[krishnaprasadgg]

Another weekend another ride.

ODO reading at the start of the day, can we hit 44k today?


All ready to roll out



Waiting for Xaos636 to join in


Xaos636 finally joins in


That's the lineup for today

This time around, both Xaos636 and I were craving some Podi Idli, so we set about a short ride towards Krishnagiri towards Murugan Idli Shop. Folks around Bangalore must be well aware of this restaurant. They serve some tasty Podi idli and the rest of the menu is just as good.

Arrived! Xaos636 is ready for some idlis


The wait begins


Time to attack the food

The roads works till Krishnagiri has been turned up to full swing which makes the journey a bit cumbersome especially when the traffic turns up but anyway, can't complain much.

Saw this beauty of a multi v2 in this grey shade

While I rode the R1 till the breakfast stop, I hopped onto the Blade for the return journey. I don't want to sound like a broken record but the Blade is just something else when it comes to linear power delivery with almost no flat spot at all, not to mention the Yoshi pipes being the icing on the cake.

Posing with the blade for a change

Nothing much more to say about the breakfast ride so enjoy the pics.

Next stop was at the E-city flyover toll gate






All familiar Silk Board junction


Small stop at Highlander to pick up some parts for the blade


Well, 44k didn't happen today. But we are close though

The day didn't end there though, headed out towards JSP BMW Motorrad to check the new GS1300, bhpian @wolfy decided to join in and our good friend Ajay was also in company, not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting much and to be just as disappointed with the direction they took towards the design, but I was quite surprised on how much more soothing to the eye the bike is in flesh. The bike definitely has gone on a serious diet and now looks much less intimidating.

In familiar company




That Evil grin on @wolfy's face says it all

The JSP showroom also has a cafe attached to the showroom itself and is a good spot to hang out, and have some awesome conversations all in the company of some good bikes while at it. What more can we ask for.

Only food shot we managed to click

Well, that's about it for today.

On the way back home

Cheers
Krishna

[neil.jericho]

Thanks for sharing all the extensive updates, krishnaprasadgg. Though my heart has been irrevocably tilted towards the ZX10R, I have always have a soft corner for the R1s, especially the older generation motorcycles. Non motorcyclists will find it hard to believe just how brutal the acceleration is, on bikes like yours, and how you have been able to tour with such a committed motorcycle for these thousands of kilometers. Im not afraid to admit that I would not be able to tour (or commute or breakfast ride!) on your R1. Those days are well behind me!

While it is evident from the pictures on this thread, it is even more apparent when seen up close and personal, the astonishing condition in which you have maintained your motorcycle. I look forward to more ride updates on this information packed thread!

Originally Posted by krishnaprasadgg

On the ride back I hopped onto the Daytona 675R. I had never ridden the Daytona before this so I was looking forward to the ride a lot

Waitaminute, how can you leave us hanging after this teaser? We demand more details!!

[krishnaprasadgg]

Originally Posted by neil.jericho

Thanks for sharing all the extensive updates, krishnaprasadgg. Though my heart has been irrevocably tilted towards the ZX10R, I have always have a soft corner for the R1s, especially the older generation motorcycles. Non motorcyclists will find it hard to believe just how brutal the acceleration is, on bikes like yours, and how you have been able to tour with such a committed motorcycle for these thousands of kilometers. Im not afraid to admit that I would not be able to tour (or commute or breakfast ride!) on your R1. Those days are well behind me!

Fully agree, the feel of the brutal acceleration of the cross-plane is just something else, that needs to be experienced to understand how raw it is.
As for the touring part, I would say it's just the loose nuts in my head thats making it happen

Originally Posted by neil.jericho

While it is evident from the pictures on this thread, it is even more apparent when seen up close and personal, the astonishing condition in which you have maintained your motorcycle. I look forward to more ride updates on this information packed thread!

That's high praise and I'll gladly accept it too. Too much blood sweat and tears has gone into keeping her healthy and kicking

Originally Posted by neil.jericho

Waitaminute, how can you leave us hanging after this teaser? We demand more details!!

