ive had a usual puncture and had done mushroom fix,6months and running and absolutely nor probs!

I initially had a mushroom fix done. That lasted quite a while. But then, another big-ass nail made its way into the tire very very close to the earlier one. Got it mushroom fixed as well. Few months later, I found air leaking out of the sides of one of the close puncture points. The guy said doing a mushroom fix will keep tearing the wall apart. Better to open up the tire and put hot rubber on the inside and seal it off from the outside. Got that done for 550 bux (2 punctures. 450 for opening it and fixing one, 100 extra for another). After 2 days of riding, found that the outer rubber was getting rubbed off and all that remained was the piece stuck exactly over the vulcanized part. And today, I found both the points were leaking. Tried to reason with the guy and tried to make him admit that he did a shitty job of vulcanization. Didn't work, but he took out the outer rubber and did 2 more mushroom fixes on the spots for free. They seemed to hold before I rode out of his place. Now I wait for 2moro to find out if more air has leaked. I kinda have a feeling that it has given way.

Note: I get 10 kms of off-roading on that shitty shitty road which I have to take to go to office. My guess is that the tire was weak enough to not be able to take the strain.

Yea.. solo mushroom fixes last, but when 2 of them get close, the rubber wall between them starts rupturing. Happened in my case. Yea, I was thinking about Pirelli Sport demon's but I'm really open to exploring all options before settling for anything. I think PSD's come in that profile - 140/70 and not 140/60.

I had 2 nails in those places - both about 3-4 inches in length. Still dunno what I'm gonna go for. I'll ask around for where to get PSD's. where in Nana Peth can I get them (name of the place) and would they be original?

So, yea.. I'm looking for suggestions. My requirements are mostly traveling to office - so thats 50 kms of bad road in a week ; IF they dont call me on weekends - and some high speed highway runs once in a while... would like something that grips really hard - something like the compound of R15 stock tires. Don't wanna wash out in the corners

Help me please

So the NB isn't killing ur battery? Or did u get that changed as well? do the lights look legal?

I was kinda thinking about making the high beam into a big bright one coz when i really need it, I am left disappointed with the stock ones.

NBs will not kill your stock battery and are perfectly legal....

Problems with my new Fazer!

Hey guys..this is my first post on xbhp!I have been reading these great forums and need help from u guys..I bought a fazer on 17th september and done 1800 kms till now..my bike has suddenly stopped starting when I'm in gear.I asked the SVC guy and he told me to buy a new wire for it.But this being a new bike why this problem?Also my engine has been knocking quite frequently as of late..
I changed to shell advance 4t synthetic oil recently also..

Also guys i wanted to fit new bulbs for my fazer but not sure abt whther i should get osram nbs or philips xtreme power..could any1 tell me the price of these in bangalore and also abt touch up paint for red fazer.
sorry for so many queries but i hv to get these done by saturday

what kind of wire is he talking about??
as per past experiences of various people you should not use synthetic oil untill the bike has run at least 4.5k-5k km... i would recommend you to switch back to mineral oil as soon as possible...
both the bulbs are good... but osram NBs are supposed to be the best in class (not my opinion but hearse)...
osram NBs cost around 1500 rs per pair... for touch up paint try this site Com-Paint Touchup Spray Paint, aerosol spray paint, supplier of spray paint,spray, spray paint, touchup, touch-up, aerosol spray paint manufacturers, spray paint,Touchup, Touch-up Spray, Spray Bottle, aerosol spray paint manufacturer, com-paint manuf

The wire originates form near the clutch lever,thts all i know abt it .
Is synthetic oil bad bfore tht?Bcoz I asked the SVC guys at panache and orion and they said it's fine to pour synthetic
Ok will go for the nbs thnx!!
as for the paint i visited the dealer at JC road and he said they stopped supplying for 2-wheeler and only supply for 4-wheelers now
Thnx for the quick reply

Battery is not really an issue. Go to any Exide/Amaron/Bosch battery showroom and get the equivalent battery. Make sure the Ah rating and the terminal positions are the same. Also 1100 seems too expensive isnt it? Are they going to put in a maintenance free battery??

i think the service center price for a new battery is 1100-1200 atleast in mumbai. If you are doing so then definitely go for a maintainence free battery and make sure the terminals are either greased or covered with petroleum jelly

Finally. Man your leak was almost a saga... Moral of the story: Dont trust SVCs on tyre issues go to a proper tyre dealer. I am guessing Sai is on JC Road?

I can tell u from personal experience that FS oil is not the cause of your problems. I had switched to FS oil as early as 2000 km on the odo. The knocking points to problem with the spark plug.
I think this "wire" that the SVC is talking about is to check if the clutch is pressed or not. This can be verified by others too, in gear, without pressing the clutch and trying to start the engine wont do anything. How much are they quoting for the wire.

Also I've used Philips Extremevision on my car. They are about 40% better than the stock lamps (the stock lamps were of Phoenix which is probably the worst lamp maker there is)... The cost was 1500Rs for a pair of H4s. Amongst car forums I've read that the Philips is better than the Osrams on lifetime. Brightness wise they both are the same. I cant comment with experience on this though.

Thanks for the input guys. I called up 3 SVC's, BATTERY NOT IN STOCK at two and one didn't pick the phone. Anyways I saw in the manual that ours is AMCO AB5LB battery. I saw AMCO's site and saw that this particular battery falls under 'Dry Charged Series' whereas there is one more varient AB5LB MF which is the same spec but maintenance free. - (see attachment)

Any comments on these as I don't know anything about batteries. Should I go for the latter one.
Mumbai guys any recommendations where I can the battery done between MiraRoad to Andheri (AMCO)

Thanks in advance.

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guys any idea how is the Minda battery and I have seen that my head lamp is philips H9..any idea???
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Yeah even I felt it's not the FS oil coz my engine is super-smooth now.
Should I get the knocking checked at the SVC coz it only happens at 1st gear and neutral..the SVC is quoting 90 bucks for the wire.
I found out tht Philips Xtreme Power is half the price of Osram NBs 750 bucks for 2 bulbs..