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Switchong from the Yamaha R15, to The CBR150R!!
Hello everyone! I currently own an R15 V2, and have been using it for the past one year, although, i have only done around 3700 kms. Before getting this bike, i was a bit worried about the wrist and back pain. Everybody said, that i would be able to adapt to it, as kilometers pile on. It did get better with time, and i hardly used to feel any pain. I use the bike, mainly for commuting to my college. The route to my college, is a mix of freeway, and city traffic. Since the past couple of months, a long stretch of the route has become very chaotic, due to the construction of a flyover. The traffic is stop-and-go, and is very very slow. I can hardly shift to the second gear. Due to this, i am having a lot of back, and wrist pain. Therefore, was seriously thinking of selling the R15, and getting the CBR150R. Before booking the R15, i did take a test ride of the CBR, Went with the R15, mainly because of the more usable low and mid-range torque.
Before deciding further, i wanted to clear some of the doubts.
1) Is the low-end of the CBR, too sluggish? Do i always need to stay in first gear, in moderate traffic conditions?
2) At what RPMs, do i need to shift, to the second, third, and fourth gears, so that i don't end up lugging the engine?
3) As the engine is so free and high revving, will it be as durable as the R15's engine (considering the amount of stress, the components are exposed to)? I know that it is a Honda, and that the engineers there, are no fools, but blown seals and broken connecting rods, are common to high revving engines. Anybody here, who has had to replace the engine head gaskets, or oil seals? Anybody here, who has covered more than 20k kms?
4) Are the spare parts of the CBR, much more expensive than the R15?
5) Is the headlight performance of the CBR, better than the R15?
Has anybody here, switched from an R15, to the CBR?
Please help!
Thanks in advance!
Before deciding further, i wanted to clear some of the doubts.
1) Is the low-end of the CBR, too sluggish? Do i always need to stay in first gear, in moderate traffic conditions?
2) At what RPMs, do i need to shift, to the second, third, and fourth gears, so that i don't end up lugging the engine?
3) As the engine is so free and high revving, will it be as durable as the R15's engine (considering the amount of stress, the components are exposed to)? I know that it is a Honda, and that the engineers there, are no fools, but blown seals and broken connecting rods, are common to high revving engines. Anybody here, who has had to replace the engine head gaskets, or oil seals? Anybody here, who has covered more than 20k kms?
4) Are the spare parts of the CBR, much more expensive than the R15?
5) Is the headlight performance of the CBR, better than the R15?
Has anybody here, switched from an R15, to the CBR?
Please help!
Thanks in advance!
