Every time I look at YOUR bike i can't help feeling how sexed up your bike is...you are always in the forward lean position......it is mean looking at the same time shows care...good care..

I love the classic cafe-racer look.Maybe it's because our house was right opposite the RTO in Mysore ,as a kid i grew up watching bikes like RD350,Java,Rajdoot,Bullet's and some BSA's too.We kids used to ask the owners technical specs about their rides,i rem one incidence when we were standing and admiring a RD350 and i was in first grade and the owner was surprised when i asked him how many gears the bike had.Those days the owners themselves used to bring their bikes to get the registration done and RTO was the place where ppl used to get knowledge about new bikes.Then a friend's grandfather owned a imported bike garage and at his home he used to keep his assembled BMW bike,which he imported part by part and assembled.So,i have always loved the classic look.Anyway "They don't make em like that anymore" holds good.
For me it's either a full blown sports bike or a cafe-racer kind,the other kinds don't touch the same chord.

Yeah she's sexed up alright The riding position is like,well you know doggy style She's still a work-in-progress,let's see how much more i can improve her.

I find the handle bar is a bit low..don't you get back strain on long rides ?My MVX used to be lower and combined with 18" rear and 16 " front made my life miserable even in city rides...I guess You have a strong back from all that riding

The picture doesn't show how low the handle bar actually is The front end looks big because of the angle so it has made the handle look higher than it is.

Regarding my back i have had a lower back injury from a dead-lift at gym(It's stronger than ever now,thanks to goddess) .Believe it or not,i get back aches if i ride high handle bikes and that's because once the handle gets higher the weight shifts to your lower back as arms and shoulders won't bear the weight.That is the sport bike riding position puts the weight on the arms and the shoulders,making us keep our backs straight and they won't bear any weight.
If your remember the classic bikes of even 20's and 30's vintage,they all had a low handle bar with mid-ship foot pegs and weight on the front end.That is a 60/40 weight distribution, biased to the front-end.They knew what they were doing. Only when the jap bikes came did the sit-up-and-beg dog style of riding position came.Along with it back injuries,light front ends leading to poor handling/road grip.In our country itself see Jawa and Bullet .They both had low handle bars.

Ha ha ha ...yes but for long rides the slight situp style seems to be better..Even after 140 kms ride in my ZMA i had no back or any body pain....(4 Kms of it both ways was on unpaved Bridge in progress dug up road )....oh... by the way it is also called commuter style

Cool, I'll check too. What about F2 mudguard price?

Happens once in a while-I noticed the same thing with mine too last 2 days after filling fuel. Its due to the weather I think. Set idling rpm on warm engine.

Waiting for pics. Where did you get all this done btw? I would have loved to join but was busy.

I agree-ZMA is the most comfy for pillion too.

+100 to that.

The ONLY difference between your and my re-bent handlebar is that mine is slightly wider.
as we share the same footpeg placement too, so i COMPLETELY know how it feels to ride and steer it, and its AMAZING.
Even i thought I'll have some upper back issues with this new handlebar, but on contrary this saved my lower back, even after doing some 470kms, there was no backache.
Upper-back has become rock solid with 4 years of Jeet-Kune-Do anyways.
Even i find the upper handlebar bikes a bit difficult to ride.

1 more thing, this handlebar position gives amazing front end feedback, which even clip-ons fail to give, i have my friend's ZMR with me until 22nd, i do ride it almost everyday, and i still feel that in RAINS, fiero feels much much better coz of the handle bar, whereas karizma sometimes gives a feeling that we can't turn at a particular patch.
Even FZ's front end doesn't feel that confidence inspiring.

and as MASH asked in the previous page about what's needed to fit this, we don't need to drill any holes on the handlebar to fit our STOCK switches, only p135 switches need a drill on this handlebar.

The wheel base of ZMA and ZMR are longer than Fiero and hence longer turning radius....and being used to shorter wheel base and smaller turning radius, you will find it difficult with Karishma.