Hehe...More on this later. Need some time to put it into proper words. I also regret not taking more photos for the duration I had the Daytona with me for that ride. Could have made a fully dedicated post about it too. It'll be a bit bland reading without the pics. Maybe I can borrow the bike during one of the next ride to get some dedicated photos too.

Cheers
Krishna

[krishnaprasadgg]

Not being able to hit 44,000 on the ODO made me a bit unhappy, so naturally what I did about it was ping @Xaos636 and ask him to join for another ride on Sunday just for hitting the milestone on the ODO and as usual Xaos636 never says no to a good opportunity to ride so he was in.

What was probably planned as a short quick 2-hour round trip ride ended up being just a little over 300 km long ride.

Never get tired of looking at these 2 beauties, don't mind me ruining the shot.

I met up with @Xaos636 at E-city, just before we were getting going, we happened to bump into another mutual friend of ours who owns a 2014 Fireblade SP edition, whose bike has been featured on this thread before too. He was along with another friend of his who was on a 10R (First gen to be officially launched in India). We were told one more of their friend was supposed to join but was running late so we would catch up at the Attibelle toll booth.

Quite the Japanese presence to say the least

So the next stop was at the Attibelle toll booth and between the few cups of chai we had, the short 2 hours round trip plan changed to a ride towards Chennai side to a Sai Sangeet restaurant, apparently the restaurant food was amazing and the ambiance of this particular spot was good, and it was(did not take photos of the spot, I know I am pretty bad at this). So by the time the final person also joined the new plan was set and we joined along with the group for the ride.

Surely enough the R1 hit 44,000 kms by the time we hit Krishnagiri.

44 big ones!






@Xaos636 trying on the S1k RR for size. Can't blame him, what a beauty the bike is

We stopped at the Sai Sangeet for a good and heavy breakfast.

Finally, time for some breakfast

Our mutual friend wanted me to test his SP back to back with @Xaos636's blade as he wanted to get an opinion on the difference because the SP was running a Moto America tune along with a Bazzaz QS and TC module added on while the Repsol was stock as far as the Tune goes.

Waiting for the bike to warm up, it was ear-piercingly loud!


Back after a back-to-back run on the Fireblades

And how can I not mention the exhaust on the SP, it is running a Racefit shorty exhaust and oh boy it's just way way too loud for my taste. I mean it sounds great and all on load but man it's just not recommended to ride it without earplugs. While I enjoyed the most out of the short spin I did, touring on this is going to be torture after a couple of hours. The QS module was a piece of art, with such smooth shifts almost like butter.

Also have to mention the 10R had a similar SC project shorty exhaust too. The SP and 10R combo together is so loud that while the bikes pass you or are ahead of you it's tough to hear your own thoughts.

While the S1000RR had a full system Akra exhaust and it was just sublime, just the right amount of loud, and the decel pops were just epic, to say the least.

I have to say all 5 bikes in the lot had aftermarket exhausts, so I'd would have been quite a lovely soundtrack to some and a noisy racket for many too. I can empathize with both parties for sure.

After the short test ride and a few rounds of banter, we headed out back to base, stopped once more at Attibelle toll to hydrate ourselves, and then bid our goodbyes and went our separate ways.

Hydration break before going our separate ways

At the end of the day while the plan for the day took an unexpected turn the goal of the day was achieved for sure.

Customary ODO meter shot at the end of the ride

Cheers
Krishna

[krishnaprasadgg]

A long pending upgrade for the R1 has finally been done!

This time it's tyres! This has been a long process, with the plan starting to take place a few months back. It is pretty clear from this thread that my main usage with the R1 is long interstate shuttles and ghat rides, with a major part of it being highway runs.

Wear indicator on the front


Wear indicator on the rear. Still a bit of meat left


The main reason to change is the loss of edge grip, the carcass of the tyre has become rock hard, and while on the edge on either side, the tyre slips around like it's on ice. Scary situation to be in this.

This has been primarily why the 2 sets of tyres that I have been using on the R1 since I got them have been sports touring tyres that give more weight towards longer life than outright grip and performance. Up until a few months back, the plan was still to go with yet another sport touring tyre when the time came, but 2 track visits and riding a few bikes with much better tyres made me think of what I was actually missing on the R1.

