The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[Controlled Madness]

@ antz - dude i missed this g2g i was so looking forward to ride along and learn something.....
actually i didnt kept an eye onthe thread after i left office on friday ...when i actually should have.....i am such a idiot..
anyws... its great to know that you guys had a great riding time, hope to be there next time...
@ all - i checkedout the probiker @ MG ROAD , the glover over there are not of my palm size... and i do not want to go for too expensive gloves, please suggest some other economical store

I have an extra pair of gloves. These are very very basic riding gloves. Want to sell them off. Let me know if you are interested.

@Anant: The formation you mentioned is good..even if people follow the simple formation and maintain good distance between bikes that'll be good too for the whole group.

@Eshan: kindly start using multi-quotes, it'll help many people.

Many people.!! ! ! kindly list them out!

Multiqoute means replying to two or more messages at one time ( which is completely not working here on my pc in office). You need not post every reply separately as you have the option to multiqoute the messages into one single reply.
Benefits-
1) Helps in keeping a good flow of topic
2) Saves memory
3) Does not create confusion

Demerits iam not aware may be senior members here can explain on that part!

[trustvishwas]

@ Eshan, BTW, DK is talking about his own colour and not daylight

I think this is the time when thread will be lock for OT.

[Alibaba]

thats strange! it works even on mobile browser (opera mini 5)

still, I am not qualified enough to guess the answer, but wishing you all an happy ot discussion

Btw, can anyone tell me the symptom of an busted rear swingarm bush?

lately, the bike is running wobbly, i tried replacing the front brearing suspecting that it was the culprit but it has not helped.

Please do not reply if you dont have the specific answer cos i have already tried showing it to the showroom, but I got the expected answer "your rear swing arm is gone, whole assly needs to be changed!" and that includes the rear alloy".

If anyone knows a technically sound mechanic, please pm me the contact details

thanks in advance for resisting to put up non relevent answers

Rockrz, I guess you stay in Kothrud? Show your bike at Castrol Bike Zone near City Pride Kothrud. There is this guy called Shirish Joshi, very well known for his work and he will only suggest what is required. Respected by a lot of bikers.

Btw, why didn't you turn up for yesterday's BARK ride?


I guess we should have a technical G2g explaining features and demerits about vBulletin by Eshan and Utsav. It would be great to understand how efficiently we can post here.

What say guys?

[velociraptor13]

thats strange! it works even on mobile browser (opera mini 5)

still, I am not qualified enough to guess the answer, but wishing you all an happy ot discussion

Btw, can anyone tell me the symptom of an busted rear swingarm bush?

lately, the bike is running wobbly, i tried replacing the front brearing suspecting that it was the culprit but it has not helped.

Please do not reply if you dont have the specific answer cos i have already tried showing it to the showroom, but I got the expected answer "your rear swing arm is gone, whole assly needs to be changed!" and that includes the rear alloy".

If anyone knows a technically sound mechanic, please pm me the contact details

thanks in advance for resisting to put up non relevent answers

first and foremost the hunk(thats what you ride i presume) has a pair swing arm bearing and not a bush(like in pulsars).Put your bike on main stand and try to check the swing arm for play by nudging in left and right.Else as shrinathrao has suggested check if the rear wheel has a bend.Did the rear tyre get punctured recently?In that case check whether the tyre has been mounted properly or not.Uneven seating can also cause wobbling.

[inder.cool]

I had made similar suggestion earlier but he says that multi-quotes is disabled at his place. So will need help from technical guys on advice to Eashaan about how to enable it.

@Eshan: switch to mozilla..it'll help in resolving all your problems.

how about having this topic for the forthcoming technical discussion g2g? most of the techies will feel at home with such a discussion! ("you know who" effect)

usse kya fayda hoga...ye log to abhi hi seekh sakte hai!

Just by upgrading the browser..

This was a killer....

btw, wat's forum's memory? heard it for the 1st time....

Many people.!! ! ! kindly list them out!

Now dats a tough job.. coz a lot of ppl would make it to the list..

[Eshan-P180]

I guess we should have a technical G2g explaining features and demerits about vBulletin by Eshan and Utsav. It would be great to understand how efficiently we can post here.

What say guys?

Why you so interested on a technical G2G, if you are so motivated in suggesting others then why not go ahead with your souped up knowledge...would be great for noobs like us to rely on in future!

@Eshan: switch to mozilla..it'll help in resolving all your problems.

Just by upgrading the browser..
Thanx mate done that!


This was a killer....
Dont know it was or not cz iam still in doubts ( damit should have deleted that one, no wait it was meant for him)

btw, wat's forum's memory? heard it for the 1st time....
Ask Alibaba since he is the tech guy here who knows all the stuff.....dint you know that???

