I don't have any of above things, i took care of not race in city so i took nearly an hour to convenience that guy and bring him on highway.

I agree with Renny here. Riding a bike without a helmet is dumb, going racing with not even a helmet is inexcusable. This is what lands people in hospital as a "Vegetable" (aka "coma"), if they are lucky, otherwise they end as roadkill.

Wow, just wow... What does one say to that? Get yourself a decent helmet, and maybe you won't end up in the obituaries section of your local newspaper.

I seriously took into consideration not to race in risky place, and i agreed when he said yes to race on highway.

@Renny

Here are the pics of the wiring of the rear number plate light.Hope it helps.







@Julian
+1 to your post. The Indian bike scene will be a perfect case study for MBA institutes all over the world. The title should read: "How not to grow" or "How to go as slow as possible"!!

Thanks a ton for the pics bro.....

loved the bolds...

Kid, this is not a place for posers! Mind you, street racing is not tolerated here in xBhp. Sunny has already made it clear to you. I expected the moderators to see your posts long back. Somehow, they missed them I guess. xBhp inspires the rest by it's motto of "Safe riding". You being an xBhpian are painting it black!
What makes you think that highway is 'safe' for racing? How foolish!! A life is not worth a race!
You have an RTR worth around 75,000 INR. Why can't you get yourself a decent helmet, which costs 1,000 INR?

I never did anything that would make you think i am a Poser, what made you think that way?
IT was not a street race..........
Regarding helmet will buy one ASAP.

Everybody is waiting for ONE Japanese manufacturers 2XX, the fate of the Indian Motorcyle market depends there.

Protectionism did bring out a commuterish culture in India, which was good purely from a industry point of view but bad from the culture it developed.
How I wish we get cheaper 400s and 600s and then Indian manufacturers would have some challenge to grow (or go Kaput)

PS: If progress = 200 to 400 CC class, then I can safely say that every bnig manufacturer has multiple bikes in this segment.

- Waiting for the Honda bike!

You said it. ZMA(HH) Started it but then again it got limited to the P220 only.

Me waiting too.Keeping my fingers crossed for it not be another half-hearted-baked-big cc-low power bike!!

The 180 already hits 140 on the speedo as someone had posted a video. How much increase in speed can we expect in every rpm? It hits 54 kmph at 4k rpm 5th gear in stock. Can it hit something close to 64 kmph at the same with the rear sprocket change to 44T?

Possible but it would severely jeopardize the acceleration/roll-on timings.

Altering the sprocket should not be more than +/- 2 for the rear and +/- 1 for the front in case if you want the bike to perform well.

Im sticking to altering -2 for the rear. I am more of a tourer so i need a relaxed engine at high speeds. How much dent in acceleration will it put? I dont mind a little loss as i wont be racing anytime soon.

That would be tough to quantify but you need to do trial-and-error method to see which setup suits you the best.

I forgot to point this earlier, but the 180 has different num plate mounts than the 160,as shown in the pics the two metallic "rods" things.

lets hope it wont be another 220 with 20-22 PS on tap...
but lets browse the newspaper by the next diwali, it wont be out till then i guess...

No, it wont give you 10kmph advantage at the gear.

+1

I would imagine that a person above the age of 13 would know the value of his own head. Heck, I used to wear a helmet much before they became compulsory. But i'm not a big fan of enforcement. So let them do as they wish. If they don't value their life it's their life to not value. Lemme ask you, if an xBHPian were to contemplate suicide (may it never happen), would you go there and force the dude not to kill himself? We can only suggest and hope good sense prevails. And maintain forum discipline. For all you know dozens of people here may be riding without helmets. They're just not posting pictures of it here.

Someone here had once commented on this, called it Systematic Increase in Profits i think, you can understand the companies want to make as much money as possible. Why jump 50 CCs and multi-cylinders and reach the limits of your (copied) technology when you can milk the customer for 20 CCs worth. The fault here i would say is the consumer's for falling for the marketing gimmicks and buying every crap bike they 'upgrade' and launch.

On a practical note, what our crowded indian cities need are 250 and 400 cc twins that can be used on a daily basis and still have enough power for that bit of fun when needed. I mean, seriously, how much power of a 600 or litre SBK could you really use on indian roads?

p.s. @SP mainly - I'm a bit lost about exactly which bike you think is gonna revolutionize the industry. Please elaborate if it ain't too much of a secret!