New HID , Silencer and starter motor plus -- 4th svc report

Finally I got my HID kit and assembled it successfully on the P200 . The bulb has a Colour temp range of 6000K and so it has a blue tinge to it . I have made the entire system work on DC and the effect of the new lighting is absolutely stunning . I will be trying to make a video of it and post it here . So that is one major experiment completed successfully. If anybody needs any specific details pls do mail me.















The 4th free service was scheduled only for 7000km but I went ahead and got it done well before that since the bike was feeling pretty harsh . This time Auto Service was not busy so I finally got my desire fulfilled and got it serviced at Auto Service . As you might know M/s Auto Service run by Venkat Shyam is one of the best BAL Authorised probiking service centers .

I sat there and observed all the details involved in servicing the bike . It didn't take too long. I had to change the oil since the engine had lost about 500ml accidentally before I came for service and my Motul Topup can was not with me . I had spare cans of Valvoline Premium 4T so I asked the personnel - Mr. Reddy - to refill with VP4T. Engine is butter smooth needless to say :D

New Silencer

After the HID fitment I had undertaken a ride to Mysore in the evening to check it out . While I was pleased with the results I was disappointed to discover a problem with the silencer. The heat shield had worked loose again. This is the second time this has happened . On the first occasion , Khivraj had replaced the silencer and this time too they did the same . So the Silencer is now brand new ..

New Starter Motor

I went back to Venkats today afternoon to get the idle set correctly and discovered that BAJAJ are replacing the starter motors on P200's as a precautionary measure after a commutator problem was discovered . Thanks to Venkat I was spared the trouble of having to go back to Khivraj all the way .

IV Svc report

Engine is smoother - oil change has played its part . Remains to be seen for how long it stays this way . All other minor niggles with the bike have been addressed and the bike is close to perfect right now . One of the highlights for me was seeing how the service is carried out in a probiking svc center. It was very interesting to see the internals.

I had mentioned the errant air filter warning icon in my previous post . When I saw the filter element it was clear that this was not a bug in the electronics - rather the filter element was clogged indeed . It would appear that it has not been attended to correctly in the previous svc @ Khivraj. Subsequent to clearing the clog , the flashing icon is now gone . Ripping it doesn't seem to activate it so I hope the BUG was a misunderstanding ...


Fuel Economy was around 39-40 kpl before svc. Performance had dropped a bit . It seems to have improved now but I have to monitor it in the long term. Expecting a small improvement in Fuel economy too .