Re: Honda CBR 250R

Soo guys recently got my bike serviced and changed to shell FS oil 10w40 and bike is smooth all around but looks like my chain sprocket is nearing its end of its life, close to 46k km, will change at or before 50 k km, therefore putting the average life of a okay maintained chain sprocket life at 25k km which is quite alright in my opinion and I am not always gently on the throttle. Coming back to the oil, the motul 300v I was using the bike is much smoother in the top end I. E highway speeds and the shell is perfect for the city. Coming to my tyre leak issue, got both my mouths replaced and apparently my front tyre beading is sort of gone for the re-beading process and making both the tyres to set in with the new mouths I have to ride with 40 psi on the rear and front which has made the bike feeling considerably heavier. I am suppose to ride with 40 psi for a month or two, can anyone gimme some knowledge on the beading of tyres, my MPSR's have done close to 20 k km almost and still has a good 5-10k km life left but riding on high psi is a real bummer as my handling is getting highly affected, etc. Can I continue riding like this or should I change my tyres is my question?

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Chain spocket's ave life is 25k ??
Then it seems I also have to change it in next service. Odo of my CBR is 23k.

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It differs from person to person, leech managed to extract 46k kms from his factory chain sprocket set! I guess he was a stickler for maintenance, me not soo much but I made sure the bare minimum was done, like Atleast lubing once a week and a thorough cleaning once a month plus adjustment if needed.

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My mechanic was telling me. I think I've to post the photos over here.
I do chain lube n clean at every 1000 kms.

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Hey. I run on MPSR myself with 30 psi front and 33 on the rear which is perfect for me since I also carry pillion on a regular basis. You can try that and see if that works for you. IMO 40 psi is too much to handle.

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40 was advised by the service engineer for my tyre beading to reset or something will go n talk to him n confirm, my usual Air pressure is 29/30 in the front and 32 on the rear always as I'm a heavy guy. Got my air nozzles replaced on both my tyres, was charged 396rs totally.

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I'll have to get mine replaced as well since I am having the same issues. Will talk to my SVC guy too and share the same insight when I meet him.

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He told me to ride with this air pressure of 40 psi for a month, will recheck tomorrow and see, will be going to buy a new chain sprocket set and keep it as spare my current one will go pretty soon. Otherwise bike is quite fine, a friend who runs a private service center n owns a Ktm he's told me my bike doesn't feel like it's done 45k km, on the other hand I'm seeing quite a few ktms popping up with issues post 40-50k km and have the engine work done on them. I'm soo glad to have stuck to Honda back in 2014 when I also considered the 390 and 200 ktms

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Since i got my busted oil seals and engine oil changed (shell advance ultra 10W40). I took a 150KM ride last sunday. Bike is butter smooth now and feel more eager. But there is one issue i'm facing. Front brake bite has gone considerably down.

It must be due to the fact that fork oil had dripped down on the disc rotor as well. Although i had washed the brake rotor with soap twice after getting my forks fixed. But still whenever i take my bike out, Front brake bite feels considerably less for first few KMs. It improves after braking hard 7-8 times. But still not like it used to be before.

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Guys went today and purchased a brand new chain sprocket kit, I was expecting it cost to cost 2300-2500rs, to my pleasant surprise it costed 1843rs. I purchased cause I feel my chain sprocket is nearing its life end and thought I would stock up on the spares, like I have done with a clutch bell, clutch set, throttle and clutch cables as my bike is done close to 46k km now and my chain sprocket has started making a few noises but its still rideable without losing much smoothness, and got to say the engine feels much more smoother with the shell advance 10w40ultra fully synthetic oil which costed me rs1060 for two litres on amazon and low to mid range zone and heating is much better , compared to the 300 v motul 10w40 which was best on highway cruising speeds and in the top end, the didar Honda spares guy also asked me to get the rubber damper set wheel which he told me to change when putting on the new chain sprocket set, I am attaching the bills below as well.

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Get the 3M brake cleaner and spray it on the disk and the pads and wipe them with a clean cloth. And once again spray a tiny amount on the pads and let it be aside for the night. In the morning you should feel significant amount of improvement with the brakes.

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Probably a first time I am being informed of this method, to run at high a psi to set in the beads. I definitely feel something is not right. Either we have a mild bend in the rim which is the cause of the leak or a faulty TL air mouth. I presume the rim in question is your front only and not both the rims that are leaking air. I'd suggest you post a few snaps your front tire, clear ones that can give us an idea of the tire's life and the life left that's one.

Secondly, I'd also recommend, to take your rim to a shop and test it for thoroughly mild leaks with the tire installed. I'd suggest you can do it yourself, dunk the tire fully (not in two quarter pattern like cycle wallas do) in water with the same 40 psi and observe for 10 to 15 mins. Observe if you find any leaks by pressing the tire itself inside the water and changing direction, this will induce pressure on the tire and finally a weak spot if any can be observed. This is considering a new valve mouth and tire is kept at 40 psi mentioned by your chap. Keep your observations posted.

With respect to brakes, two things. A wet rotor or pad will gain its composure after the rotor and pads get heated up to the optimal temperature and the old feedback is restored. Secondly, if there is air in line, they rob the feedback, only air is compressed and not the fluid itself, which is why feedback is lost and feedback is obtained by pumping in several times, this happens also due to suboptimal condition on the brake fluid. Do get both checked. If brake feel is returned only after pumping in several times, get your system bled for air. Keep your observations posted.

Cheers!
VJ

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Like to update on my tyre problem I was facing earlier, looks like after re beading and putting on a new air nozzles for the tyres the problem has stopped, I am keeping 40 psi as per the service engineer and went to check air after a week and half and it was 37, which is fine for 1 and half weeks, filled back at 40, will see after another week or more n see the psi, I guess I can start keeping my regular air pressure rates soon, my front end problem also has subsided I guess it was low front tyre pressure due to the leak which caused loss in confidence in the front end and cornering, cornering on the high psi doesn't affect but obviously not advisable but just to check my tyres, I'd say have 5-10k km life left, may try pirelli diablo Rosso 2 or just will stick with Michelin which has served me very well.

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Guys.. can we fit Apache rtr 200 s handle bar in cbr?

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Hi all,


Changed my CBR's battery previous week, after that speedometer and odometer not working.... that is speedometer shows 0 and mileage remains constant.


Is that battery problem or sensor issue...


And after oil (SHELL FS)filter change by myself 2 days back, engine feels very rough and foot pegs vibes a lot....

Please anybody knows which honda showroom in chennai have counter sales of all common spares of CBR250 r.....