Any pointers to get same in pune or mumbai...or even in delhi....I tried Official yamaha showroom at wakdewadi but thy dont have it...Thanks in advance

hmmm.....see FZ/FAZER struggles with pillions but i dont know if it struggles as much as yours....the total weight ive ridden is around 130 and tht was fine...
the best way to find out is ride another FAZER or take a tests ride in the SVC.
you mentioned tht "full throttle on first gear is giving me a max speed of 6 km/hr"
now something is wrong there....thts probably why you are having probs with a pillion....check it with the SVC but before tht take a Tests ride to compare!

i think its possible to ask the Spares at the SVC to order one for you.

I also think, FZ series bike are poor in pickup with a pillion.
I have seen RTR160 & Unicorn, both pull better than FZ when climbing.
Heck, even Discover 135 does a better job.

FZ has never given a pick up with pillion. I don't think with pillion it goes beyond 110 kph. Even if the rider is alone, then going through the ghats or steep ascent is really a tough job for the bike, forget about going through the same with a pillion. Whatever the company claims, the bottom line is still the same- FZ doesn't have power to carry 2 people!!

I Dont agree people ... I've Done Different Ghat sections with Pillion as well..
Wayanad , Nandi Hills , Chamundi Hills etc....

Dont Expect it to pull when you are doing 3500 -4000 RPM and on 5th gear...

Shift Down to 3rd.. Rev it up to 6500 - 7500 .. See it Fly.. !!!!

I'Ve also raced against RTR 160 ,Pulsar 150 and 180 on the Nandi Hills 8 Km Twisty uphill road..
Covered the distance in < 5 Mins and Only RTR was giving a chase close on Heels...

have done 9000 KMs on my FZ ..keep your Bikes in TOp condition.. Proper Tuning.. Agip Semi synthetic Engine oil worth 600 .. which I get from Yamaha service center itself

^^ the fz has torque in the lower rpms...its lack of power beyond the band of 60 to 85kmph is well known...its a city bike and by no means a speed demon...

man there is something seriously wrong with the FZ you have driven...
Pickup on slope depends on low end torque, FZ has the best in class... it definitely pulls better than apache FI that I have driven (on a steep slope that is).
Ya if you are talking about the top speed on slope, It sometimes is less than 95... but thats not called pickup on slopes...

my fazer baby got damaged

guys,

a bad incident yesterday when i was on the way to my home....its an NH actually but road was really bad due to recent rain in tamilnadu...
i was riding in 5th gear and speed around 60, suddenly a spendor guy came in good speed and turned left in the right extreme lane..it was very close and i applied full front break but was slided due to the near by pothole and hit the spendor...god grace, no big hit for me, my hands got few scratches and my black pant got faded a lot...the guy was stupid and he started shout on me, but the crowd around came and helped me and shouted that guy as he was in wrong lane...i just called my friends and they took my bike to the svc...just went to the svc yesterday night to ask about the damage...they told one of the fork got bend and another got splitted from the front mudguard...so it requires change of both the fork and they told it will come around 4500 per fork...apart from that, there was a scratch in the mudguard and shiny "FAZER" blade in the tank..i asked to change that too...both the forks took the full impact and my helmet and tough jean saved me by not getting lots of scratches...they told it will take around 11000 to make the fazer perfect again and they suggested to claim insurance for that...today morning submitted papers for insurance and reached office just now...really felt bad about the incident and started worrying about my driving skills...though its not my mistake but a bit shivering is there inside even now and my mom strongly said i should not take my bike for long ride here after...feel like crying

Probably your first shave...

Only one advice "THERE ARE MORONS ON THE ROAD"... u r not aware where they are and how to tackle them... I guess you need to cap your rpm and top speed to 60 in dry and 40 in wet conditions... Rest these things are a part of every driver's life, sometimes worse... Be happy that you can still drive your Fazer and learn a lesson from it.

What i actually came to talk about it the service...
I wanted to share a strange experience that happened last weekend.

I live in nasik and frequently visit mumbai as my relatives are there...
In Nasik I was sick and tierd of telling the SVC guys about the problems on my bike and they used to dump it on my head saying I am stupid or wrong or something... So eventually I thought the bike was like that and these problems were made with the bike... (Defects in breif: Acceletator cable very hard, Drag felt at the time of coasting very high so i used to avoid it by pressing clutch, Below 35 mileage, Gear shifting very noisy and clickyand front forks making tak tak sound over big potholes)... my bike was just a lil over 15k and 1 year at service.

