Sure use it & feel it
Here too my friends Jealous about my mileage specially one of my friend's Twister never crossed 55KMPL

Absolutely, if we maintain & treat the bike like our one of the family member then it'll also behave & results the same else it'll behave oppose.

@rajaselvam

I donno what happened to my bike, since past few weeks mileage is 45-50. yesterday emptied the tank and filled for 100rs (1.42L) and it covered only 75kms at a steady speed of 50kmph without any hard acceleration or braking. I had a heavy pillion for 12kms, but that should only lower the mileage by 5kms, still it is not even covering 90kms for 100rs! Spark plug, air flter, engine oil all are new, tyres have sufficient air pressure, dont know what the problem is. Every thing is stock, but the fuel screw has been turned clockwise 1 rotation from stock to make mixture lean, but still mileage is pathetic. Power has dropped a lot due to this, but what else could be the problem?

try filling up fuel from some other fuel stations.....chances of fuel adulteration and cheating by giving less quantity are getting high these days. also check the entire fuel line for anything loose connections such area around fuel knob.....where there is fuel filter. there are chances of losses due to evaporation of fuel if fuel lid on fuel tank is not sitting properly. by the way i am also getting 50-55 in traffic conditions.

What was your mileage beforehand?When exactly did it start to drop?Also,how old is your bike?

Even through the spark plug is new check once the clearance gab is correct. Having pillion will never decrease much mileage. Check the chain slack & brake bad tightness.
But unnecessarily don't touch the fuel screw.Possible check the carburetor.
Check with multiple fuel stations then come to conclude.


Bro i think if the Fuel tank cab is not sit properly we cant take the key out .
Yes on heavy traffic we can get maximum 55-60kmpl only.
But he says at a constant speed of 50kmph so a problem is somewhere else.

cruising speed twister highway

hey guys i'm planning to take my cousins twister to the hills, what's the long range cruising speed of the twister??? around 60 or around 70?

If road is good.....then you can push at 70....otherwise stay around 55-60. During long distance Riding going past 60 engine begins to feel bit stressed(in summer specially) and fuel efficiency begins to drop ...so i prefer speeds around 55-60.

Guys, Hero moto corp is now offering 5 years/70,000km warranty for motorcycles and 5 years/50,000km for scooters. This is more than twice of Honda's 2years/30000km warranty. They seem to be confident in their product quality....which has made them number in india. bajaj and Honda and others will have to learn from this.

Hello guys.
My twister has done 6k kms on the odo.
So please advice me what all should be changed in that.
And gears are hard to shift now a days,so which engine oil is recommended?
Where will be the oil filter of Twister.If possible please upload a snap.

Thank You.

Hi Joseph,
First of all Twister has robust engine to deliver very good fuel efficiency as well as Torque at low rpm. The AFR screw in Twister is Air screw, hence clock wise rotation will make AFR richer. To confirm this just remove your spark plug and check its colour. It may be black in colour as per your present setting. If you don't know how to tune properly, just full tight the air screw and turn 1.5(360+180 degrees) rotation anticlockwise. It will give you more or less correct AFR setting. Again check your fuel efficiency and report here.

@all, Your perfect AFR setting also will become rich due to summer. The air become light due to high atmospheric temperature. You may need to slightly tune your AFR leaner than present setting if you are facing any mileage problem.

Hi Babu,
Thank You for your concern . The AFR screw sits closer to the engine on the twister than to the air filter, so isnt it a fuel screw? Also turning clockwise, lowers the rpm and throttle response and engine grunt, so I believe it is a fuel screw. Please correct me if I am wrong as a lot of my calculations depends on it. I wanted to remove it and check if it controls fuel or air, but I do all adjustments based on stock factory settings to revert every experiment, hence didnt do it. Everyone on this thread says it is the fuel screw, but no matter how much I turn clockwise, the pickup goes on reducing and the spark plug soot is always deep black which signs a rich mixture. Btw fixed the FE prob. One was the AFR screw, I reset it back to stock. The other was the pressure drop in the tyres. Air was leaking through the shoulder and I used to top it up every 2 days thinking the drop was linear. But the pressure used to drop 6-8PSI overnight which was the primary reason. Still couldnt fix it due to the tight job schedule, but I refill twice a day and now getting 70+, have to get it done soon.

Fixed it buddy. Air pressure leaks and fuel screw probs. Bike is 3 years old, 35k Kms done, now getting around 72Kmpl city+highway, single rider at 50-55kmph.

But from my 2 year experience, whenever I have taken a pillion for atleast 30kms, my FE dropped to 50. I tested it several times at steady speeds My rule is 2/3 the original FE with a pillion. About the fuel station, I really doubt that one thing! I fuel from 3 pumps in a week and I seriously doubt one of them. Since I am the only person who does adjustments on the bike, the brakes and chain are all at perfect slack and tightness, anyway have to fix the tyres asap as the tyre guy told rim paint has come loose, that is why it is leaking and it needs to be repainted on the inside. I have seen him once fix a pulsar wheel by sanding the inside of the alloy and spraying a coat of aerosol can black spray paint.

If AFR screw is near fuel line then its fuel screw.

Heres a pic of air screw from my VM28


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It is air screw like splendor. Only CV carbs have fuel screw which will get richer while you turn anticlockwise.

Joseph, your problem solved since you went back to factory setting. ie you made it leaner by turning anticlockwise. Now you check your spark plug, you won't see that much black soot.
Tyre pressure drop may lead to small FE drop but not as significant as your case.
Regarding the FE drop with pillion in twister, yes it will drop FE significantly and I have found several times same way.

I can confirm that twister's carb in very similar to my Splendor+ (maybe the same model of keihin PB) and the afr screw is indeed an air-adjusting screw . i.e Counter-clockwise to lean .

@pinaki, Twister has keihin PB model (it is written on the carb) but i am not sure if it is exact same model as on splendor. once i had completely removed that screw out from carburetor after many anticlockwise turns....and i can recall the ends of that screw had needle like tip and their was a small spring around it(pointed ends was similar to carb drain screw but smaller diameter).....and just below the screw is the attached fuel pipe coming from fuel tank(see pics) ....this makes be believe its probably a fuel screw. now coming to my observation, when the screw is turned clockwise......i can feel engine making less torque (that means lean mixture)and engine does not pull well and engine noise levels is higher and when this screw is turned anticlockwise.....engine pull well in along with lower engine noise(i.e mixture rich). now this is opposite to what you said....i.e anticlockwise to lean. now coming to confusing part some carb tuning articles on popular websites like b i k e a d v i c e . I N says that all four stroke engines have only fuel screw whereas two stoke engines have air screw.So what you guys think?
copy paste below words in google search engine for an article on carb tuning.
How To Tune Your Motorcycle For Performance and Fuel Efficiency