That was nice Thank you.

But one more thing I need to clarify.
As some one said, I tried keeping the high/low switch in the mid position, and both filaments were glowing. But they were not drawing full power, and the net out put was just same as one filament working alone.
Why does this happen..?

hii guys,

there is a strange hissing sound coming from my xtremes fuel cap when parked...

is it abnormal or is it just the venting sound?

Getting old u see .. did u get the gaskets ??

I am quoting my own post now cause i want to warn others from going to this place :

this is what happened today when i dropped by his place yesterday evening

1) I called him first and asked him if he just services the bike or he also does engine work as my bike demands some attention in this department - i explained its smoking etc - he said he is a trained engineer and told me to bring the bike to him.

2) So i took the bike all the way to chennai 130kms - i really liked his workshop its fully air conditioned and very neat - he also talked nicely .

3)Then he took me to his office and asked what i wanted - told him i want my ride to be like new - to this he said he has stopped doing engine work as he no longer has any assistants - i was like why didnt he tell me that before ? i have just wqaster 130kms and half a day for this
- once the bike bore is open it loses the factory setting and no matter what he does it wont be like new - thats what he said.

4)Nevertheless he took a test drive and told me my bike is a total CRAP - bore needs work / cone set gone/sprocket gone/clutch gone - so told me to scrap it put it out of its misery and get a new bike - i was like and

5)Then he gave me a long lecture on how to select the right bke and why its pointless to invest more money repairing my Xtreme.

at this point i remembered one of joels old posts about how he rebuilt a ZMA ebgine that was destroyed after installing some kinda NOS kit - if he can rebuild an engine that suffered so much damage then why my bike engine has to be scrappped even if what he says is true ?

6)he told me he has some kinda FFE and some special filter for the xtreme that is used even in darka rally bikes - he said it has been modified to fit the xtreme.

he said it is covered in animal fat and i will be given some special solution that dissolves the fay and dirt that has accumulated on the fat thereby cleaning it .

i was like "is that even possible to make a filter covered in animal fat?" - then he quoted the price - hold your breath - he said it wil cost Rs 2900 for that air filter-

and it will make by engine breath more freely and keep the dusts away like darka rally bikes .

7)He ealso said synthetic oil will cause bore damage and should never be used in indian bikes - he said one guy bore was gone in just a week after using motul 300V - i was like ...

8)He said due to pollution norms even though the company says xtreme makes like this much BHP bu it isnt true - the bike makes far less power than whats mentioned in the manual - as its blocked in 6 places in the exhaust.

After all this he told me to take my time selecting the perfect ride and bring it to him on the first day itself so he can do the master service and keep the bike running for a long time.

Master service = Rs 4000 /3000kms

I almost had a heart attack hearing that number.

He specifically told me not to put how much he charges on Xbhp as that will deter people from coming to him which i agreed .

If he had told the truth that he doesnt do the engine work wheni first asked him half my day would have not been wasted

He also said K&N filter dont need upjetting .

Nah got only ANL brake pads / air filter/diamond chain kit .

ASK costs Rs 95 but most shops sell it for like Rs 110 here - other options are like sinbun said KBX and ANL - today only i installed ANL its better than ASK if you ask me -ANL pads costs less than Rs 140 - bit costly than ASK - but the braking is good .

To find out if the rear brake pads needs to be changed just press the brake pedal and see if the lever touches the mark in the rear wheel - if it touches then the pads needs to change.

For the front also there is a mark if you can see it then its fine .

Got it installed for Rs 700 ....3AM here too sleepy to type now talk to you tomorrow .

How he is able to run his garage with these kinda crappy knowledge and ideas !!!
But it is not good that you didn't keep your word regarding revealing the cost of master service here

Mod. forgive this OT .

I am made to remember the story that Vivekananda's guru told of 5 blind people going to see an elephant.Each according to his experience of touch argues about the shape of the elephant, a mountain , rope,pillar,flat,spear etc.each is right in his own world of knowledge and truth is the totality of all and ++++of many things not known.

Bit confused,
So you say I'm like one of those blinds ?
or the garage owner to be like one...

What I believe is Hunk alternator is not giving enough power(read electric current) to drive the 35W itself; even if when both filaments are glowing it cannot produce anymore power, so output would be same.

Yes. Thats what I too think and observed.
A few pages back, there was a post in which 'ekm_biker' said that current is limited due to load and not by the regulator, so higher wattage will draw more current and glow brighter.

@ ekm_biker,
sir, could you throw some light into the matter..?

Now a days there are many a work shop mechanics who thinks that they only know the best .

have you seen hustle

BBC Hustle - Series 1 Promo - YouTube

did you see how professional his website is ? and then here he was sitting right in front of me and saying he doesnt know how to operate a computer - how he cant even check his mail - it could be true -
I could be wrong as well ....hey i am human too .

but i aint stepping in that place anytime soon - i mean 4000 bucks for service .

@itssaurabh.negi bro this is the ANL pad i got yesterday :

Today only i checked my engine oil level and in just 500kms it has gone below the minimum mark - so drained it hot and measured it - i poured 900ml and only 550ml left i have treavelled like this at constant 6K RPM yesterday for like 200+Kms then how come my engine didnt seize guys ? .

Only had some old 20W 50 oil so poured that as a stop gap measure - fearing the engine might seize i emptied the whole bottle - all 1L of it and took it for a small spin and BAAM the compression goes - the kicker felt free - so push started it in 1 st gear - after a couple of tries it came back to life but the engine was feeling hotter than normal for some reason .

I need to get the bore job done quickly now

@sinbun one mech in chennai told me SAM pistons are good is that correct ? he also said i can rebore to a over sized piston 0.5mm - he showed me a pulsar 200CC bore that he rebored that day

He also said the head work is needed along with the rebore work - is that true ? he is quoting Rs 2700 for the entire job .

also wont the bore would have got damaged yesterday as my bike was only riding on just 550ml of oil ? is it now advisable to change the entire kit or i can look into re boring even now?

all i want is a trouble free ride for the next 40K

UPDATE : with he 20W 50 oil the bike managed to hit 95Km/hr only with a pillion - combined weight of 145Kgs ...earlier it would cross 100Km/hr .