Thankfully the idea of getting my bike serviced at Mumbai came to my mind and since i didn't know malad factory outlet need to be contacted 2 weeks in advance for service (OMG!!!) I landed up in getting it serviced at some borivali outlet. Surprisingly I hadn't told him of any ****ing problems, I just told him my bike is never serviced properly before and I have come to you from Nasik just for that and maybe my engine needs tuning...

The results are amazing... None of the defects exist in my bike anymore ... though he overtightned the chain and overloosened the clutch cable but the bike feel was amazing.

He told me that he had adjusted valve tappet clearence and sparkplug gap and cleaned it a lil, topped up my batt water which was near empty and tightened the steering T and oiled the cable and a damn good regular service... (comparing to nasik and not mumbai).

Telling to my pals here in nasik ... I have dropped the idea of giving my bike to any service station in nasik ever again...

May be ...but I had to down shift ...quite often...unlike with RTR160.
It has the best in class low end torque...but somehow I feel...you have to change the gears pretty fast. So whats the use of low end torque ?

Are you talking about riding with a pillion or alone??
I've rode ghats alone and its better than pulsars but what I was talking about was with pillion it dies to go up...

PS... It might also depend upon the steepness of the ghats you do...

for the last few days my FZ is acting different!....IN A GOOD WAY!
i mean the low end power has increased!!at least thts what i feel...it feels amazing...!

Pardon me for Multiquoting a lot of guys... Just adding my 2 cents.
FZ has the best in-class (including RTR FI) torque. On paper of course. You guys have to realize that it also has another superlative feature. Widest tyre (not only in its class but amongst all bikes, no SBKs plz). Now the torque would be used to overcome that huge contact with the road.

Now enuf of physics. My personal experience with the Lord. Untouchable on flats. (only higher pwred Pulsars and Apaches can out run it). On slopes its decent but I've seen even Splendors overtake me (Ok i'm not a light guy so that might be a reason too.)

Yest gave a drop to buddy of mine to the railway station. My first pillion exp. The combined weight of me, my buddy and his two baggages would definitely be flirting with max allowable weight. And my top speed was only 40. Didnt feel like going higher coz wasnt confident of the brakes halting such a high momentum. But the most important fact is that drop in pickup was definitely noticeable. Climbing a flyover was even more so.... A RX135 accompanying us was able to do it easily. I also suspect the mass being concentrated at the center might have something to do with this (but got to verify). But at the end of the day, cmon guys. Who thought of even a pillion when buying this bike. May be thin and shapley pillions ;-) but not regular dudes. All of us knew that this wasnt a 2 seater...

Here's my take on it as an FZ16 owner. I weigh around 52 kgs. So that in itself gives a lot of respite to the 150 and a lil' more cc 'monster'.

It's a killer in the 5-7000 rpm range, but picks up quite well in the lower rpm band too. The good amount of torque is better substantiated because of the less number of gear shifts when fluctuating between low and high speeds. Dint have so much of an issue when riding uphill. In fact i felt it to be much better than my pulsar 150cc classic.

As a single rider i've managed about 118 on the speedo. There after my wish to squeeze more out of it, ran out and so did the necessary empty distance.

Now with a pillion who weighs around 65 kg: The bike felt like the pillion weighed as much as Shrek(Assuming shrek weighs a lot) and was struggling to pull itself ahead in the 3-5k rpm range. After that it was better but not good enough. And the speedometer forgot counting beyond 105 even with full throttle. I guess if I shifted late, it would have helped. Yet to try that out.

So yes, the small rear seat is a sort of implication that the bike is more happy when ridden single. The engine kind of re affirms this. But it will still be my choice for city rides and single rider highway sprints. I'll leave it to the bigger cc bikes to honor themselves with highway sprints with a pillion.

Anti-theft lock

I was looking for a good disc lock or other anti-theft device for my FZ. After seeing the prices and brands available, I finally bought a Godrej Navtal for Rs. 200/-!
I fix it on the brake disc spokes and it's a good deterrent against theft. When it's not in use, I lock it around the mirror stalk and it rest firmly and quietly