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Originally Posted by amritnoronha Yes. I can understand that older vehicles have these issues. I have had multiple vehicles in the past including a Bajaj Pulsar. Never seen such issues. and yes; I live near the sea in Mangalore. but no vehicle there in any condition gets rusted within 3 months of a brand new purchase. i understand and acknowledge salt based corrosion, but this much damage is unbelievable. if it was after a a year or two i can understand. |
Perfectly understandable, and you are well within rights to get the part replaced under warranty, no two ways about it, as a matter of fact if I recall correctly there is even a mention of the same withing warranty guidelines.
Now coming to the matter of rusting, it is something that can happen under a week given the right conditions irrespective of the motorcycles age, I'm from Kollam and we have some areas that are pretty close to the sea where the issue is common irrespective of brands, the most affected motorcycles are Avengers and Royal Enfields due to the the amount of chrome present, not that other motorcycles do not face the issue but it is more evident on motorcycles with a lot of chrome, I've seen a 2010 Thunderbird's exhaust develop holes due to rusting within a short time after purchase but he could not get it claimed due to the rust being attributed to his area of residence.
On my Pulsar I once parked the motorcycle after a wash, had dried it properly under the sun but didn't ride, a week later there were rust spots on exposed chassis areas, had to sand and paint it, this again was an error on my part.
Another occurrence of rust is with my CT100B, a couple of months back I had changed the headlight unit to that of the Hero Ambition(OEM Part) and it has started rusting pretty badly, the stock headlight unit was spotless even after a year of use and I couldn't blame it on quality as both units were manufactured by the same OEM i.e Lumax. So my best guess would be the recent rains were responsible for the same, and to add the motorcycle has never been left out in the rains with the new headlight unit, though with the old one it has pretty much been out for nights at time due to limited parking space as I then had two cars parked at the time.
Incidentally another thing noticed is rusting with recently purchased tools, its a pair of stanchion nut holders for overhauling suspension of CT100B and Pulsar 220, both the tools were kept inside the house but still developed rust, which went away soon after properly greasing them.
So in my mind 1+1=2 I decided to conclude the blame of both incidents to being a result of the recent rains. Nothing else made sense.
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Replacing the parts are not a problem. but the changing parts doesn't give the quality of a factory fit, doesn't it?
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Now this is misinformation, there is no such thing as factory fitment that is an age-old-notion. There is either correct fitment or incorrect fitment, the latter being the cause of all concerns.
Make sure to be present while the parts in question are being replaced and do ensure that the fitment is being done to your satisfaction, some SVC's can be filled with idiots, on my 2011 ZMA one such idiot used a power wrench to tighten my chain guard bolts as a result of which a few km's after leaving the SVC my chain guard fell off mid riding.
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