What my mechbuddy told me was the fitting of the seal itself, if you don't have the right tools, they have to tap/hammer it in. This can cause damage. So the lathe guys do it better. I dunno how exactly. I've seen the same mech do it by hand and never noticed any violent behaviour!



Please do, i'm confident you will thank me !



I think the issue is with the mechs going rambo with their pneumatic drivers and using too much torque to tighten the bolts. I had mentioned earlier about always using a softer material to scrape another material. Same applies with steel screws/bolts in aluminium. The steel is much harder and will chew through the alum if too much torque is applied.
This triangle thing you mentioned is the cover for the oil sump filter (mechasses call it the drain-bolt filter). They said that the three small bolts holding this triangle in place strips the thread too. So you can either strip the drain bolt thread or the threads holding the stripped drain bolt thread triangle in place! your choice
And the corrective measure will nicely come when all our bikes are out of warranty so we pay out of our pockets for faulty parts. Recall much TVS?



Are you talking about a loctite like adhesive which is used to lock bolt threads in place, by any chance?



I got that, it was just a coincidence that i mentioned the seat foam right at your quote!

You seem to only unlucky suffering this. BTW, how much you have clocked.??

You mean to say, i should get that metallic film inserted right now?

Wazzup guys!

My bike has completed 50k kms with a ride to Araku (approx 800kms from here). i was supposed to join for the trip but could'nt since i to leave for my native place in TN urgently. So my friends ad to take my bike without me as they were short of bikes (friend is Arun, SVC supervisor). Seems bike had given them a bit of trouble while returnining, Silencer bolts came off, 3rd gears is not disenganging. so its 3-4-5 gear all the time, if he's lucky then 1-2 gears. They just returned an hour back. Am yet to see the bike. Hope it does'nt burn a hole in my pocket!


Too mny posts here to browse my ride for the past 10days was a tvs xl super...loved it!

Sorry to interrupt the conversation flow. My FI has crossed over 10k. I thought of changing the rear tyre and I dont want to make any modification to the bike. I have short listed two tyres.

SPORT DEMON - 100/80 - 18 M/C 53P (same rating as stock).
Zapper Q - 100/90 -18 . (Please clarify whether this one is a direct fit to FI rear).

Please provide the input guys.

Do it now if you are above 30K and do check your crank assy for any grinding.

And you never noticed anything going abnormal with starter??

3 gear not engaging - Do let me know how they fix this for you
and how much would they charge you for it?

How you dare to ask about the repairing charges. Obviously its gonna be free under warranty. After all thats Satish's Bike.

Answers and comments in bold.

It won't work, what's happened is the long bolt has probably rusted to the nut inside. So the whole thing will turn together.?

No, it doesn't help man. The hardness makes more vibes come through. Even though the HH rubber's thinner, the softness makes it much more comfy with less vibes coming to your palms. Yesterday i was looking at pics of the dazzler on xbhp and the grips look even better than the CBZ/ZMA. Dunno what the length is and also if they're as dirt cheap as the HH.

Hey, my friend with the fiero has been trying to get the grips for ages but just can't find them anywhere. His are shrunk and hard too, but he still didn't switch to the cbz ones. But he's an idiot really, didn't change his stock tyres for 6 years! Even when the damn kapda started showing through!.

I was wondering, since the 180 has bigger weights on the bar-ends, would that really make much of a difference if fit to the 160/fi to reduce vibes?!

I was in a bus yesterday and saw a twister, or so i thought. The tyres looked super fabulous! But much bigger than what is specified for the twister. The pattern was amazing, so was the beefy width. But the best part was the superb curvy profile which would support mucho leaning! I kinda felt it was almost as good as the FZ rear. OK, maybe because i was in the bus i was seeing a different perspective. When i got home, i researched and found it's not the twister but the dazzler which looks kinda similar. Anyway, i think that 110/80 would be the perfect tyre for the 17" equipped rtrs.

Sorry to interrupt the conversation flow. My FI has crossed over 10k. I thought of changing the rear tyre and I dont want to make any modification to the bike. I have short listed two tyres.

SPORT DEMON - 100/80 - 18 M/C 53P (same rating as stock).
Zapper Q - 100/90 -18 . (Please clarify whether this one is a direct fit to FI rear).

Please provide the input guys.

lol I was about to write "official prices" for the spares

Obviously, the PSD is better, if you can afford it at twice the cost of MRF, what price are you getting it for anyway? The place i checked out recently had only the 110/90. Quite a coincidence that i was just checking out PSD sizes on their website only yesterday. Another option is the Geocruiser 100/90-18 which i can vouch for as an awesome gripping tyre under all conditions. Kinda too beefy for the RTR, but it's better than skinny eh?

BTW i looked at the ZMA's palm grips today , they're soft no doubt but they're not good looking...

Na they wont.
it may be 2-3 mm long and few grams heavier, it wont affect much the mighty vibes at 5300-5800....

That 110/80 MRF looks as wide as the 120 section the 220 sports...
i loved the grooves and specially the 80 profile the tire has...
we have to settle with 90 pro (100/90-110/90 Q) for our FI's 18" though.

Does Zapper Q 100/90 -18 is a direct fit for the FI Rear?

Does Zapper Q 100/90 -18 is a direct fit for the FI Rear?

Huh!!?? CBR remember ??

That's what i think too, but why have they upgraded the 180 to the big ones then?

Not if we use the PSD which krishnan mentioned. But it will be 3-3.5k.

Yes, any 18" rear tyre up to 110 will fit without much trouble, 100 recommended though, the rim is only 2.15".

Rode my bike in the rains yesterday, it painted my jeans to the class of the art using the mud, painted my tee too courtesy the 180 mudguard.

That is superb!! Welcome aboard Renny!
I have been facing a lot too because of the naked chain sprocket and the mud guard! And yet it is better this way!

Chain, sproaket has nothing to do with the art on the tee shirt....

They have their 'impact' on the pillion and I am not complaining since I don't have one! What is your take on this Renny??