My New Ravi Piaggio 2014 (New Model)

[neodescorpio]

Awesome.

A good support from a company is real blessing.

Take care of your bike and please lets us know with your experience time to time. This bike looks promising and it should be given its right credit. Initiatives from Ravi guys should be appreciated.

Yea I wasn't expecting this much from them because we all know what kind of customer support we get after purchasing consumer products but these guys know whom they are dealing with, All the Ravi customers are not ordinary customers, they are fully aware I'm glad to say this company realizes this thing and they are doing best at it.

They mechanic AKA ustad , these guys said that this bike's sound is a heavy as compared to the previous models and i must say im loving how it sounds , it's really hard to control acceleration with this roaring sound this driving pleasure.

[neodescorpio]

Yes there customer back up is going way beyond limits I already saw an example of @angel82 where even CEO supervised the problem's solution...

BUT... ager ye apna Qaulity control thora behter ker lein tu shyid inka customer bilawaja ki khuwari say bach jaye... I mean isnt it amazing that they did not even bothered to check the tappet cover to see if bolts are tight on proper torque I mean it makes me little nervous that what level of quality control they are persuading... I lot people know how much I like this ride ... but I even person like me totally hate the manufacturing facility who is bringing this bike...

But al is well as end is well.. glad your ride is addressed properly ... Enjoy dont over rev in Break In period!

I couldn't agree more with you @vickytulla but all we can do is to hope that Ravi will upgrade their assembly lines to fix these kind of issues, and I'm sure ravi officials are viewing this thread also

About Reving , yeh to sabar ka Imtehan hai (H)

[vickytulla]

really ... you mean they did some thing with exhaust or engine too > o___O I must visit a showroom to test it then ... I have a old model ...

They mechanic AKA ustad , these guys said that this bike's sound is a heavy as compared to the previous models and i must say im loving how it sounds , it's really hard to control acceleration with this roaring sound this driving pleasure.

[neodescorpio]

really ... you mean they did some thing with exhaust or engine too > o___O I must visit a showroom to test it then ... I have a old model ...

I don't know what they did but I realized the sound is far more great then my expectations but i thought i was over thinking it but then those guys said k iski awaz heavy hai puranay ki nisbat , it confirmed it as they deal with RPs daily.

[mavrik5]

Congrats on a good purchase.....ride safe and always wear a helmet

[angel82]

Yes there customer back up is going way beyond limits I already saw an example of @angel82 where even CEO supervised the problem's solution...

BUT... ager ye apna Qaulity control thora behter ker lein tu shyid inka customer bilawaja ki khuwari say bach jaye... I mean isnt it amazing that they did not even bothered to check the tappet cover to see if bolts are tight on proper torque I mean it makes me little nervous that what level of quality control they are persuading... I lot people know how much I like this ride ... but I even person like me totally hate the manufacturing facility who is bringing this bike...

But al is well as end is well.. glad your ride is addressed properly ... Enjoy dont over rev in Break In period!

Yes agreed their after sales is very good but assembly line woh tu sab ki he aisee hai.
If i say in IT words they just Unit Test the bike or phir QA kerne ke liye customer ko de dete hain, when customer reports an issue then they solve it. Agar nai kerta tu sab theek hai hehe. 80% riders don't bothers these things, vibrations etc. so unka kaam bhi chalta rehta hai

And now if you recall my previous post i said its not a big deal it will settle down with time. I meant it then

Good luck and Drive Safe.

[abobobilly]

My heartiest congratulations on your purchase

I wish you were in Lahore so I could take a test ride. My single biggest complaint with Piaggio (for myself) have been its riding position. When i saw in Piaggio's launch event, that the eat was raised and handle height was reduced ... i said to myself "le bhai, ye fix ho gya ho ga" ... but looking at the above pictures with rider side seat being down-pressed ... i still feel that complaint to be intact. But we never know ....

Still, i am curious to see if fitting that lower (and different) handle bars, with slightly changed position of foot-rest is gonna help me.

Rest, enjoy the ride. The fact that its Gear Ratios are better than AHL's Deluxe (whose total power lies in the first 3 gears, with 5th gear being the worst), with every gear making better (and sensible) power ... is actually admirable.

[JUNOON007]

I was going for ZIC oil for my bike, my Honda mechanic told me to buy a 3 litre bottle and use it for the 3 oil changes. Is it okay to use car oil in bike ? according to him its okay but i think car oil could be more dense then bike oil.

dont use car oil in bike it will damage your bikes clutch plates

[tutmash.shafi]

is this handle bar adjutable or fixed ?

[vickytulla]

And now if you recall my previous post i said its not a big deal it will settle down with time. I meant it then

Yea you get institutionalized !!

Still, i am curious to see if fitting that lower (and different) handle bars, with slightly changed position of foot-rest is gonna help me.

same here I am curious too becuase it the new seating plan and new place of foot pegs really have adddressed the issue then I am also looking forward to incorporate these updates into my older version.

dont use car oil in bike it will damage your bikes clutch plates

100% correct ... its like killing a bike with a slow poison!

