I booked black one in Brand Store, Blore in August 1st week
Are you sure ?
For the first time I hope that delivery of my bike will be delayed so that it gives time to check out new one if its launched

how much does the T350 cost now ? will the new model cost more ?

Okay. Can you please check with them and confirm the news about new TBTS model ??? Want to confirm about the 'engine' specifically....


Yep. Sure about the new model b'coz I've confirm the re-design news from a close friend who works for Rinder India (The comp. who makes headlamps for TBTS). But not so sure about the 'engine' and 'date of launch'...

It's around 1.25 L now and will be increased once the new model is made available.

I am not sure about changes in Engine. As TBTS also shares CL500 engine and the only change was that its black.
So if this is true I guess even 350 TBTS will be black.
And its already 1.35L here in blore for existing TBTS new one might cost 1.5L max
I think RE is aligning dates of launch with that SRK film(not sure which)

Jab tak hai jaan... but alas... it is a romantic film...

You dont have to change anything. You just have to change the rim and nothing else.
the tire is not going to touch the swing arm at any time. even if the tire is flat or not. what i believe is that you can still go for a 130 tire.
not sure about that though.
and if you wanna increase the tire size with a 19", then you have to import the tire from outside. that will cost you a lot.
and also you will have to change the swing arm. so better shift to 18". and also the height decreases, but not that much. may be at max of 1".

These is a difference between the other bikes and RE.
in other bikes the bend pipe and the silencer comes together. the bend pipe does not have any chambers inside. so if you change the silencer, then it totally becomes free flow. but in RE the bend pipe and the silencer is different. Removing the silencer does not make the bike free flow.
thats why changing the silencer does not improve the performance so much.

New engine, thats a big story till now.
i dont think that this is true.
i have seen a couple of TBTS 500 at the service centers. they used to come here for the servicing.
the mechanics used to say that everything is same, just a different silencer. thats it.
i think that the news about the new engine is a false one mate.

But mate you mentioned in your classified ad that you want to sell this tire for it decreased your ride height and going with 19inch. Which 19inch tire did you get ? Imported or domestic ?

which one are you talking about ? can you post the link here ??

Also bro 1" decrease means a lot man ....
your TBTS ground clearance is 135 mm . And decrease of 1" means a quite an amount.

i was planning to downsize to an 18" rim and go for a 120 tyre.. now i'm confused. is that real bad ? i already faced ground clearance issues a few times now.. so isn't there any fatter 19 inch 120 tyre other than the dreaded meteor (in indian market) ??

See mate what i said above is approx values.
you can shift to 18" no problem with that. you will easily get a thicker tire in that profile.
But 19" thicker tire is really hard.
Also i did not find anything bad in it.
I myself have changed my rim to 18".
Yah before i was thinking a lot ...

I will do one thing, I will post a picture of my bike with the tire from different angle, so that you guys can understand better.

Saw this in the classified section under your username.
new Pirelli MT90 120/80 18 - xBhp Classifieds : Buy & Sell

Also please do post the pictures.

Update after oil change.

Alright, today I went ahead and changed the oil of my birdy. Tried to open the main drain bolt first, tried with a c wrench then a spanner, but it was so tight even after soaking with wd-40, it dented the c wrench. Without option had to drain from the oil screen cap. Filled in about 1.8l of Motul 5100 with new oil filter. Initial experience is good, that annoying tick-tick sound from the rocker box has gone down substantially, engine seems a lot smoother, clutch and shifter also seems a lot better. Don't know what sh**ty oil the service center guys used, I'm not going there anymore for anything. A simple oil change never made the bike feel better for all the past services I had done at the company service center. I have a question though, could the jammed main drain bolt be a problem ??

P.S. This oil change is after about 2500km interval. The oil looked black like tar and really smelled like petrol. Is this a sign of excessive blow-by ?? Forgive me if I sound paranoid, but I feel like the everytime I went for servicing, the service center guys did no engine maintenance at all.

Ok update on the New thunderbird ...
They have stopped booking for all the models of Thunderbird. no more bookings are allowed.
They are launching a new Thunderbird 350, 500. Both will come with a new engine, and new colors ( most probably different shades of black).
It will be launched in the month of october.
after launch the bookings will again start for both.

Both 350 and 500 will be launched at the same time.
got this info from the Brandstore. and he said particularly that its sure that a new engine will be coming, and not the old UCE ones.

Why don't you guys check out this thread? Where will I get 19-in Dunlop tyres for my Bullet?? - Team-BHP

and wouldnt an 1 inch decrease in ride height matter quite a lot? my silencer has gotten dented on the underside while i went out on some ghat roads recently.

what will be new in this engine? fuel injection or only the black coating ? i was waiting for 500cc tbts and finally took delivery of 350cc one 4 months ago....... now it will be worrying if they change design of 350cc also and availability of spare parts becomes an issue

At which service center are you changing your oil, can you tell us so we may avoid that one ? i frequent service center, erragadda and have no problems so far

that'll surely help...