This issue was missed during delivery because the bike was positioned with the tail too close to the backdrop.
Nith Neith Nith recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
We took delivery of an analog G450 a few weeks ago from the RE brand store in Chennai.
According to the store staff, there was only one analog bike in stock, and it was allotted to us.
This happened without a PDI, I trusted them because it was the brand store, which I now regret.
The day after delivery, I noticed that the rear mudguard was misaligned. Initially i thought it was a poorly fitted mudguard but upon further inspection, it became clear that the subframe itself is misaligned.
This issue was missed during delivery because the bike was positioned with the tail too close to the backdrop.
In the pictures, the blue line aligns with the start of the subframe and the yellow lines run parallel to it.
I raised this issue during the 500km first service, having high hopes since this was a first batch bike and that they take it seriously, which was the case when we pointed out some serious issues with our H450 in Feb which was proactively escalated within their team and to their credit rectified and monitored them for some period of time! But in this case they did nothing about it and told me, “Sir, it’s corrected.”
I sent pictures to the store manager as well a week ago, but haven’t received any response yet.
Being curious, I observed the bikes parked at the service center in which roughly 30% percent of them had various degrees of the twist.
Also attaching a picture of a Shotgun 650 in the showroom to show that this isn’t due to any user damage.
I don’t have much hope for resolution, but sharing this as a word of caution about this issue and to insist on a PDI.
Here’s what BHPian b16h22 shared with others:
Unfortunately you are not alone in this. I remember a fellow BHPian’s Super Meteor or Shotgun with very similar misaligned rear fender. It is either a production line issue or it happens during the transport to dealerships. If that is a bent subframe, they need to replace the thing free of cost.
EDIT: Found the post
Meanwhile here is BHPian ToThePoint’s reply to the same:
I picked up on this on CD’s review above in post #7. RE has messed up the rear subframe alignment. Besides all the issues being highlighted in various models, this after years of manufacturing experience and selling bucket loads of bikes is not at all acceptable.
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