Re: Honda Unicorn

My uni touches 5k rpm at 60kmph. So 6k rpm for 75 seems fine. Are you able to twist the throttle completely or only about 70 or 80 percent? Are you able to shift into all gears smoothly? Maybe the fuel inlet to the carb is blocked . What did the people at the service center say? Dont mess around with the carb screws by yourself as these CV carbs are notoriously difficult to tune. Best to leave it to the guys at Honda.

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Not shifting into 5th!?!? Your kidding rite? He has ridden over 7k km. I suspect he would have found out the the presence of an extra gear

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Hello windrider,

I reach 60 at 5k rpm too. I shift all gears at around 3.5k rpm. Using shell ax7 10w40 semi synthetic.

My accelerator was *not* fully applied But I feel no inspiration to push further such that speed will not rise any further. Engine feel too busy and at its limit.
Today reached 80kmph @ 6.8k rpm. Sound of engine changes at 80 and I feel it can never ever touch 90kmph or more.

I have not shown bike to service centre yet. will tell them to check when I give it to service at time. I was hoping to tune carb myself but you're right to leave it to mechanics.

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Just visited a Honda showroom in Hyderabad for test ride of unicorn. Since test bike was not available he gave me one of bikes from service. By then he figured I don't know telugu so he started speaking casually with others. That's when I overheard that test bike has been taken for PDI (I can understand telugu sometimes following keywords) . I was taken aback lol. Never going back there.

Is it a common practice.

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Both these practices are not correct. The showroom people are not allowed to give a customer's bike to another person for test drive.But I have seen it happen a lot. God save the person who is getting the test drive vehicle as his new bike. please post the name of the showroom so that innocent customers dont get fooled. My friend did take a suzuki gs150 bike that was on display and it was the only bike there, so I suspect they would have given it out for test drive occasionally since we noticed that the tires were slightly used and 70km on the odo. On asking the showroom guys they said they had to drive it to take it for vehicle inspection and to the RTO. Blatant lie since the RTO is only 4 kms from the Suzuki showroom. Nothing we could do to change the bike since it was the only gs150 model in blue colour at the showroom.

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Vashnoi honda, kondapur, Hyderabad. I too ended up getting the only showroom display of GS150R. Had a terrible experience at every dealership irrespective of company. They all seem like selling vegetables not motorcycles.

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Friends
I have an excellent Unicorn since 2009 and has run 24000 kms till date. I had absolutely no problem till last service. But, Post last service, i started getting a feeling that the bike wobbles slightly between 40-50 Kmph. The wobbling is not severe. but, it still shakes the bike and hands holding the handle bar. I donot feel shaking by seeing at mirrors or handles. But, the console meter keeps jumping at those speeds. Also, it doubles the effect when there is a pillion rider. I mean, the wobbling is more with a pillion rider at the same speed.

When i went back to Honda service, they checked and said, the problem could be in tyres OR tubes. I donot believe this because, how can the issue start within in ONE day of giving to service. If there was a issue in tyres /tubes, then, it should have appeared gradually. However, I assumed this is true and did the following experiments

I tried changing the air pressure of tyres(usual air pressure is, 26, 36 F & B) i got wobbling at different speeds and varying frequencies at various pressure and below is the observation

25 and 29 (F&B) - more wobbling observed between 25-35 kmph
29 and 39 - same amount of Wobbling at 50-60 kmph
26 and 36(Again back to original) - Minimum wobbling between 40-50 kmph

Other than this, i checked with a mechanic (Local) asking him if there is any other issue (Swing arm, bearings etc).. He did not find any problem by observation (He did not use any tool for checking). Also, i probed him if the bike has fallen during service due to which the wobbling has started. He could not find any such clue too.

Can the experts here suggest what could be the issue here and what is the resolution ?

regards

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Hi..

Does anyone have any idea about possibility of fitting Unicorn's monoshock to Honda Trigger?
Because the stock shocker on the bike appears to be too stiff, even after setting it to soft most level.
It is harming my back badly on these rough roads of Pune

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rear brake started making some noise since last week what could be wrong ?

Re: Honda Unicorn

There are two parts of your problem, is your bike wobbling from side to side or just curving to one direction if you leave the handle, secondly is your bike jumping, so check both wheels for alignment by putting the bike on centre stand, check front wheel for alignment, steering head bearings, looseness, front wheel bearing malfunction, if the wobbling is coming from the back wheel, again check the alignment of the wheel, bearings, swing arm pivot movement, pivot should be firm, and lastly proper inflation of the tyres, just check these parts first and then take necessary measures according to the problem.

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What kind of noise you are hearing can you be more specific, does the noise occurs when you hit brakes or is it continuous.

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Thanks Kusmaker
1. if i observe the speedometer console, i can clearly see continuosly jumps of the speedometer. So, it is NOT left to right and right to left wobbling. but, it is jumping.
2. No. when i leave the handle(Momentarily)., i donot see bike curving to one direction.. it is straight line travel

Recently, i went to service center and asked them to recheck the issue. They observed some click sound when shocks are pressed hard and hence changed coneset. Also, they changed T Bridge Fork But, the issue is not resolved. the bike still has the issue between 45 Kmph to 50 Kmph. What could be the issue ?

Also, Have a query. How do I know whether wobbling is cming from back wheel OR front wheel ?


Regards
gkveda

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These svc guys are dacoits there main goal is to just rob people nothing else, why did they change t bridge fork , cone set, i have no idea, cone set is only changed when you are feeling heaviness in turning the handle or when your bike front end makes noise while hitting pot holes or hump,click sound comes from fork also, i feel your problem is of rebound damping, i would advice you to get your front forks damping checked,a little bit of checking you can do by yourself also, take your bike off from the main stand, let the sag settle down and then firmly press at the T-clamp (don't hold the brake or push the handle) suspension should rebound quickly to its original position but not beyond if it takes more than one second for the suspension to return to its original position less rebound damping is needed, if the fork overshoots its free sag and then compresses again more rebound damping is needed.

To check the rebound damping of both wheels, with your bike off the stands place your hand near the rear of the tank and push firmly down a well balanced suspension setup will compress and return at the same time, to check the swing arm take your rear wheel off disconnect the rear monoshock and check the swiing arm play by moving it up and down and side to side, there should be minimum play not much, if the bike is wobbling from behind you will feel more vibration in the rear, less grip, less braking power, plus in the long ride your back will suffer if the front is shaking you will feel juddering. I would advice you to get your front suspension checked.

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(zzzzz) when the rear brake is applied it occurs

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I think your rear brake shoes has gone hard, just remove the brake shoe and rub there upper layer of leather with sandpaper, rub your brake drum inner with sandpaper, and that should solve your problem.

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Is it affecting your braking?

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Didn't feel any.