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Remove the bulb to make a passage for the condensed water to be evaporated. Park in sunlight for faster evaporation. If it's recurrent, find the leak and seal it with Anabond Silicone based gasket maker. Hope this helps.

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No bhai it had black alloys.. Post 2013 model.

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Still enjoyig the smooth performance of my 2013 CBR250. changed back tyre, and sprockets . completed 17000km

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Are the chain and sprockets for cbr250 made by one company? I find it difficult to believe that some chains last 16-17k kms, and others last 30k+ kms.

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The chain set and brake pads are absolutely dependent on riding style. Specifically, acceleration and braking style respectively. We may add the clutch plates to the list as well.

In my Yamaha Gladiator as well as TBTS 500, different time, the life was different. When used in the city like Pune, life of Clutch Plates & Brake Pads were significantly less, but when touring 90% of the time (monsoons and my sabbatical time) they lasted pretty long. All replacements were from the A.S.C and from the same company.

Personally, I feel the CBR is slightly more sensitive to the riding style and environment as compared to earlier (desi) options in bikes we had. May be true for all new gen. high tech bikes?

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Indeed they are. Life out of these consumables purely depends upon the riding pattern and maintenance.

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The condensation looks a little too much in your case.
I was curious to check out the owners manual (found one online) regarding this issue. My honda dio had this topic mentioned, so I thought maybe others Honda's might also have touched on this topic.. and here is what I found: (similar to what was advised in my Dio's manual)

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Hi All,

So I changed my front tyre sometime back but the problem is that the front part of bike wobbles on a straight road it happens around 50 KMPH like if you leave handle bar it will go little left and right. The problem is not continuous and that is another strange thing.

What could be the issue ? where shall I start looking ?

Regards,
Mohan

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are both tyres bia ply or both radial ?

if you are running 1 tyre radial and 1 tyre bias ply- nylon. it happens.
it hase been dicussed widely before.

however if that is not the case then check for following things in order.

tyre air pressure.
has the front been installed correctly. with the right spot for weight balancing and right direction.

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It's a little too much for anyone's liking. Here in Ooty, mine does condensate, but it's a different case. When you drive with headlights on for hours and suddenly traverse from a hot place to cold place, say like Coimbatore to Ooty, which I frequently ply, after reaching hometown Ooty numerous a times, I've observed a slight patch of water vapour, very very light exactly in front of the bulb. Take her again for ride, the glass is clean as brand new. Not like yours where it seems like the water has been poured in, definitely the sealed beam is not sealed anymore.

If yours is the case after riding in rain or washing, I'd suggest you either replace the unit or as folks mentioned, find the area and use aralidite or any other sealing agents.


Chain, brake pads, tyres, and as members rightly pointed, any frequent wear and tear component's life depends on the way the vehicle is maintained, basically how the user rides, the condition one rides, the latter part plays a major role than the first two. The condition which the motorcycle is subject to is more important than how one rides. Dusty city conditions clog air filters soon as opposed to a bike which is frequently ridden on country sides, pollution, road condition, lot play a role in how much we can extract the life from a product. But all these take the stage, if the owner periodically inspects/services his/her motorcycle.

Cheers!
VJ

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did you change your pilot bulbs ?
if you did were they pushed back and rotated anti clockwise to lock them again for correct sealing.
headlamp bulb sits pretty snug above that it also has a perfect fit dust boot. i do not believe the condensation is from the headlamp socket rather the pilots.
Also the pilots sockets are open at bottom so basically its a single light assembly hence vapour can move across the assembly from either socket.

check if the pilots ones are loose. in that case park the bike in sun for sometime with the pilots pulled out. ones dried push them back in and rotate anti clockwise to lock the long rubber tube in position.


my 1st set lasted 17k. call it being too rough on it and less maintenence and now second set is done 24 k and still has life left for another 6-7k easy without pushing it.
all depends on maintenence.

Also the first set wears out a little faster due to harder engine breaking.

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The life of my chain sprockets are done at 22000, tbh I never took care of my chain till 10000km soo it makes sense it wears out, now Illl keep lubing and cleaning every 500 -1000km

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Could you please help me locate the tyre mark which should align with the rim as I face the same issue after I replaced the valve in the front rim.

Regards,
Nawaz

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each tyre will have a smalkl yellow or a blue dot on either side which marks the heavier point in the tyre.
on the rim the place where valve stem is the heaviest point.

hence the heaviest point on the tyre should be exact opposite to the valve pin which will balance the tyre well.

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do you mean wobble after replacing the valve ?
if yes then check for air pressure. if the valve is loosing air and the psi goes down it is bound to wobble. monitor the air pressure everyday for a few days and make sure the tyre is not loosing air rapidly.

loosing 1-2 psi in a week is absolutely fine.

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as a general practise. i lube every 500 and clean and lube at every 1000 km.

xxx km ( clean with diesel - toothbrush - grunge brush - lube ) - ---- 500 km ( lube well) ---- 1000 km ( clean - lube) -- repeat.

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Yes it does loose air. Also, while replacing the valve, that guy removed the tyre completely, hence i think the tyre might also be messed up. In that case, how can i find the tyre mark?