New tyre again

This time I used FKR (rear). Just wanted to try something different. I had used it before. Personally I thing it is pretty good for commuter like me.

My Elegan is already doing 85,00km now. Not perfect but still in pretty good shape. Top speed already dropping. It's hard even to get 120km/h now but no problem commuting to office at 110km a day.

I am thingking of getting the Symphony 250... but... ehmmm.... for 18k.... may be I'll save some more....... get the TMax instead........ ha... ha.......

Belting Problem

I was quite surprised by a number of broken drive belt lately. It's very unusual for an Elegan to break it's drive belt.

One friend got his drive belt broken just after we came back from a ride to Temerloh. After replacing with an original belt, it broke again just a few weeks after that. Another friend broke his drive belt on his way to Penang.

I was servicing the belting when I asked the mechanic why it's happened. He said, one of the reason was because the moving part of the drive system was not properly serviced.

The auto clutch have got a moving part which function is to change the ratio of the final drive. This part must be taken off, clean and re-greased regularly. If not, I will not move in and out, thus causing the belt to be canstantly under stress during acceleration and hard riding.

Unexperience mechanics may not want to open this part because it was quite tedious. But, it has got to be done to minimised chances of broken belt.

Piston Ring

It has been 4,000km since I changed the piston to an overbore of 61mm. It has been a very enjoying time. Good pickup all around. Very responsive even with pillion riders.

Not much improvement to top speed. I still get around 120-125km/h on the highway. A lot of temperature. Easily rise to 2 bar during crusing and sometime 3 bar in a traffic jam.

Higher fuel consumption. Full tank, I lost about 40km. Used to get around 220km per tank. Now I could only do about 180km on average.

But even worst, now the piston ring has started clicking. A little clicking which I figure a sound of the piston ring started to loose.

At this rate of deterioration, I will probably get another 4,000km before I will have to replace it with a new piston.

New Tire

I change my Elegan's rear tire. Brand, Kingstone and size 130/70-13. Made in Malaysia.

The tire looks small but seems higher that a 70 series. It has a very rounded profile.

So, the performance? Well, for a RM76 per piece, installed, I say it a reasonable tire. At 120km/h on the highway, it still quite stable on dry highway. I have tried taking a few sharp corners and it feels good.

But, of course, for a more serious rider, I think you should evaluate it carefully before diving into sharp corners and high speed. For me, it is more than enough. But I still have not try it on wet road, I mean really wet, like a monsoon down pour.