No,used the dip stick to check oil level (Filled 900ml approx)and kept the balance for top up.


hehe,You are right sir.

I knew I should have gotten 900ml instead
By top up you mean filling up after maybe 1500kms?

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It is one of my mobile ,and favorite for being very stable and reliable...even after dropping from table(6times)into water(1) and water on to it (2).

Yes bro,that's it

Same pinch sir,I had two(donated both ).... Theyr worth every single penny....

Will call you and bring it.
I know, got addicted for searching for the best if not the ultimate!


LEDs suits Hayabusa well.

I'll go with filament bulbs with 4000-4300k color temperature.

FYI Bangalore members:- I'm planning a road trip to Mysore and surrounding places during the weekend. Interest? contact Amit (Only Amit)

@harishsangwan: Make sure you drain the oil after you have warmed up the engine quite well. Hotter the oil, easier it will be to drain it. And be careful while unscrewing the drain bolt. My first oil change couple of weeks ago - managed to break the bolt, new one costs around Rs. 40.

After the change apply a tiny amount of grease/lube on the bolt thread and don't tighten it to a deathgrip, so that next time it wont cause any problems.

@Sriram: Darn it I would love to tag along, but wont be able to, some genuine reasons. Do create a thread about the trip after the weekend.

Personal OT: I am asking around for Osram nightbreaker in nearby car accessories shops, as I haven't been able to go to JC road. Dropped out Philips extreme as it seems to be costlier than Osram?

The red fibre parts and the tank look pretty old and dull, but I noticed (thanks to the rain) that the overall color is still very good, and hasnt faded. So just need to use some good wax to get that showroom-like shine back. While running the errands for Osram, bought a tub of Turtle wax and liquid waxpol (bad buy, turtlewax was enough). Now thinking about getting a dashboard spray too, to make other black fibre parts look really black and shiny. Giving a little visit to bike wash guy tomorrow, as there's an extreme water scarcity in Bangalore(in my area) and cant afford to wash the bike myself right now (water supply once a week!). Planning to take up the waxing once my zeema has a good bath (chamois cloth, microfiber cloth, wax etc are all waiting for their jobs). Also talking to our 18 year young, senior member Anish here about good tires. I guess M45 (3", 4") it will be, probably with tuff up tubes. Planning a ghats ride in the rain.

Same issue that i'm facing with my ZMA, it sounds very much like a suzuki fiero or more like a bullet. tried contacting HH ASC they just told that the catalytic in the silencer has opened up and nothing can be done. it feels really bad when 3 or 4yr old zmas still have the distinct sweet exhaust note, but my 4 month old zma sounds like a fiero, i'd even posted in the forum but didnt find any help except to just change the exhaust!!

Headlights:-

I have done some real hard work collecting info about the headlights and found that if you want any genuine or bright light for your ride. Please buy stuff from abroad. Most reputed brands are Made in China and they are specially made for India/Asian markets at a controlled quality.
If you know someone traveling to India, ask them to get the headlights of your specifications. JC Road in Bangalore and GP Road in Chennai have good reputation for selling fake stuff. I can only think of Germany/German made if good bulbs are needed.

My recommendations:-

NEW Philips X-treme Vision H4

NEW Philips Blue Vision Ultra H4 4000K

The above products are expensive (read expensive) however, they are genuine and quality products. I'm sure the above products will not be disappointing. They ship to India. I've bought my pilot Philips T10 LED bulbs from carbulbsdirect.com and they were delivered in a weeks time. I don't know we could get the same stuff in India and even if, the quality would be a million dollar question.

Polish:-

For quality products to protect shine on bike:-

I would recommend Collinite products.

Collinite Liquid Insulator Wax (No. 845)

Marque D'Elegance (No. 915) -Limited Production Automobile Wax

Super Doublecoat Auto Wax (No. 476s) - PERMANENT AUTO WAX

Collinite Metal Wax - 850 - Cleans and Protects your Cars metal parts

You can buy these high quality products from auto-mall.in /carpolish.in

Check out the website for detailed product description. I know one of our members is using Collinite 845 and it has put a big smile on his face.

Use TuffUp tube in front along with 3.0 * 18 tire,Honda TuffUp tube comes in 3.0 * 18 size,I wont recommend you to use it in 4.0 * 18,Have a look at the Tires Thread,One used this tuffup tube with a 100/90-18 tire and he had wobbling issues,then he changed the tube to dunlop ordinary 100/90-18 tube and the wobbling is gone.

Catalytic???? Your karizma is just 4 months old man,Tell them to replace that thing in warranty. Or an easy idea is tell them,If you are not willing to replace this,Then i will shoot a mail to HH. Try it man,It worked twice here @ my SVC. they called me ,they was very very polite to me and corrected all my bike's problems.

Congratulations on the buy & glad to hear that you are happy. Please post some day & night time pics. Will compare it with my T10 6000k leds.

Catalytic converters arent supposed to go kaput on a new bike.. Do as Aneesh said, Dont outright threaten them about sending mail and all that, Every SVC has an R&D division(Yup! They said so when they called me yesterday.) so first contact them and if they dont rectify it under warranty then send a mail to HH regional's and they'll take care of the rest.

Yes what they might have said is it had opened up from being restrictive...On new bikes the exhaust note will sound like 100cc, and after setting in time ,or a little 6 K ripping the sound will change to deeper note, which is nothing to worry about...
SVC has R & D ?

I am interested in getting a good white bulb for my bike too. Will these be a direct fit in the stock setup or some sort of modding would be needed? Also, any idea if this would be blinding for the on-coming traffic even in low beam?