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YZF R15 14 months/22,000kms report

Hello, Im back on my blog after a long long time , had taken time off for myself , bored of forums now , thought i ll put up a review my experience with my sports tourer . Am i happy with the bike still ? A definite yes , The views are same as my 11 months report , will keep it short by telling you things that i haven told before. Had to change the rear disc pads at 16500kms , it cost about 1115 INR oly. Changed the spark plug to NGK platinum CR8EGP - Rs 140. Air filter at 17000kms- Rs 237 Need to change the oil filter sometime soon. I have been hunting for the tires for the last 4 months , and it has been a pain. MRF is on strike and this tire size and pattern is made only for this particular bike only. Searched in Hyd, Chennai, Salem , Blr to no luck. Thanks to shreyas , i managed to find a set of tires in mysore. Bangalore wheels had a rear tire and they quoted me 3000rs , its like buying in black. Denied their generous offer and headed to mysore to get my tire . 1100 front and 1800

Bajaj Pulsar 220 dts-I

Bajaj Pulsar 220 dts-I – Can we call it fastest Indian ? We had a meet on Diwali to test ride the new 09 220 dts-i. We also had an earlier version of the same bike from bajaj to do a comparo. Here what we feel about the bike. Bike-bajaj pulsar 220 dts-i (2009) Key features-21 ps , air cooled , secondary oil cooled. 2 valve, carburetted, dual discs. It was after a long time that I really got my hands on a pulsar, this time on the fastest pulsar till date? Headed out to NICE road, all geared up. I start the bike and I’m welcomed with the “typical” pulsar sound. I take it easy initially to get familiar with the bike. The seating position is pretty comfortable for even a tall person. The split handle bars are comfortable, I was wearing knee guards and dint have a problem with it touching the tank. I slot it into first gear and off I go. The torque is very evident from the word go , and can be felt in any gear at almost any RPM .It pulls effortlessly from as low as 2000rpm even on a little