And all.. Any reasons for footpeg vibes??? Other than chain lube and wheel alignment?? Though my wheel alignment is off by 1 point and going to fix it this sat. Any other reason apart from this?? Engine oil is brand new

Guys, there some info i wanna share from my observation.

Gear shifts:

you feel your gear shifts are hard? there are two things there.
1. is the gear lever hard to shift?
2. the gear lever is fine but the gear shifts inside are hard (they do khat sound ) and it gets stuck at neutral more often.


BTW i had been to bank during lunch break, while coming back i was behind a activa and it was behind a auto. it as a slow moving traffic. i thought of overtaking the activa from right, was going at very low speed (about 5kmph i guess), accelerated n went little to right but the auto guy braked suddenly n the activa guy did the same. realizing that i will hit the activa guy i did panic braking n my handle turned to right and since i had picked up little pace i skid and fell to the left. i jumped and fell on my left with my hips n knee first n then my back. my back was saved by my bag and my jacket saved my upper body. sadly i have a bruise on the knee n hips. very minor. but in little pain. all this happened ina span of 3 to 4 secs. so sad soul came to help, the activa guy stopped to look what happened and i suddenly realized all were looking at me with the traffic coming to halt. got up, picked the bike at 1 go and saw RVM broken in half, felt disgusted, went to the side n parked. i didnt bother to look at others too. one guy was good enough to get me the broken piece of the RVM . check for handle bend. it was good. saw the clutch bar, scratched but not broken, was happy. checked the forks by applying brake standing still, didnt get any weird sound. so happy. but while taking turn near office i realized bike was going right after applying form brake. need to test it again while going home. sad part is i had just got the bike made proper. i hope there is no fork bend.

@Ron Syl sad bro take care and fix her asap. Also your clutch lever is bent

@Ron Syl - there's a khat sound to some degree when one changes the gear always in any bike, no ?

my low gear shifts are indeed a bit hard..or rather, harder than what it used to be when the bike was a few days old..after 1st servicing it was still like that..and it's only really the 1st and 2nd gears...they do make that khat sound, but it's from the gear shifter that feels a bit hard when UP shifting from 1st gear to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd or neutral to 1st...when downshifting, there's a pretty loud khat sound (this time from inside it feels like) just as i downshift to 2nd and 1st when i am say braking within a short distance from a speed of 30-40 or higher and continuously down shifting one by one with the clutch lever pulled in throughout...

hope you are okay otherwise.

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there's always going to be a bit of footpeg vibes (buzzing type vibes) whenever you are at good deal of RPM or speed..you mean something even more than that usual normal vibes ?

well the sound i am referring to is a sound when the 2 objects hit each other rather then sliding against. apart form the normal gears shifting sounds. and also the gears shifts get stuck in all gears , then its a concern. the first 2 gears are like that only. if you are facing the issue where it gets stuck in neutral almost everyday or often then check your shifting and also the clutch setting.

one more tip: while down shifting plz leave some secs gap between shifts. if you dont then the gears n clutch plates get damaged.

while shifting from 1st to 2nd give sufficient time to let the gear shift to 2nd and give good power from your toe to shift so that it does not get stuck at neutral.

the higher gears can be shifted sooner then the lower gears and just with a minor flick.

@aditya_YZF_R15: Bro just chill out and ride your bike.. Initially for the first 1000-1500 kms the gear shifts are a bit hard for almost everyone. Mostly by around 3k kms things will improve... This is a very common thing...And well 1st gear is almost always with a KHAT sound

oh ok, good to know that (and i am chill)...not that i thought of it as a problem except in the initial days of my bike, but i also thought it's just going to be like that forever and sometimes wish the 1st gear was a little smoother overall..

Regarding the neutral problem the solution is simple you need to be firm (and by that i don't mean lever-bending firm) on the pedal while shifting. Do that and you won't have that problem anymore.

