Friday, October 21, 2011

Updated -Expansion Chambers

I have been digging deep into forums and scouring the net collecting information on Expansion Chamber manufacturers/tuners in India for my "pipe dream" of owning a stroker. The below is the list of tuners who can build an expansion chamber for you.
The following are the tuners who can get a expansion chamber made for you to your specification, you can get expansion chambers for RX 135/100/Shogun/Shaolin and other bikes.
Numbers are not update.

For those up north-Yogesh Lakhani

The FB PageW+K Racing

Shekar Bhojanna of Pacer Yamaha Bangalore

Motokraft
9886723922
#51, 20th Main, Marenahalli, Vijayanagar.

Tectrac Racing

monish_bstreet at yahoo.com
wonderguy15 at gmail.com
Phone Dheeraj- 9035491875 shahid salman- 9538400913 monish- 9035491874

Tectrac racing



Check point service Basvershwar nagar Bangalore-Babu I have the number, but its listed under somebody elses name. Leave a comment for the number


Chamber Jose in Cochin near Kalloor international stadium-Mr Jose aka Chamber Jose - 09846053537




Thirumala Motors JC Nagar-Muthu- They stock chambers built by Muthu

Sashi Chamber Works at siddiya road 2nd cross Urvashi theatre- Edit He has shifted to Siddaiah  Circle


Zen Motors - Bull temple road Bangalore

Hyderabad Gun running tuning
Gun running tuning


The expansion Chambers built by Gun Runners





 


ORM Racing support - http://www.ormracingsupport.com/

This unit is run by Mr Sunil Kumar of Thrissur , he makes the famous ORM Expansion chambers.

OUTRIDERS MOTOR CYCLES,IYYAPPAN MILL COMPOUND,KOKKALAI.(OPP.BARTH PETROLEUM) ,THRISSUR,KERALA. PIN.680021.
Mon- Sat 10:00Am to 5:00Pm - email: ormracing@yahoo.co.in, sunilormracing@yahoo.co.in
Phone Off: +91 0487 2424592 Mob: +91 9847306336 .


Sur Tinkering works -Mysore
Shafi 9980973484
# 3215, Sultan Park Road, Mandi Mohalla, Mysore - 570001, Mysore  

 




 

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Yamaha RX series modification

Those of us who used to ride 2 strokes and then had to switch to 4 strokes due to the obvious reason, will always miss them. To sum up my experience with a Bajaj FE scooter and it's maintenance was "No Cam, No chain, No headache!" My dream bike was the shogun, when it was available I did not have the resources to buy it and now I don't have a Shogun to buy, Spares are a major issue.

Even today I see the odd one longingly hoping to own one.

The other bike I wished I owned was a Yamaha Rx series. This series I hope will satisfy my need to have a 2 stroker in my garage. I like to customize almost every thing, either cosmetically or performance or ergonomically. I have been lately collecting pictures of modified Yamaha RX's to get some idea on how I'd like my bike to look.


Over the years I have seen how the mod seen changed. When in my 12th grade, the RX 100 was kitted out with a chrome plated expansion chamber with a belly pan.Some of the expansion chamber were 1 into 1 or 1 into 2, the twin chambers looked very cool. As far as the performance of the chamber is concerned i have no idea as I never rode them. Others also added the "Mag" wheels or Alloy wheels. I've searched quite a bit but been unable to find any pic of this type of mod.



The Rado brand were quite common and also the design in the pic.




In Bangalore the Yamaha's a carriers is welded to the sissy bar added . The belly pan was a lot different than that in the pic, it looked more like that of the RXZ with a radiator cowl.





The sissy bar was chopped off just after the seat and plugged or the sissy bar entirely removed.







On the head light side, a large headlight was added with a grill.
The headlight is lifted in height by using clips.








One more commonm mod was adding a scrambler/off road bike mud gaurd, this gave the bike a bad ass look.





On the seat side, some scrapped off a little foam to make it a little slimmer, In Bangalore adding a Suzuki Samurai seat with a MaX-R 100 tail piece is a common mod.




The sissy bar of the Shogun/Samurai is welded in the place of the original.







The speedometer used on some are of the shogun and some just keep only the speedo and remove the rest.





Using the Yezdi 16inch wheel was and is a very common mod on both Yamaha and Suzuki's , it looks cool also adds good acceleration, at the expense of top speed.



Another mod I have seen in Bangalore is shaving of the fins on the head. It looks nice, and I have no information on the effect of cooling efficiency.











On the handle bars side, we used to use the Fury handle aka short handle, this was quite common and still it. Some use the shogun or the RD wide handle.

A fury Handle, No idea why it was called a fury handle.








Some neatly modded pics off the net.