welcome to the club dude. The rtr meters are turning out to be quite notorious. Same problem in fi and its is more difficult to get the fi's meter unit. If you are so worried about the data then why dont you try opening up the meter and adjust the position of the needle? do it with the help of svc guys in their presence. impress upon them that they could save the trouble of replacing the meter.

@technocrat :

1) by choking i mean that the bike almost gasps for breath.. doesnt respond to the throttle input.. at higher rpm it works perfectly.. but at around 2-3k rpms.. the bike just doesnt move.. sometimes switches off.. many have identified that its got to do something with the o-ring in the air supply pipe.. but since my bike is a jan 2008 model.. it was suppose to be 'rectified'.. but it has decreased to a certain extent..

2) one of the parking light bulbs stopped working after some 1k kms.. minor one so.. not much of an issue..

3) the bike used to switch off not because of wrong gear.. but dont know coz of what though.. the bike would be in 2nd - 3rd gear and rpm would be approx 3k .. and usually when there is a slope downhill.. its disssapeared for good ( touch wood )

but i was pissed off yday when i posted..

@onlinesatish : lol .. looks like tvs has other ways to improve the resale value.. hehe .. with all the parts changed on your bike,, its as good as 12k

@sai_ace thanks .. hope i dont join anymore clubs ... i told them that its just a minor issue which requires just resetting the needle and they said they are not supposed to open it.. and has to be sent to the company only and were adamant about it

the fi is still the best VFM bike in every aspect.. and for the price there is no other competitor.. only for those niggling issues

The choking appears to be due to insufficent or imporper air flow at lower revs.

was the swtiching off happening in first few kms during your first ride of the day?

As for getting pissed, happens man if something goes wrong in a new bike even I wouldnt like it.

ive taken the bike to the svc many times to get the a/f mixture settings .. they have said its fine.. its as per manual..

it used to switch off after parking for some 5-6 hours.. not necessarily the first ride of the day.. like i said.. its not happened after they did something to the clutch play.. but i doubt if that was the issue.. coz ive ridden other bikes for years.. and never managed to switch them off

it's happening with everyone here....it stopped with me for good 2 weeks but now i'm in the club again....to get rid of it simply give the accelerator a "jhatka" movement in tht RPM area to get over from tht zone......

mine fused after one week i bought the bike.....

i still dont know the reason for it may be experts can shed more light.....
mine got swiched off yesterday whn i was rolling down from 11000RPM shifted from 4 to 3 and at around 4000RPM whn i gave the throttle again......it died.....


this bike has this said 'characters'...
but i dont think one new more will get added....(fingers crossed...)...

but still we love it.....
(as i was the one who shouted from the rooftop telling u to go buy this beast....)

it's got to do something with fuel pump of the machine....
it has happened so many times now tht i've mastered the technique to get out of tht zone with my 'new invented throttle giving style"....

Check at the places where they rectify bends in car rims... minor bends can be rectified... it costs a 100 or two max.

Take snaps of the readings before it is replaced...

i had a problem with the speedo worm on my bike, was replaced many months ago. I also get the 160kmph top speed error as well, but it goes away. Another strange problem is that during cold starting, when i turn on the headlights, the console refuses to light immediately, but powers up few seconds thereafter. All small issues i guess.

Oh so this choking only on the Fi bikes? I havent experience it on my carbed RTR as yet.

Yup its a problem specific to the FI only.

The FI RTRs somewhat have a very lean set-up and hence choke at low rpms; Its mostly between 4-5k rpm. If only the mixture can be richened a bit with an FID it will be perfect.
Ask if your TVS dealer has an AFR tuning device. TVS should be providing the FIDs to their dealers.

No dealer in Goa has this yet, no wonder the eFi isn't doing all that well here.Even the RTR infact doesn't sell much here, inspite of it being better than its competition. Brand name and looks takes precedence here...

Why would i need it ?


@Joel : I had told the svc (bharath tvs at 3rd block) that the bike was running lean (as said by one of the local mechanics who took a ride in my bike ). The svc guys put some sort of rod inside the silencer (as they do for the emission test) and kept the engine run in idle for some time.. and said it was fixed.. If there are any numbers to which to set to.. it would help.. (eg: set parameter X to value 10 )

pardon my ignorance :|

^^Did u see them connect that PC to the input socket near the battery of ur bike? If not, then the dealer has not done it properly. Only if that is done the AFR can be fixed. Also did u see them manually altering the values?

dont think they connected anything near the battery.. but the rod they put in the silencer was connected to some machine which had some 3-4 .. 9 segment LED displays.. one of them read the CO level if ive not mistaken..

adding to that. the device u mention is to get the CO level.

For FI it should be between 1 to 1.5 .
It takes some time for the reading to stabilize.

If the CO levels are not within limits
Next part is to set the CO levels from the PC