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**Gaurav_Kawle** · 09-01-2012, 05:00 PM

Also I would like to know if any one has PDI check list ..... or can any one tell me what should I check before taking the delivery.
Thanks in advance.

**amit71176** · 09-14-2012, 06:09 PM

PDI FOR RE
Check the bike thoroughly to find any scratches, dent and any part found unpainted.
Check for acid leak from battery, which may spell on the engine cover area.
Check for paint finish under the tank area
Check for continuous tail lamp glow
Check if front forks are aligned properly

PDI
1. Toolkit
2. Fuel Sensor.
3. Electric Start.
4. All lights
5. Petrol Leak from tank
6. Oil leak AND OIL LEVEL
7. Front Fork Scrap.
8. New Filter and Sparkplug
9. Battery Leakage.
10. Dents and Scratches.
11. any play in the swing-arm
12. oval tool box opening difficulty
13. chain cover issue ( an old one, should be rectified by now)
14. chain tension
15. wheel alignment ( not sure how to check that, may be no of teeth on either side?)
16. front speedo cable rubbing against the mudguard
17. rear brake play.

Things 2 check at time of delivery–
1. Toolkit
2. Fuel Sensor.
3. Electric Start.
4. All lights
5. Petrol Leak from tank
6. Oil leak AND OIL LEVEL
7. Front Fork Scrap.
8. New Filter and Sparkplug
9. Battery Leakage.
10. Dents and Scratches.
11. any play in the swing-arm
12. oval tool box opening difficulty
13. chain cover issue ( an old one, should be rectified by now)
14. chain tension
15. wheel alignment ( not sure how to check that, may be no of teeth on either side?)
16. front speedo cable rubbing against the mudguard
17. rear brake play.

Regarding Pre-delivery Inspection,Here goes the list-
1. Toolkit
2. Fuel Sensor.
3. Electric Start.
4. All lights
5. Petrol Leak from tank
6. Oil leak AND OIL LEVEL
7. Front Fork Scrap.
8. New Filter and Sparkplug
9. Battery Leakage.
10. Dents and Scratches.
11. any play in the swing-arm
12. oval tool box opening difficulty(i Still FAce it)
13. front speedo cable rubbing against the mudguard
14. chain tension
15. rear brake paddle play.
PDI
Dont remember all of it but here you go

1. Start with visually inspecting the whole bike- from bodywork to rims tyres- anything hanging, out of place, damaged, dented, rusting at the welding joints or repaired(transit damaged) painted parts like fuel tank, mudguard .

2. Check the front fork sleeves(which covers the forks top length) clearance between the front mudguard. If clearance is not equal between booth the sleeves and the mudguard then it will scuff and damage the paint work on mudguard/sleeves.

3. Check for all the electrical parts .e.g. headlight high/low beam- high beam pass, indicators, horns, brake light switch -front and rear, parking light, EStart. Also check the indication light in the speedo- neutral light, high beam and indicator.

4. Apply the front and rear brake to check out the effectiveness and any odd noise from front or rear brake while braking.

5. Check your tool kit if its complete or not.

6. Take the key and match the serial number on the key with the lock serial no of the rear LHS electrical/storage box. The no will be on the outside where you insert the key into the lock. Also check working of all the locks on the bike with same key.

7. Check the chain slack while sitting on centre stand and then off it. Should not be more then 1.5 inch while on the centre stand.

8. After starting the bike, check for any exhaust leaks at the head where the down pipe is attached and at the exhaust/down pipe joint. Also for any white smoke from the exhaust.

9. Check for any oil leaks from the engine-rocker covers, side covers- rear shock absorbers and front. Don't worry if you see a bit of oil under the RHS engine cover. It will be form the chain.

10. After engine has warmed up for a couple of minutes- the tick tick noise of the auto de-compressor should stop. Check the idling is stable and not erratic(jumping up/down). Starting should be smooth and not take more then one crank to start(not more the 3 seconds to start)

11. Take a ride on the bike and make sure you have a pillion rider as you need to see if you have rubbing issues of the rear tyre with the mudguard. Thats due to the bad alignment of the mudguard and sometimes of the rear tyre also.

12. While test riding, go through all the gears and brakes(F/R). Notice any abnormal noise or any hesitation in the engine response. Do check the exhaust for any white smoke or black while riding.

13. Check for any acid spill from the battery and the drain pipe from the battery is attached. First gen C5 use to come with exide batteries which had no drain pipe but new ones come with exide or FIemm batteries which have the drain pipe. Look for any spill damage on the engine cover under the battery

14. Check the accelerator cable- should not get stuck when turning left or right while on C stand. Check the choke cable for proper engagement and clutch cable is not too tight or too lose.

