Wednesday, June 21, 2017

After 2 years of ownership


You are lucky owning a mass production vehicle or motorcycle that does not give you ANY problem. Even my brand new BMW 320 e46 had a faulty lamda within 3 months of purchase and lamdas are something that hardly ever go wrong from whatever car make. The reality is you get what you paid for. My experience are as follows:
  1. Electrical wiring below par: Copper content of wires too basic so electrical related issues are frequent and the Number One problem.
  2. Ball bearing below par: I don't expect them to breakdown below 16,000km.
  3. Clutch cable below par: I don't expect it to breakdown below 16,000km.
  4. Chain is below par: It sags in less than a year even if you don't travel far..
  5. It was fitted with an obsolete starter relay and ended with a breakdown.
  6. The carburettors pops alot.
  7. It's a rough rider's motorbike. The Daytona/Spyder has comfort and carries a pillion rider.
  8. Original accessories are quite expensive.
  9. The original horns do not handle rain well A third-party air horn handles rain better.
  10. The Bobber's hardtail frame won a prestigous European award for BEST homologation.
  11. The handlebar grips are too soft for Malaysian weather and wear out fast.
  12. The Bobber cannot meander well because of the longer frame.
  13. I love and many people tell me that they like the deep note of the fishtail exhaust pipes.
  14. Many people that come up and snap a photo of my bobber.
  15. When parked, it is light enough to be pulled aside in case some idiot blocks the path yet heavy enough to give confidence when riding in the wet.
  16. The official fuel consumption of 90km/US gallon is not bad for RON95, probably slightly more than 100/US gallon when running on RON97.
  17. The general feedback is the Bobber looks better, more balanced and looks rugged without the rear component which were removed due to vandalism.
  18. The grounding exercise, cheap and simple turn the headlight beam from yellowish-white to whitish-white.