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Originally Posted by adrian One Lakh Kms with an unopened engine is certainly something to be proud of and speaks volumes on the way the motorcycle is being taken care by the rider. Congratulations and wish you many more miles with your Bullet.
regards adrian |
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Originally Posted by a4anurag Congratulations buddy for having a reliable beast with you. I know that feeling when the bike crosses the milestone. A very uncommon odometer click that hardly the common man can reach. Not many cling onto the vehicle for so long.
Bike looks very nice too even now, that speaks a lot about you and your maintenance.
Anurag. |
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Originally Posted by Rennjit Now, its time for a celebration
If there is a God of engines, you've really been blessed by him.
cheers., |
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Originally Posted by Majumdarda Cheers buddy. Thank you for sharing and wishing you miles of happy thumping. |
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Originally Posted by mobius 1 Certainly heartwarming to see a machine reach a state where it runs out of numbers
If novice riders like me can do a job half good as yours, I'll consider myself insanely lucky!
Congratulations and wish you many more miles |
Thank you all for your wishes.
I really had no clue I will be able to hit the lakh without any major work since all the bikes that I know of of this era had some work or other done to the engine.
It goes on to say that Enfields are actually not troublesome bikes. It only needs some care and regular maintenance and it can go on for miles serving you well.
As for the CI engines, I feel these are one of the few engine types that get better as it gets older and it does hold true in my case. The bike when new was rough, noisy , lot of false shifts . Now, gears are so good that it can be shifted like a sports bike gearbox, very slick . Engine is very smooth while running as well and not noisy.
I had a feeling that power had dropped, but in the last ride, I felt it was still up there. Probably not the same as when it was around the half a lakh mark, but given a good stretch of empty road, I am sure I can push it to its claimed top end.
This is one of those bikes that is a single rider bike and it adapts itself to that rider. A second person who rides my Bullet, may not feel the same for the same reason .
I would honestly would not want to change the engine or work on it since the character would change a lot. But having said that, I know this engine will not last forever.
I am on the other hand trying to get information on what the life of a CI engine would be or the maximum it can be used before a re-bore.
On my bike , I am guessing , another 20-30k kms is good to go.
Will keep this thread updated , but for now , like always , there is no issues to report. The bike is due for its annual service in another 2000 kms.
I had planned on replacing the rear shocks, the sprocket, clutch plates and getting few parts plated since they chrome has faded out . Have to mention in this case, all the parts that the chrome has faded out on were all aftermarket parts which were the muffler, handelbar and the front mudguard. All the other original parts have the chrome in top condition still.
As for the parts, they still work fine and have no sings of extreme wear, so are not going to be changed for now.