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**acs1207** · 07-22-2012, 12:10 AM

Originally posted by SriramEfunds View Post

Petronas are good quality and economical. Since I'm not able to see (firewall reason), would think it is Sprinta 5000 series.

It's Sprinta 2000 series .

Originally posted by ashwinprakas View Post

Sir, Just to satisfy my curiosity can you inspect the sparkplug.

Will do .

Originally posted by psr View Post

how long to retain the same oil is an individual's choice,and accordingly the health of engine...Nobody had lost an engine due to early oil change,...but most had due to prolonged oil change intervals.....

I agree .. the earlier the better .

Originally posted by ashwinprakas View Post

Now I believe you should check the sparkplug to satisfy your own curiosity.

Had missed it . Will do in a couple of days .

**Aneesh@4GHz** · 07-22-2012, 09:47 AM

Came to know from a good local mechanic that frequent chain loosening is due to bad swing arm bush.Is it?

**Vishakh** · 07-22-2012, 11:19 AM

I think my bikes speedo cable is busted too. Happened today morning unexpectedly any idea about the price?

@Aneesh
About chain loosening my bikes chain has to be tightened more frequently till 4k kms. After that only during the service. Strange

. No idea about the relation of that with bush. But might be a possibility

**ashwinprakas** · 07-22-2012, 12:07 PM

Originally posted by Aneesh@4GHz View Post

Came to know from a good local mechanic that frequent chain loosening is due to bad swing arm bush.Is it?

@Aneesh
About chain loosening my bikes chain has to be tightened more frequently till 4k kms. After that only during the service. Strange

. No idea about the relation of that with bush. But might be a possibility

Swingarm issues, tight chain etc will result in chain going out of spec, as fair as my observations go, its always best to set the chain a little loose from factory setting, cause then the acceleration would also feel better and
the chain need not be adjusted for way way longer periods, in my case around 13k kms. The downside would be chain noise which will og away with regular lube'ing.
Recently tightened my chain at a local workshop for Rs.20/-, I felt as if the acceleration dropped by abit, but the chain noise completely disappeared even without enough lube the sound was'nt there. But now I believe the earlier setting where the chain was loose was better than this.

Originally posted by Vishakh View Post

I think my bikes speedo cable is busted too. Happened today morning unexpectedly any idea about the price?

80/- for Splendor classic and 120/- for ZMA original.

**Vishakh** · 07-22-2012, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by ashwinprakas View Post

80/- for Splendor classic and 120/- for ZMA original.

Original of course

. If not available at all then splendors.

**ashwinprakas** · 07-22-2012, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by Vishakh View Post

Original of course

. If not available at all then splendors.

Yeah original. I was assuming the ZMA ones also cost 80/- but confirmed it with the mech that it costs 120/-.

**ashwinprakas** · 07-22-2012, 08:50 PM

Routine update.

As I've said before the AFR was at 3.5 Turns and the bike used to perform well in the mornings(Coldstarting needed choke.) and riding was sheer pleasure and even did a roll on to 120kmph on speedo with my usual pillion. Everything was perfect, but after college the riding was crap, the bike was running too rich on mains, and used to knock when I pushed it hard. So today lowered AFR to 3 Turns, but that killed the low end, so set it at 3.25 turns and till now running fine. Both low and top end are balanced, will take bike to college tomorrow and post the results in the evening, cause only when the bikes really hot it shows its true nature.

Also lubed the chain once more, cause the local shop people had used 'used' engine oil to lube the chain. Added more free play to the clutch, cause it started to get stiff and launching the bike in inclines was abit hard.

**acs1207** · 07-22-2012, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by Vishakh View Post

I think my bikes speedo cable is busted too. Happened today morning unexpectedly any idea about the price?

Originally posted by ashwinprakas View Post

80/- for Splendor classic and 120/- for ZMA original.

Originally posted by Vishakh View Post

Original of course

. If not available at all then splendors.

Originally posted by ashwinprakas View Post

Yeah original. I was assuming the ZMA ones also cost 80/- but confirmed it with the mech that it costs 120/-.

I don't know which one I got but here's the tag on it .

BTW if speedo is not working correctly after changing the cable , u might have to change the speedo gear at the hub .

**ashwinprakas** · 07-22-2012, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by acs1207 View Post

I don't know which one I got but here's the tag on it .

BTW if speedo is not working correctly after changing the cable , u might have to change the speedo gear at the hub .

Originally posted by ashwinprakas View Post

Replaced my speedo cable, both inner and outer total cost was 73/-.
And there isnt any separate model for each bike, the ZMA uses the old splendor model cable, part number number 44830KRY900S. The quality difference from the old one was spot on, this part in the new one i bought was made of aluminium.

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Same pinch. This is the longer one used in old splendors.

Edit.

Lookie what I found.
Hero Price List.

**MAXzma** · 07-23-2012, 12:36 AM

Originally posted by ashwinprakas View Post

Lookie what I found.
Hero Price List.

Great find Ashwin!

**ashwinprakas** · 07-23-2012, 12:42 AM

Originally posted by MAXzma View Post

Great find Ashwin!

Credits to Google baba.

**shirish** · 07-23-2012, 06:17 PM

Elf Moto4

anyone used Elf Moto4 20W40 on their rides. If yes, how does it perform in city riding conditions

**MAXzma** · 07-23-2012, 07:11 PM

Originally posted by shirish View Post

anyone used Elf Moto4 20W40 on their rides. If yes, how does it perform in city riding conditions

Used it a couple of months back. It was good but not any noticeable difference when compared to the other 20w40's.

**ryan.virgo** · 07-23-2012, 10:07 PM

Hi everyone, the kms i cover daily is about 77kms, so at what intervals should change the oil?

Would also like to know if those cyclo oil treatment products are good, the shop from where I did the recent oil change was coaxing me a lot to try it out ...

Is it safe to use them? Anyone who has used them ?

**ashwinprakas** · 07-23-2012, 11:16 PM

Originally posted by ryan.virgo View Post

Hi everyone, the kms i cover daily is about 77kms, so at what intervals should change the oil?

After every 2k.

Would also like to know if those cyclo oil treatment products are good, the shop from where I did the recent oil change was coaxing me a lot to try it out ...

Is it safe to use them? Anyone who has used them ?

Better not try em. The bike was designed to run on normal mineral oil.

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