The grip on tap was just crazy and the final domino to fall was the Koppa Trip where I was able to ride back-to-back bikes with a range of different tyres.
The Diablo Rosso on @wolfy's 10R, the Metzeler M7RR front M9RR rear combo on @ Xaos636's Blade, M9 RR on Ajay's Daytona 675R, and Pirelli Corsa on the Panigale V2.

So I finally after much thought zeroed in on the Metzeler M9RR front-rear combo.

Why I skipped the more performance-oriented Pirellis was simple. I will still be doing quite a few highway runs which are just predominantly straight roads and Rosso and Corsa tyres will be such a huge waste for this. At the same time, for the Track days planned for the coming year, I can still extract an amazing grip with the M9RR.

Now back to Road 5, it actually gave me quite a good amount of mileage out of it.

Let's go back to the Pirelli Angel GT, The tyre went on at about 21,xxx km on the ODO and came off at around 30,5xx km on the ODO, that's almost 10k of usage before both the front and rear tyre had started to wear out squarely that made negotiating corners a bit dicey.

Next moved onto Road 5 at 30,5xx km and got removed at 44,3xx km on the ODO. That's a good 14.3k of usage with grip dropping since the Koppa ride which was just about 1-1.5k back.

Anyway, that's how I finally zeroed in on the Metzeler M9RR. So finally picked up a new set and managed to get an early 2024 make set, the rear tyre was made in the first week of 2024 and the front tyre was made in the sixth week of 2024. So Lucked out there somehow. Headed to Madhus today to get the fitment done. Which went smoothly, and proper front and rear paddocks were used.

Oh btw, with the M9RR I am now back to the OE size for the R1, The OE size is 190/55R17 while the Road 5 I had on was 190/50R17. So now I have gained 10mm of height back to the rear wheel, so I am a bot more tip toed on the bike which is a disadvantage for my height while now the tyre has a much more rounded profile as compared to the wider profile the Road 5 put out.

Also, there was a beautiful Multistrada 1260S also in for a tyre change, had a good chat with him about bikes. We also were blessed to see some beautiful exotics that had come in for some tyre care.

Post this I headed to Highlander, 2 reasons for this. One, post a tyre change I always take the bike directly to Karthick for a recheck on all the axle nuts and pinch bolts to be tightened to spec and the chain slack and all to be rechecked. This is a practice I do with all my bikes. The second reason was that the Headlight/ Indicator issue is back with a vengeance. Yup, looks like the jugaad didn't hold well this time around. I managed to record a proper video this time of what all get affected and how it behaves when this issue pops up.

Have a look

https://youtu.be/tWLwuPNpwoQ

So yeah, the bike has been dropped off at Highlander to have a look at the indicator fix again and to go over the wheel fitment and axle nuts and pinch bolt torquing to spec.

While at Highlander spotted this rare bike, it's the 2018/19 Fireblade 1000RR SP edition, apparently only 7 units in India, and this one is the only KA reg bike I have been told.

Apparently, it's a famous bike as it was until recently owned by one of the famous South Indian moto vlogger. Nonetheless, what a clean and gorgeous bike, it has an Austin Racing shorty exhaust and it is LOUD!

That's about it for now. Signing off until the next update.

A little slick parting shot

Cheers
Krishna

[krishnaprasadgg]

Last weekend I was itching for a ride so that the Metz M9RR could be scrubbed in and ready for future rides that are being planned.

So again a few of us set about on a ride towards the Nellamangala side. This time around bhpians @Xaos636 and @wolfy and 3 other friends joined in. This time there is something special about the rest of the 3 who joined us for the rides.

2 of them are good friends of Xaos636 and mine and were on the Gen 4 ZX10R (Gen 1 for India), these are a riding couple that tours on supersport bikes. Yup, you heard that right, they go 2 up on super sports, be it short rides or long interstate rides, I honestly have no idea how they do it, but they make it seem super easy, and gotta love that spirit about them. The final one to join was on a rather special bike in India. Will reveal it a bit down the line. And the day just turned out even more special for me for another reason, the special bike mentioned had everything to do with it.

