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, it looks like an after thought and I am still doing some mods with the lamps as sourcing parts for mounting lights has become big problem. , still in development phase.
, it looks like an after thought and I am still doing some mods with the lamps as sourcing parts for mounting lights has become big problem. , still in development phase.
, it looks like an after thought and I am still doing some mods with the lamps as sourcing parts for mounting lights has become big problem. , still in development phase.
Had a road trip of 600KM. I had not got hold of proper internet to put all these things here, so i will go through whole month experience in one shot. Word of caution-Long post coming up. People can avoid the long drama and read only the bullet points given in bold below, if they want. 
I had planned to give 1st service at around 700km. So i had to cover a round trip of approx. 600KM. After searching for places in 300KM radius, decided the route as Chennai-Horseley Hiils-Talakona Falls-Chennai. Started from chennai on 6th Nov, sat at 8.30AM from tambaram. Rode till entrance of vellore in 6 lane highway and open stretches are a bliss. But, since the bike was in Run-in had to maintain rpm between 4-5k and that came to around 50-60kmph in 6th gear. It was a pain to restrain myself from speeding up.
Before Vellore, took a right toward chittor and the road i a two lane state highway and it was easier to maintain the run-in speed as well as varying the rpm. It has stopped raining after kanchipuram and the climate was better than awesome. the roads were good enough and route was scenic with enough greenery. Comfortably reached madanapalle, by 3 and started climbing hills. Went with pillion and two backpacks. Had to keep mostly in first 3 gears to get good traction, but the bike faired very well. Reached Horsley Hiils by 4.30 and enoyed the viewed stayed for the night. Started from there on 7th Nov.Sunday at 11AM towards talakona waterfalls. The route is very beautiful and roads are amazingly good and curving every now and then. Had a smooth and enoyable ride. Reached talakona waterfalls by 3PM and enoyed till 6. The posture and seats are comfortable. I didnt have much pain, except in my wrist since i was coming from disc125. The bike seat wants us to go further and further pushing more. i took breaks keeping in mind that i was in run-in and have to gie engine rest. Or else i would have stretched some more. Even the pillion was comfortable enough to feel safe behind me and also enoy the ride in a relaxed manner.
I had slowly pushed the rpm till 7.5kRPM couple of times. The bike vibrates a little around 4.5-5K RPM and it vanishes after that.
It was ghat section and no where to stop and even if some place would have been there i didnt want to stop in that region. Tirupati was ust 40Km away. Best thing was the head lights. It showed as much as possible. If it wasnt that light, i would have surely stopped. The rain was pouring that much. We reached tirupati at 9PM took, entered city and took a break for the rain to reduce and it did reduce to a drizzle. Started from tirupati at 945PM. We came through, thirupati-puttur-thiruthani-thiruvallur-sriperumbuthur-tambaram. All along the rain didnt stop at all. If anyone had come through this route would be knowing that, the full route is setup in plains with highway running through open barren lands on both sides. The result is we get a lot of cross-winds.
Imagine that cross winds during rain. It was too much. I can feel the winds trying the push the bike sideways. But, the RS held on to the road amazingly. It was super stable. I can feel the winds on me and on the bike but i can see the bike staying on course. I was surprised and happy at the same time. I knew it was stable on highways but i never expected it to be this much better with cross winds. So may places i didnt notice the unmarked speed breakers and tried to slow at the last moment, but still hit the breakers at quite some speed. The RS faired well there too. No loss in stability, no issues with forces hitting us. Reached thiruvallur by 1115PM and followed google maps towards Aavadi and it was a big mistake. It took us towards a route which was a road with width 3/4th the width of a usual state highway. But, the problem was not the width, it was the potholes. The road was filled with pot holes. I could go beyond 30kmph and it was real torture. I went through this road for some 4 or 5 km and decided i cant go further.
But, good thing was i got to feel the ride quality of RS. The damping is perfect. Retraced back to thiruvallur and checked another route towards sriperumbuthur. It satrted pouring again with winds lashing us all the way till we entered tambaram. Reached home at 2 and RS was ready to be run again. The next day only i came to know that cyclone had past through the previous night in northern part of tamil nadu and southern part of andra pradesh. I had ridden all through the cyclone and the bike had survived it to bring us safe home.
