Battery maintenance? @#$%@#$ robbers! Seriously scan and send the bill to Bajaj and ask for an explanation.

Looks cool bro

Done matt black strip through tank.!!

Courtesy goes to RahulDevnath. Thank you for the !dea

Here goes pictures

cool man... according to you we all are fools... and k&n company is riding us...

@Sayank bro :"Never argue with an idiot , He will drag you down to his level and beat you down with experience"

BTW guys , I got my NS last week Everything's been awesome. But I had a bad experience when I was standing in queue for registration (at RTO) , One of my friends who came with me was sitting on the bike , he thought the side stand was on and got off the bike . The bike fell onto a red 200 NS which was sitting beside mine (mine is yellow) , and that red one fell onto a Fazer and that Fazer onto an Auto Rickshaw. Luckily nothing happened to the other bikes , but my left RVM was broken , After registration I took it to the SVC immediately and changed it. Pictures are coming up soon. oh and one more query , I can't turn on the headlights without starting the engine , Is this normal ?

The bike is looking great.. Should be done on all yellow 200NS... Wonder if it will look good on red

@Manz :1. If you look at the flow of air into an engine, there are usually other bottlenecks before or after the air filter that keep the engine from breathing optimally and changing the air filter to a higher flow filter will do nothing to change the other bottlenecks.

2. if indeed you do open up some flow with the K&N, you will have to change other aspects of the intake system, the carbs/throttle bodies, and/or the exhaust system to keep a balanced power delivery. This can be expensive and is largely hit or miss. You've got to keep trying things to get it all right and is best done with the help of a gas analyser and a dyno - all of which are expensive. It's cheaper to buy a GSXR or even an R1 .

3. the K&N indeed flows more air over the stock filter. How do you think it does that? It does it by having larger holes in it's fabric. Larger holes mean more and larger particles of dirt flow through. K&N's work best when the oil you put on them has attracted and stuck a lot of dirt - which in the early part of the cleaning cycle allows more dirt to flow through into the engine and in the latter parts of the cleaning cycle to restrict air flow. Neither is the best solution to me.

K&N work well for bikes on a race course where they can indeed improve your bikes power delivery in conjunction with other changes and since you are racing, you aren't as concerned with the longevity of the engine.
Dude , If you don't do jetting , you wont get any power increase . And even if you do it , you will hardly gain 1 bhp on an Indian bike.. +edit : Do what ever you want N00b , don't spread incomplete knowledge.NS already offers enough power for Indian roads and traffic , If you want to be a joker in front of everyone , be my guest .

exactly man.... I dont get what try to say they got power increase by a stupid cone filter...and 1bhp increase? It will be .1 bhp i guess... A k&n will make the engine even more peaky.... And no matter what the company says k&n attracts lot more dust inside the engine... People who think k&n gives increased protection, just open you engine and see the condition...fact is k&n works because of the filter oil and it has to be lubed regularly to keep it working... Better to use the stock filter and clean them with water...safe and cost effective... And manz, just forget what the company says

@Rahul : leave it bro , maybe he will come up with some other theory. let us wait
@evilhunt : eh! I heard about you . You live in kollam? My friend who works at the SVC told me that a guy got only 28kmpl . Was that guy you?

Congratulations.

You have both the NS and Duke?

Looks superb Bro...
But have a look at the Exhaust right below the engine..The dust pattern. Looks like there might be some leakeage of engine oil. Just check out once.

BTW, did u adjust the AFR?? What's the result?
Congrats friend..
And NO, you can't turn on the Headlight without starting the engine. Even you cant light on the pilots.. Done to save the battery.. But the Pilots and the instrument cluster going off with the engine kill switch is really a bad feature..

@shibadip : thanks for clearing it up bro

Oh, I've looked it... there is no oil.. thankgod... it might be some water + dust...

I've checked under engine and under oil filter.

No bro... not adjusted.

@Rahul, Shiba & JK : Hi guys, how are you doing ? and how are your bikes doing ? Finally got my net connection repaired so will be frequent here.

Matt Black is looking superb, goes with the overall contrast of the bike

Hey Chintan, we were missing the owner of the thread

How's your bike, how many kms on ODO? Any issues?