15. Check booth the springs present on the centre stand and engage the side stand. Should not take much effort to engage both the stands.
16. To check for any pre damage to the chassis front. Turn the handle bar left to right. It should turn equally to both the sides and not more or less at one side to other.

17. Handle should not be tight. To check this, lean the handle to one side wee bit and if it comes down fully then its fine. To check for loose handle, apply the front brake and rock the bike forward and backward. You will feel the play or noise if its too loose. You can also put it on C stand and while holding the handle firmly, ask you friend to grab the front forks and rock it forward /backward. Any play will be felt easily.

18. While on C stand, rotate the front wheel and check the run out of the tyre or at least any abnormal noise. Wheel should rotate freely and also check for front speedo is tight at the speedo hub and the speedo needle is moving smoothly .

19. To check the D.O.B of your bike, open up the LHS electrical box and you will find the green non- pollution sticker with the D.O.B on it. You can cross check the month with the chassis no.

20. By RE rule, your dealer should fill the fuel tank above reserve and the reserve light should go off. But most of the dealers steal the petrol money and give you only .5L(even less) to get you to the nearest petrol station. You can actually demand from him to fill up more then reserve as per company policy or else you should inform RE about it. After you fill her up, if the reserve light is still on then the fuel level indicator is faulty.

20. Accessories -

A) If you intent to ride solo without the rear seat then get the rear LHS guard(stay) changed to single pipe one.

B) Leg guard- as per your choice to what is available at your dealer.

c) Horns- You wont need changing as I feel the twin setup is awesome.

d) Alloys - If you want to kill the looks of a classic but each to its own..

e) RE embossed leather tool kit bag and side bags if you like them.

f) Bike cover- You can get one if you intent to ride your bike quite less. Cant use it when the bike is hot which it stays for hours at a stretch and not water proof. Has minimal dust protection.

G) Upswept exhaust - if you fancy the looks and heavier thump. It's attached to the down pipe and does not come with free flow down pipe anymore so you wont harm the engine during running in period.

H) Indicator shades- I personally dont like them but some do. Just like the one on the front head light.
PDI
Here it goes:
1. Toolkit
2. Fuel Sensor.
3. Electric Start.
4. All lights
5. Petrol Leak from tank
6. Oil leak AND OIL LEVEL
7. Front Fork Scrap.
8. New Filter and Sparkplug
9. Battery Leakage/ WARRANTY CARD
10. Dents and Scratches.

11. any play in the swing-arm
12. oval tool box opening difficulty
13. chain cover issue ( an old one, should be rectified by now)
14. chain tension
15. wheel alignment ( not sure how to check that, may be no of teeth on either side?)
16. front speedo cable rubbing against the mudguard
17. rear brake play.
1. leaking petrol from fuel sensor area, faulty rubber O ring
2. faulty fuel sensor - replaced at 200kms on odo
3. front fork rubbing issues - got it aligned and repainted at ist service
4. black marks on the engine cover (LHS), got it replaced during ist service
5. 3 blown parking lamp (tiger eye) due to loose connection
6. 1 blown indicator lamp.
7. sprag clutch blown - got it replaced during 2nd service
8. oil leak from the transparent oil level indicator window. Got it replaced.
9. badly rusted rear seat, got it touched-up with paint.
10. Full electrical melted and fused, got it replaced under warranty.
11. broken horn clamp.
12. locking issues in the LH side ECU box
13. lock opening issues in the oval tool box
Check for new handle bar, front 90/90-19 tire and rear 120/80-18 tire and new swing arm bush/ end cups

**somen1984** · 09-14-2012, 10:55 PM

Originally posted by amit71176 View Post

PDI FOR RE
Check the bike thoroughly to find any scratches, dent and any part found unpainted.
Check for acid leak from battery, which may spell on the engine cover area.
Check for paint finish under the tank area
Check for continuous tail lamp glow......

Good you wrote down the Bible here so that we can be benefited !! But why same same things again and again??? It could have been customized IMAO!!!

**amit71176** · 09-15-2012, 07:12 PM

SORRY somen the list is not made by me but it is the one which i had downloaded from the net,so its just copy & paste stuff. Let me tell you one thing that its quite useful.

**me is rossi** · 09-15-2012, 08:19 PM

Hi,

Has the THunderbird 500 booking/Delivery started in Mumbai?
Generally, is it advisable to avoid the first lot of "New" bikes ??

**somen1984** · 09-15-2012, 11:19 PM

Originally posted by amit71176 View Post

SORRY somen the list is not made by me but it is the one which i had downloaded from the net,so its just copy & paste stuff. Let me tell you one thing that its quite useful.

Yes it is!! and thanks for that Bro!!!

Originally posted by me is rossi View Post

Hi,

Has the THunderbird 500 booking/Delivery started in Mumbai?
Generally, is it advisable to avoid the first lot of "New" bikes ??

