Thanks brother. I am looking for a tourer plus sports bike..finally just reached this choice..Ninja or R15 not suitable for me as a family guy( with wife and child). I own a bullet years back...due to regular service issues I sold that too. At present I think CBR meets both qualities. Can't wait... my age is going up

Cmon man..!! From countless personal experience i'm telling you. Solo is best, the thing with group rides is, you plan the whole trip and get ready and last minute there will be drop outs, i hate that. Some times even i had to drop out on others, so i know how bad it feels, my last trip was about 7-8 months back, imagine my grief.
Solo is the best, for some strange reason, i guess thats a fact. Ask any tourer, he will tell you, solo= best.



Im game man, lets just home my parents will be excited too when i tell them about it. By the way come through my place when you enter kerala. Else ill ride to where your going just to puncture your tyre in the middle of nowhere, just for the heck of it.!!

And YES..i know why you love kerala....even i love it for the very same reason..!! Eye candy eye candy..!!

Cheta, your passion is much greater than most of the "younger" riders around..!! I talk about you, and your passion to my parents when they say that my motorcycle madness is just too much.
Im remembering a quote i read somewhere,
"You don't stop riding because your growing old,
you grow old because you stopped riding."
I know that you know it..!! But still..!!
Wishing you all the best with the Tri- color CBR. Hope we can meet soon.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

SOLO!! HEHE i doubt that with the parental pressure!! but anyway times may change and i may consider solo sumtym...and thanks for the opinion Enjoy

I guess Krish summed it up pretty well with his proverb. All the best, looking forward to catching up some time real soon.

Exactly. The best solo ever was I did from Azhapuzha to Ooty, after a group ride going and solo when coming back, best experience ever in my life I've ever had. Trust me, solo is the best ever you'll come close to talking with your bike, literally and feel her all the way.


Oh, really happy to know that, Krish, definitely will come there real, real soon.

Oh ho, so I know what will happen after that (puncture). You'll say, take care brother, it was fun riding with you and my mission accomplished, enjoy Kerala and have a pleasant stay and zoom past me with devilish smile, and me looking at you like WTF!! man!! LMFAO

Cheers,
VJ

Thats great mate..!! Do a solo and tell us how it went.!!


Yup, that about sums it up..!!!


Cheers
Ride Safe
krishna

Hmm...That is true..I grow old if I stopped riding whenever my eyes become weak then only I will think to stop riding Thanks brother and hope you are doing well...Keep in touch

Thats the spirit..!!

Im doing fine cheta..!

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

Tyre for p220

hiii...i have p220 which is 15 months old and covered 17000+km.Now i want to change my rear tire of my bike as i m running on my stock tire which is IRC...Can you suggest me a good griped tire for my bike.I want to know the cost of the tire and i m for ANDHRA PRADESH,hyderabad...


Also i m planning to change my chain,as it is getting loose after it is tightened also.what about the D.I.D racing chain for p220 is it can be fixed for p220...

It may be quite late but still posting. I got Bybre Brake calipers (Front & Rear) installed. To be clearer, I have P220 Fi model which had KBX calipers.
There has been a HUGE difference in terms of braking & I seriously mean that. Earlier, the rear disc was just a show off with 95% braking being done by front but now even rear disc is highly effective.
An advice to all 220 Fi owners. Get the brake calipers replaced.

Mine is DTS-i , the carb version, mine is KBX too, so the rear brake is really better huh., What about the front brakes, i already have great front brakes.
What changes is there in front brake performance ?
Also do share the cost of calipers both front and back

Cheers
Ride Safe
krishna

I think Ivin Outlawz changed his rear brake caliper along with teh disc and it costed him some 4 to 5k if I am not wrong. I've been having the KBX version of both front and back. I don't see any problem in braking till today.

Once my brake cylinders needed some bleeding, it was stiff and unresponsive after fluid change and new calipers. Just a week after it was back to normal.

Cheers!
VJ

Yes, aware of that, but dont remember the post , its a bit back, so wanted the updated cost.
And i dont have even the slightest problem with front brakes, but could feel better with better rear brakes.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

I'm sure you're rear brake had issues in that case, because I've ridden my bike and a Bybre 220 back to back, undoubtedly it is better but not by a huge margin. The biggest advantage was it being more progressive.

But I must mention that since the time I have bought the bike, I have not had any squealing issues or too much bite or the lack of it kind of issues and my rear brake pads usually last about 25+K.

Rear caliper costed me around 1.8k including the mount(1.5 years ago). As yours is dts-i which came with steel braided lines in the front, I dont think there is a need to change it. Change the back one.
Check the last post on this page. http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/motorcyc...ts-fi-635.html
Ride safe.

The rear with kbx was actually poor. But not to mention, the Bybre was not that great, but better than kbx. And for Dts-fi users, I think, for the front, just replacing the lines to steel braided one doesnt make much of a difference, but changing the whole unit will be one hell of a difference. Too powerful to be exact. And changing both of them to brand new would cost close to 5k.

^^ I agree with the steel braided hose for the front bit, I've changed over to the steel braided hose about 2.5 years back and the braking is spot ON after that

Now I'm looking at the KTM's rear steel braided line if its a fit