Guys, I got a call from Yamaha Regional Service Head (may be I screwed up his designation but it at least says something!) Mr Satyanarayana. I met him earlier at Pearl Yamaha. This was two weeks back and we fixed up an appointment to meet - Saturday morning.
My bike was run over 8700 kms and had the following list of problems -
1) Very tight clutch... jerky gear shifts
2) harsh engine at certain RPM's like Archi said... beyond 6k till about 9k
3) Top speed - struggles beyond 122 kmph and in a very long & open stretch it can sometimes do 130 if I shift from 5th to 6th after 123/124 kmph
4) Fuel economy - it used to give me 42-44 kmpl before second service... then it suddenly fell to 27 kmpl... that's when I met Mr Satyanarayana for the first time... they did some wheel adjustment & since then the bike is giving me about 35-37 kmpl... struggles to even touch 40kmpl.
5) Air pressure leak from rear tire after the change of alloy during the last service
6) Pass switch not working after my recent fuse blow out
7) both front & rear wheels tighter than it should be
8) noise from the fairing between 3 & 4K rpm... after the left RVM was adjusted during the last service it started to come now and then and after running it for a few thousands of kms it became regular
9) tighten chain & lube it
First thing - I was very glad that Yamaha people are interested in solving our issues with this premium bike. Following is what has happened.
1) Clutch cable checked.. was very tight. replaced it. lot better now. Rs 88.xx. Jerks in shifting gone but gear gets stuck in Neutral when shifting from 1st to 2nd
2, 3 & 4) They find the bike to be good, there won't be anything to do on this bike for tuning or mileage... was their response... but I know the problem exists... I should either get good top speed or better mileage... else, there's something wrong... so I am not very convinced about the outcome.
5) We decided to take this up in the 4th service that's due very soon... the wheel needs to be immersed in water to check the leakage
6) they checked it and replaced the LHS switch gear...(under warranty) a guess is that the pass switch would have got a loose wire that got short and the fuse blew away!!!
7) Front wheel brake pads had a lot of dirt... pads cleaned with pressured air and then sand papered. Rear - front sprocket area had dirt that had to be cleaned. I am not sure about how better it is now... but I was told that wheels with disc brakes will not rotate freely and that this is normal... though I see the Ravi Kiran's P220's rear wheel rotates much freely than mine... I have checked with the FZ's & Gladi's in showroom and he front wheel is not as free as the ones without disc brakes...
8) They tightened the screws... result has to be checked as I rode only in city traffic after that.
9) Chain tightening left for the service... lubed it.
In addition to this, they got my RHS inner panel changed to the one with mesh. A service charge of Rs 10 was charged for this. Also, it seems they have set a
deadline of December 31st for this and the panel might not be changed after that.
Now, that's a good job Yamaha... I am glad but the most important aspect is not addressed... so I am gonna come back. I guess my bike needs Valve clearance to be checked.
PS: If anyone needs the contact of this person, I can give you via PM or on phone... if you have some serious trouble with your R15, pls get it attended... they are helping.