trip shouldnt be greater than odo.I guess its the opposite.And the bike shouldnt be ridden a km. I picked the one with 0kms on odo.From the lot. I asked the guys at showroom they told the truck came at the showroom itself and they unloaded the bikes here. So none of those were ridden even few.
Well that isnt a problem though. It wont affect that much.
Enjoy riding.bro

No, your ride is perfect. No worries

I'm afraid, you're not quite right.

Hi, my 1st post here. Ok, let's cut the crap.
With my experience with the ZMR, I can say that his bike is alright.

The ODO is marked without decimal points, whereas the Trip meter is.
Hence the trip meter looks like 2.xx kms, whereas the ODO will be 2 kms only because it is NOT calibrated for those 'xx' kms.

To make you understand:-

ODO --- Trip
2 --- 2.0
2 --- 2.1
2 --- 2.2
......
2 --- 2.9
3 --- 3.0


Hope I made myself clear!

Ride safe.

Usually the ODO does not show decimal part of the distance as in the trip meter. So if trip meter is showing 2.4 or 2.8, the odo might still be showing 2 kms, so there is nothing to worry.

I had 5 kms on the odo and 5.4 on the trip. Enjoy your ride.

Actually, its any bike ridden on a track. If you ever get to do a track day, they'll make you tape your headlight too. It's so the headlight won't be shattered by flying debris or break if your bike goes down, so glass won't get scattered all over the track. Glass on the track does a couple of things. Race tires are often thinner (lighter) than ordinary street tires, so they can be cut more easily; and if someone comes off their bike in a race, they won't want to go sliding through a patch of glass shards.

+1.

I have one more query regarding taping the headlight.
For SBKs (or any bike) with DRL, aren't the lights covered to avoid any light coming from the rider behind?
I mean I'm taking a corner and suddenly a guy with headlights on comes to my side. The last thing I'd want is my RVM directing all the light to me. It's a hazard, isn't it?

I've no track experience though. No idea how practical this point is!

On race track RVMs' are also not used!

no RVMs for aerodynamic assistance and headlight is taped as Mountain explaind it quite well.
Also in some cases they are removed for Weight Reduction.

ohh..
yess.didnt thought of that.
Right!.

Got it.. what was i thinking! but still something could be wrong IF the odo read 4km and the trip 6.xx

Talking of trackdays, I had a ferocious Friday evening on an urban highway with nice curves.

The Duke 200 actually went into the corner carrying 105 kmph !! and cam out past 115kmph.............for me, it was just a cruise.

No wonder this bike has all it takes to be a sportsbike............but it is an all-out Streetfighter with no compromise anywhere.



Lined up here, is it with a CBR150R, another bike that failed to keep up unless Duke slowed down.



Glorious Friday lights............CBR250R,Duke200 and CBR150R................lined up after a fast ride.

Had the fork seal replaced. The seawoods svc did not have stock so rode all the way to Ghatkopar, purchased the seal from there rode back to seawoods to get things done faster as the Ghatkopar Svc had so much lined up before they could tend to my bike.When I reached seawoods, I found the only Junior mech present that day repairing two other bikes which were supposed to be ridden to Pune so that the guys could participate in the Pune racing event or whatever.
Agony. Pure Agony.
I could have claimed warranty by getting it fixed at ghatkopar but the whole point was getting it done with fast.But.
Now the lovely part. After doing all this riding and waiting after I finally got my bike back I realized after reaching home that as has been his habit, he has screwed it up.The last time he replaced the handlebar, he used loctite as glue to stick the left bar grips on the handlebar. Yes loctite.Which ten had to be taken off and glued again using superglue.
This time he has most probably got the front wheel alignment wrong. There is this khat sound which accompanies a minor but perceptible shudder from the handlebar. Besides the front disc(obviously because of the slightly misaligned wheel) are constantly engaged given the heat that the disc is generating after a very short ride even If I do not brake. S
So there. I could not ride today just because a mechanic was not adequately trained. Really frustrating.

@Mountain and others discussing fork seals and USD forks : Guys I agree that the forks are rather misfit to the Indian riding conditions atleast in their current form. But I did play my part here. The bike has been ridden in constant rain without getting a single wash. I am sure no other bike having USDs would be treated with so much disdain. I should have atleast tried to clean the forks once evry week.
and btw can you please paste a link to the page where the seal protectors were discussed ?

Its 2km in odo and 2.4km in trip-meter because the odo does not show reading in decimals. It shows only round figures/whole no. However, the trip-meter is set to show reading in 1 point decimal. So it will be 2km in odo till its 2.9km in the trip-meter post which odo will be 3 and trip will be 3.0km

I'm curious about something: when you had the seal replaced, this junior mechanic actually disassembled the fork, or at least the leg that was leaking, to replace that seal? Or did he just remove the fork leg and replace the rubber on the end of the fork outer? I ask because my brother's FZ developed a fork leak from some ill-advised riding, and all they replaced was the dust seal, not the actual seals, and it is still leaking several months later (both legs, now). To do an actual internal seal replacement (the actual oil seal) costs well into the Rs2000 range or more because of the labor involved, and would require that the bike be left at least overnight.

ETA: There is no provision for front wheel adjustment, so there isn't really any way to misalign it relative to the brake caliper short of bending the axle.

There are two seals, a dust seal and a oil seal. The mech disassembled the left fork and replaced the oil seal. The dust seal, however, was reused after the oil seal was installed. Labour charged was zero and the entire process took around 45 minutes.
Yeah the mech too said that the front wheel can't be misaligned. BUt there is clearly a sound coming from the front plus a shudder which could clearly be felt at the handlebar. I wonder what could be the reason? The brakes are clearly engaged all the time as I checked yesterday night. The front wheel doesn't move freely at all(positioned the bike so that it stood on entirely on the side stand and rear wheel and then tried to rotate the front wheel).

Reposting my query as I didn't get any replies. Expecting replies from the current owners "Are there any major issues that I need to be worried about?" Thanks in advance.