Gear shift paddle change

Hey guys,
I have done 6500 KMs on my bike till now and wish to change my gear shift paddle to the one with only the front shift lever where in i can put my feet underneath the paddle and shift up. Any pointers to a reliable shop where i can get this done. I'm in Pune.

Simple JUGAD, go to any gas cutting mechanic, he will cut that portion, total cost not come more than Rs.50, but major drawback will come when your front part of shoe will damage quickly, as i still feel paddle of gear (specially from front) is little bit rough. (to provide better grip between shoe & metal)

I can get it cut by a mechanic but the current paddle that comes as stock with SZ has a metal plate on front I'm looking for something which is round in front with a rubber on it. Is there any thing in market like this? I inquired with SVC guys but they do not have anything like this.

Bro you are lucky that SZR has heel toe shifter !!! Will save your formal shoes and feets..... my bike has only toe shifter and I am desperately looking for heel toe shifter that fits my bike well !!

hi,

can u please upload the pics of the new tires. just a query otherwise, do you have any information about the kind of tires that will fit the bike. am thinking about changing mine, it will be better if i change it to something fatter.

Though I already mentioned everything that you asked.. but somehow i attached pic

Tyre with a dimension of 100x90x17 will fit directly without any problem

thanks a lot... those looks great...!
better is someone can share some ideas... can we get fatter tires than the one mentioned above..?

Bhai no idea for fatter tyres..... from my side.

I'll be getting the delivery of my sz-r by today afternoon but I am not sure about color.....will take a call at showroom(SETCO Yamaha, west patel nagar) after seeing both black and white color in flesh....I am more inclined towards white color however you guys can leave your valuable suggestions, i'll be checking this thread in the morning again...

Finally I am on two wheels again, I got the delivery of my Yamaha SZ-R(white color) on March 8, 2013.
Its a good bike for its price with decent pick up and pulling power with tried and tested yamaha
engine. I was having 3-4 options in this price range like pulsar 135, discover 125st and honda
stunner but decided to go with yamaha because of following reasons:
1> Pulsar 135 vibrates after 5000rpm and it looks small plus its pulling capacity is not good with pillion rider due to poor low-end torque.
you'll need to down shift again and again in slow moving traffic. It come with only 11nm torque and that to at very peaky 7000rpm.
2> Discover is not at all appealing as far as looks are concerned. Its coming with skinny tires, 2-3 rear mudguards, high raised handle-bar.
3> Stunner looks good and comes with all the features specially tubeless tires but its not powerful like sz-r.
Now come on the pros and cons of SZ-R which i have observed from my experience so far on my friend's and my brand new SZ-R which is 150 kms old:
Pros:
1> smooth, refined and relaxed engine.
2> excellent low end grunt. It pulls cleanly from as low 28-30 in 5th and from 20 in 4th gear which is a boon in Delhi traffic.
3> Full DC system.
4> smooth n slick gear shifts.
5> Good design.
6> white color option with good paint quality.
7> Very good pick up and pulling capacity even with pillion rider.
8> good balance of handling and ride quality with up-right siting position.
9> feels very light weight and nimble.
10> VFM product.
11> Best roll-on figures in its class.
Cons:
1> Below average headlight glow.
2> very poor speedo meter glow.
3> No tubeless tires.
4> Torque spread is low on higher rpms which results in poor pick-up after 90kmph. yamaha should have tuned peak torque on 5500-6000rpms
instead of only 4500rpms.
5> Average tires with average grip.
6> 12.1 bhp is low for a 153cc engine. 1 bhp more and peak torque at slightly higher rpm would have resulted in better top-end performace.
7> Lack of pass light and engine kill switch.

hello there , its vikash here i need help from you guys i bought an used yamaha sgx whic has done 13k KM by the 1st owner and its 2 years old bike i rode it around 1k and i started to see some issues #Problem - the bike starts normally with out any choke , but the issue starts in 5th grear , the bike behaves as if its running out of petrol small hiccups the petrol was around half tank still it used to ,i took it normal today it went to reserve when i rode the bike in reserve mode the hiccups were more and it used to stop , so filled the tank for few more km it behaved the same , so i had to hit a mechanic guy ,( few weeks back only i serviced the bike cleaning the air filter and engine oil etc ), the mech asked whts the problem and all i said him to have a ride , he came back and started throttling the bike there was BLACK SMOKE comeing out , he then checked the spark plug it was all back on the tip , he then said the problem due to low power out put as there is some problem in bore or piston rings , whic is eating oil but no power out put #1 - whts the warranty we get on this bike like upto how many KM/YEARS #2 - Wht will be at best solution ,cost involved ?#3 - Ny one from Bangalore who can advise me a good yamaha mech or shall i go to SVC Thank you in advance

I Think your bike is running on lean mixture(not sure)...take her to SVC...by the way this thread is dead so don't expect more replies. all sz-x and sz-r owners are busy with their life and wives Its better to put your query in help me section..

Check out the engine oil level, if it is going down then take it to SVC. Make sure you visit the SVC and explain your problem in detail, they are people who know better than anyone else.

I had similar issue in 5th gear with RPM above 8-9K, it used to give jerks, but below 7K RPM it was just fine, AFR setting was the culprit.


This is thread isnt dead, because I tried to keep it alive. I was very frustrated just like you due to inactivity in this thread, the truth is, no one bothers to reply to this thread even when you post a genuine query. To seek the attention, I had to report my own post, then so called 'moderators' jumped into this thread to help and they disappeared and so does other owners. This bike carries same engine as FZ, same gear ratio except 5th gear, its just that it is detuned to make 12.1 PS of power makes everyone to ignore this bike / thread. I even tried posting one of query in FZ thread and it was ignored, then I deleted my post from there.

I have said this before and saying it again, this bike is capable of doing much more things than what people think of.

PS: The reason I did not reply to your query to color, because the color choice is subjective. You should choose the color which you like and not anyone suggested.

BTW at 10 service, got the tappet adjusted, it is back to its shape, smooth. Mileage in city between 45 to 50 kmpl.

Cheers!

- Lalit

If you are getting 45-50kmpl in city then what are getting on highways ??

Why you bother for others to write anything. If no one replies then look into "help me" section or SVC anytime.

Frankly speaking still FZ is sold more than SZ models. So I think there are less participants.
And Yamaha should have done some better mode then just detuning it.

If you compare P150 performance Vs FZ/SZ then FZ/ SZ loses the war.

Now we all are looking for better options with better packages.

Don't know why Yamaha is not versatile/agile company ??

Here Bajaj and Honda are launching different models but Yamaha thinks he can win the leagues with R15 and FZ only.

Lets see when some better models comes out ?

On highways I dont get that good mileage, as I rip the hell out of the bike in low gears on highways.

Raising help me thread for each and every thing would not appropriate, if I had to raise help me thread for every (noob) problem or (noob) query then whole purpose of having ownership thread blows away. And if raising help me thread is the only option to get the queries addressed then we dont need this ownership thread, & it should be locked.

Cheers!

- Lalit