As usual, my prep on the bike starts on Friday when I go and fill up the bike with a full tank of fuel to take me through the ride the next day.

Started from my place at HSR at about 4.30 am and headed towards NICE road entry at E-city. But I was a bit earlier than expected and to add some spice to it all it started drizzling slightly as I was going to ride on a fresh set of tyres which are yet to be scrubbed in on a concrete surface for a good 30-40 km, oh did I mention I had my dark smoke visor on too, fun times ahead.

Waiting for the NICE tollway to open for 2-wheelers

After a 10-minute wait, the NICE road opened up for 2 wheelers and I was on my way to meet up with Xaos636 at the Kanakpura exit side where he would be waiting for me.

Finally met up with Xaos636 at the said point and post a quick 2-minute break we were on our way where we slowly puttered about till we took the Tumkur exit to head towards our meetup point.

Me and Xaos636 were the first to arrive and the rest arrived in about 10-15 minutes while we were sipping a few cups of tea.

The superbike touring couples arrive

@wolfy and Chez were the next to arrive. Yup your eyes are not betraying you that is THE Husqvarna Nuda 900R that you are looking out.

Yup! That's the Nuda 900R. How many of you are getting Royal Jordanian flashbacks ?

Out of the 4-5 Nudas that BMW brought in (when Husqvarna was under the BMW umbrella) this is the only 900R that was brought in I have been told. And YES! I had the privilege of riding the Nuda for a good while during the return stint and I will be dedicating a small writeup on my riding experience(more like first impressions) on the Nuda which let me giddy and giggling for the rest of the day(not exaggerating at all).

Ogling our the beauty that the Nuda is

Post another 15-20 minutes of introductions and chit-chat later we saddled up and it was decided to have breakfast at the MTR on the way we were headed and then like last time chill out for some time around any random lakes that were present around that area and then head back.

Stopped for a quick break to update the stopping point to the group.

All lined up at MTR

Having a heavy breakfast with some heavy talks about bikes and ride experiences and endless banter.

Post the heavy breakfast we headed to chill out a bit around a lake. I'll let the pics do the talking.

About an hour, hour and a half later after allowing the breakfast to settle in, we all geared up ready to head back. @wolfy and I decided to swap our bikes since he wanted to test out the R1 on the M9RR and I am always happy to jump aboard his 10R as it's one of my favorites to ride for sure, it's just epic to feel the smooth QS and Auto-blipper on that machine and not to mention the handling prowess on a set of Corsa tyres is always going to be epic.

Gotta love the lines on the 10R


The cockpit view isn't shabby at all!

Halfway through I got the opportunity to jump on the Nuda R and I took that chance with a wide grin plastered on my face. Details of which will be in the next post.

I jumped back on my bike back at the NICE entry point while @wolfy and Chez took the in-city route the rest of us were ready to start on our home stretch. Took a few more pics before all of us split in our own ways.

Finally reached home after a lovely ride yet again. Customary ODO meter and Trip meter post.

Trip meter readout for the ride

This reminds me I am about one more weekend ride away from the next service. Quite a bit needs to be done during this service.

Box of goodies

A new box of parts has arrived just in time. Unboxing photos too I'll add in the next post as I'll hit the 30 photos limit on this post.

Cheers
Krishna

[krishnaprasadgg]

The Husqvarna Nuda 900R- Initial Impression

Ah, where to begin. The Nuda has been a motorcycle that had my fancy for a very long time, from the time it was released the radical design it had always was something I was captivated by, which confused me because I didn't quite understand why I liked it that much, the exhaust was on the wrong side, the front mudguard design was confusing and the headlight design also was something I was not used to, but still, all put together I just loved how quirky the design felt. I was a huge fan of the color scheme though, the red white, and black mix was just right! Then came the legend Royal Jordanian, RJ as he is known well around the biking circle, for those who don't know is a through-and-through hardcore biker who has multiple number of naked bikes in his collection and he posts videos of his commutes around London as "Daily Observation" videos where he just films himself riding around, no talking, no attempt to selling you anything, no lecturing, nothing, just pure riding and the icing on the cake is all his bikes are modded to his personal taste which somehow worked pretty well for me too considering I am not a huge naked bike fan, the other thing was that all his bikes sounded just epic! That's where the real love for the Nuda 900 started for me. The intoxicating sound on the bike just made me a fan and considering how rare the bike was around the world I had no hopes that I'd even see the 900R in person in India, during my college days I knew there was one Nuda 900R that came to the state and just as fast as it came it was sold to some other state as well, funnily enough, I got to know that this was the same Nuda that at one point in time was in Kerala.

