That 2.75x18 Zapper FV.

I called the dude today to check on something and he said they don't do tubeless. So if you buy the tyre from him you will have to take it elsewhere for tubeless fitting.

what's the diff between the zapper-F, FV and FS ? its all very confusing now. and the mrf showrooms are staffed with clueless a$$e$ who only want to sell the tyres they have in stock right there.

No idea whats F. Running FV on Fiero and FS on CBZ. Happy with both their performance.
As per MRF website, FV is softer than FS (comes as stock fittment on ZMA, atleast).
Their thread pattern are also diff.

@ Kedar : Hows you bike now man..!!?

I'm gonna buy the FV tomorrow (tuesday) for the cbz running zma alloys. getting it for 1250 with tube. since it has 3 ribs (4 grooves) instead of one groove in the FS, does that reduce braking performance?

ok, i checked. the r15 front 80/90-17 is a zapper-FY

A few problems.

Ok, time for a few issues from my side.

1. Today morning when I went near the RTR, it kind of smelt like Petrol was leaking. I checked below the tank and nothing. Placed some tissue paper below the tank, bnear the fuel pump to see if there were any leakages and it came out clean. Checked below the vehicle where it was standing and nothing. But the bike still smells of petrol below the tank even now(not as strong as petrol pouring out, more of the sort of light smell u get when u open the tank). Anyone else facing this problem?

2. Does anyone else feel that the RTR is too damn short geared. Having used the R15 which has tall ratios and the Pulsar which I had made tall(40T rear), the RTR feels very short. Sometimes I feel the necessity of a 6th. And 1st gear wheelies are very normal. I sincerely feel that it could have done a lot better with a 1T more in the front or 2 - 3T less at the rear(I assume the RTR runs a 13T/40T). I am planning to use the 200/220's rear sprocket. Have any of u tried this?

3. The power missing for a split second between 2K-3K rpm was present yesterday. I could not feel it much in lower gears, but I could feel it in the higher gears especially inside city. Have u people asked this at the SC. What was their answer?

I didn't feel any big difference in braking perf of FV & FS (used on CBZ). May be a fraction of milli second here and there, couldn't notice.

1. check your hoses. also make sure the tank cap is fiting snugly. at the svc cnt i saw an rtr with a cap fit the other way around !!

2. It's definitely short geared. Probably to give the impression of having 'ferocious' acceleration. however, the gearing is very necessary for decent pickup with a (heavy) pillion. you'd think it wouldn't kill them to fit a 6th...

3. i used to have a bit of a 'flat spot' somewhere between 1.5-2k earlier, nowadays i usually accelerate too fast to be in that rpm band too notice. so there's your solution : just twist that grip! i think its all the easy run-in guys who notice this issue.

cheers for the inputs mate. btw, i checked the mrf brochure, it doesn't say the FV is a sticky compound, the FS is. And its the FS thats standard fitment on all the bikes.

Yeah, I saw that too. Man, they have moved the "sticky" rubber from FV to FS.
Anyways, I'm happy with both of them. Your call, which one you want to go for.

I got the geocruiser today. 1450. got a jan 09 piece. it was nice and sticky, like it just came out of the mold. saw many people are fitting zapper-Qs to their rears. i'll be fitting the FV tomorrow.

btw, the zapper-c is probably the only mrf tyre NOT available in 100/90-18. every other tyre is. good news for most RTRs is that it is available in 3.00-18"

@julian

dunlop geo cruiser 100/90 at 1450??? :O

i picked up mine for 1050... hmmmm....

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My bike has almost done 24k kms now

Things need to be replaced

1. front tyre (rear is till good....good enough to last atleast 20k kms)
2. Chain and sprockets and sprocket bearings
3. Disc pads and disc plate


and lot of other usual things too.

My bike scared me thrice during my last trip

I know man, bought it from babloo motors, vashi, he's a bit expi, but i didn't wanna run around searching. even the zapper he quoted 200 bucks more than mrf then reduced when i bargained.

waitaminute, the price i said includes tube, did yours ?

Is any tubeless mrf tire available in the 100/90-18" size? How is the zma's zapper-y ? Is the r15 rear tire going to be made available in 18"?

@julian...

includes the tube....but i dint pick up the tube.... i picked the tyre for 1k....still running on stock 22k kms old tube...

btw..do put up pics after changing the tyre...