I was very worried, about water entering silencer and thereby engine, rust being formed and since RS was having lot of electricals, that going kaput. One of my neighbour had generously sealed my both bikes with plastic as much as he could. I was waiting impatiently for the water to even reduce to a level for me to get into the apartment for checking the status, and after little bit of draining, i entered the apartment to see the water level ust touching the silencer. No idea what was the worst case water level. I was praying it shouldnt have gone above silencer and entered the engine.
The day later surprisingly the water receded and I took half day off from office to run and check my both bikes. Reached there with another neighbour who had his R15 standing in the same state as mine. Opened the plastic covers on his silencer and fired his engine. After one failed attempt it came to life. Water started sprayin out of his silencer and also pouring out in small amounts from the drain hole. his bike was very much in good state. We left his bike to idle and went to check mine. Now, with nervous beating heart, turned the ignition on and saw the usual checks being done and heard the sound of fuel pump getting started. Little relieved , pressed the starter button, and in first touch the bike started without even a small sprut. I was happy.
Left it to idle and inspected the bike as much as i could. All electricals seem to work fine and everything was in order. There was only a small glitch. Since the chain and sproackets were under water the lube had gone and it was totally dry.
So ran to my home and got my TVS lube which i had and lavishly applied on the chain. I dont have a paddock Stand, so it was a pain to move the bike little by little and apply the lube. But, i was happy that everything was in order. Next went on to check the DISC125ST. It started in first shot as well and to my surprise the lube on chain sprockets were still intact and untouched. I now was wondering what happened on my RS, then i remembered that ever since i got my RS i didnt check about the chain, since i was under the impression that these lazy good for nothing idiot would have applied good lube while delivering. These people had done nothing and i was an idiot too for not checking properly. and that TVS lube is good enough and very good. Due to rains the whole city was gridloacked. Without any choice i had tested the flickability of the bike. Though the turning radius is big, i got used to the bike and was getting manageable at flicking it through gaps. 
, it looks like an after thought and I am still doing some mods with the lamps as sourcing parts for mounting lights has become big problem. , still in development phase.
Had a road trip of 600KM. I had not got hold of proper internet to put all these things here, so i will go through whole month experience in one shot. Word of caution-Long post coming up. People can avoid the long drama and read only the bullet points given in bold below, if they want. I had planned to give 1st service at around 700km. So i had to cover a round trip of approx. 600KM. After searching for places in 300KM radius, decided the route as Chennai-Horseley Hiils-Talakona Falls-Chennai. Started from chennai on 6th Nov, sat at 8.30AM from tambaram. Rode till entrance of vellore in 6 lane highway and open stretches are a bliss. But, since the bike was in Run-in had to maintain rpm between 4-5k and that came to around 50-60kmph in 6th gear. It was a pain to restrain myself from speeding up. Before Vellore, took a right toward chittor and the road i a two lane state highway and it was easier to maintain the run-in speed as well as varying the rpm. It has stopped raining after kanchipuram and the climate was better than awesome. the roads were good enough and route was scenic with enough greenery. Comfortably reached madanapalle, by 3 and started climbing hills. Went with pillion and two backpacks. Had to keep mostly in first 3 gears to get good traction, but the bike faired very well. Reached Horsley Hiils by 4.30 and enoyed the viewed stayed for the night. Started from there on 7th Nov.Sunday at 11AM towards talakona waterfalls. The route is very beautiful and roads are amazingly good and curving every now and then. Had a smooth and enoyable ride. Reached talakona waterfalls by 3PM and enoyed till 6. The posture and seats are comfortable. I didnt have much pain, except in my wrist since i was coming from disc125. The bike seat wants us to go further and further pushing more. i took breaks keeping in mind that i was in run-in and have to gie engine rest. Or else i would have stretched some more. Even the pillion was comfortable enough to feel safe behind me and also enoy the ride in a relaxed manner. I had slowly pushed the rpm till 7.5kRPM couple of times. The bike vibrates a little around 4.5-5K RPM and it vanishes after that. It was ghat section and no where to stop and even if some place would have been there i didnt want to stop in that region. Tirupati was