Anyway, long story short, I was on cloud nine when I had the opportunity to ride the 900R because as I said, for something that's this rare in the entire world, and having thought I'd never be able to see one in person, I was suddenly given the opportunity to ride one.

I think the smile is pretty evident even with the helmet on

I had the chance to ride along with the bike for a good 100-150 km so I quickly realized that it was a tall bike for sure.

Never imagined I'd be able to get this view ever

So before I threw my legs over the bike I asked my friend what I needed to know before operating the bike, because I had it in my mind that the Nuda being a 900cc twin would be a torque monster for sure. I was told nothing special to keep in mind, it had traction control but no ABS. And I remember quickly thinking, Oh that's exactly like my R1, TC but no ABS. Made a mental note of that and tried mounting onto the bike, that's when it did really hit me, man this bike is tall. I was barely tip-toing on the bike (which is evident from the pic posted somewhere in this post).

Took a minute to understand where all the controls were on the bike and cranked the bike, man, I was giggling like a child, even for a stock exhaust the bike sounded good, nothing special but the rumble is definitely felt and made the feeling you get while on the bike special. Took it pretty chill for the first 4-5 km, tapped the brakes a few times to understand the braking bite and feedback, it was definitely impressive, the Brembo M4 caliper feel is very familiar as it is the same caliper as on Xaos636's blade, albeit the difference being here its direct lines so you have more direct feel of what the caliper is doing and I just love that feeling.

During the first few kms, I also paid attention to how the throttle response was, The throttle response was insant when you are smooth on the throttle, there is no flat spot or delay in the power to kick in, it's just instant, even down low in the rpm, twins tend to be that way, but this gave me a false sense of calmess because I remember feeling, this is actually not too bad, pretty neat and managable, oh boy how wrong was I because a bit later once I got comfortable on teh bike I started to give it a bit more throttle and that when the bike showed its real character, remember when I said there is no lag or dead spot down low, well, actually there is no dead spot almost anywhere across the rpm range, if you are linear with the throttle the bike just pulls and pulls and pulls and almost isntantly you are well beyond highway cruising speed and then suddely a wall of wind blast hits you and you look at the speedo and. that when you realize how fast you are going. This was fun, but if you are a bit braver with the throttle and twist it with some anger that's when the sudden rush of torque that I had known to associate with the nuda from all the videos I had watched about it showed its face and after a split seconds surprise an evil grin took over, the bike is a through and through hooligan.

The only thing that took me by surprise was how the front end handled it, I was aware of it being a tall bike, and I got on assuming it would be to an extent similar to riding a naked bike, but that's what took me by surprise, it didn't if I'd explain it to anyone who is going to ride the Nuda for the first time I'd say don't assume the bike handles like a naked bike, because the front end is much more floaty while the rear is rock solid. It has to do with the front forks, it has much more travel than a typical naked bike and it shows, while the front forks don't really dive on braking like an adv might it does dive enough to catch you by surprise and how you load the front while negotiating corners also needs to be adjusted appropriately. If I had to pull a parallel I'd say it felt similar to riding a supermoto, but just the front end of it.

I say this because I had the opportunity to ride a Suzuki DRZ400 a few years back and I remember the front end feeling similar, it was like riding on top of a cloud, that's the best way I can put it. So why it gets a bit weird is because while you are negotiating a corner and giving it throttle to exit the corner the rear stays rock solid but the front end is floaty and moves around more than what you are used to (much much more coming from a supersport, lesser so but surely evidently enough than a naked as well). So if you don't take care of this then you will end up on the ground for sure.

