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-   -   Ridden: Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 & Continental GT 650 Twin (https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/motorbikes/204505-ridden-royal-enfield-interceptor-650-continental-gt-650-twin-263.html)

Btw, RE is now offering a deluxe touring seat which seems to offer better comfort compared to even the existing touring seat.

https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/g...-seat-1990472/

I think RE has just done some cosmetic updates to these stock seats. I started to feel uncomfortable after 80+ km ride. So went ahead and booked new Black Deluxe Touring Dual Seat. Being a new product its no where in stock, so still waiting for getting delivered from Official Company Store.

I believe it's the same seat as before. You do have a new Black Deluxe Dual Touring Seat on the Official Accessories tab on the Royal Enfield website. I hear it is pretty good!

Had placed order for Alloys and Vredestein ST Tyre late last month, got a call from RE service center last week that both have arrived. Was busy so went today and got them installed. Installation was straight forward and was done in 45 mins. It was the first time they were doing it on an old bike so all of them were pretty excited.

Took the bike for a small spin on the highway, the bike feels a bit more nimble and handles better definitely. I had a small wobble on high speed with old set, that is now sorted and bike feels much more planted and even brakes better compared to CEAT tires.

Total damage was ₹ 26,713 including installation, all in all very happy with the upgrade, yes the spokes gave the bike a retro look, but alloys give me more peace of mind. I will take the peace of mind any day.

Which service center did you get the installation done from?

Jagdamba Autos, whitefield. You need to call them and place an order, it will take 3-4 weeks for it to arrive, they will ask you to make a token amount payment upfront before placing the order, in my case it was 5K.

Well after delaying the last free service, finally got it done last weekend. It turned out be a paid service as I had crossed the grace period! I requested politely, stating I was out of town, they said 'system' doesn't allow it. I hope he meant the the online system!

Odo: 16,834 kms in 3 years and 5 months

I had jotted down the following jobs,

General check-up:
- Battery health
- Rear disc touching brake pads at one point of rotation
- Check spark plugs
- Chain clean & adjust
- Tappet noise and valve adjustments
- Check wheel bearings
- Clean the drain hole in the collar of the fuel tank

New Parts:
- Clutch cable (had a spare with me)
- Air filter
- Oil filter
- Engine oil

Special requests:
- Front brake master cylinder screws - corroded - bought the cover kit
- Intake cover allen bolts - I screwed up one - was not available
- OEM cable ties for clutch n ABS wires - broken over time - cable ties

I usually keep my expectations very low at RE service and ensure to deliver a sparkling clean bike to them and assure them bike is doing good while dropping for service! Atleast, they should return it in the same state.

I dropped the bike on a Saturday morning, I couldn't manage it on a weekday. I was only the 2nd person but as I mentioned valve adjustments they didn't promise same day delivery.

Now it's been 4 years RE has this bike and valve adjustments is a regular job. But I don't know why still their is a reluctance to perform this job at RE service? Even the new J series engine needs valve adjustments!

So it turned out that, whole of Saturday the bike was just standing and the service advisor whom I explained the above tasks on Saturday was on leave on Sunday! My pro-active follow up and calls resulted in a call from the service technician who was working on my bike. I checked with him on the jobs requested and what he has done. Obviously, there was gaps and I addressed it.

As expected, "Sir, there is no tappet noise, why do want to disturb the settings?" They didn't check the valve settings!

They did regular service with oil change, new air filter. Installed the spare clutch cable I had provided. Everything I requested to check was found ok. They cleaned the the fuel tank hole in front of me and lubed the chain at the time of delivery.

Bill details
Engine oil - 2012
Oil filter - 490
Air filter - 329
Cable ties - 12
Reservoir cover - 52
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Parts: 2,895
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Paid service - 826
Consumables - 217
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Labour: 1,043
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Total = 3,938
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They didn't do much, neither did they charge more; brings me to Shumi's latest video on Why Service is so Terrible? Service Costs
I'm following that balance of simpler, routine service at RE and complex jobs at FNG. Rest remains upto my DIY skills!

One more point, after dropping my bike for service I visited the RE showroom to enquire about the alloys for interceptor but they had no clue! I think this is the issue with Platinum Auto, Hadapsar, Pune. I heard other RE showrooms had taken orders.

RE needs to streamline the process. It's always the customer who has to follow up on sales, service and spares!


A recent weekend ride before the service

Happy riding,
surjaonwheelz

Suraj you do not have to go to showroom, but speak to your service advisor. Parts come at service center, just give them the part numbers and they will order it for you. That is the simplest way to get it done.

I decided to bypass the SC altogether after asking 2-3 times and getting a response that they have no idea or direction from RE to take alloy orders (even after I showed this thread :sadface). Caught hold of my trusty FNG and got him to order the alloys directly from one of the Mumbai parts distributors. Should arrive in 10-15 days.

In Erode, the showroom guys have no clue at all. They were saying they did not know the part numbers as RE was yet to provide the numbers, as per them. I got the numbers from @Athek and forwarded it to the service centre. Now to wait! RE has to do something in this regard
Cheers

For everyone here are part numbers just ask your SC to order these.

Alloys

Front Wheel Part Code: RAJ00657/A. (INR 7500/-)
Rear wheel Part Code: RAT00704/A (INR 9000/-)

Vredestein Tyres

Front - RAJ00672/A (INR 4080/-)
Rear - RAT00732/A (INR 4850/-)

Hope this helps everyone!

My Baker Express has covered below 2000 Km in the last 3 years. Till now no puncture and is with original Pirelli tires in very good shape. Can the existing set of tires be reused as tubeless to the alloys?

Yes you can use your existing tires without any issues.

Do you mean the B6 version of Pirelli tires are tubeless type? If it is true then it is such a relief. I had installed aftermarket alloys on TB500 while retaining the same MRF tires, I always had issues with air leakage. Later, I was forced to put a tube but it defeated the purpose of the alloy.

The tubed tires were CEAT, pirelli were always tubeless as far as I know. You can also check on your tire it should say Tubeless.