@Ron Syl - there's a khat sound to some degree when one changes the gear always in any bike, no ?

my low gear shifts are indeed a bit hard..or rather, harder than what it used to be when the bike was a few days old..after 1st servicing it was still like that..and it's only really the 1st and 2nd gears...they do make that khat sound, but it's from the gear shifter that feels a bit hard when UP shifting from 1st gear to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd or neutral to 1st...when downshifting, there's a pretty loud khat sound (this time from inside it feels like) just as i downshift to 2nd and 1st when i am say braking within a short distance from a speed of 30-40 or higher and continuously down shifting one by one with the clutch lever pulled in throughout...

hope you are okay otherwise.?

Hey Ron your bruises alright now ? hope it aint a problem riding the bike

on another note for Aditya. Did you try to find the sweet spot of gear shifts ? try changing gears at 6K rpm. Me and most of the groupies have the same inputs. for the First gear its alright. Ride a superbike and you'll know what you are referring to as a thud is as loud as a hydraulic hammer crashing down on a puny metal head. exaggerated but its very pronounced. In our bike sometimes it makes a thud sometimes it doesnt. For the rest of the gear shifts from 2-6th Gear try to find the sweet spot and you'll never even know when the gear shift happened.
Try that and get back with your observations here. other vibrations > handle bar, footpegs, tanks are gonna be prevalant to a limit. unless you have crashed-bammed-burned your bike, you can live with little vibrations here and there. Clean and lube the chain well. tighten up the screws, allen nuts, fairings. Air up properly according to the road conditions and you are good to enjoy the ride. whats the ODO by the way ?

there's always going to be a bit of footpeg vibes (buzzing type vibes) whenever you are at good deal of RPM or speed..you mean something even more than that usual normal vibes

Hey Ron your bruises alright now ? hope it aint a problem riding the bike

Did you try to find the sweet spot of gear shifts ? try changing gears at 6K rpm. Me and most of the groupies have the same inputs. for the First gear its alright. For the rest of the gear shifts from 2-6th Gear try to find the sweet spot and you'll never even know when the gear shift happened.
Try that and get back with your observations here.

Ride a superbike

In our bike sometimes it makes a thud sometimes it doesnt.

other vibrations > handle bar, footpegs, tanks are gonna be prevalant to a limit. unless you have crashed-bammed-burned your bike, you can live with little vibrations here and there..

tighten up the screws, allen nuts, fairings

whats the ODO by the way ?

swelling is come down, pain reduced. have a ride of about 600kms tomorrow hope things fall in right places and ride happens.

now that you say it and now that i think about it, indeed sometimes i have observed hardly any gear changing sound at certain RPM(s)..at high gears it anyway hardly makes any pronounced sound at pretty much any RPMs, but even shifting the low gears have sounded very soft at certain RPMs.. but i never noted the said RPMs, but the fact definitely was noted in my mind but till now i just assumed it to be one of those few random things..well now i suppose fewer things are random..will get back to you on the exact RPM that this happens in my bike.


yep do that

you offering me one ?

we already got a smaller version. dont you think so ? :O

exactly.



it wasnt me asking about vibes, it was siddharth..but anyway, yeah, that naturally buzzing-type vibes aren't an issue with me..infact i kinda like it, makes me feel i am riding some serious shit 8)



so far the only DIY stuff i have done, lol...

after that minor cornering crash i had a few weeks ago, one of the bolts on the right side of my fairing has been perpetually somewhat lose (doesnt fully tighten ever)..well, not lose, just not as tight as it should be/used to be/as the corresponding bolt on the left side is...makes no vibes or anything while riding at any RPM or speed though. that's why i didnt even notice it until a few days ago while tightening up all the nuts and bolts.

for that bolt, check if the threads on the inner side of the fairing are broken. what you described may happen if the threads have threads have taken a beating in the fall.

1600 kms
Aahh.. relatively new 'eh. Let it settle-in for a couple of thousand kms more.