So overall to sum it up I'd say, it's nothing short of a torque monster, the 900cc Twin has every bit of torque you'd expect a twin to have and then some. Power delivery if you are gentle is very linear with almost no flat spot, pull like a freight train and speed builds up quick, whack open the throttle and it'll unleash all its got. Handling is not something you'd expect the front end is a bit floaty while the rear is rock solid so definitely the bike commands respect from the ride while riding and if you are not careful it will not think twice before spitting you off. The brakes are amazing, and the M4 calipers does a beautiful job of stopping the bike with little to no drama, but there is no ABS so again, if you are not careful and are used to grabbing a whole lot of the front brake strongly like you can afford to do on ABS equipped bikes, the handling dynamics will throw you another curveball before the wheels lockup and you find yourself on the ground. All in all it's every bit a hooligan it shows itself to be on paper, but if you are a smooth rider it rewards you to no end. I hope this exert gives everyone reading a feeling of how would be to ride the Husqvarna Nuda 900R. I am looking forward to riding it more in the future for sure.

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Now to the unboxing of the box of parts that has arrived for the R1.

A few posts back you'd remember me saying the 2 side panels below the tank where your knee rests were cracked and the left side was fully broken also the mounting screws for the same were stripped off so the replacement panels and screws have arrived.

Tank side panels and the mounting screws

Along with it a brand new thermostat and the thermostat housing O-ring have landed so now during the next service which is due soon, the old thermostat can be tested and we can finally solve the coolant boiling issue we had which to date has been running on a temporary fix of a higher pressure rated Radiator cap.

Brand new Thermostat




O-ring for the thermostat housing

Will be posting a detailed post on how the test for that will be conducted.


Cheers
Krishna

[Sahil00090]

Wow, never thought I'd see Nuda 900 here. I just loved the sound of RJ's Nuda. Thanks for sharing it here.

Do you know if the current Husqvarna service center is servicing this one ?

[ex-innova-guy]

An average Joe might just mistake it for a 250-400 cc Husqvarna. Not that I too knew about this bike!

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Also, what an apt keychain! :-)

[krishnaprasadgg]

Originally Posted by Sahil00090

Wow, never thought I'd see Nuda 900 here. I just loved the sound of RJ's Nuda. Thanks for sharing it here.

Same feeling here!

Originally Posted by Sahil00090

Do you know if the current Husqvarna service center is servicing this one ?

No, from what I know he takes it to FNGs and of course the occasional DIYs too.

Originally Posted by ex-innova-guy

An average Joe might just mistake it for a 250-400 cc Husqvarna. Not that I too knew about this bike!

Also, what an apt keychain! :-)

True, the brand awareness among people in India for Husqvarna is very very small. Imagine if under KTM the brand name is still unknown how less it was when BMW had it a couple of years back.

Well, they are big players in Chainsaw and gardening tools manufacturing as well so there is a good chance handymen are more aware of Husqvarna than biking folks.

Cheers
Krishna

[NB_4763]

Thirteen years ago (July 14, 2011), when I saw the Nuda in the Zigwheels section of the newspaper, I fell in love . The bike looked so unique, and I was head over heels for it. Later, I saw it being reviewed on Autocar TV, and I told myself that I would have one in my garage when I got older.

When I started watching YouTube videos about Nuda 900R is when I came across RJ's Channel and my god whenever he used to blip the throttle the exhaust sound used to make me grin like a madman.

For the past 13 years every morning, I've spent 5 minutes gazing at this very picture, telling myself I will own it one day.



After reading your post and finding out that there's only one Nuda 900R in all of India, the likelihood of me being able to own one is nearly impossible.

[SnS_12]

After reading your post many are now gonna line up behind Chez for the keys of the Nuda . I remember seeing one in person for tge first time in Bandra back when it was with BMW and we had all met up for a night ride and someone who was working for BMW had bought it for a spin and was up for sale as well. A few friends took a short spin on it and were told to be gentle with the throttle or else they have to brake and steer with the rear wheel only. And as you mentioned the bike sounded phenomenal even with the stock exhaust. I have known Chezhian for a while now, but unfortunately like many biker friends i know through social media I haven’t had the opportunity to meet them personally yet (yourself included). My first introduction to Chez happened when he was planning to sell another widow maker he had in his garage the TL1000S which was offered to me by a mutual friend and since then the man has been adding some really interesting motorcycles to his collection.

