Hey Manan,

The engine area can somehow be cleaned up by a strong spray of water or experienced hands but the radiator my man is something of a bitterish pill in my opinion.

Thankfully you're okay enough to be cursing the idiot... Ah the frame slider, sorry bout the ride though bro. That thing is an essential, especially in Indian conditions I'd say - Imagine how messed up you'd get to see your ceeber fallen off the stand at a parking lot... Need to get a set put pronto for me too... Thats a soft way of remembering to get them put...

Take care of that baby mate.

Cheers.

Hey Manan,

The engine area can somehow be cleaned up by a strong spray of water or experienced hands but the radiator my man is something of a bitterish pill in my opinion. Thing is, traditionally, one would try and straightening the fins of the radiator with a steel pin or some such thing while carefully using a brush to clean out the muck stuck between the fins. Now the problem is that most of us don't really know how to be gentle enough while cleaning a radiator so we end up bending the fins and making a mess anyway. The mechanics at the service center can do a decent job but they need to be free and patient in order to do it... You can try giving it for a clean and lube up - tell them to especially clean up the radiators and sort its fins. I've even heard head mechanics tell me to just ignore as it makes no difference to heat management on the ceeber if muck is stuck on one part of the radiator... when I told him that I cant bear to see it, he said do what others do... Wait till you cant bare to see it and then get it replaced for 4000 bucks... One last option is to give it to those specialist radiator shops near Urvashi Theatre, Bangalore - they will remove the radiator... do a good job of cleaning and put it back (don't however complain about vibrations if any develop in this case)... .... So gauging all this... I decided to listen to my mech after all - use it, try maintaining it and cleaning it until most all fins are bent or damaged then get a new one replaced.

Cheers mate.

Guys,
Its pouring in Bangalore and my cbr's radiator and engine block is mucked up, any hints on clean up? shampoo and surf is not simply cutting it.
any hints in cleaning these parts?

Thanks

Manan.

Not a viable solution for all riders. Rather than leaving it covered with muck an replacing later, try cleaning it with toothpaste + toothbrush. Muck would fly away! Few fins would bend, they can be brought back into (almost correct) shape using the same brush/pin. This requires about 1 hour of patience and would save you from any heartache.


Guys in BLR can contact Nishanth (@nisnth) for frame sliders. He got frame sliders fabricated for as less as 1500 rupees.
It was a bulk order though!

Dont worry bro what they have charges was right. Black bottle( 1 liter ) is FS oil only and each bottle cost around 510 Rupees and some service center guys what they do is they put the bill of 2 bottles even if they are using only 1 and half bottle and they dont even return the remaining half to customers . So at your ASC they have charged u for 1.5 Liters.

What i do is, I pay the price of two bottles and take the ramining remaining 0.5 liter with me and i use it for topup if needed at times.

Yes the engine oil is for around 500/ltr so for 1.5 ltr it should be around what they have charged. May be your friend told you the charges for the complete service.

Here in Kolkata Engine oil costs Rs.500/- each ltr [1 bottle] and our bike needs 1.5 ltr. You will have to buy 2 bottles and remaining 1/2 bottle you will get from SVC for next time use.

Had a crash because of a drunk autowala. He hit me on my handle bars and flew away by the time I collapsed. Learnt the importance of frame sliders hard way

Sent via Rotten Tomato from Wonderland.

And Divya, these frame sliders you said about, are they no cut types or cut types ?

Hope you are fine mate. What are the damages to the bike ? I hope nothing major.
And frame sliders are good, but costly too. I had looked up a few on the stores, R&G seems a good brand.


Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

Thankfully you're okay enough to be cursing the idiot... Ah the frame slider, sorry bout the ride though bro. That thing is an essential, especially in Indian conditions I'd say - Imagine how messed up you'd get to see your ceeber fallen off the stand at a parking lot... Need to get a set put pronto for me too... Thats a soft way of remembering to get them put...

Take care of that baby mate.

Cheers.

Not a viable solution for all riders. Rather than leaving it covered with muck an replacing later, try cleaning it with toothpaste + toothbrush. Muck would fly away! Few fins would bend, they can be brought back into (almost correct) shape using the same brush/pin. This requires about 1 hour of patience and would save you from any heartache.

Guys, I did the same procedure as Divya suggested but with a little bit of difference, i used a soft bristle brush and a slow speed torrent of water falling onto the radiator(not sprayed) and moved the brush in up and down strokes carefully, and all the dirt cleared out without bending any of the cooling fins. It worked out fine and was only a 15 min job. Now for a detialed cleaning up the method divya suggested is the best one.

My CBR is 2 months old and only 400kms done. From today itself what I have been observed is that Gear shifting is locking sometimes. Mainly Gear is not going to 1st from N sometimes. I have seen this issue on Pulsur but same on CBR ? Any ideas ?

^^ 1st servicing is done 1 month ago. Actually the bike is rarely used in this rainy season. Mainly the problem comes to my notice in traffic while I turn off Engine by kill switch and again start the bike and shift to 1st gear from N.

Hi guys,

After much thought and test driving a few bikes and opinions from this forum, I have finally decided to buy CBR 250R this Sunday (Sep 8, 2013) - (on top of the world feeling)....Please let me know what all I should check in a new bike before buying....I mean how to know if it has the latest manufacturing date, can I ask for a different set of tires (and if yes, which one) and other things I need to know/check.

I have spoken to about four dealers about cash discount...but don't want to get an older bike or cheaper tires in exchange of an extra 1000/- discount, so asking for help !!

Thanks in advance