Another query. When on lower rpms say 3500 i hear a sound from the engine. Its sounds like a tiny pump so could this be the sound of the coolant pump operating?

Hehe...that 1cm is the hardest one mate.I verified it with the svc guy.But when I said that I want to increase the height of the rear end by switching to hardest setting he said that it won't do any change to the height , whether its the softest or the hardest mode , the ride height is fixed...but still I'm not sure...maybe he was just lazy to do it ( as he was in a hurry ) & was trolling with me..

I hope this will be more helpful :

^^^.about half-clutch-gear-shifting= You just need to make sure you are far enough down - typically you'd need to depress the clutch than half-way down maybe around 2/3 but it varies between bikes due to the level of clutch wear,clutch cable adjustment

, it's probably best to depress the clutch the whole way rather than risk excessive wear or badly messing up a gear change if you don't get it right.

Yes, that's what I was trying to say. The new pics explains it better and is correct.

However, the increase in 1cm DOES NOT mean that the height is increased, it actually decreases.

Think that the mono suspension is one single unit. The either ends actually one single unit. So, practically there's negligible difference in the saddle height!

Even I have been feeling this issue since day 1. The false neutral between 1 and 2nd gears. Never had it in higher gears though. But I the lever does become free once in a while when going down from 6 to 1 in single go. I had that thing in my passion as well.

Actually, the SVC guy told me 2 days ago to retract the clutch fully while changing gears. I have a habit of retracting it a little shift and leave the clutch immediately, the quick-shift style. Never had issue with passion. Not with NS as such. But after SVC guy told me I am retracting the clutch fully.

Also I think if the speed is matching for that particular gear, quickly leaving the clutch should not be and issue. In this case the difference between the rpm of the two sides (driver and driven) will not be much.

To hell with this "khat-khat" sound with gear change. It irritates me soooo much. As such i feel the gears are hard. Even after oil change no significant change in it for me. The other day I was riding Unicorn and the gear gave soft "click-click" sound which was pleasant to hear as well.

Second that observation. Generally its good to shift down gradually, but in traffic sometimes you have no option.

exactly.... Perfect
@rahuldevnath: you are just considering the spring compression... You are not considering the height of the lobes which increases as you compress the spring... Basically you dont compress the spring...you compress the gas inside... Try it on the svc once... I told you i am 100000% sure...
Well rohan200ns did it on his duke. Let him confirm

We don't compress the gas or the oil inside the canister. The OIL inside the canister is for REBOUND DAMPENING and much for the compression stroke. When we put the suspension to hardest setting, we are basically COMPRESSING the springs, so that the travel during compression is less, because there's already PRELOAD on the springs. What you are talking about happens in Hydraulic Pre-load adjustment, where OIL is used set pre loads isntead of the manual collar.

Just consider the suspension, as a single unit again. When both the ends of suspension are at a fixed maximum position (by default the springs will take the maximum space), how can you increase the length of the suspension again!

I could be wrong, but I will check it again. I will try do it on twin setup shocks for easy understanding.
But actually the suspension setup, doesn't make a difference to the saddle height after all!

Khat Khat sound while downshifting

Originally Posted by kaydee_bangalore
But that would produce a Khat khat sound specially while downshifting i guess...
Well anyways I will give it a try while going home today

When you hear "Khat - Khat" sound while downshifting suggests you are downshifting the gears at higher speed. Slow the bike down using your brakes as far as possible and then quickly press the clutch and then downshift the gears at required speed ...try this and the khat khat sound will not appear.

Many a times i have observed people use their clutch and brakes simultaneously to slow down and simultaneously downshift at higher speeds...avoid this...

Khat khat sound suggests you are not downshifting properly....

Hmmm...well considering both the possibilities I think that whatever happens to the ride height , it won't be 1 cm for sure...i.e if it increases it'll increase by 4-5mm & if it decreases it'll decrease by 4-5mm...
Still try on the twin setup please...

Thanks...so while downshifting also u use half clutch??? Anways il try nd see.....

95% of the janta in this country have still not been able to get over the HH CD 100 SS days. The SVC guys tell a lot of things which are more of a standard norm rather than being a logical translation of the real world scenarios. It's upto us what to retain and what to filter. Classic example is the run-in procedure. What the SVC guys say (or for that matter the manual says) and what we have discussed in this forum as applicable in real world scenario are very much different

About that "Khat Khat", I'm pretty much sure that it's the engine-gear box marriage trying to settle down and post the incubation period of 2k km, things should move pretty smoothly!!

Kudos for the attitude man.. Keep it up..

Now, I didn't knew abt that

Uff guess we will have to get a bajaj engineer to XBHP to resolve this .LOL

Hehe...indeed...and as a matter of fact I'm gonna have a chance to talk to one on my NS' 1st service...I'll ask him this stuff & some modification queries as well...

I am not getting khat khat sound always.. i downshift only at proper speeds, but i thought if we downshift with only half clutch applied as suggested by @csajal then we might get that khat khat sound..