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**rahul 55 rocker** · 12-14-2010, 12:45 AM

hey guys i will be going out for a month or two .my bike will be at my hostel .do i need to take care of something about the bike?

Rahul

**abhishekch** · 12-14-2010, 11:03 AM

Originally posted by rahul 55 rocker View Post

hey guys i will be going out for a month or two .my bike will be at my hostel .do i need to take care of something about the bike?

Rahul

its written in manual how to store bike for long time

**psr** · 12-14-2010, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by rahul 55 rocker View Post

hey guys i will be going out for a month or two .my bike will be at my hostel .do i need to take care of something about the bike?

Rahul

Most important to do is to add 4 ml of 2t per liter of petrol,shake the petrol vigourously by moving forward at 10 Kmph or so,in gear, and braking with front disc suddenly then, drain out the petrol totally,and inflate tires 2Psi more than recommended. Park the bike in an elevated place,where water cannot submerge it.......and keep rat poison near the cylinder head.

...to guard your bike from rat attack.

**dead_piper** · 12-14-2010, 12:33 PM

@180Menace & abhishekch : -
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I would suggest you not to go in for mods for your bike so soon., i did all n my bike was showing signs of sickness., but never dropped in performance., i took to the service and got most of my engine parts replaced under warranty., bike was in svc centre for a week.,
just my suggestion.,

i have to run in the bike again and this time i am doing it how we had done for my friends rd n rtr., changing oil every 300 kms till 2k., maintainin one bunk oil., 4k rpm and ocassional rip+choke n slow down method.,

my warranty ends in 2 months.,

@Naveen1985 - vibes will vanish overtime

**Naveen1985** · 12-14-2010, 02:03 PM

@ all
hi friends
please help me choozing between zma and rtr180...
m very much confused..
and tell me is it worth to pay 10k more and get around 5km/ltr less mileage in comparison to rtr..???

**lijok** · 12-14-2010, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by Naveen1985 View Post

@ all
hi friends
please help me choozing between zma and rtr180...
m very much confused..
and tell me is it worth to pay 10k more and get around 5km/ltr less mileage in comparison to rtr..???

The zma/zmr are wonderful tourers, while the RTR is a wonderful city bike. Not that they dont serve the reverse purpose.

Also keep in mind that ppl with zma/zmr are finding it increasingly difficult to source spares.

**Naveen1985** · 12-14-2010, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by lijok View Post

The zma/zmr are wonderful tourers, while the RTR is a wonderful city bike. Not that they dont serve the reverse purpose.

Also keep in mind that ppl with zma/zmr are finding it increasingly difficult to source spares.

shortage of spares for zma which more then 6 years old i guess????

**kantu** · 12-14-2010, 02:43 PM

Originally posted by Naveen1985 View Post

shortage of spares for zma which more then 6 years old i guess????

Hmm seems like you are inclined towards zma/r ,if its so plz take that bike itself else you would later start hating other bike which you buy , buy a bike that you like , you will love it no matter what are its dis advantages

**abhishekch** · 12-14-2010, 02:46 PM

Originally posted by Naveen1985 View Post

shortage of spares for zma which more then 6 years old i guess????

sortage of spare for zma i dont think so comany is still producing it so parts will be available .
on tvs it took 1 month to get my right rvm at svc.
and also indicator is not their in stock .
it is on yours what you want tourer or racer

**Naveen1985** · 12-14-2010, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by abhishekch View Post

sortage of spare for zma i dont think so comany is still producing it so parts will be available .
on tvs it took 1 month to get my right rvm at svc.
and also indicator is not their in stock .
it is on yours what you want tourer or racer

i think availability of spares for rtr is a problem...
thats what i have learnt from this thread

**social** · 12-14-2010, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by Naveen1985 View Post

i think availability of spares for rtr is a problem...
thats what i have learnt from this thread

Test ride both the bike. Ride both and buy which you like best. Regarding spares, if you're out of luck... you'll have problems with both HH or TVS spares...

And if you're lucky, then neither of the bike will not give you any reason to seek spares for a year or two

**Garry_Menace** · 12-14-2010, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by social View Post

Originally posted by Naveen1985 View Post

shortage of spares for zma which more then 6 years old i guess????

Regarding spares, if you're out of luck... you'll have problems with both HH or TVS spares...

And if you're lucky, then neither of the bike will not give you any reason to seek spares for a year or two

+1. Even I've heard that ZMA spares are difficult to find soon. But at the same time, people here are saying the same about RTR.

Regarding the rest, If you want a sports tourer, then ZMA is the bike for you. Its a gem of an engine, buddy. Just that you don't get some goodies in it what RTR has, like, digi speedo, max speed register, best 0-60 register and all. But it is a great bike.

So, if you want a city devil, go for RTR with your eyes closed.(doesn't mean that it is not good for highways, I tour on my RTR itself and it doesn't give me any problem. (touchwood

)

Else if you want a touring machine, then ZMA is the best for you.

(Same for ZMA, it is also good in cities, but more of a tourer)

**abhishekch** · 12-14-2010, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by social View Post

Test ride both the bike. Ride both and buy which you like best. Regarding spares, if you're out of luck... you'll have problems with both HH or TVS spares...

And if you're lucky, then neither of the bike will not give you any reason to seek spares for a year or two

on show room test ride bike is new so you will feel it refined.
you can test my bike its 10 months old and will show you the real rtr feeling
of vibes and hard gear box .

**Naveen1985** · 12-14-2010, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by abhishekch View Post

on show room test ride bike is new so you will feel it refined.
you can test my bike its 10 months old and will show you the real rtr feeling
of vibes and hard gear box .

some people here on xbhp are saying vibes will disappear by time and you are saying the other story....
you mean vibrations will increase with time and so is the gears problem

**Garry_Menace** · 12-14-2010, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by abhishekch View Post

on show room test ride bike is new so you will feel it refined.
you can test my bike its 10 months old and will show you the real rtr feeling
of vibes and hard gear box .

I disaagree on this, Abhishek bro

hehe

Actually, the test ride experience may be refined for you because you may have got the bike whose engine was already runned-in with nice care, having a nice engine oil (other than the shitty TRU4) etc etc.

RTR shows more vibes in the earlier days, which can be controlled if you do some simple things for it like changing oil at short interval in starting and then switch to some nice semi-synthetic like Motul 5100 or something.

I am feeling more vibes in my bike due to the lean mixture which I've mentioned and discussed here for N times and I'm not worried of that. I ride "@180menace's" bike almost every week and the vibes are much less in his bike. Same has been mentioned here by Drifty, Renny etc afte changing the engine oil.

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