I would personally recommend you not to go for a TB500 in any means, as the money that you will shed for this 500cc is waste!! unless untill you marry this lady with it's all bad points!! I am a strong supporter to RE's bike specially Electra/TBTS and Classic 350 but I abuse RE for CL500 and TB500. This machines could have been more better then today's RE's. I am saying no to TB500 because it will be priced between 1.72L-2.0L because current Classic Chrome model costs 1.72L. Why to buy a bike which is not stable on highways speeds, braking is not upto the mark, top speed is not good...etc..etc..and the F@@@ing waiting period aside!!!

Any given day CBR250 or NS200 would zip down the competition in that price range, more precise Avenger is better than this.

**Rahul.Gvli** · 09-20-2012, 12:20 PM

Hi Guys,

I was in hibernation mode from some days (not accessing xBhp) and when I came to life again what I got was a BIG jhatka (rather that jhatka made me to breath again, i mean access this site again...)
So the story starts like this. Was in love with TBTS and wanted to possess one from so long. Tried last year but unfortunately had to cancel my booking for some personal reasons. This time I had made up my mind to get it anyhow, so went to book her @ Dhone Auto, Pune. But the salesperson there gave me some news. So wanted to share/confirm in the community...

1. Silver and Red models of TBTS are discontinued by the company. So now only Black ones are available. (I wanted a Silver one

)
2. TBTS 500 will be available after 11-Oct-2012 and on the same day a new model of TBTS 350 will also be launched.

3. This new model will be a clone of TBTS 500 i.e. matt black color, better headlamp, removable pilon seat and so on...

4. Price will also be increased to accomodate the changes.

5. The new 500 and 350 will be sharing an all new engine (!?) which will be fitted in TBTS only. All other models like classic, electra will continue using UCE engines only.

Now the confussion is, if the news about new 'engine' true ?? If yes, why wasn't it leaked in the market (or did I missed it ?

) How reliable will that be ?

@ MODs: Yeah, I know I've used too many smileys. But please excuse. Couldn't resist myself as this is my first post after re-designing the forum.

**somen1984** · 09-20-2012, 02:48 PM

Originally posted by Rahul.Gvli View Post

Hi Guys,

I was in hibernation mode from some days (not accessing xBhp) and when I came to life again what I got was a BIG jhatka (rather that jhatka made me to breath again, i mean access this site again...)
So the story starts like this. Was in love with TBTS and wanted to possess one from so long. Tried last year but unfortunately had to cancel my booking for some personal reasons. This time I had made up my mind to get it anyhow, so went to book her @ Dhone Auto, Pune. But the salesperson there gave me some news. So wanted to share/confirm in the community...

1. Silver and Red models of TBTS are discontinued by the company. So now only Black ones are available. (I wanted a Silver one

)
2. TBTS 500 will be available after 11-Oct-2012 and on the same day a new model of TBTS 350 will also be launched.

3. This new model will be a clone of TBTS 500 i.e. matt black color, better headlamp, removable pilon seat and so on...

4. Price will also be increased to accomodate the changes.

5. The new 500 and 350 will be sharing an all new engine (!?) which will be fitted in TBTS only. All other models like classic, electra will continue using UCE engines only.

Now the confussion is, if the news about new 'engine' true ?? If yes, why wasn't it leaked in the market (or did I missed it ?

) How reliable will that be ?

@ MODs: Yeah, I know I've used too many smileys. But please excuse. Couldn't resist myself as this is my first post after re-designing the forum.

this is a nice news indeed!! but the only confusion here is a new engine for TBTS ??
will this new engine would ahve some good design changes???so that handling on highspeed gets more better ??

**Rahul.Gvli** · 09-20-2012, 03:31 PM

Originally posted by somen1984 View Post

this is a nice news indeed!! but the only confusion here is a new engine for TBTS ??
will this new engine would ahve some good design changes???so that handling on highspeed gets more better ??

Egjactly! I'm also in the same confusion... Can someone try to get any info from their city/town's showroom? Some concrete news about engine changes.....

**MHG** · 09-23-2012, 02:33 AM

Originally posted by Rahul.Gvli View Post

Hi Guys,

I was in hibernation mode from some days (not accessing xBhp) and when I came to life again what I got was a BIG jhatka (rather that jhatka made me to breath again, i mean access this site again...)
So the story starts like this. Was in love with TBTS and wanted to possess one from so long. Tried last year but unfortunately had to cancel my booking for some personal reasons. This time I had made up my mind to get it anyhow, so went to book her @ Dhone Auto, Pune. But the salesperson there gave me some news. So wanted to share/confirm in the community...

1. Silver and Red models of TBTS are discontinued by the company. So now only Black ones are available. (I wanted a Silver one

)
2. TBTS 500 will be available after 11-Oct-2012 and on the same day a new model of TBTS 350 will also be launched.

