It's been a long time after I come here, I lost interest in my bike and related things a long time ago but now it seems like getting that interest back !

What actually happened was 1 year back, I got into an accident that made my RTR no longer special or lovable , till the time of that accident I was keeping my RTR like it was my "precious", I don't know after that accident simply let my bike. It's my first time here since that accident, what actually happened was I was going on a long ride with my friend(he was pillion), I'm a sane rider and safety first man, I was driving like 40-45 kmph in road at that time, suddenly a truck reversed from a home to the rode and hit me from right side, we rolled from the bike. I just had some minor scratches but my friend's leg bone broke badly, and he had to put steel in leg in order to fix his leg. Police filed FIR and registered case against the truck driver for negligent driving, yet it wasn't my fault I somehow felt responsible for what happened to my friend, from that day on I never did really enjoyed riding, my bike !! Till that time I would clean, polish, wax and lube my bike every saturday, check my bike in SVC once in a month but everything changed after that ! I don't know why but I lost trust in my ride, I know it's not the fault of my bike nor me but you see that you'll have a special trust with your bike when you get close with it, I lost that.

Only now I could get it over with, and I'm starting to love my bike again ! Now I'm caring my bike like I used to be

Odo : 17,500
Oil : Motul 300v 15w50 FS.
Everything else remains stock.

What makes me wonder now is how my bike is still giving me 45-kmph in moderate 60-70 city and highway mixed runs.

Now simplest DIY's are giving me pleasure, I do Chain cleaning & lube, Air filter cleaning, Carb tuning and spark plug cleaning. I learned it all from here, I'm a software eng. by profession but I spend most of my time researching about DIY's for my bike now and I was noob as pancake when I bought my bike, it was this forum and it's lovely members that helped me to learn the art of biking and bikes.

After a routine check, I'm uncertain whether my spark plug is fouled or not also I don't know how to read carb setting by the color of Spark plug ! I attached pic of my spark plug before I cleaned, please see to it and tell me how my bike is doing !!




Just skimmed through it, looking really inspiring and make me go for a ride this very night :P

I can't help but to say, there is no one that helped this section more than prateek did, I always wondered that how do you managed to keep interested in here ! I owe you a lot for your posts, I was as noob as pancake when I bought my bike, but this forum and you guys made me love the art of riding and biking !

@Albert sad to hear about your accident thanks to a maniac. Its good that you are back healthy & once again in love with your ride.
How is the 300v holding up. How many kms have you done with the oil ?

So sorry to hear for your loss.
We can bear consequences of our action on ourselves ,but when our actions results into harm for someone we love or know ,we tend to hold ourselves responsible for that .although it wasn't your fault and you were at the wrong place on the wrong time ,but still your mind thought that since it was you who was riding the bike ,you are somehow responsible for the loss of your friend.
It's good that you've overcome your fears and started to fall in love with your passion once again.
I will advise to take this instance as a grave moral and to assure that you ride with High Quality Full body Armours and gears all the time whenever you swing your leg across the saddle.
Welcome back .

@prateek2210 Extreme ride to chopta. Amazing video buddy! Which tyres?

@prateek2210 Awesome video! Never knew about this place. Roads in the video seems to be in good condition. How did the RTR performed? Which tires? For people like me who didn't knew about CHOPTA Chopta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

@prateek2210 Do you have any experience with Iridium IX with SpitFire ? I feel like getting bit more power and feeling when I ride, so thinking about air filters ! I'm not fond of it's utter sound yet I'd love some powerup ! I'm planning to buy a UNI filter.

I could use your invaluable expertise here

Thanks guys, I am running on MRF Zapper C both front and rear. Roads were indeed good near Chopta, but the black ice was terrible. I was with pillion, RTR was too good, the initial of RTR was enough to pull me and the pillion.



Honestly buddy, you wont find any visible difference if you go for these, but yes the plugs will last longer (only diff I found) and second diff that you might notice could be that your bike would start in first crank, thats it.

Also I need better lighting for my bike, I've too many night rides. I'm planning to move to 55/60. Anybody got any bulbs in mind ? It'll be great if it's whitish so it can match with DRL. I know whitish may be the best for fog conditions but I'm nowhere near it