop with proper instructions.

one thing to note is that your bike will not run without stator plate, so if u get it removed by mechanic, you have to push you bike to your home, so better is get it removed at ur home.