Yes , here too they drive unruly like that , picking up to speed and last gear rapidly and then braking again suddenly without signal because a passenger yells from rear seat that he wants to get down . Having struck up friendship with a few of them I have some sympathy for them too as I am not sure what kind of patience and rule-tolerance I could have maintained myself had I been compelled by my circumstances to drive so much in sun & rain with passengers who use so unkind words and yells at you day in and out and thru such poor roads and traffic . But many of them are very good guys too ... as is everywhere , few unruly ones bring them shame . Yes , they disconnect brake-lights and don't use headlights much at night , to save on the cost of new bulbs frequently(cost of a 100Rs for new bulbs every month is considerable for them) - I and chide them often about that . You can't see them coming at night from any distance, which is a great nuisance .

The only way to survive kolkata is to go slow and be ready every moment of riding to apply full brakes or leap off the bike and save yourself , I tell this to younger guys all the time , few listens . I have been to Jamshedpur many times , wide and straight nice roads and low traffic , a dream for us to ride , which is why so many bikes there I think . Yes , Park Street here is like a river of vehicles all day and most of the night too(you'll not find a gap in the stream for a moment) ... I always take the metro to go there ... my school was on that very street .

Yes,these puny rickshaw engines running on petrol don't last long when compared to petrol.
Most probably because the engine oil is injected separately whereas in petrol engines the oil is pre-mixed with petrol which lubricates the bore very well. Most of the rickshaw drivers are very friendly and you can get to know many things from them,there are a storehouse of local knowledge.
You need to be careful with two guys-1.Auto Rickshaw driver 2.Barber. They have a remarkable power of extracting information from people without you knowing.

Guys my Passion won't go beyond 95 kmph on full throttle in 4th gear , also before 2 months i have checked it's meter for error by giving my friend to ride it along with me on my ZMR , we took them upto 50 & i found the analog meter is not having any speedo error upto 50 as the speeds are same in both bikes speedo at 30 , 40 & 50 . Didn't checked beyond it as i don't like my bike to ridden / ripped by someone , but at that time have to pick up ZMR after servicing from ASC , so with heavy heart took friend with me to ride one bike home . So maybe my Passion's speed is correct & 95kmph is the top speed for it . Though i don't care about it as its not the main purpose .

@ Pinaki ji excellent posts .

It is one of the most reliable bikes in India. Even If i dont use my Splendor for 2 months it will still start in one or at the max two kicks. Whereas other bikes need to be warmed every now and then.

This Petrol tap's knob was broken and I wanted to replace it with a lockable tap. I picked up one for Rs.95 and I must say that it is a PITA to use a key all the time.

See the amount of debris ? That's rust. Few days ago I even changed the petrol tap of my uncle's 2001 Passion and the filter was clogged from top to bottom with these particles. Wondering how petrol was even flowing through that.

Yes the filter gets stuck with debris, I've taken out 2-3 times of my bike, but now it has got so sticked that it is not coming out and will come out with damaging it....bought a new fuel cock to replace it.

The clutch slip has become more evident now,especially while accelerating from 60kmph. My mistake,should have used the OE springs.
I will be replacing the plates this Tuesday(Diwali holiday) and will also measure the spring constant and length of OE vs Local and post it here.

I am still contemplating whether to use new makino plates or OE plates along with new OE springs.

Is this true HH/HM only sale Handle Ball racer set (cost Rs.200+) and stop selling Handle Ball only (which cost much less) ?

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Is there anything I can do with my battery, please throw some idea ..... battery is fine.

Any local battery wala should be able to fix it easily, I have seen them doing it oftentimes.

The hero honda bikes speedo is manufactured by JNS and not pricol. Pricol meters have huge speedo errors but JNS speedo are most accurate. Mine speedo is JNS and i have compared with my extreme, which has the accurate speedo same as ZMR, and at the most at top speed it is 5 kph at fault. EVEN in auto mags i have read that the speedo of my joy is very less error and hero honda bikes have less speedo error.
At 95 you would be at 90 kph.
For starters JNS is a renowned speedo manufacturers and 9 out of 10 cars are fitted with JNS speedo.My joy and passion has JNS speedo. Even the new ZMR,extreme,HUNK which have the most accurate speedo among all bikes meters are manufactured by JNS.

There was no need of buying petrol tap as you get that filter separately and the filter cost Rs.25 and it contains the filter and an o-ring.
Change to OE springs and get any plate you want. I am using makino and you can see i touched 95 and 100 without effort and had still accelerator left.
@ SHOEB and PAUL- are you pulling my legs or what by calling me engineer sahib.

Where can I get those high quality bullet connectors which goes from the wiring harness to battery ? (Not the ones on battery )Those connectors have been corroded so much that the connector will give away if remove the battery for servicing.

Do you mean those clips on wiring which connects the wiring to battery wires.

Yes.The one available at electronics shop is of inferior quality without nylon insulation.

Been there for 2 times for two different battery wala (exide) by paying 50/- , but not last more than one week, they fix it by soldering but it come off due to acid. Found some Jell battery (suggested by my mech) manufactured by some unknown company around 450-500/- bucks, but I can't convince myself to go with it.


So now after replacing the whole starter-magneto assembly (thanks for the tremendous help of you guys 6 months ago) I'm still short on horn-signals and everything.

Hi sibun, again your post is the ultimate solution of any problem, Your DIY type post are true asset of this community. Thank you so much.

Every local bike's spare shop here said HH don't sell handle ball only at least for past 6 months, either I need to buy the full HH ball racer set cost 225/- or I can go with Pulsar ball which costed 15/- a pack. For the time being I choose later.

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Anyhow where I can get BONDTITE UNIWELD or ARALDITE RAPID ​? Is this two available in normal hardware store ?

About my battery, after 2 attempt with 2 different battery wala, I done the soldering process myself. First toss the white terminal battery cap,then clean the hole with luke warm water, all acid debris get clear, strip the wire little bit and once terminal get dry do the solder by noobish experience and feel the remaining hole with grease. In this way it last 4 + months. But now it seems again geting loose, sometimes the horn/neutral light all out as well as fuel gauge.

I want to stick with this battery, if those 2 mixture available easily in my place.

On the other hand, Can you quote the model name & approx price of the amaron battery which can replace this one ?

@Neel
How old is the battery ?

You can get Araldite rapid at any hardware store or 4-wheeler spares shop.