3 Possible solutions:-

1. Rider+Pillion loose weight
2. Remove the centre stand
3. Scrape the hell out of the stand so it never scrapes (my stand currently)

P220 Upgrades

Dear Mates, just heard something from my bro..He told me that within this next 2 month Bajaj is comming with P200 & P220 upgrades...he said that display pieces are there at Probiking....can any one confirm that this is true or some pramotion stuff from babjaj....Waiting for response.....I am looking forard to buy P220...kindly help

Read this--- tells everything about new launches in the Pulsar series.

Abe uske baad ka post padh re....usko scratching problem hai...

Please ask your bro, where he heard this something from

Its mostly like a rumor! As there is no official news from Bajaj yet! And in the past too Bajaj hasnt ever hinted on a upgrade for the 220!

And regarding the new 200, read chetan's post above!

Enough of fun guys! Please.

Pre-load and what it means...

The design of a motorcycle's suspensions is such that it is always stressed. People who have seen the "Bullworker" exercise equipment will recall that even when fully released, the spring was loaded. Adjustment of pre-load modifies the position of suspension wrt the load on the spring. This is done taking into consideration the amount of force (bike+rider+pillion|no pillion) that acts on the springs.

There is a term called as "Sag" which is effectively, the difference between the entirely released suspension (as when on center stand) and the length compressed by the rider and bike (when on the road). The sag is adjusted and engineered with precise calculations to avoid the suspension bottoming out or on the reverse scale, topping out.

Now if we derive from this logic, we are simply increasing or decreasing the sag and hence the acting forces on the string (rider+bike+pillion|no pillion) do not change. Increasing the pre-load increases the initial force on the spring, subsequently reducing the sag. Decreasing the pre-load decreases the initial force in the spring resulting in an increase in the sag.

Springs that have worn out will tend to bottom out even if pre-load is increased and more so since there is no resiliency. The statement that mechanics make "spring kharab hoga to pr-load badhana hai" may turn out to be a misleading one.

Thnx a lot niranjanvaidya, that really cleared out some doubts......

Where is everyone.....???

am here ... hooked on to the xtracker

all P220's (well, almost) took their riders for a ride today

What r u doing at home?

thnk god....some life back to the P220 thread......

My bike is still at the SC.... parts have come... will be fitted on monday.... I shud get the bike back in perfect condition ... on tuesday

The truth.....I gave up....had lots of fun.....the besat was unleashed....feasted upon lots of zma's......apache's etc etc

if pbk gets it right

u missed the great day and the mega feast tht all other P220's had.....nice to hear that the beast is comin back.....