Bajaj trike

Just saw my first Bajaj RE and I like it. Im looking for a 2nd hand one here in Angeles City hopefully with a hardtop not black.

 

When I was working in India there are millions of these things on the road,, This has the new engine.. a Bajaj engine which is a Kawasaki clone.. The originals had a 2 stroke engine.. I used to drive one 10 kms to work and back every day in Mumbai. These are used as taxi's all over India and for sure some are more than 40 yrs old.

 

Price at EMCOR jumped to 175,000.00. There’s Chinese clones at Rusi, the motor is mounted like a motorcycle but higher.

 

I never saw a hardtop for these, would be better in my opinion; or do you know a fiberglass fabricator that can make one?

I've heard pretty bad reviews on anything Rusi…BIL has worked for one dealer on and off for a couple years and his opinion wasn't high on the quality. Don't know personally as I haven't had one.

Shawn

 

Rusi is not that bad @all. Don't forget the difference in price between Rusi and any of the 4 Japanese branded made motorbikes. Have to admit that the electric parts, Rusi is much more vulnerable and replacements can be needed sooner than with Japanese motorbikes. For replacement don't choose for Rusi parts again but for brands with a better reputation like Bosch, Hella etc. The engine is performing well if you stick to the oil change as set out in the owner's manual.

 

Chinese junk

 

I am fully aware this is an old thread and I remember reading this when it was posted originally, I do wonder what the general opinion of these vehicles would be today 6yrs later and also if Shawn's one is still functioning?
I was to read something very interesting on Quora Digest the other week someone had asked the question about modern oils and how good they were.

The person that went on to answer this was a Mechanic in the military, he went on to say the service vehicles there never get their oil changes at a given mileage, but the oil is tested at regular intervals to see if it is starting to lose its lubricating quality, with some of them going 5yrs between oil changes and some Helicopters having thousands of hours before theirs is changed, I think the figure of 25K/hrs was mentioned?

Of course they are using Fully Synthetic oils in these modern times and this mechanic was suggesting private motorist are just throwing their money away on regular recommended oil changes.

I do believe it is not recommended to use FS oils on very old engines?

 

So is visual inspection the only way to detect oil no longer fit for purpose?

I have the same system for food as I eat some that is years out of date - just look at it and smell it (this can be applied to other things but I won't go into that here!).

 

All used oil looks black even more so in Diesels, there would have to be a physical test to determine if it could still reduce friction.