Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Ok then, SVC it is!. Thank you for your help and time.

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Dude, those prices is mentioned earlier were for the activa/dio and NOT the scooty. Please read carefully! Prices for the scooty might be cheaper. And try and stick to oem spares if you are unsure of aftermarket brands. Inspect, and then replace.. And as you said, if your cylinder/piston is kaput and oil burning/poor compression, then changing the clutch components will help little. So do a through check up before replacing parts.

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That Can Be Accepted As A Rough Estimate Bro For My Scooty As-well..
I Want To Buy The Spares From Authorized Service Center Only but get them fixed in front of my eyes by a mechanic
I Dont Think There Is Any Piston Ring Problem In My Scooty
Although There was some white smoke coming out of my scooty
it was fixed my adjusting the valves

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Ahhh,
The sound of High Pressure Washer, fragrance of Meguiars shampoo, sheen left by Caranauba wax.
Every man's TLC for his beloved ride.
I witnessed such care in Adore Car and Bike Spa at RR Nagar Bangalore.
My Dio was so dirty.
Covered in mud & grime. So I decided to take it to an expert(Not Honda ASC who are well known for their bull crap non sense and customer unfriendlyness, Esp. Service Guys at Silicon Honda).
Then I came across Adore Car & Bike spa. "Mr. Kiran" there, took care of my vehicle properly.
1.First he rinse the vehicle and mat with water,in booth.
2.Shampoos the vehicle with Meguiars Car shampoo with help of pressure washer.
3. Wipe body and other parts with SEPARATE clothes (to avoid body scratches) unlike most careless service Centre guys out there, then he scrubs the dirty wheels.
4. Washes the shampoo away with water.
5. Let's the vehicle rest for a couple of minutes to help excess water drain out.
6. Wipes water from body with Leather towel(Chamois cloth)
7. Brings the vehicle to a new dry place and applies body and tyre waxes.
8. Starts the vehicle and lets it idle for few minutes.
All this for economical costs too.
I think every vehicle deserves this kinda TLC at least once a month.
Because your vehicle is a part of you
Totally worth visiting.
Adore Car and Bike Spa.
No.91 CRR Arcade, Double road, Near Rathna Kalidasa
circle BEML4thstage Rajarajeshwari Nagar
Bangalore, India
099 45 686154









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Pressure washing is approved in the bike's owner's-manual ?

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Awesome clicks but what is the price? I don't think it'll be less than 500 bucks.

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[MENTION=29030]Pinaki[/MENTION]
Pressure wash is advisable as long as you are NOT spraying water near the battery. I don't think it ll harm anything bro.
[MENTION=42743]sinnerz2000[/MENTION] all this for just Rs. 150/- bro. Yes,you heard me right, it's a boon and thanks for the picture compliments.
Rs. 150/- for Motorcycles and Scooters.
Rs. 800/- for Cars.




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Nope, but every asc uses it though
These scooters can take some abuse of the pressure wash because they are fully clothed compared to motorcycles. Again, one must ensure the air filter box opening is properly closed off (to avoid damage to the air filter, because its a paper/viscous type) and also there is a small opening at the bottom on the lhs (variator assy side) which is also recommended to be closed. I get it pressure washed only before a service, because I will any way be opening up the wheels, lhs, carb etc for service and re-lubricate them parts.

150rs, seems reasonable., maybe he could have topped off the wash by using compressed air to blow out excess from hard to reach areas like the engine area..

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What does Honda say about this in the manual ? did you check it ?
I doubt they'll recommend it , my bike's manual specifically says not to do it . And I am sure that it is both unnecessary and causes damage to the bike .

Yeah , I know about the ASCs , poor guys have little option as they have to service too many bikes per day . I turn up at the ASC ( if ever ) with a just-washed and polished bike , this have ensured that my ASC never used their washer on my bike .
Don't be so sure brother . Other than cracking plastic , paint de-lamination , water entry into engine , electrical parts and air-intake etc , the main problem of pressure-wash is from overall loss of lubrication . AND - bikes don't need to be pressure washed anyway .

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But you can't re-lube head stem & swing-arm bearings for example , after every wash . Nahi ?
A free weekend , I wash with just plain water from low-pressure garden hose or bucket+mug . Little bit of surf-excel if too dirty . A quickie with waxpol silicone liquid polish after drying maybe ( once a month ) . And you know what - kaaaafiiii hai !

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Moving from dio saddle to discover 150-f saddle by today evening, after 3 years & 6 months. But the dio stays with me .

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as i said since its covered with body panels compared to a regular motorcycle, the head stem doesn't get affected that easily. Mine lasted almost 6 years with washes every couple of months & i never greased it.
and you do not need to worry about the engine foundation bushes.. they are not bearings, and never had an issue with them thus far. I might just replace them away soon since its going to be almost 8 years and close to 50k km.

going to be a little heavy on my pocket the next service.. going to replace the clutch shoes and springs, front brake shoes. It's lost some of the initial pickup and i miss that !
the exide battery is starting to act up once a week or so, probably need to get it checked and recharged (has a 3 yr pro rated warrenty, been two years now, never had to touch it.. exide extreme 'maintenance free' - but can be topped up and recharged if necessary)
Been almost 5 months since last service, ridden just 2000km but everyday at least 10 km, its never idle.. will get it serviced end of this month once the rains subside. Been too busy with work

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One Of My Friend Who Owns An Activa Also Has Self Start Problem Like Me..
Whenever He Presses the self start button a 'tick'-'tick' sound comes from the starter relay
we thought that the relay is damaged but a mechanic said the relay is fine but the self start motor has worn out carbon brushes
he replaced the carbon brushes with some bikes carbon brushes with the help of little 'jugaad'
he charged us rs.200 hundred..we didn't had any idea so we payed him rs.200
around 2-3 weeks later the same problem arose we again went to the same mechanic he again told us the same problem
but this time we refused to replace the carbon brushes...

is it really the carbon brush or something else ?
why is the problem recurring ?
is replacing self start motor financially viable ?

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Are You Talking About These Springs ?

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Replace the Self start switch which you press with your thumb with new OEM Minda make.
Same thing happened to my activa also few years back.