I had got a call from them about a week back. They were supposed to send an official email but I havent got it yet. I am planning to attend.

Friends,

I got a call yesterday from Pune PBK. They are arranging G2G on 30th Oct at 10AM for the Ninja owners near Ruby Hall. They have plans for some ppt, DIY for Ninja and a small ride. Also Kawasaki folks will be in town and they will reveal their India plans. Hope to meet fellow xbhpians there

Who else got the call and plan to join?

same here. Still no mail or schedule. Lunch at Le meridian.

Friends,

I got a call yesterday from Pune PBK. They are arranging G2G on 30th Oct at 10AM for the Ninja owners near Ruby Hall. They have plans for some ppt, DIY for Ninja and a small ride. Also Kawasaki folks will be in town and they will reveal their India plans. Hope to meet fellow xbhpians there

Who else got the call and plan to join?

I had got a call from them about a week back. They were supposed to send an official email but I havent got it yet. I am planning to attend.

same here. Still no mail or schedule. Lunch at Le meridian.

guys, do post details here once you get them (in terms of mail etc. from them). Planning to ride to Pune on Saturday, maybe a few other Ninja owners might also join. So would be good to be a part of this.

Itzli: You're right in conjecturing about the first point - the reason why the plug came loose. Your reasoning for the second is however erroneous.

The engine is overheating and the problems is precipitated by a few kilometers of running not because of fuel accumulation inside the cylinder with the non-functioning spark plug. 4-stroke engines work on the principle of forced expulsion of gases during the exhaust stroke i.e the piston pushes the gases out of the cylinder with force during its upstroke with the exhaust valve open. So nothing accumulates inside the cylinder as long as the valves are opening and closing as they should.

The 'delayed' heating up and loss of power happening in Yaseer's bike is due to two reasons.
1. That the engine is running on only one cylinder and that is overloading the engine by itself. Any constant overloading of an IC engine will lead to overheating.
2. The same working cylinder is also carrying the load of the non-functional cylinder which is just running as a power-sapping pump!

These two tasks are putting too much load on the single functioning cylinder. The overloading induces a heat build up, which at first is coped with well by the liquid cooling but after a while there's more heat being added to the system than it is capable of rejecting. As a conjecture, had this been an air-cooled engine, the few kilometers would have been reduced to just a kilometer or two. Also a loose spark-plug cable weakens the spark (in case the plug cap is loose but resting on the spark-plug top), so effectively retarding the ignition and producing lots of residual heat in the faulty cylinder which fires intermittently.

Interestingly, air-head Harley's at one time had a 'parade mode' selectable by the rider. This had to do with constant low speed low gear operation, like in a parade, that would lead to the rear cylinder in a V-twin heating up due to the lack of cooling air circulation around it and at times seizing. The rider could switch off the rear cylinder's ignition while in the parade to stop that heat build-up. Of course, even a single cylinder firing on a 1200cc engine produced enough torque to keep the bike going effortlessly at low speeds.

OK finally got the official email from Bajaj.Meeting time is 9:45 AM at the PBK showroom on the Bund Garden road.

will send you a PM, can u fwd the mail... like i was mentioning, some of from bbay may join in

Does Bajaj PBK do 'exchange your old bike' for Ninjas? And what kind of drop in price can I expect if they do that?

How much is a second-hand Ninja? I was thinking I'd feel less guilty tuning a second hand one than a brand new one.

Hey guys, I'm planning to save up for one of these babies and I wanted to know a few things.

What is the current ex-showroom price of a Ninja in Mumbai? Different people tell me different things, anywhere between 2.45 to 2.7 to 3.1 lakh... so which is it?

Does Bajaj PBK do 'exchange your old bike' for Ninjas? And what kind of drop in price can I expect if they do that?

How much is a second-hand Ninja? I was thinking I'd feel less guilty tuning a second hand one than a brand new one. Plus I guess most people don't put as many kms on these bikes as they would on commuters or regular Indian bikes? So second-hand might be worth it if the price is right.

Thanks in advance for replying

Honda's coming up with a 250 single by year end, being a single it will definitely be cheaper...maybe you want to wait till then?

I seriously doubt if PBK has an exchange scheme for the ninja. What would they do with the exchanged bike? Selling it off is a bigger hassle for them and they wouldnt go that far to sell one or two ninja's.

What kind of tuning do you have in mind for the ninja? A used ninja should cost you anything between 2.4 lacs to 2.8 lacs depending on the condition of the bike and the mileage it has clocked.

Latest update on rear brake lock:

Even after work was done on rear brake, I was not completely satisfied and felt that the pads were still dragging a bit.

Yesterday, called up company service in-charge. He took bike from my home and replaced the whole brake assembly under warranty.

It seems, the piston movement was not free so instead of repairing it, they replaced the whole thing. He even offered to drop my bike back to home but I politely declined.

Absolytely hassle free great service. Thanks Bajaj.

Latest update on rear brake lock:

Even after work was done on rear brake, I was not completely satisfied and felt that the pads were still dragging a bit.

Yesterday, called up company service in-charge. He took bike from my home and replaced the whole brake assembly under warranty.

It seems, the piston movement was not free so instead of repairing it, they replaced the whole thing. He even offered to drop my bike back to home but I politely declined.

Absolytely hassle free great service. Thanks Bajaj.