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**Praful** · 02-24-2009, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by pranay View Post

Yup, 220 definitely not a track bike. Point noted and confirmed.

BTW, did you time yourself? Next time you hit the tracks, I am definitely in.
No wonder the bike flied when you went to the tracks with him. I saw that thread. He posted very good lap times. Battlax pair is how much? 15K? Well its the same make as SBK tyres so I guess it will definitely be better than stock

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Din't time myself this time around. But I 'felt' I was a bit faster. Was doing about 2.30 previously, this time might have dropped about 4-5 secs!

Amen to SBK tyres.....battlax is totally outta budget! Atleast for me!

**andy.rebels** · 02-24-2009, 12:58 PM

the discussion over here helped me realize why i am not 100% satisfied with the cornering of my bike.....

Experts of 220 here shared their immense knowledge about this bikes handling part.

Thanks guys, i guess i should not push the bike to its limits of cornering capability......

**nitrosatya** · 02-24-2009, 01:06 PM

^Bingo!

If you had a Suzuki Bandit or a Yamaha FZ1,u would be disappointed whenever u went to a track. That's the 220 for u.

But if u had Suzuki GIXXER or Yamaha R1, u would be much happier with the results. That's R15 for u!

It's as simple as that!
I had figured this out before even this bike was released. If u remember a thread called 'P220-the design'!

Moreover, imagine a schematic drawing. In this drawing there is a track drawn to the left of it and highway drawn to the right of it.

R15 sits near the track and Karizma sits near the highway. The 220 sits in between!

**andy.rebels** · 02-24-2009, 01:08 PM

@Nitro:

great thought man....how r u bro.....long time no see ha

**nitrosatya** · 02-24-2009, 01:10 PM

^College project bro!

Riding my 220 uprightly! hehehe

**Praful** · 02-24-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by nitrosatya View Post

R15 sits near the track and Karizma sits near the highway. The 220 sits in between!

Lovely thought!

Liked it!

**nitrosatya** · 02-24-2009, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

Lovely thought!

Liked it!

thanks.
I was gonna make an image of it on Photoshop. What say?

**Praful** · 02-24-2009, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by nitrosatya View Post

thanks.
I was gonna make an image of it on Photoshop. What say?

Same here!

But I don't know PS! :P

**pranay** · 02-24-2009, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by nitrosatya View Post

Moreover, imagine a schematic drawing. In this drawing there is a track drawn to the left of it and highway drawn to the right of it.

R15 sits near the track and Karizma sits near the highway. The 220 sits in between!

+1000. Thats what I always had in mind. It's more of an all-purpose. Street, tracks, highway, its not the best in everything, but it does everything pretty well, maybe except the tracks ....

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

Lovely thought!

Liked it!

Can we call it a sports-tourer?

**Praful** · 02-24-2009, 01:31 PM

Originally posted by pranay View Post

Can we call it a sports-tourer?

Not yet!

To be called get the tourer part of the tag, it needs to be a lot more reliable!

**nitrosatya** · 02-24-2009, 01:34 PM

Now the Bajaj strategy becomes clear.

Try to pull in as many customers as possible from touring,sports,city type of riders!

As said before, my next bike will be a full blown sportsbike with extreme wrist breaking riding position,full fairing and preferably a wing on it's tank!

**yuv_biKING** · 02-24-2009, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

yuv, did you ride the R15 or the RTR on Sunday?

Nope.. but i know that they are better than a 220 on cornering.

**payeng** · 02-24-2009, 08:59 PM

Originally posted by pranay View Post

+1000. Thats what I always had in mind. It's more of an all-purpose. Street, tracks, highway, its not the best in everything, but it does everything pretty well, maybe except the tracks ....

Even the riding position on the P220 is somewhere in between "Sporty" and "Relaxed".

Originally posted by pranay View Post

Can we call it a sports-tourer?

All I have ever done on my P220 is commuting and touring.

**M@n()J** · 02-24-2009, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by Samyaza View Post

What about the small dent where the crash guard was touching a part of the engine?

That was the cover of the starter motor dude...it should also be replaced....

Originally posted by yuv_biKING View Post

Yup, the fairing costs 1.8k and the sprocket costs 1k in chennai PBK... it's hard to find a proper fairing in grey market...

No am not looking for grey market ones.....have given it for repair at PBK....

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

Cost of the fairing could have increased! If the silencer cost can double this surely can increase a bit more. Btw, you have the option of just changing the plastics and setting the bend right on the metal frame.

Good to hear about your view on handling too!

Am changing both the fairing and the frame that holds it bro.....

Originally posted by pranay View Post

I am sorry to hear that, Manoj. I have enquired just now about the fairing + bracket here in Khivraj. They told me it will cost 2.5K, all taxes included. Praful has hit the track before so he knew what he was getting into. Therefore, I am sure of the good speeds.

Here the fairing + bracket costs somewhere around 2.8 k......How is the variation in the prices of spares??

**Samy** · 02-25-2009, 12:59 AM

It's been some time since P220 was launched. Should we expect an upgrade soon ?

I recently went to PBK pune with intentions of buying the P220

and asked the sales guy if they are expecting an upgrade. He asked me to wait couple of weeks....

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