[neodescorpio]

Yes agreed their after sales is very good but assembly line woh tu sab ki he aisee hai.
If i say in IT words they just Unit Test the bike or phir QA kerne ke liye customer ko de dete hain, when customer reports an issue then they solve it. Agar nai kerta tu sab theek hai hehe. 80% riders don't bothers these things, vibrations etc. so unka kaam bhi chalta rehta hai

And now if you recall my previous post i said its not a big deal it will settle down with time. I meant it then

Good luck and Drive Safe.

@angel82 hahahaha . . . well said bro but Yeh to Unit testing bhi nai karte i think yeh to black box testing karte hai bs (H)

[neodescorpio]

@abobobilly Thanks bro , so far i've driven 100KM and i've no reservations on the riding position. i'ts far more good then conventional bikes bikes I driven. Moreover the seat can be raised by a trick told by a "Ustad" . Just change the gutka of rear shock and seat will be raised like the height of gutka.

My heartiest congratulations on your purchase

I wish you were in Lahore so I could take a test ride. My single biggest complaint with Piaggio (for myself) have been its riding position. When i saw in Piaggio's launch event, that the eat was raised and handle height was reduced ... i said to myself "le bhai, ye fix ho gya ho ga" ... but looking at the above pictures with rider side seat being down-pressed ... i still feel that complaint to be intact. But we never know ....

Still, i am curious to see if fitting that lower (and different) handle bars, with slightly changed position of foot-rest is gonna help me.

Rest, enjoy the ride. The fact that its Gear Ratios are better than AHL's Deluxe (whose total power lies in the first 3 gears, with 5th gear being the worst), with every gear making better (and sensible) power ... is actually admirable.

[neodescorpio]

100% correct ... its like killing a bike with a slow poison!

Roger that , I was also thinking that it's not a good idea, It wasn't making sense.

same here I am curious too becuase it the new seating plan and new place of foot pegs really have adddressed the issue then I am also looking forward to incorporate these updates into my older version.

I am satisfied with the seating position, i haven't driven it too long (Max like 30-40 mins once) but i felt exhausted because it's too heavy, is the older model also this much heavy ?

[tutmash.shafi]

is handle adjustable hai ?

[SyedMoazzam]

When i started riding my GS150, i too felt that it was very heavy but after some time my arms and legs adapted to its weight and now it feels like breeze

[saboor73]

Roger that , I was also thinking that it's not a good idea, It wasn't making sense.

I am satisfied with the seating position, i haven't driven it too long (Max like 30-40 mins once) but i felt exhausted because it's too heavy, is the older model also this much heavy ?

I am not sure about it but the new rp is 5 to 6kg lighter than the older model you have used 70 that's why you are feeling it heavier

[JUNOON007]

I am not sure about it but the new rp is 5 to 6kg lighter than the older model you have used 70 that's why you are feeling it heavier

how thay cut its weight can u explain

[amjad635]

I am not sure about it but the new rp is 5 to 6kg lighter than the older model you have used 70 that's why you are feeling it heavier

Weight of new RP is more than old model if i remember correctly
Old RP had weight of same as deluxe 113kg or may be 110k
the weight of new RP shared by assembler Ravi themselves is 117kg

[abobobilly]

Thanks bro , so far i've driven 100KM and i've no reservations on the riding position. i'ts far more good then conventional bikes bikes I driven. Moreover the seat can be raised by a trick told by a "Ustad" . Just change the gutka of rear shock and seat will be raised like the height of gutka.

Brother i am kinda short in height (or that I FEEL short :P). I think i am above 5'10 (never measured - but its a shame that i am 'actually' taller than my father, when i stand beside him lol) ... but i still don't feel comfortable with Piaggio's position, no matter how much i try to adjust.

The problem is that I want to control the bike, not the bike control me ... especially in high speeds. Due to the riding position of Piaggio, at high speeds, the bike would feel like going on its own, and under heavy breaking, i literally had NO CONTROL over the "whole ride" ... except the Handle.

If there is one thing i love in AHL's Deluxe ... it is the Riding Position, which is just ... natural.

Anyway, what do you mean by the "Gutka"? Are you talking Adjusting the Rear Shock Absorbers i.e. Increasing the Ride Height, or anything else?

[neodescorpio]

Brother i am kinda short in height (or that I FEEL short :P). I think i am above 5'10 (never measured - but its a shame that i am 'actually' taller than my father, when i stand beside him lol) ... but i still don't feel comfortable with Piaggio's position, no matter how much i try to adjust.

The problem is that I want to control the bike, not the bike control me ... especially in high speeds. Due to the riding position of Piaggio, at high speeds, the bike would feel like going on its own, and under heavy breaking, i literally had NO CONTROL over the "whole ride" ... except the Handle.

If there is one thing i love in AHL's Deluxe ... it is the Riding Position, which is just ... natural.

Anyway, what do you mean by the "Gutka"? Are you talking Adjusting the Rear Shock Absorbers i.e. Increasing the Ride Height, or anything else?

im also like 5.11'' or might be 6'' i haven't checked long while but IMHO you shouldn't have any problem, your height is great mujhe to ab chotay cousins bhi uncle kehte hai

abhi tak high speeds ya heavy breaking nai ki so is baray mai kuch nai keh skta but im confused by your term "NO CONTROL over the "whole ride" " .

I also didn't understood the term gutka at first but then he explained as the upper portion of rear shock that is bolted to frame. on to of spring