My engine was very noisy for a week. Consulted a few mechs here and they kept scaring me and each had a different opinion. I was in touch with psr sir throughout and he told me it could be cam chain, tensioner and the worst case the camshaft as the bike has done 42,000 km. Found a very reliable mech near my place and visited him on saturday. He told the chain seems to have gone but we have to remove and see what else. So we removed the full head until the bore and piston were left. Here are the list of part I had to change.

Camshaft - Rs 815
Camchain Tensionet(Provides support to the cam chain) - Rs 109 x 2
Gasket Kit - Rs 525
Valve Rocker Arm - Rs 275 x 2
Cam Chain - Rs 461
Air Filter - Rs 205
O Ring set - Rs 70
Carburetor Insulator - Rs 103
plus nuts, bolts, fresh engine oil, petrol for cleaning the engine parts, the oil cap spring, lathe machine threading, etc, etc..

Labour charges - Rs 600 plus another Rs 50 tip to the mech who actually did the work.

Happiness of sitting there, learning everything and what all is actually done in the engine - Priceless

Was there the whole day on Saturday and most of it was done. We had to do the finishing touches and the actual starting of the engine on Sunday morning. Was in K&N before this and moved back to the stock filter. The bike was all ready by noon on Sunday and boy it is indeed a v2.0 of her. Full smooth and now I understand why Honda is so popular for their refinement.

Now the advantages of leaving your bike with a 'reliable' local mech..
- You get to see what all is happening(Last time I left it with the ASC they wouldn't let me in saying there are cameras inside the service are and customers are not allowed in).
- You will learn a lot of stuff about what all is there inside and what is actually happening.
- You will be the one who is buying the parts and paying for it and you can see the new ones actually going into the engine(again not possible in ASC as they change everything(hopefully! ) and they just give you the bill in the end).

Mech details: Mohan Motor Works, Near Kamanahalli Rd., Empire Hotel. PM me for more detailed directions..

My engine was very noisy for a week. Consulted a few mechs here and they kept scaring me and each had a different opinion.

Was there the whole day on Saturday and most of it was done. We had to do the finishing touches and the actual starting of the engine on Sunday morning. Was in K&N before this and moved back to the stock filter. The bike was all ready by noon on Sunday and boy it is indeed a v2.0 of her. Full smooth and now I understand why Honda is so popular for their refinement.

Now the advantages of leaving your bike with a 'reliable' local mech..
- You get to see what all is happening(Last time I left it with the ASC they wouldn't let me in saying there are cameras inside the service are and customers are not allowed in).
- You will learn a lot of stuff about what all is there inside and what is actually happening.
- You will be the one who is buying the parts and paying for it and you can see the new ones actually going into the engine(again not possible in ASC as they change everything(hopefully! ) and they just give you the bill in the end).

Now I am 100% satisfied with my bike. Got a run-in period. But I know that it will be definitely worth it. At times it seems like the engine is not at all running, so quiet!

During this past one week, I have learnt a massive amount of things.

Happiness of sitting there, learning everything and what all is actually done in the engine - Priceless

Happiness of sitting there, learning everything and what all is actually done in the engine - Priceless
Was in K&N before this and moved back to the stock filter. The bike was all ready by noon on Sunday and boy it is indeed a v2.0 of her.

Now the advantages of leaving your bike with a 'reliable' local mech..
- You get to see what all is happening(Last time I left it with the ASC they wouldn't let me in saying there are cameras inside the service are and customers are not allowed in).
- You will learn a lot of stuff about what all is there inside and what is actually happening.
- You will be the one who is buying the parts and paying for it and you can see the new ones actually going into the engine(again not possible in ASC as they change everything(hopefully! ) and they just give you the bill in the end).

Mech details: Mohan Motor Works, Near Kamanahalli Rd., Empire Hotel. PM me for more detailed directions..

Another reliable mech i found during the process..
Anthony, Dam Motors, Mathikere (Courtesy Amit). Thanks a lot bro. Visited him on Saturday morning but he was busy so could not get the job done with him.

And last but definitely not the least, a really big thanks to psr(Raghavan) sir for his guidance, during the past one week. I kept troubling him every now and then by calling but he would go on explaining every minutest detail. The best part is he even calls back to check out how its going(now how many people do that these days).. I do not understand a bit if he gets too technical but during this past one week, I have learnt a massive amount of things. Thanks a ton sir!

I did the same...moved back to stock filter
A good Decision, because the filtration of dust will be better with stock Paper filter, and with the resonator in place it will improve, the power delivery and much smoothness..

