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My new fz16 having an issues, while riding the bike through bad roads or hump. I heard a sound from the backup side.
I have tried to find out the exact reason, but still no luck. If the co-rider is there, the sound will be more. The bike clocked 600km.
Anyone please help me.

Hi Subhradeep,
The powder coating & painting was related to Joel's FFE. I no longer use the stock exhaust.
Hi,
Shiv & Luke has already responded to your query, I'm just sharing my experience. I was also in dilemma when I was planning to use Hella's Micro DE & FF200 auxiliary lamps. Had some discussion with the experts in the light thread, finally decided to go ahead without any alteration to stator coil.
FF200 have 55w halogen bulbs. I used them during one of the trip without switching on the headlamp. I didn't face any issue with the lights or battery. Same result with Micro DE fog lamps.
It will depend on the quality of the HIDs your using.
Don't go for stator coil rewinding or replacement, it will void the warranty. Still if you are planning to go for replacement post a query in the lighting thread, regarding the changes that you will need to make apart from stator replacement. I ride Fz-S with HID & during city riding one HID is sufficient since most of the roads are well lit. Why you need both lights on? Need based you can switch to high beam for both. Also when riding on city roads, it is not a good idea to ride with both the HIDs on since there will be too much glare for the oncoming traffic & most of the time the oncoming traffic will flash you. Most of the guys I have seen here, have one HID on, or else they ride with angle eyes on.

In city riding, where we are surrounded by neon lights, brightly lit shops, plus the urban lighting, it is effectively useless to have two HID lights on....even useless to have would it be only one! Fitting HID projectors goes nearly all the time together with fitting angel (or devil!) eyes, and on my bike I even have a LED strip running along the lower edge of the lights, giving a real "personality: to the bike. That is ample enough for city riding.....but is even the "Lord of the streets" (what a BS!) designed for city riding ONLY?

Effectively, when it comes to road riding at night, one never has too much light! The difference, as I had mentioned, between one and two projectors in low beam (and high just the same) is HUGE! With both projectors on in low beam, I have a wide, white, very bright illumination to up to some fifty meters ahead of me. With one only, I have a sort of half good and half dim light, something ridiculous compared to both lights on. Having one light on in low beam and both in high beam makes little sense to me since one is mostly on low beam, facing well lit oncoming traffic, which is where one needs to have a very good low beam lighting too, unless very little traffic of course.

One thing to mention: in India, your Fazers and R15 come ex-stock with one light on at a time (two in high only on R15, apparently). Those for export come out with both lights on all the time. They are also delivered without battery (which is a safety hazard during transportation), a local one being fitted on by the distributor. On my Fazer, it is a top quality gel battery, and I have not experienced any problem with it, apart from having left it loose its charge by to much city riding with HIDs uselessly on while I should have been with angel eyes only.

So, what is my conclusion (others can differ):
- Both lights should be on , whether in high and low beam and this, actually, whether on stock halogens or on HID projectors.
- In brightly lit city, those who have angel eyes should content with that. Parking lights only, in the other hand, do not really suffice.
- Contrary to what shw18 said, there is no need to recoil (plus change regulator, plus perhaps some wires...) for fitting two 35 W HID lights on a Fazer. The alternator is more than enough able to cope with them, at the condition to maintain high enough revs. Something like never below 4.k/ 4.5 k. rpm., seems all right. Those who like to ride in fifth at 40 kmh not only damage their engine but may discharge their battery and have their HID flickering, which is most damageable to the lights and to the ballast, and ultimately shutting off.
- Fitting a higher capacity battery will only postpone this flickering/ switching off if one does not ride at high enough revs to keep (whatever) battery at it's nominal 12 Volts.

A last comment about HID lights: contrary to what Abhijitkn said, there is NO glare....provided HID are fitted in projectors! It is certainly illegal in India, just like elsewhere, to have HID bulbs simply fitted inside optics that were designed for other bulbs. The top of the lighting when on low beam with projectors is a perfectly crisp, clear cut line. One can face such lights just centimeters above this line and not be bothered at all (a few centimeters below, then: what a blast!).

Time to stop some legends, and specially those based on improper use of the bike or on improper installations!

one more doubt dude.......u said we shld apply it using a cloth...u sure???? will it be effective or should we apply it using our hand? another thing...after applying we should just wipe it off using a cloth.....not by water...rite???

even me a thump like sound ....but for me the sound is not there when there is pillion.....

a small doubt guys....past few days i was experiencing engine roughness and bikes sound was not smooth after i ride it for some time......i checked my engine oil level and found it to be touching minimal level line......manual says i shld be warming up the bike for smtime and then check.....i dint do that but i had kept the bike on levelled surface for a long time nd checked....so no problem in that......the question is if the oil level goes down then should i top it up or go to svc to change it???

How many kms on the ODO since the last service Vimal? If you are touching close to 2k and the engine oil has gone down then top it up. I would not like to get into a debate about mixing it with some other grade and stuff but my personal recommendation would be topping it up with the same brand and grade of engine oil. You don't have to go to a SVC for such a simple DIY

Cheers,

yes shv18 its nearing abt 2k kms since last servicing. nd i'll be topping it up with same grade and same brand....."sabka apna MOTUL 20w40"

Get the chain slack checked at the svc.a loose chain makes noises over bumps.or a normally adjustef chain can also make the sound

I advise you not to go till 2k with the current mineral oil. Please change it somewhere between 1500-1700 kms. Treat your babe with best and she will treat you back. I don't want any one to argue on this because this is completely my personal advice.

Thanks dude..Today I went to the svc. svc guys have tightened and lubricated the chain. But still I can hear a sound from back on bad roads...

Shiva,

Pls let us know the price and performance once you get the steel braided lines...may be of HEL or from pulsar/Duke...

@ilovemybike: Dear, even I was not satisfied with my stock horn in my FZ and after a lots of research, finally settled and installed Pulsar's twin horns (brand: Minda dual tone) costing 340.00 only...This is not that loud as the Roots/Bosch nor that low like the stock..a pleasant sound and consuming less battery than others...You can try these also...But, to get different sound pattens, you need to install another changer kit, which I personally don't like...We have discussed this @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/fz16r...al_comments=18

buddy....are you suggesting that i should do the routine "servicing wala" oil change or from mineral to synthetic??