Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

congratulations.
the nut is close to the end because they are new brake shoes with their full friction material intact. perfectly normal. as they wear and you adjust the brakes the nut will move further inward (that nut is used to adjust the brake)
do u notice the pointed arrow tab/marking ^ .. as the brakes wear and u adjust the nut (goes inward) the arrow will move towards the marking on the case, and is an indication of ideal brake shoe wear limit.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

I'm not sure of the exact setting in Dio but if you have some play in the lever and the braking is progressive instead of a sudden bite, you are good to go.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

So finally I got my dio today and noticed that brake tightening nut is so close to the end, the play is good at this adjustment though , if I try to tight the nut more the brake lever play gets hard. My question is it in a right adjustment, below is the reference picture.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

nope. its a nice zippy little scoot to ride around town.
stick to regular maintenance/oil changes (every 2500km) and it should purr along.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Hey all, planning to buy dio deluxe, never owned a scooter before.. I have Rc390 but it's too difficult to flick around in bangalore traffic so gave a thought of buying a dio(mileage and look concerned), so my friend reached to me and said the new gen dio have the problem with alignment, dash parts quality and engine issues which occurs early he pointed.! Are those really a actual facts.? Right now I'm bit concerned, can anyone clear me out here please, TIA

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Since i bought it second hand , the previous owner replaced the battery before selling, so battery is new

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Battery is new, i may have to look at carbon brushes in the starter motor

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

check the battery first, if it checks out ok.. then you might need to replace the carbon brushes in the starter motor. also get the starter bendix checked.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

How old is your Battery? If it is in goodworking condition then have a look at the starter and then finally the wiring.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

My aviator is giving me the problem with self-start, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. when pressing the switch the self start motor doesn't work and i hear a tik tik sound only.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Nope the sealant was put in when I had purchased the scooter. I was informed that it will help in preventing something called as micro punctures. My scooter runs on MRF.


Yeah that i know. These local puncture wallas have been scamming people for quite some time now. I have also seen the case where the damage was done deliberately to the tube just so that they could sell a new tube. They buy tube tubes in bulk and sell them at a steep profit, Rs 100/120 per tube. Also it is much more cost effective and takes less time to replace the tube than to fixing a tyre puncture. But if you think that the local puncture walla typically looting people then one should go to the branded shops. Firstly these shops are more interested in selling you tyres and are not interested in fixing punctures, especially those of 2 wheelers. For example I recently went and inquired about Ceat GRIPP tyres for activa and they said Rs 1500. I was shocked when the online price of the same tyre is about Rs 1000-1100 on amazon in the recent festive mela. Then I asked about fixing the tyre puncture they said it would take about 1-2 hours, they were more interested in doing wheel balancing and rotation for 4 wheelers. We need something like an online service OLA or Uber or Amazon or Swiggy to come and shake up the market.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

did you put the sealant in, if so which brand, was it tubeless specific ? unlikely (maybe not impossible) such sealants would cause an issue.. i have used a type of this sealant called "slime" and also on my dio it runs on the tuffup tube (mrf tube that comes with sealant built in.. very good tube.. unfortunately difficult to get one now)

350rs to clean the rim/tyre and new valve!? many of the puncture wala's have been scamming people into changing valves on tubeless to make a quick extra buck. a valve usually doesn't cost more than 50rs and seldom goes bad, but these guys charge 100-150rs whenever someone goes in for a puncture on a tubeless by cooking up cock and bull stories (and sometimes themselves damaging the valve). earlier with tubed tires, they used to say tube is gone (sometimes using sleight of hand to inflict damage) and force a tube replacement. seen and heard quiet a few stories at-least around here in hyderabad. this was also confirmed to me by a very honest puncture wala who has shop next to where i live.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

So today my tyre had very less pressure when it was filled up just last evening. Thinking it is a puncture I took it to the local puncture repair shop. He found no nail in the tyre but there was air leaking from where the tyre beading meets the rim. I have tubless tyres. He took the tyre out and showed me that the interior of the tyre was filled with a bluish-green puncture seal liquid. He told me that such types of liquid do more damage than good and also the same was responsible for the tyre beading not adhering to the rim or not forming the complete seal required to prevent air from escaping. The funny part is that just a few days ago I had taken my scooter for its monthly service to honda Authorized service station in Bangalore and they I had specifically told them about this problem and requested them to fix this, i.e slow leakage of tyre air pressure and they had said that they had fixed that.

So the local puncture walla removed the tyre from the rim, washed the rim and the tyre thoroughly and changed the valve. The total costs was Rs 350. Has some one who has put these types of liquids inside their tubeless tyres encountered similar problem? How have you resolved these issues?

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Hey guys,
I remember someone had swapped the Dio's shock absorber with the TVS wego/jupiter one. But it was on the new gen dio. Any ideas whether the same suspension would fit the first gen dio? Anyone who did that here? I believe the new gen dio has a slightly longer shock but i'm not really sure! I have a 2008 Dio and i find the shock absorber to be on the softer side, specially when there is a pillion. Please do let me know about the options.
Thanks!

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

Dio is the new weapon of chain snatchers
it comes down to the ergonomics for its nippy handling, and i don't think it needs a 125cc for what its designed/targeted at. the 100/110cc is plenty enough to even haul two fatso's in the city.
personally, i would stay away from the tvs scooters while Honda is around. i have seen the earlier tvs wegos, mahindra's age very badly and a few reliability issues too.
Aprillia if you want something faster and racy looking, provided the spares are easily available.. it can be serviced like any other scooter. I don't buy a vehicle for it's resale value so that doesn't bother me as long as i enjoy it. It's reliability, i have no clue as i haven't come across many of these.. just had a test ride a long time ago.
and i am not a sucker for fancy gadgetry like digital consoles, external fuel filling, mobile chargers, led lights.. those don't influence my choice in an automobile.
i was infact looking at picking up the aprillia, but with 3 vehicles already it seemed apparent i would be thrown out of the house if there was an addition to my garage.

Re: Honda Dio, Activa and Aviator

I agree. Dio is extremely fun to drive and is very quick in changing directions. Activa either 4G or 125 variant is not. Dio is one scooter that I think deserves a 125 cc engine but it is doubtful whether Honda will do so. After all it would not want to canabalize its own sales with Dio 125 cc. Another fun scooter that I have driven, liked and I think can very easily handle a 125cc pot is TVS Wego. The only downside, I have is that I am extremely doubtful about it's reliability. I have seen many TVS scooters stranded on the road especially after a downpour. Aprilla range of scooters are also good, with their flat board, high stance and good ergonomics but they are let down on their dealer network and extremely poor resale value.