The Nuda has always been on my never ending wishlist but for now I have made peace by just having a scale model to ogle at…

[krishnaprasadgg]

Originally Posted by NB_4763

Thirteen years ago (July 14, 2011), when I saw the Nuda in the Zigwheels section of the newspaper, I fell in love . The bike looked so unique, and I was head over heels for it. Later, I saw it being reviewed on Autocar TV, and I told myself that I would have one in my garage when I got older.

When I started watching YouTube videos about Nuda 900R is when I came across RJ's Channel and my god whenever he used to blip the throttle the exhaust sound used to make me grin like a madman.

Wow! It's amazing you still have the poster. Yeah, something about the design language on the Nuda makes it hard to ignore. It's a polarising design too based on what I see online, but yeah I too love the design even though a few design choices are very quirky in my personal opinion, somehow it adds to the charm though.

And yes same here about RJ. His videos played a huge role in cementing the place the bike has in my heart too.

Originally Posted by NB_4763

For the past 13 years every morning, I've spent 5 minutes gazing at this very picture, telling myself I will own it one day.
After reading your post and finding out that there's only one Nuda 900R in all of India, the likelihood of me being able to own one is nearly impossible.

Sigh! Same here buddy, this particular Nuda is at its forever home. I'm really glad the bike will be taken care of to the utmost level and perfection.

Originally Posted by SnS_12

After reading your post many are now gonna line up behind Chez for the keys of the Nuda . I remember seeing one in person for tge first time in Bandra back when it was with BMW and we had all met up for a night ride and someone who was working for BMW had bought it for a spin and was up for sale as well. A few friends took a short spin on it and were told to be gentle with the throttle or else they have to brake and steer with the rear wheel only. And as you mentioned the bike sounded phenomenal even with the stock exhaust.

Haha...I'm glad I was able to put forward that emotion through my words, job done! Yeah, was discussing with Chez the history of the bike and we tried to piece it all together because I asked him if this was the same bike that was in Kerala and he confirmed it and we tried building up a history of it. He obviously is a treasure trove of knowledge about this, so I was just happy to increase my knowledge that day.

Originally Posted by SnS_12

I have known Chezhian for a while now, but unfortunately like many biker friends i know through social media I haven’t had the opportunity to meet them personally yet (yourself included). My first introduction to Chez happened when he was planning to sell another widow maker he had in his garage the TL1000S which was offered to me by a mutual friend and since then the man has been adding some really interesting motorcycles to his collection.

What a small world no? We actually discussed about you for a while, right from the 2 stroke collection you are keeping in immaculate shape to the 848 Evo and ended up on how we are stumped on how you keep the Busa drive chain so spotless Not even joking that topic actually came up.

Yeah, I did not want to add the collection details here, since he likes to keep a low profile, I respect that, but yeah, what a collection! Come to Bangalore soon then, let's catch up together.

Originally Posted by SnS_12

The Nuda has always been on my never ending wishlist but for now I have made peace by just having a scale model to ogle at…

I think I'll also get one scale model and call it a day!

Cheers
Krishna

[SnS_12]

Originally Posted by krishnaprasadgg

What a small world no? We actually discussed about you for a while, right from the 2 stroke collection you are keeping in immaculate shape to the 848 Evo and ended up on how we are stumped on how you keep the Busa drive chain so spotless Not even joking that topic actually came up.

A mallu always has to keep his gold chain shining 😃. Now, you guys will have a new topic to discuss as I have added more to the workload of maintaining so many beauties on two wheels

Originally Posted by krishnaprasadgg

Come to Bangalore soon then, let's catch up together.

I was supposed to be there in early July but wifey fell sick so had to cancel it last minute. But a trip to Bangalore will happen soon and will keep you posted and hopefully you guys are around that time as well.

[Deepakea83]

I own a Ninja ZX-4R. I am interested in the Akrapovic Slip-On Line Carbon exhaust. From which store did your friend buy it?

Also looking forward to your impressions riding the 4R