40,000 km with a 2-stroke TVS 100R: General service & running repairs

After the service, all the eagerness had come back. She became way more responsive than she was before and that was very refreshing indeed.

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Had recently completed a trip to Pondicherry with my friend. Was a fantastic experience. Made an entire thread on it. Do give it a read if you haven't!

While returning, the bike had just ticked over 40k kilometres and was due for a service. The last service was at 35k when I bought her. So that was 5000 kilometres of ownership so far. And boy, were those such joyful times!

So I rode over to my mechanic to get her serviced. Also asked him to check the electricals as that was what failed during the trip. He completed the job over the weekend (Basic service includes a water wash, transmission oil change, carb clean, air filter clean or replacement, spark plug clean or replacement, silencer clean, chain lubrication and tightening, plus some work on the brakes).

The rear brake pedal had become soggy and sticky, requiring me to use my heel to lift it back up after every braking episode. Noticeable frustrating. Mechanic sorted that out during the service and did a fantastic job, creating a new spring system that he assured would last for a long long time. So far, that has been true. Will write about that in detail later. May be useful to some of you.

As for the electricals, he told me it was a faulty RR Unit (The Regulator Rectifier). He had already charged the battery for me and told me to replace the RR Unit as fast as possible. I thought I'll do it at a later date as I was on a very tight budget and use my bike primarily in the daytime, anyways.

Then lo and behold, something amazing happened. I was on my daily commute to college when out of nowhere, suddenly the horn started working. Then, I flicked on the light switch and found that was working too! It just seemed to have fixed itself and still works to this day. What a relief, not mentioning how hilarious this entire ordeal has turned out to be!

But that wasn’t the only surprise. After the service, all the eagerness had come back. She became way more responsive than she was before and that was very refreshing indeed. In many ways, it did remind me of how she was after the first service she got after I bought her. That’s the importance of servicing at timely intervals. Though many of these old 2 strokes have had a rough life without seeing services for long periods, they still run like a charm.

However, once we are in the know, we also know never to neglect our machines. That’s the only way to make them last a lifetime, which at the end of the day, is what some of us truly desire!

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