Re: Honda CBR 150 R

I think Bala summed it up beautifully except for the gear ratios which might seem quite odd when you pick it up. Beware that there is no pass switch just in case you missed.


True that, with the current sales, I'm afraid of spares too, despite being a good owner.

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Hi

Thanks for the suggestions and views everyone. They were very encouraging for me indeed
I could not book the 250R because of restriction at home (Mother does not feel I should buy it, so I am not getting it out of respect).

I booked the vehicle and I should get it in sometime. I will wait and post on how the experience has been once I ride it for a few days.

Also, from the longer term users, has anyone used Castrol Power1 or Power1 Racing engine oil on the bike?
Also can we use the Castrol Radicool coolant after sometime?

I know the bike is new so I am not in a hurry to use the oil or coolant until post the process of all the services being done, run-in etc.

However from my experience using good engine oil on my older bike, I know that using good oil from the beginning actually conditions the engine very well in the years ahead.

If anyone has used these, please do let me know. Any views or suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Hi

Any thoughts about my previous query anyone?

Thanks

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Using radicool for more than 1 lakh kms.
Never used castrol oil in any of my bikes because in my place they are the most duplicated and faked brand.

CHEERS

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Use only 10w30 oil on the bike. If you use 10w40, your pickup and mileage will reduce slightly. However please stick to what Honda says if you want warranty. Using Shell Advance or Motul 300v won't work magic on your vehicle, your mileage and pickup will be the same with almost all branded oils unless you change the grade of the oil.

And don't fall for the 'change engine oil in 3000 kms' crap, because many CBR user have serviced their vehicles at 6k intervals and have no engine problems. Just make sure the engine oil is topped up to the max every week.

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If one is topping up oil every week, then there is a serious issue with the bike.
Ideally you should not need to top up in most cases (cases where a wee bit of top up might be needed is when constantly runs the bike at a high rpm for long periods)
Just keep an eye on the oil level and if you notice it is dropping too often, get it investigated.
@ivpatrick
Stick to the stock honda 10w30 if you want retain warranty. If you have the energy you could argue (show them the manual with the oil specification chart) and make them use a 10w40 and still retain warranty. Or build a rapport with the service advisor (follow unwritten rule if needed).
A 10w40 will not cause any issues, and some good oils in this grade are shell, motul.

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You are right sid, but what I meant is to check the engine oil level every week, make it a habit. That's why I used 'make sure'.

Often new riders would, over a period of time, forget to check the level, and ruin a perfectly good bike.

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Hi all

Thanks for answering me

Regarding the break in time is there any max speed to maintain or should I limit the RPM without any cap on speed?

Anything else I should restrict during this time frame?

Thanks

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Hi All

I got the bike delivered and its good to be riding it!

Everything seems to be fine except that it came with TVS tubeless tyres. I tried to make them get MRF on it instead, but it looks like right from the showroom display piece to everything else in this batch of CBR150s they all have only TVS tubeless tyres on them. I may need to wait and change them later to better ones on my own.

Any comments or suggestions on how to run the bike until the engine settles? Should I be low on RPM range or any speed limit to maintain?

Thanks.

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Hi guys

A bit of advice here please
Anything you feel that I should or should not be doing during the initial ride time?

Also how many KM should I run it slowly before I can start subjecting it to the normal ride pattern?

Thanks

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

Honda Navi offered free with every bSIII CBR150r and 250r.

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

I build race bikes motors and have done many many rebuilds. Let me draw you a picture. You have a knife blade and you want to sharpen it on an oil stone. If it is relatively sharp, 20- 30 stokes in the stone is all you need to sharpen the knife.

Now after a cylinder hone, there are a few little microscopic whiskers left from the honing process. Once the ring moves over these, it flattens them. How many time do you think it take the ring to seal the surface ? 30 strokes 300, 3000. Actually not many at all.

The main process in running in a motor is to season/heat cycle the piston.

Run 1/3 power to 1/3 RPM 2-3 times and each time snap the throttle back and go to idle speed.
Let the motor cool for a few minutes.

Run 2/3 power to 2/3 RPM 2-3 times as above.

Let the motor cool for a few minutes.

Run 3/4 power to 3/4 RPM 2-3 times as above.

Let the motor cool for a few minutes.

Fully run in. Give it all it can take.

If you want, you can do an oil change after a few days.

When you race the HONDA RS125 race bikes, you basically assemble them do as above and go racing. No running in period.

There is no such thing as race clearance for the piston/barrel either. I bore to the manufactures spec and tend to err slightly on the under side not over.

Cheers Wallace

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Today, after first start of the day my bike ran just 1km and stalled in middle of the road. After several attempts it won't start. Starter motor working, fuel pump working but bike not starting.

Then i concluded that it should be problem with ignition coil or spark plug.
Then i decided to change the spark plug by myself!!
Then i go for the hunt of ngk cr8e spark plug which is recommended by honda for cbr150. Believe me i checked every honda service center in pune but spark plug is not available. Then finally i got the spark plug from b.u.bhandari,bhavani peth service center.

After putting the new spark plug bike started in first push!!

Note:
Recommended spark change interval for cbr150 is 8000 kms.
I pushed stock spark plug till 12500 kms and this happened.
Factory fitted spark plug- DENSO U24ESR-N
new spark plug- NGK CR8E (both are recommended)

Always keep stock of spare parts like cables, spark plugs, ignition coil, relays, fuses. Its difficult to get them when we are in need

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The plug looks fine. Not sure what it was not working. Like in cars, I never change plugs. They don't wear out with the new ignition systems. It would be interesting if you put the old plug back in and see if it will run. It would be more likely a plug fault than carbon on the insulator. I have had brand new plugs fail.

The CDIs tends to spark virtually any plug these days.

Re: Honda CBR 150 R

What is the fork dia of Cbr150?