@Nanotech

Spot on! The difference between your bike and mine is that it's USD.

@Psr

Had thought of putting clip-on handles(real sport bike ones,which fit onto the fork),but changed my mind,as i had experienced first hand,as to what happens if a bike with clip-on handle falls(classic CBZ).If the bolts of the handles get de-threaded,or handle breaks ,then it's time to hitch a ride back home on the back of a truck.Imagine that happening in the middle of nowhere!Were as in case of a steel handle,at most it'll get bent,yet very much ride-able and i've ridden a road-king for 90+ kms that way.

Yup, will take pics soon. Got it done at a place close to the Yam showroom - near Nehru ORR. Its a small shop, but man a good find. Never seen so many super bikes in one place in Hyderabad. 3 R1s, 1 Gixxer and 1 12 year old CBR.

You can join me when I get the shocks done.

I could be wrong on the Pulsar version, you could confirm it once I upload a pic. The height seems to be good for me, any lower and it could get a bit uncomfortable I suppose.

Good decision, not to fit clip-on handle bars.....On Indian roads you will encounter anything and everything, and cast parts will part way and we will be stranded.

@Sarvajit

F2 mudguard isn't available,so they don't know it's price.

@MASH

Yeah it'll be clear once the pictures are seen.

@Nanotech

How's your bike? The mech of ZEN had gone for the maruti dare rally as support mech for the bikes they prepare.So once he comes to garage i'll ask him about clutch plate options.

@ all

Just when i thought all my problems are over, they started again.

From past 1-2 weeks my bike's doing well again, but today i was riding and it started to rain again, in just 3-4 mins of rain the bike STOPPED like before.
Its not ready to start.

Was lucky that I'd been carrying my bag today, so i had a screwdriver.
The first thing i did was drain some fuel off the fuel tank, and i am 100% sure there was not a single drop of water in it, infact even after opening up the tank cap, i realized that the area which has grooves was dry.

I did drain some amount of fuel from the carb too, pure and clean fuel from it too.

I did open up the plug socket, since the IDI unit has a smaller spark plug wire, i couldn't directly attach it to the plug without that holder, so i did try to blow off some water (if present) inside the holder and put it back.
BUT No luck.

tried push start, kick start and button start.
Nothing helped.

with heavy amount of choke, and after some 100 or so attempts, it did start.
But as soon as i touched the throttle, it stopped again.

After 5 to 10 attempts, and adjusting the idling screw to some 3.5k ~ 4k rpm, it did start (with choke pulled too).
I rode for like some 1-2 kms with choke pulled out, and then put it back it, the bike stopped again.

But after some another 500 to 600 mts, it felt a bit better, was behaving normally, so adjusted the idling screw back to 1000 rpm.

it did shut itself down again, but after some 10 or so attempts with the choke pulled out, it worked.

now it was okay, was behaving normal again.
Was reaching home, and just a km before the house, it was brilliant.
Was ripping it a bit, and was performing amazingly, suddenly it started wobbling like crazy, i stopped and checked for a puncture, and the rear wheel was flat.

However i was riding it as the destination wasn't far away, and it started raining heavily again.
Bike stopped again when the raindrops touched it, and i had to bring it home pulling it all the way, getting wet.

dude it seems that ur bike is suffering from some electrical problem, and not mechanical(carb, tank etc). I too, had faced the same problem a few years back. but the culprit was the ignition key hole. the flap was not working properly and ever since it got stuck inside itself. i.e. after removing the key, the flap wouldnt retract and cover the hole. so water would enter and damage the circuit inside!! i was seriously a pain in the a**!! i couldnt even had imagined that a problem like this would ever occur!!

u also make sure that the red cut-off switch along with the ignition key assembly are in good condition. water should never enter these parts!

you have modified ur bike heavily, so also make sure ur entire electrical assembly, wires are in condition. tape the wires which may have got cut or the rubber coating if removed (i.e if wires are naked)