[inder.cool]

Dont know it was or not cz iam still in doubts ( damit should have deleted that one, no wait it was meant for him)

Didnt understand this one..could you explain a bit more..

Ask Alibaba since he is the tech guy here who knows all the stuff.....dint you know that???

Ok, then may be he can answer..

[antz.bin]

Multiqoute means replying to two or more messages at one time ( which is completely not working here on my pc in office). You need not post every reply separately as you have the option to multiqoute the messages into one single reply.
Benefits-
1) Helps in keeping a good flow of topic
2) Saves memory
3) Does not create confusion

Demerits iam not aware may be senior members here can explain on that part!

I will help you out with demerits..

#1 People get bored of seeing your picture and signatures 8 times on a page. Let xBHPing remain enjoyable for people apart from you.
#2 Due to this (i.e.8 out of last 10 posts by you) the original topic of conversation / thread is lost in between what you want to say which quite frankly is rarely relevant to topic (no offends)
#3 You get warnings / infractions / bans from mods
#4 You don't get to know stuff that you don't eg. What all happened in yesterday's BARK ride.
#5 If you had not done all this (i.e. not staying on topic, personal attacks, multiple posting) somebody else would have posted about yesterday's incident.And you would have known what is happening with G2G and rides scene in the Pune chapter.
#6 There are newer members who might get the idea that doing what you are doing is totally acceptable and then we would have >1 members whom we would want to make understand.
#7 You drastically reduce your chances of being invited / welcomed for the rides which will be starting very soon.
#8 You get blocked by members who like to see the sanctity of the forum maintained.

@Eshaan I sent a similar message to 'abnv' and you on the same date which included what you did wrong and a link to the forum rules. Look at how he is posting and compare it to what you are doing. And since you have a post count and avg posts / day which is 10x higher than his, we have a 10x bigger problem here. Anyways I know at least 1 member as of now who has already blocked you (and thats not me). I know at least a group of 7 more members who would happily follow suit. This does not mean that you should stop posting. This only means 'think before you press the "submit reply" button'

P.S.: Most of these demerits are not targeted towards a specific person though the readers may feel so.

[Alibaba]

Why you so interested on a technical G2G, if you are so motivated in suggesting others then why not go ahead with your souped up knowledge...would be great for noobs like us to rely on in future!

Noob You

Btw, if you look a few pages back, there are many other people who are interested in having gyaan from you. Not just me. And why you getting furious on me? Take a chill pill.

Originally Posted by inder.cool

btw, wat's forum's memory? heard it for the 1st time....
Ask Alibaba since he is the tech guy here who knows all the stuff.....dint you know that???

Thanks a lot for giving me the honour!

[inder.cool]

I will help you out with demerits..

#1 People get bored of seeing your picture and signatures 8 times on a page. Let xBHPing remain enjoyable for people apart from you.
#2 Due to this (i.e.8 out of last 10 posts by you) the original topic of conversation / thread is lost in between what you want to say which quite frankly is rarely relevant to topic (no offends)
#3 You get warnings / infractions / bans from mods
#4 You don't get to know stuff that you don't eg. What all happened in yesterday's BARK ride.
#5 If you had not done all this (i.e. not staying on topic, personal attacks, multiple posting) somebody else would have posted about yesterday's incident.And you would have known what is happening with G2G and rides scene in the Pune chapter.
#6 There are newer members who might get the idea that doing what you are doing is totally acceptable and then we would have >1 members whom we would want to make understand.
#7 You drastically reduce your chances of being invited / welcomed for the rides which will be stating very soon.
#8 You get blocked by members who like to see the sanctity of the forum maintained.

If there would have been a 'Like' button in xBhp, then this post would have got so many likes...

[Noor]

Guys please refrain from Posting in regional language, the only acceptable language for posting is English. Its easier for others to understand

[abnv]

Guys please refrain from Posting in regional language, the only acceptable language for posting is English. Its easier for others to understand

thanks dude...i too was going to say the same thing.. but thought it could have been taken in bad taste by many so refrained,
well,
@ all - can we please have some pics from yesterday's g2g ??

[ROCKRZ]

Rockrz, Did you checked the alloy wheel alignment. Simple thing is put the bike on main stand and rotate both the wheels and see if the wobbling effect is there.

yup, I did exactly the same thing and i measured the play by a dial guage. the reading was 20 mm at a distance of 250 mm from the bush area. i presume this is very large hence i needed exact specs as to how much play is permissable.


If i am not wrong than swing arm and alloy are two different things as i also replaced my swing arm of my old bike and i have seen people replacing of pulsars, zma and other bikes but none replaced the rear tyre.

