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Am right now using a car jack and a flat wooden peg to lift the rear tire for lubrication/cleaning. May need to carry same on out station trips.
Same pinch
Did a 440 km round trip (highway, includes ghat and offroad). Max speed I could do is 103kmph ( aided by slope). But on flat roads, the bike takes ages to go beyond 96kmph which it can reach at 7500rpm in 5th gear.
I maintained 80kmph which is achieved at about 6200rpm, at which speed bike is cruising very comfortable and is quite composed at those speeds. Frequently jumped ( didn't brake to slow down) on speed breakers at speeds of 70kmph which came in the villages through which the highway ran. Can't do the same stunt had there been alloy rims instead of the spoke and steel ones.
Doing 78-80kmph, bike delivered 40kmpl.
I think the 57 teeth rear sprocket is what cuts off the top speed on this bike compared to its 150 siblings. On the plus side, the acceleration upto 90kmph is quite good and inspires confidence.
BTW, on ghats , while I was climbing inclines in fifth gear it occasionally slipped to neutral. Didn't have any problem when I downshifted to 4th or 3rd. I think eventhough bike is still in power band, 5th being overdrive, should not be used for heavy loading.
Same pinch
Did a 440 km round trip (highway, includes ghat and offroad). Max speed I could do is 103kmph ( aided by slope). But on flat roads, the bike takes ages to go beyond 96kmph which it can reach at 7500rpm in 5th gear.
I maintained 80kmph which is achieved at about 6200rpm, at which speed bike is cruising very comfortable and is quite composed at those speeds. Frequently jumped ( didn't brake to slow down) on speed breakers at speeds of 70kmph which came in the villages through which the highway ran. Can't do the same stunt had there been alloy rims instead of the spoke and steel ones.
Doing 78-80kmph, bike delivered 40kmpl.
I think the 57 teeth rear sprocket is what cuts off the top speed on this bike compared to its 150 siblings. On the plus side, the acceleration upto 90kmph is quite good and inspires confidence.
BTW, on ghats , while I was climbing inclines in fifth gear it occasionally slipped to neutral. Didn't have any problem when I downshifted to 4th or 3rd. I think eventhough bike is still in power band, 5th being overdrive, should not be used for heavy loading.
But i am disappointing with mileage because when u ride it to over 80 kmph with constant speed, it returns the mileage in the league of Bullet, CBR, R15 etc. The main pinch is that at 90 kmph bullet, cbr, r15 behaves much better (much much mature) while impulse runs out of breath.
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