Talking Turns

Actually I have gone through very bad engineers myself in my life & I have been a part of a company which I used to work & supervised their methods they apply & feel like killing them, but was supposed to control all my anger & do the job myself. Now the company is running those machines & suffering machine failures regularly in my absence & I feel so helpless. Now about me as an engineer I am now in a state where I want to save every expense on the bike what ever be the cost & I have tried my best to get the bike working may be tomorrow again I will open the block & inspect if I can manage to get rid of the noise without opening or splitting the engine other wise the bike goes to storage for a long time that's the final decision.what was wrong with my bike I was wrong in the part Identification it was the connecting rod which holds the piston at one end & is connected to the crank rollers so the rollers or the shaft on which the rollers are mounted was not jammed but the connecting got jammed on the rollers at one position & dint move so i had to get the connecting running by moving & holding the rollers tight with a long screw driver, & some pressure.the reason why the bike might have jammed might be as I was running very low on fuel reserve abt 20 kms of riding on reserve was completed while I reached home, so reserve is a bit hard on the engine I guess. Seriously I have gone through all phases in life when I spent Rs 4,500 on booze in one evening & last 2 weeks I lived on Rs 300, while eating outside & attending interviews & made time to go visit a beach & enjoy the whether as well in this time this is how I am I enjoy myself what ever be the situation as well,so i have my time & it is going to be best & i am making my best efforts that's it. Till then I will be a miser for spending on my bike, as it is like feeding an elephant, or even better trying to help a wounded Tiger, I am also a wounded Tiger with my bike with my inability to earn or invest time & money on my bike, but better times are awaited, so let me do what I can do without harming my bike much , as you said I have to work on the front forks as well they r leaking oil since 2 months that is to be carried out it is a if the whole bike needs much rest so let me give one clean shot tomorrow otherwise bike goes to Summer Storage. sorry if I have hurt you in any way I was trying to say my issues are never ending & you don't need to give it any priority may be least priority only if you have free time you can attend to my mails for me its just like if I listen to the sound of a Yezdi any where I am so happy even if I am not riding one. I have gone through a period of 4 years of Curfew on thinking about a Yezdi when My Dads, Model B of 1976 bike was in Bangalore & I am in Mumbai, I learnt riding on that & got my licence & in 6 months I was in Mumbai & bike in Bangalore, I wowed not to touch the bike as it was Dads & I kept the promise till it was sold off for Rs 2000after 3years in storage & occasional riding by Dad when he went to Bangalore. so curfews on riding vehicles is not new to me, & I don't mind loosing the bike for my own mistakes its like u r Karma always gets back to you what ever be the thing you do good or Bad. so I believe in this & wait eagerly for punishment, may be I am writing this to just make & free up my mind of all its clutter, so just enjoy reading the story in ur free time & don't bother too much on what I write its just my outlet for my own helplessness for my bike.what I could have done is told you hat the bike is running well & has no issues in just one sentence so I dint have to tell u all this inn my mails why should I tell u all these things but I wanted some one to just understand or just to get your attention I wrote all these please don't worry I wont try & harm the bike if I am not comfortable doing some thing. just take care.I give all my love to my bike all the time I pray to GOD before I touch it may be mentally & then I ask it to be good to itself & then good to me & good to others & then mount on it or start it what ever......so I am happy with this that the bike starts without any issues now but for the metallic noise so let me see.
Bye take care
— Abhijith.V

I love this e-mail of yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has to go on your blog as an 'Open Letter to All Bikers' or such a title!

It felt like I've scratched the surface with a few angry remarks and found a true y-biker.
Bless you and your life; i actually like the day-by-day stories that you send me and I ALWAYS try and answer according to what might be best for the bike.

Since you are an engine-eer, I want you to do a little simple experiment.
Take the fuel line into a measuring container. Calculate the amount of fuel that passes through the tap in a specific period of time.

Take the carb off - it must be filled with fuel in the float bowl. Turn it upside down and drain the fuel into a measuring bowl.

Ride the bike only with the fuel in the carb and calculate how long it runs. Idling on mainstand.

Take the amount that passes through the tap in the time the bike takes to use up one float bowl full of fuel and compare it to the amount of fuel that passes through the tap.

That shall tell us if the fuel flow was incorrect.
All this since the only source of lube for the crank is in the Petrol-oil mixture.

Next try and check what oil - to -fuel ratio were you using on that long trip the day before the engine sized.
All said and done, once we have clarity on lubrication, that would only leave mechanical failure.
Now only a true y-bike lover will take me up on yet another round of mechanic talk.
And bhai, I don't doubt you, I truly want the bikes to be healthy. Sometimes I have to include owner's health also :)

Keep rolling,
— Arunesh
PS: I love the line where you describe Y-maintenance as 'trying to help a wounded tiger.'