Went for a short ride to DD hills and some nearby park this sunday. Bike felt so different after switching over to stock filter...has become silent assasin .There was a patch of downwrd slope with zero traffic and I touched 140/- on speedo . The visor, mirrors..handle all vibrating after crossing 130 !!!
Speedo error on ZMA is about 10 Kmph...Since it is down hill you had done better than spec..Vibration could be because of limiter choking the firing,or the Chain and sprockets are having wear issue.

@Amit, MAXzma, Vineeth and others from Bangalore: How about a Bangalore-xBhp-Karizma-R owners meet? As we're pressed for time we can just do a CCD/Coffee/tea meetup? A ride is always welcome, but now we can look at Vineeth's Joeled Zeema, MAX's ZMA v.2, my oh-its-stock! ZMA and Amit's ZMA, dont know much about it, thats a pretty good reason to look at it (but it is soon going to be Joeled IIRC?)

I have a pretty decent camera to shoot some good pictures as a bonus.

again this color code is according to my zma's wiring kit. mine is a 2007 march reg zma so don't know about the new ones.

great great so here we have another satisfied zma owner.

Very much!

but bro in Ban itself, there are svc's where you can actually go in and check the progress and all that. i guess your talking about IDEAL motors here.

It is Millennium Motors in Domlur. They told I have to leave my bike with them for 5 days at least to get this problem fixed. And God only will know how much they would have billed me!

is that the same one located to the right side of Kamanahalli - LR puram road??
It comes a bit on the inside bro. I ll put the Google maps direction soon.

I am happy for you...You took the right decisions at the right time, spent hard earned money and quality time to make your ZMA what it is now...and your knowledge is much more now,which will be of immense help in future...
Wish you Best of Luck Always.

I did the same...moved back to stock filter

Shes so quiet now..

Yeah..He is a very busy person, thats why I told you to call him in Advance!!!

I did call him in advance. But he did not know that so many things had to be changed so he asked me to drop by later.

I need to check my cam chain n change my cam tensioner as well, will check with Mohan Motors.

I dont mind coming along. Let me know when.

Shall we go for a ride to thank him personally dude

Of course! Even a frnd leaving to the US sometime next month. We ll try to ride down before that.

Went for a short ride to DD hills and some nearby park this sunday. Bike felt so different after switching over to stock filter...has become silent assasin .There was a patch of downwrd slope with zero traffic and I touched 140/- on speedo . The visor, mirrors..handle all vibrating after crossing 130 !!!
Even I have touched some 140 before on the NICE road but I knew there was some speedo error. But now run in for a while so no speeding!

@PSR Sir,

How effective is the Zen MPFI filter in terms of overall power delivery of the bike?
I had changed to Zen MPFi Air Filter because of non-availability of stock filters 3 months back...I am happy with it as it filters well, and there are no dead spots or lugging during acceleration..and it now gives 31 city and 41 highway...(after carb Mod).and it is Rs.125/-
I am searching for Uni stock replacement filter sheets but no idea where I can get them .
What is a limiter ?? How it chokes the firing ?
There is a Rev limiter in ZMA to limit the Revs to approximately 8,300 RPM, to save engine. This is done by cutting off plug firing beyond this RPM limit.What happens at that moment is that the pulses to the Ignition coil from CDI is stopped ,so that no plug firing takes place.
I checked my zma speedo with a P200, a R15 and a Punto.
Results: Me 128,P200 130,R15 125, Punto 123...all going in same speed
The ZMA does 15 Kmph for every 1,000 RPM in stock settings...So with a limiter at 8.3K RPM max speed is 124.5 Kmph true.If you had done any change to the drive ratio by changing either sprocket or tire size , then resultant speed differences will be there.
weekend statements:
SVC Guy "Sir, What happen to ur plug,its been tampered "
Some Priest in DD hills reffering to my Kneeguard: Too much of Pain..is it ??? God vil cure you Son
Hillarious...

Shall we go for a ride to thank him personally dude

@MAXzma: Even I faced similar experience in Nikki motors, Near Palace grounds, Bangalore. I entered the servicing area to look at what they are doing with my bike and was led out within seconds.

Let me know when you guys planning...!

@Amit, MAXzma, Vineeth and others from Bangalore: How about a Bangalore-xBhp-Karizma-R owners meet? As we're pressed for time we can just do a CCD/Coffee/tea meetup?

Btw I need to replace my front mud guard, as the current one has been cut by the previous owner (yes, a part of it has been cut on the front side, probably because it was cracked). And found this website Safe-x Motorcycle Mudguards And Fairings. Has some of the parts of ZMA and other bikes, prices seem good, but the site is poorly designed; Still going through the website and will probably call the number on the site bit later.

@vineeth
i got dual headlamp realy its cost is 250rs.

n shopkepper asking wht kind of wire...wht mm wire..??

and we also need fuse n fuse box.??

and passlight switch work with this relay..?

anything else which i missing juss let me know thanku..