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Trying to maintain good bike performance but failing. Some simpleprecautions and you can boost up your bike, enhance its mileage. Take utmostcare of your bike, treat her like your own child, have proper medical checks.It is as simple as you ripe as you cut. Spent a little time and money on bikeand get best from your babe.
Base Importance Tires are the main component of a bike they let your bike toroll on the floor. For best show of the bike one must keep an eye on this bikebuddies. If you are using older tyre it will be suicidal, such tyres may skeeton hard turns, instant hard braking, may lead to a big accident and mostsignificantly it affects mileage of bike. Replace older tyres when neededurgently. Check for tyre tread wear at every 2500kms.also check out foradequate tread depth, cracks or cuts and stone or something stucked in groves
Air Pressure Air pressure hugely affects bikes performance, low airpressured tyre leads to lots of rubber wastage. Even I had also faced how muchrisky these low air pressured tyres can be they are the most unbalancing factorfor bike. The proper air pressure for tyres is: Tyre Pressure with single rider(kg/cm2) Rider + Pillion (kg/cm2) Front 1.75 kg/cm2 (25.0 psi) 1.75 kg/cm2(25.0 psi) Rear 2.00 kg/cm2 (28.5 psi) 2.25 kg/cm2 (32.0 psi) These are thestandard tyre pressures.
Dont be crazy Always maintain a good speed of 40 to 50 kmph at this speedrider is safe and bike gives best of its all. At 40-50 kmph any bike will givebest mileage even though pulsar 150 can give up to 50 to 55 kmpl and at thisspeed any kind of braking can be considered as safe braking. So dont be crazydrive at safe speed (exceptions allowed).
Accelerator Accelerator is a part that increases the speed of bike, commonlyknown as throttle. Maximum throttle wire play should be 2 to 3mm. Always checkthat it is working smoothly. Accelerator should not be very high if looking formileage. Check for accelerator play in every 75 days.
Chain Chain is a lopped connection of small bits which connects the engineto the rear wheel. Maintain proper slack i.e. 15 to 20 mm. check out foradequate lubrication on the chain which always protects chain from rust, keepchain covers on to protect from water and specially dirt on the chain. A verylose or tight chain do affect the mileage of the bike. Lose chain also createsproblem while gear changing. So always keep an eye on chain and keep your bikerunning. Check drive chain at every 500 kms, check drive chain slack at every2500 kms, check driver chain wear at every 5000kms.
Suspension They make your journey smooth even on harsh surface so keep anopen eye on them also. They should be at exact position because they alsoaffect bikes mileage.
No Over Loading Do not over load your vehicle maximum pay load on bikes isabout 130 kgs. Over loading also causes poor mileage, engine failure, tyrepuncture or any other damage internally or externally.
Mobile Oil Mobile oils are also known as lubricant. They act as lubricantfor engine avoid engine heating up by reducing wear and tear. Mobile oil alsoincreases engine life. But use of proper engine oil for bike is important. Donot use car lubricants in bike both are different kind of lubricants.
Lubricants, substances applied to the bearing, guiding, or contact surfacesof machinery to diminish friction between touching parts. Natural lubricantsmay be fluid, or semi-fluid, such as organic and mineral oils; semi-solid, suchas grease; or solid, such as graphite. Man-made lubricants comprise of thesilicones and exceptional products that can function at extremely hightemperatures, for example advanced car diesel engines. Such products mightacquire the appearance of coatings that enable moving parts to lubricatethemselves, and oils that decompose without leaving behind friction-producingdeposits.
In the past, vegetable oils and animal fats and oils were the principalsources of lubricants. From the time of late 19th century 90 per cent of alllubricants has been obtained from petroleum or shale oil.
The ground rules of a good lubricant are body or density, fight to corrosiveacids, fluidity, minimal frictional or tensional resistance, high burning andflash points, and freedom from oxidation or gumming. Chemical tests exist fordetermining all of these properties in lubricants.
Lubricants free mechanical functioning by preventing abrasion, or so-calledseizing, of metal parts caused by heat expansion. Some lubricants are alsocoolants and thus prevent material deformities caused by heat. Thin-filmlubricants are used for heavy loads, where internal friction in the lubricantand consequent loss of power has to be avoided. Thick-film, or fluid,lubricants are used in machinery in which moving or oscillating conditions aremoderate. Lubricants today are often applied mechanically for better control,usually by valves, rotating rings or chains, immersion devices, splash devices,or centralized reservoirs and pumps. Grease-type lubricants are applied bypacking, pressing, or pumping. The method of application, as well as the selectionof the lubricant, is important for efficiency.
Check for engine oil changes at every 5000kms.
Exhaust Tube Another name for exhaust tube is silencer. This is the tubewhich moves out hot burnt gases from engine to atmosphere. Check out for anyleak or damage on this pipe, if any leak is there then repair it off unless itwill produce unwanted sound it do affects the average of bike. Tight up theentire joints at every 2500kms or 75 days which ever is first.
Carburetor A carburetor had been used from the earliest days of motoring asa component in which the petrol-air mixture was created. The limitation of suchan arrangement was that the mixture was unevenly distributed which resulted inincomplete combustion and an undesirable amount of unburnt fuel reaching theatmosphere. Check for its cleaning and adjustment at every 2500kms or 75 days.
Brakes These are the main safety device. Due to inertia the vehicle oncegiven speed take too long before stopping so breaks were introduced. There aremainly two types of brakes in bikes Disk and Drum. Drum brake uses a pair ofhinged shoes that are forced against the interior of a drum by a mechanicallever or by a hydraulic cylinder. In a disc brake, a pair of friction pads on ahydraulically-operated brake calliper squeezes the sides of a brake discattached to a wheel. Disc brakes apply more constant and more controlledbraking power than drum brakes and are also more resistant to brake fade theloss of stopping power under heavy braking. Check out for brakes daily. Repairat every 2500kms must be done. Before applying brakes completely close throttlecompletely, close clutch then apply both front and rear breaks together forbest braking but never lock brakes.
Clutch Clutch is a device which frees every operation acting on engine.Pressing clutch gears become ineffective, throttle does not accelerate bike.Clutch helps us to change gears, apply brakes. But release of clutch should notbe lightning fast in gears it will raise up front wheel. Correct lever play is2 to 3 mm, lever operation must be smooth.
Fuel Saving Tips
? Ride smoothly and steadily at an optimum drivingspeed of 40 to 50 km/h.
? Avoid harsh braking.
? Change gear judiciously according to the speedand load requirement.
? Dont over load the vehicle above the specifiedpayload.
? Use accelerator judiciously.
? Cut off the engine if you want to stop for morethan two minutes.
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