3. This new model will be a clone of TBTS 500 i.e. matt black color, better headlamp, removable pilon seat and so on...

4. Price will also be increased to accomodate the changes.

5. The new 500 and 350 will be sharing an all new engine (!?) which will be fitted in TBTS only. All other models like classic, electra will continue using UCE engines only.

Now the confussion is, if the news about new 'engine' true ?? If yes, why wasn't it leaked in the market (or did I missed it ?

) How reliable will that be ?

@ MODs: Yeah, I know I've used too many smileys. But please excuse. Couldn't resist myself as this is my first post after re-designing the forum.

That is quite some information! If TB350 comes with Fuel Injection this time, and with TB500 chassis and rear disc brakes, it'd be a damn nice ride

Only price is the issue. It costs as much as an R15 v2 already, bump in price would make it land in CBR150R and Duke 200 zone, while performance is still at par only with commuter 150cc bikes

**RIO** · 09-23-2012, 08:36 PM

Dear All,

Yesterday was at an Enfield showroom, would be getting my CL350, I assume in 15 days

.

Got some news about the TBTS 500.

1) 1.8 lacs on road Mumbai.
2) New Chassis, better quality.
3) Engine same as Cl 500 but with better dampening...hope this take cares of the vibrrations.

4) Eicher is training their showroom people about the vehicle.
5) Currently they have stopped taking bookings for TBTS 350.

Please don't kill me if any of these defers.

**somen1984** · 09-23-2012, 09:42 PM

Originally posted by RIO View Post

Dear All,

Yesterday was at an Enfield showroom, would be getting my CL350, I assume in 15 days

.

Got some news about the TBTS 500.

1) 1.8 lacs on road Mumbai.
2) New Chassis, better quality.
3) Engine same as Cl 500 but with better dampening...hope this take cares of the vibrrations.

4) Eicher is training their showroom people about the vehicle.
5) Currently they have stopped taking bookings for TBTS 350.

Please don't kill me if any of these defers.

When I asked RE showroom Ulashnagar they said TB500 would cost between 1.8-2.0L, which i feel as genuine!!
Currently CL 500 Chrome comes for 1.72L OTR!!

Yes they have stopped TBTS 350 booking!! But This showroom spoke something different only!! He said due to Classic 350 booking and inadequate company production, due to which waiting period has gone to 1-1.5yrs.So, mostly users have awitched or any new buyer have opted for TBTS then CL350 with more better features and comfortness!! So, now TBTS is also like CL350 type booking. So they have stopped TBTS bookings!!

Don't know how much reliable news it is!!

**kantu** · 09-23-2012, 10:44 PM

Originally posted by somen1984 View Post

Yes they have stopped TBTS 350 booking!! But This showroom spoke something different only!! He said due to Classic 350 booking and inadequate company production, due to which waiting period has gone to 1-1.5yrs.
Don't know how much reliable news it is!!

Yes I heard the same when I contacted a dealership here, that due to unexpected no of bookings for TBTS they have stopped it temporarily. But finally I got in touch with BrandStore dealers and they did confirm that new TBTS 350 will also be launched. Since I had booked TBTS already he told that probably I will get the new one. So I think its confirmed that new TBTS will be launched.Since they have stopped bookings of TBTS October 2012 will surely be the launch date, hopefully

**somen1984** · 09-23-2012, 10:52 PM

Originally posted by kantu View Post

Yes I heard the same when I contacted a dealership here, that due to unexpected no of bookings for TBTS they have stopped it temporarily. But finally I got in touch with BrandStore dealers and they did confirm that new TBTS 350 will also be launched. Since I had booked TBTS already he told that probably I will get the new one. So I think its confirmed that new TBTS will be launched.Since they have stopped bookings of TBTS October 2012 will surely be the launch date, hopefully

I feel New TB500 would be launched on 13th Nov when "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" would be released. And i guess even TBTS would be launched at that time only!!

**Rahul.Gvli** · 09-24-2012, 10:25 AM

Originally posted by kantu View Post

........ But finally I got in touch with BrandStore dealers and they did confirm that new TBTS 350 will also be launched. Since I had booked TBTS already he told that probably I will get the new one. So I think its confirmed that new TBTS will be launched.Since they have stopped bookings of TBTS October 2012 will surely be the launch date, hopefully

Same is the case with me too... I hope we'll need to pay the price at which we've booked TBTS and not the revised one....

Originally posted by somen1984 View Post

I feel New TB500 would be launched on 13th Nov when "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" would be released. And i guess even TBTS would be launched at that time only!!

Yeah ! I too feel the same that this model and TB500 will hit the market somewhere around Diwali. Reason 1. Festival time, Reason 2. Film release, Reason 3. RE may need some time to deliver previous bookings (booked prior to discontinuation of 350's bookings) before introducing a new/upgraded model.

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