ust 40Km away. Best thing was the head lights. It showed as much as possible. If it wasnt that light, i would have surely stopped. The rain was pouring that much. We reached tirupati at 9PM took, entered city and took a break for the rain to reduce and it did reduce to a drizzle. Started from tirupati at 945PM. We came through, thirupati-puttur-thiruthani-thiruvallur-sriperumbuthur-tambaram. All along the rain didnt stop at all. If anyone had come through this route would be knowing that, the full route is setup in plains with highway running through open barren lands on both sides. The result is we get a lot of cross-winds. Imagine that cross winds during rain. It was too much. I can feel the winds trying the push the bike sideways. But, the RS held on to the road amazingly. It was super stable. I can feel the winds on me and on the bike but i can see the bike staying on course. I was surprised and happy at the same time. I knew it was stable on highways but i never expected it to be this much better with cross winds. So may places i didnt notice the unmarked speed breakers and tried to slow at the last moment, but still hit the breakers at quite some speed. The RS faired well there too. No loss in stability, no issues with forces hitting us. Reached thiruvallur by 1115PM and followed google maps towards Aavadi and it was a big mistake. It took us towards a route which was a road with width 3/4th the width of a usual state highway. But, the problem was not the width, it was the potholes. The road was filled with pot holes. I could go beyond 30kmph and it was real torture. I went through this road for some 4 or 5 km and decided i cant go further. But, good thing was i got to feel the ride quality of RS. The damping is perfect. Retraced back to thiruvallur and checked another route towards sriperumbuthur. It satrted pouring again with winds lashing us all the way till we entered tambaram. Reached home at 2 and RS was ready to be run again. The next day only i came to know that cyclone had past through the previous night in northern part of tamil nadu and southern part of andra pradesh. I had ridden all through the cyclone and the bike had survived it to bring us safe home.I was very worried, about water entering silencer and thereby engine, rust being formed and since RS was having lot of electricals, that going kaput. One of my neighbour had generously sealed my both bikes with plastic as much as he could. I was waiting impatiently for the water to even reduce to a level for me to get into the apartment for checking the status, and after little bit of draining, i entered the apartment to see the water level ust touching the silencer. No idea what was the worst case water level. I was praying it shouldnt have gone above silencer and entered the engine. The day later surprisingly the water receded and I took half day off from office to run and check my both bikes. Reached there with another neighbour who had his R15 standing in the same state as mine. Opened the plastic covers on his silencer and fired his engine. After one failed attempt it came to life. Water started sprayin out of his silencer and also pouring out in small amounts from the drain hole. his bike was very much in good state. We left his bike to idle and went to check mine. Now, with nervous beating heart, turned the ignition on and saw the usual checks being done and heard the sound of fuel pump getting started. Little relieved , pressed the starter button, and in first touch the bike started without even a small sprut. I was happy. Left it to idle and inspected the bike as much as i could. All electricals seem to work fine and everything was in order. There was only a small glitch. Since the chain and sproackets were under water the lube had gone and it was totally dry. So ran to my home and got my TVS lube which i had and lavishly applied on the chain. I dont have a paddock Stand, so it was a pain to move the bike little by little and apply the lube. But, i was happy that everything was in order. Next went on to check the DISC125ST. It started in first shot as well and to my surprise the lube on chain sprockets were still intact and untouched. I now was wondering what happened on my RS, then i remembered that ever since i got my RS i didnt check about the chain, since i was under the impression that these lazy good for nothing idiot would have applied good lube while delivering. These people had done nothing and i was an idiot too for not checking properly. and that TVS lube is good enough and very good. Due to rains the whole city was gridloacked. Without any choice i had tested the flickability of the bike. Though the turning radius is big, i got used to the bike and was getting manageable at flicking it through gaps. ... and thanks for vouching me.. ...I cleaned the chain using Kerosene... Is it alright??
... and thanks for vouching me.. ...I cleaned the chain using Kerosene... Is it alright??
... and thanks for vouching me.. 
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