20k expectation is quite unreasonable unless they have good cable with government and/or CKD facilities on our soil.

Also IINM you can't buy Versys 250 brand new anymore and the ones that were brought in by old Kawi distributors lack ABS that the Scram has, which may be a dealbreaker for some. Maybe if the rumors of the Suzuki V-Strom 250 SX are true, that will be the safer, Japanese-brand choice since it is fully equipped at the cost of reduced off-road capability.

This post has been edited by blackbox14: Sep 9 2022, 11:08 AM

There is still the KTM250 ADV at 23k. IMHO a far more capable bike if you can stomach KTMs less than stellar reliability record.

I am looking forward to the vstrom 250 though..and given Suzuki's general pricing..might be an interesting option.

if you pay over rm35k and it wobbles...

There was a video that mentioned that it was due to 2 reasons. Unbalanced rims and tyres with poor quality. The chap who did the video on it mentioned that he had 1st did rim balancing and then changed to better tyres...seems to have solved the problem.

Original tyres using tube right? Also.. 10k km VC? That's very troublesome IMO. Especially for people who daily drive it.

copy and paste below .....


The infamous front wobble! Solution? This may work for you!

Been lately monitoring most of the forums across, and the way things are assumed and portrayed thought it's time to address that now as seems still multiple owners are facing the issue and still left out with no proper solution or guidance to overcome the issue.

Also, there are rumours it’s only associated with Interceptor only, but it ain’t, the wobble happens with GT too. I personally had the issue, did my own homework, did a bit of research and at last, mine got resolved for good permanently.

As per my understanding, Royal Enfield is well aware of the issue now, and a few months ago they have come up with a set of SOP's, where all the service centres are instructed about the same and follow.

Pirelli's are not to be blamed or at the actual reason for the wobble. Most of them are misguided across all the forums with no proper justification, all based on assumptions. Seen so many owners blindly implementing those suggestions and changing to different tyres or downgrading tyres, of course, the wobble was sorted initial but after a few km, the issue resurfaced. If Pirelli is to blame, then why do owners with Ceat tyres also face the same issue?

One must do homework first. And cross-check the following in able to resolve the issue:

1. Tyre Pressure, make sure it's optimal as suggested in your owner manual. Still, the issue persists? Follow the next step.

2. Truing, since you bought the motorcycle have you bothered to check truing or was done? No? Please get truing done. Still, the issue persists? Follow the next step.

3. Wheel balancing, Did you ever do it since day one? No? Please do so now. And still, the issue persists? Yes? Go to the next step.

**Highly recommend getting Truing & wheel balancing from a professional and not at the RE service centre, let professionals handle the task. With these above 3 mentioned tasks you have done your homework and done being a responsible owner of your motorcycle.

Now let your service centre handle the issue further, they are instructed by RE with certain SOPs in place to follow to handle the wobbling situation further.

4. Instruct your service centre to follow the SOPs given by Royal Enfield. The first one is checking the T Stem Nut/Steering Head Bearings (the nut on the centre of the handlebar) to check if it's overtightened or lose, instruct them to fasten with the correct torque. For most of them, the issue gets/got resolved at this stage. If the issue still persists for you, then you have a couple of more things to look into below mentioned.

**The service centre may charge labour and for consumables like fork oil, and such.

5. Instruct them to cross-check if both front forks are at the same level and check fork oil level and air gap in both forks, there must be no difference on both the above aspect. If the issue still persists, move to the next step.

6. Check the condition of both tapered roller bearings, if the bearings are good then they must be cleaned and greased, use waterproof grease over normal grease, avoid that traditional grease.

As per my observation and understanding, the bearing dust caps are not well designed, the bearings are well exposed, which attracts dust and dirt, and also during pressure wash, if you have been pointing the hose directly on the t stem, bearings etc, do avoid them. Stock bearings ain’t great, if you have an opportunity at this stage to change bearings then please opt NTN, they are much better.

For the majority again the issue gets resolved at this stage. Just in case if you are unfortunate and facing the issue still then either all the above steps are not performed thoroughly or doubt the technician who worked on it.

7. Last but least so-called tyres which are being blamed they would have prematurely worn out due to multiple aspects mentioned above, check the tread of tyres for uneven wear. If there is uneven wear on the tyre then consider changing the tyre.
Changing tyres should be your last resort. Please do not blindly get into assumptions or implement and change the tyre at the first stage itself, it may resolve for a few km, but you will land on the same issue in no time. So start troubleshooting step by step.

Hope this helps, if you have any queries related to this further feel free to connect directly. Will be happy to help.

Thank you

eicma 2022

cruiser - super meteor 650

Whoahhh... yumyum....

Hope the new RE 650 Scrambler manages to find its way here.


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Yummy gold USD forks. But what's with the random rainbow?

official scrambler 650 not revealed in eicma, tht wan is custom ponya. real wan dono when..

Gold but not Ohlins right? haha macam yes tapi bukan

Can la. Cb650r and many other bikes also with gold forks but not ohlins. As long as it looks the part

One way to describe wheel wobble causing bikes to weave...

downsizing the 18 wheel to 17 wheel,...

https://www.team-bhp.com/news/shifting-18-1...rceptor-650?amp



This post has been edited by basilisk: Feb 14 2023, 04:27 PM

New RE Hunter 350 in town from RM22k. Anyone going for test rides this weekend? I do like how the bike looks. Not too retro and a little more modern retro instead with the blacked out parts. It is starting to look (aesthetics) almost as good as Triumphs. Especially the Speed Twin.

https://www.bikesrepublic.com/featured/offi...a-from-rm22000/

I managed to take the bike for a short test ride around Gasket. Here is my review:

I rode a bike and I liked it...actually, I liked it a lot! It's not super powerful and you might be maxing out every gear but in the city, it's capital FUN! By the way, even my old Panther was much faster. But no, it's not a highway warrior type bike but more of a B road santai ride. And, it will do well in that environment. You're encouraged to look around more, less bothered about the speed instead, enjoy the experience. Brakes felt good but maybe it's because of the lighter weight and also the lower speed. And the tyres did well in the wet too. Anyway, I'm not a proper reviewer, go try it for yourself. But this bike gave me grins the whole test ride. It's the New Royal Enfield Hunter 350.

Here's a video of a test ride done by Bennetts of UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqSizY37mQI

Have you booked one? Does look like a handsome package.

I’m curious why the price is so far off Indian pricing. Almost triple. If they can lower the price it’s going to fly off the showroom.

Was hoping for it to dip below the magical RM20k number but still, at RM22k, it's a decent package. I guess they didn't go below RM20 is so that they will have enough margin to throw in free accessories like the windscreen, side box and engine guard when there are sales campaigns and promotions etc. I'm probably looking at something towards year end or early next year depending on available finances. But if I had the resources now, it is a given already.

Thanks for taking time to post this here, too. I have a couple of questions.

Does RE provide a top rack option or do buyers still have to go third party for that? Also, did you try out the center stand and see if the problem mentioned by some reviewers of it being difficult to use due to the 'pedal' part not being long enough exists? Those are my only two issues with the bike since I can no longer live without top box to store helmet and my illness makes it difficult for me to get heavier bikes on center stand without enough leverage.

I'm a very santai rider as I currently use ADV150 on highway, albeit only twice a week. The lack of power won't bother me. Feels like this bike is worth getting maybe in a year or two when there are used examples/demo units, etc. being sold.

Our RE bikes now come from Thailand instead of straight from India which already lowered the cost compared to before - remember when RE bikes started out at nearly 40k? They have to CKD and team up with Modenas here to lower the price closer to Indian pricing, otherwise the import duties and various taxes will apply.