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Hi..good to hear that your fine.

Most of the people in Pune..take their RD to Jatin Bhapkar. Some of the other members can give you his contact details.

Can you please post some pics of the bike.

Cheers,
Sohaibak

He has a notorious reputation of ripping RD owners. If a mech. with so many years of experience with RDs can still make a 2X1 expansion chamber for them, one can imagine what kind of a mech. he would be.

The guy was asking for a mech in Pune.. and I came to know about him through XBHP.
Personally,I've never had an experience with him and never taken my RD there.

If you are willing to get bike done in Aurangbad..let me know. He has worked on all my bikes and is really good.

Cheers,
Sohaibak

Workshop manual and handbook are available as soft copies in this section's stickys. Download them.

Before you give your RD to any mechanic,I implore you to please read and understand the basic operations of RD, because mechanics have some weird ideas about fixing old machines like the RD. It is better to oversee the build with the understanding of basic two stroke operation rather than leaving it completely in the hands of a stranger.

LOL, Hilarious DOC.

Took my bike to Jatin Bhapkar today,
Not going to do ne modification except CDI unit, driving on point does give an extra boost but lot too much painful if the battery gets discharged.
He said no work required for the engine n its in good condition. First mechanic to give a positiive feedback.
Going to paint it metalic bottel green dark shed.

Hope it will look nice.

I would advise you to keep the bike on points. Just make sure the battery charger is good. The RD is much more peppy on points. I have my RD on points since I got her some 8 years back. Trust me, I haven't had too many problems.

CDIs are definitely easy to maintain and there are some performance CDIs available too. Maybe, other senioir members can shed more light on that.

Points do have an advantage at lower rpms as they supply longer spark at lower revs. Provided that points are good quality along with the cam and condensers As the revs rise however limitations of points begin to show. Since points are mechanical they do not work properly as revs rise and tend to float, which basically means that points will be unable to break contact in order to let the circuit collapse and discharge the coil, which in turn restricts the revving of the engine. Not to mention, points need constant adjustments every 500kms or so. Once the points move, timing of the bike is off and performance takes a hit.

A proper CDI, on the other hand, gives proper voltage and steady spark through the rev range resulting in better combustion and increases engine life. Since CDI is an electronic device it doesn't need constant adjustment. You time the bike once and you are set.

Mind you, desi jugad cdi systems using 100 cc parts are not good for your RD. You are better off on points.

What CDI system are you switiching to?
A good viable and affordable solution is the autoescorts points replacement system.

If you can find proper cdi systems like ravi nagesh or the rdd kit, it will be better but both are out of production.

not advertising....but bhapkars cdi unit are as good as any available.........been using it fr a long time ......no problems...starts with a single kick everytime and trust me no jugaad done on the parts.....just my 2 cents....dude if u are in pune we can meet and u could see my rd rebuilt by him.......i am in aundh......we could meet up.....

Sorry man, I am about 1800 kms from Pune.

However I would like to know some more details about this CDI unit. Can you tell me more?

Can you throw some light about what his CDI is about and the components it uses? Starting in one kick is not difficult. making the RD run like an RD should is the most difficult part. Unfortunately most of the RD guys dont really know what a real RD is like. They are just happy they got rid of points and that it starts everytime. Thats what the definition of a reliable RD is left now.

Sure will love to see your bike .
post yr mobile number so that i can call u or u can mail me on [email protected]

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ur so right.....hv seen rd's taken over and raped by four jokes.........but not the case here........i can easily outrun a ninja or even an 500 enfield with ease.....the cdi details ill post later....will need to visit bhapkar to get the exact details.......and my rd does move and sound like a real rd....and amar my number is 9890159sixonesix

Yesterday i went to Jatin Bhapkar he told me he is going to use CDI of KB125 CC. Today i m going to meet him again to select the colour for my bike and i guess i will paint it Dark Metallic Bottel Green, Deep Metallic Nevy Blue or Metallic Dolphin Grey. Also lil confused if i should colour Black .... lol