Till now we are hearing some misconceptions about motorbikes. Let's see some of them.
It's good to kickstart our bike in the morning
Now-a-days, most of the bike doesn't come with kick starter. There's a saying that, using kick starter in the morning will improve the battery life. It's not like that. Bike without kick starter have many battery draining factors such as various sensors, radiator fan etc. In those bikes, there's no problem with battery. The only point is that, we have to make sure that the recharging circuit performs well and we are giving sufficient time for the battery to recharge.
Mixing normal air with nitrogen air will burst your tyre
Firstly, the main reason why peoples are going for nitrogen air is, It maintains the low running temperature. Like oxygen, nitrogen also escapes from the tyre but quite slowly. In case of punctures, It gives you more time to run atleast to nearest puncture shop. Atmosphere also contains 78% of nitrogen. So the tyre won't burst if we mix the nitrogen air with normal air. The only problem is the effectiveness will be lower. But It's not a problem. You can fill normal air and you can refill the nitrogen air in the next nearest air filling stations.
Upgrading to bigger size tyre will give you good mileage and performance
While designing the bike, the manufacturers will design the tyre based upon vehicle weight, engine capacity, wheelbase and several other factors. By considering all these factors only they give us a proper tyre with a perfect sections. If you change the tyre just like that, you'll never receive a desired mileage and performance.
Riding a lower CC means downgrade
It's not just like that. Behind every motorcycle manufacturing, there's a lot of hard work and efforts. We can't say lower CC motorcycles are worthless. Every motorbike is made with a purpose. We'll choose our right motorbike according to our need and budget. Just like that we can't compare a 100CC bike and a super bike. We have to change our thoughts on this also.
Readymade ABS
I've always wondered how this works. After that only, I got to know it's just a fake one. Without a wheel speed sensor and without a hydraulic control module, ABS wouldn't work. Installing a readymade ABS in a non ABS motorbike is just a misconception and it won't work.
Empty tank will damage the fuel pump
It's not like that. The problem arise only if we try to start the bike when fuel tank is empty. So what we have to do is try not to start the bike without fuel. No problem will happen if the fuel tank is empty.
Changing different engine oils will seize your engine
Mainly, there are two parameters. Oil type and oil grade. We always have to use the right type of oil and grade suggested by the manufacturer. By type, we have to choose whether it is synthetic or semi synthetic or fully synthetic oil. We can change from one brand to another. It's not a problem. The problem will arise only if we move from one type to another or to different grades. No problem will arise if we move from brand to brand.
Quality of service is always better in showrooms
The quality of service always depends only on the technician or mechanic. So the service quality always not depends on the place. It always depends on the people working there.
Installing a open flow exhaust will increase the performance of your bike
There's nothing like that. Only by altering a exhaust won't help the bike in the increase in performance. For first stage of modification, you have to alter your intake, alter your exhaust and you have to adjust the fuel metering. The performance of the bike increases only If you change these parameters. Only installing a free flow exhaust alters only a sound not the performance.
It's good to kickstart our bike in the morning
Now-a-days, most of the bike doesn't come with kick starter. There's a saying that, using kick starter in the morning will improve the battery life. It's not like that. Bike without kick starter have many battery draining factors such as various sensors, radiator fan etc. In those bikes, there's no problem with battery. The only point is that, we have to make sure that the recharging circuit performs well and we are giving sufficient time for the battery to recharge.
Mixing normal air with nitrogen air will burst your tyre
Firstly, the main reason why peoples are going for nitrogen air is, It maintains the low running temperature. Like oxygen, nitrogen also escapes from the tyre but quite slowly. In case of punctures, It gives you more time to run atleast to nearest puncture shop. Atmosphere also contains 78% of nitrogen. So the tyre won't burst if we mix the nitrogen air with normal air. The only problem is the effectiveness will be lower. But It's not a problem. You can fill normal air and you can refill the nitrogen air in the next nearest air filling stations.
Upgrading to bigger size tyre will give you good mileage and performance
While designing the bike, the manufacturers will design the tyre based upon vehicle weight, engine capacity, wheelbase and several other factors. By considering all these factors only they give us a proper tyre with a perfect sections. If you change the tyre just like that, you'll never receive a desired mileage and performance.
Riding a lower CC means downgrade
It's not just like that. Behind every motorcycle manufacturing, there's a lot of hard work and efforts. We can't say lower CC motorcycles are worthless. Every motorbike is made with a purpose. We'll choose our right motorbike according to our need and budget. Just like that we can't compare a 100CC bike and a super bike. We have to change our thoughts on this also.
Readymade ABS
I've always wondered how this works. After that only, I got to know it's just a fake one. Without a wheel speed sensor and without a hydraulic control module, ABS wouldn't work. Installing a readymade ABS in a non ABS motorbike is just a misconception and it won't work.
Empty tank will damage the fuel pump
It's not like that. The problem arise only if we try to start the bike when fuel tank is empty. So what we have to do is try not to start the bike without fuel. No problem will happen if the fuel tank is empty.
Changing different engine oils will seize your engine
Mainly, there are two parameters. Oil type and oil grade. We always have to use the right type of oil and grade suggested by the manufacturer. By type, we have to choose whether it is synthetic or semi synthetic or fully synthetic oil. We can change from one brand to another. It's not a problem. The problem will arise only if we move from one type to another or to different grades. No problem will arise if we move from brand to brand.
Quality of service is always better in showrooms
The quality of service always depends only on the technician or mechanic. So the service quality always not depends on the place. It always depends on the people working there.
Installing a open flow exhaust will increase the performance of your bike
There's nothing like that. Only by altering a exhaust won't help the bike in the increase in performance. For first stage of modification, you have to alter your intake, alter your exhaust and you have to adjust the fuel metering. The performance of the bike increases only If you change these parameters. Only installing a free flow exhaust alters only a sound not the performance.