I think they wanna make money out of you.

exactly, thats why i ran away from the showroom. they are trying to sell me 2 sets of bushes (1220 bucks) a swing arm (1500 bucks) rear axle, set of rear bearings, and a rear alloy, however, i presume only the change of bush will be ok. thats what i want to confirm

If you are visiting close to my house than let me know i can tell my mechanic to check.

Rockrz, I guess you stay in Kothrud? Show your bike at Castrol Bike Zone near City Pride Kothrud. There is this guy called Shirish Joshi, very well known for his work and he will only suggest what is required. Respected by a lot of bikers.

he has said that only the bush change is required and if the problem persists, he will change the alloy bearing

Btw, why didn't you turn up for yesterday's BARK ride?

the insaurance i have is third party one. even though it meets the documents requirements, it will be useless if i crash hence i avoided the ride.
and on top of this, I had to work on sunday (pending work) hence could not join in

first and foremost the hunk(thats what you ride i presume) has a pair swing arm bearing and not a bush(like in pulsars).Put your bike on main stand and try to check the swing arm for play by nudging in left and right.
yup tried that and i got the reading as 20 mm at a distance of 250 mm from the bush center.

Else as shrinathrao has suggested check if the rear wheel has a bend.
the wheel is bent by 5 mm but I am not sure since this could also be the effect of play in bearing.

Did the rear tyre get punctured recently?In that case check whether the tyre has been mounted properly or not.Uneven seating can also cause wobbling.

i will check this one out. btw, the tread of the tyre seems to be in line.

Thanks for the replies guys. i have put my coments in bold.
I will get back soon as to what the exact problem is with the wobling. also, thanks to abhinav for pm'ing me the details of the mechanic.

[RabidRacoon]

The collective IQ of the discussions at this thread is mind numbingly low.
The likes of Sirhud Kalra and the young college kids of today shun this group and for that matter this forum because of the utter lameness that goes on out here.
Everybody is taking potshots at everyone ! literally..its bickering at its worst.
Seriously guys..its not even good entertainment. Its shit entertainment. and so is the sense of humour. Its so stale by now that its not even funny.

If we dont like someone or dont like the way they are going about their talks and posting then tell them once. If they dont listen tell them again. If they still dont get it..well then dont begin ridiculing the person. Give up explaining if you may or just plain ignore it. Why make someones life difficult ?

Like Antz said..we had an excellent ride to lonavla yesterday. Some of us decided to ride to Amby valley and for a part of us it didn't turn out to be good. One could learn so much from yesterdays crash if one could stop getting bothered by the same old humour and the same old bullshit that goes on around here that I stop to wonder if we really are a group of riders or a bunch of uncivilized uncouth egoistic pranksters ! Nothing to learn here...nothing..niente..nada..null

A big FU to those who make my online motorcycling experience shitty !
And I am not sorry if I have offended anyone. If you find yourself offended..you most prolly deserved it.

Utsav, Eeshan please refrain from posting for a while. When you get back to posting after atleast a couple of days of 'no posting at all' adhere to certain basic rules..i.e

1. Post only if its absolutely necessary..
2. Do not turn this into a chat room.
3. Multiple posts or not if you restrict your posts to being contentful, informative and funny then people wont really give a shit if you are multi-quoting or not.
4. Pulling something out your arse and calling it a fact is not a legit way to argue in any debate.
5. Always proof read your text yourself before posting. Anything which is gonna be read by others HAS TO MAKE SENSE. Have fun posting and make fun of someone else but be riders first and hence riders of serious intent.

Over the top attempts to impress anyone gets them laughing at you. Like the bunch of girls who laughed at me yesternight at a party. Know-it-alls have no room to learn and they will be just as "smart" next year as they are right now.

[Hyperion]

Rockrz, Did you checked the alloy wheel alignment. Simple thing is put the bike on main stand and rotate both the wheels and see if the wobbling effect is there.

If i am not wrong than swing arm and alloy are two different things as i also replaced my swing arm of my old bike and i have seen people replacing of pulsars, zma and other bikes but none replaced the rear tyre.

I think they wanna make money out of you.

If you are visiting close to my house than let me know i can tell my mechanic to check.

Are you sure thats the appropriate method of checking wheel alignment? I dont think so.

You can try the following things,
1. If your swingarm has markers, check both sides if they are on the same tick on both sides.

2. There is a string method which you can use to check wheel alignment (google for it for details)
EDIT : http://www.ehow.com/how_4584111_chec...alignment.html

3. You can do a visual inspection by putting the bike on the main stand and comparing the position of the front wheel with the rear. Goes without saying this method is very prone to human error.