Bought a baby blade today total cost: 1,31,000 (had some known people in the dealer's showroom). Few random pics:

Indeed, that's really low, can you list the breakdown? In my first service (a couple of weeks ago), I was charged ~500 for fully synth oil and ~250 for other stuff (no teflon though, I was insisting on not having it).

Maybe your svc did not replace the oil, or perhaps did a top up? It is recommended to do oil changes for the first couple of services no matter what your odo is at, as tiny particles (from engine parts mating) would be in the oil. Replacing the oil is the only way to get them out.

Congrats, enjoy the baby blade to the fullest. It's a very potent machine and will not disappoint you. I enjoy, every moment i ride on that. You can glide in the city traffic and it's a pocket rocket in the highways. Best way to enjoy this machine is to play with the gears properly.

Thanks buddy. Yeah gear shifts are very important and it will take 2-3 rides to get familiar with it. Will say hello to highway once the run in completes.

You can do your run-in in highway itself. I did my 50% of run-in in highway in 32 hrs. ? Try to vary rpm`s and speed.

Good call, ideally run-in should be in done by short (<50 km) rides in the city, that way RPMs will be varying a lot, also engine won't get stressed due to continuous load and overheat.

Just a quick query:

When ever I take out my baby blade from the garage, I see some oil drops beneath the breather pipes (whatever they are called). Is it normal? One of my friend said that it's just the leakage of extra oil. Please guide me.

can anyone tell me at how many kilometers should i send my baby blade for the 2nd service.and what are the things that i should take care of during 2nd service.

Hi Friends,
I brought home my CBR last week. Can you tell me what is the best procedure to pass over speed breakers?
In my previous bike (Discover 125) I used to easily tackle the speed breakers in 2nd gear. But, in CBR if I try doing so, I end up stalling.
I know I can keep the clutch engaged, put heavy throttle and gradually release the clutch in 2nd gear to prevent stalling. But won't that harm the clutch plate?

Many a times I tried shifting to 1st gear, but I am finding delay in acceleration in 1st gear while releasing.

Can anyone please share the best practice?

Hi, Congrats on your new CBR. Initially, I also had similar confusion because of the abundance in speed breakers in bangalore. Every 50 mtrs or so one speed breaker What I typically do in this situation is, if the stretch is little empty and if you can do around 30 kmph or so, you can slow down little bit and get over the speed breaker in the 2nd itself. But in a situation where you are in a slow moving traffic or less than 20kmph, you have to bring it down to 1st gear to avoid stalling. Also, if you have a pillion, you need to get to 1st, which is highly recommended.

I also observed that 1st to 2nd is a little tall gear but 2nd to 3rd is short geared.

Touch the oil and see if its really the engine oil. On the other hand, is your bike new? It is normal if excessive oil has been put in the first place. Honda engines have got breather tubes hanging out for excessive coolant/engine oil/water entering fuel tank I guess. Check out the manual, you may get info on what they are used for. It should be normal, but owners can comment on that.

You must have got the manual, right? Its mentioned in there mate. Go through the manual if you have not gone through. It should be treated like a bible.

CBR 150R is a revv loving bike, you can't ride it like your Discover mate. This babiest Blade wants to rev and rev hard. That is the characteristic feature of it. You'll learn how to tame the 17.6 ponies soon. The thing is, you can use 1st or 2nd gear, but it needs some reving to be done. I saw the video of @Neevarp I guess when he clocked in 100 KMPH and he encountered a speed breaker. That was a perfect example on how to properly get the Blade to work.

Clutch plates are not that sensitive and brittle. You should just know how to use them properly. I ended up most of the rear brake pads of my P150 within 5500 kms on odo, but now its going strong and seeing 8000 kms. The point is, use the clutch judiciously. It is meant for saving the engine from stalling and disengage-engage the gears. There is no harm in doing that, if you don't overcook it. The usage conditions say a lot about clutch wear and tear.

That should be normal. Anyways, keep a weekly test on levels of all fluids. Brake oil, coolant, engine oil and notice any change in battery performance. That should be good!

It is either, 3500-4000 kms from 0 on odo or, 105-120 days from purchasing date mate. But, as said, the manual is our bible or geeta whatever!!

Just once on the day of purchase i tried overriding a speed breaker in 2nd and I stalled.

And from that day, simple rule, if overriding a speed breaker, shift to 1st.

Yeah clutch plates are provided for that use only, but heavy usage of clutch plates at
lower rpm in higher gears could have some drastic effects like,

1. Wearing of clutch plates as you quoted
2. But most importantly, you may say it does not happen, but it does. What that is,
when you try working harder on clutch plates, the engine lugs.

However well you are talented in using the plates, it lugs, atleast for a second, and a second at around 4k rpm is ~66 rps. Imagine that., the engine lugs for 66 to and fro motions. And from personal experience of spending over 8k on bend crankshaft and conn. rod on my old bike, primarily and only due to riding by this style, I would say,

It is gonna cost your engine, if you feel lazy in downshifting a gear. Period.

I followed that style of riding for about three months during my college days, mainly because it yielded an astonishing mileage of above 110kms for 100 Rs. of petrol. But, ended up spending more on maintenance.

If you feel the acceleration is not enough in 1st gear, just know your bike. Spent some time with it, and trust me, it sure helps.
In first gear when you cross a speed breaker, you'll be almost at 3k rpm. Hold the clutch fully, raise to around 5-6k rpm, pop the clutch, and rev till 9k rpm., and then shifting is where it all lies.... Pull in the clutch, blip the throttle, so that rpm raises by 1k and then upshift and pop the clutch. You'll go on accelerating!!! It is hard to do it in the initial days., I spent two weeks trying to do this as fast as normal shifting.

And as neobiker said, 1st gear can take you all the way up till ~40kmph!!
I have seen 42 on speedo a lotta times from the start!! But, the only problem is the whole street 'll be staring at you.,
but actually, that ain't a problem., right??

Thanks a lot mate. Yes, I also found the 1st to 2nd gear a little bit taller. Moreover, I am also facing problem sometimes while moving from Neutral to 1st. Sometimes I need to move the bike (so as to rotate the wheel) a little bit to engage 1st gear.
Anyway, I am hoping this issues will go away with some more practice

Thanks for the reply. I am hoping to get used to my high-rev machine very soon

That is so true, this vehicle has long range in gears.. once i touched around 100kmph in 4th gear, 120 in 5th gear. God knows what is there for full 6th gear. In my thought, this baby has excellent high end torque (hope my terminology is right).

Never start from 2nd after u hit a speed bump. It will make rough first gear and sometimes clunky too. I gave my CBR to my uncle for a journey(He rides a Discover) of 220 kms. All the way he was happily starting from the 2nd gear after every speed bump as he does it in his Discover. There was like 30 Speed bumps up and down. I was left with a very bad first gear. After my second service, it slowly is going away, but still Im not convinced.

I went to 40 in first gear. It was like my whole A$$ was vrooming.