Well your word of caution is really helpful and i do understand how it feels when someone does a shoddy job and still says "sab kuch theek hain sir".. i hope next time rather than trying to convince try the mumbaiyaa style of screaming and making a scene.. that may help ... just kidding!! But like you said.. if someone doesnot listen then you have the right to scream and get the work done..

Yes my friend I have seen many people screaming there. No point in screaming at those mechanics.....I always give a call to their regional manager if anything goes wrong with the service or my bike.

Just choose any SVC, out of the mechanics see whose the best, n follow the procedure below:

1. first time give him 100/= n tell him all that needs to be checked...
2. Second time give him 50 to 100 depending on the issues after servicing..
3. when you finish your free service, go to the SVC n just say u need the oil change and bike wash ONLY, payy 220 + 50, let him do the full service n give him a considerable amount....

last service, I did so n wanted to change the chain but due to unavailability, the mechanic solved as he had one which costed me 600 instead of the set with sprocket which is 1200, paid cost of oil n washing but they charged 100 as they noticed the tyre removal and chain changing... 350 for a paid service is too much while they dont really do anything apart from oil changing

Hello People .. Im Thenura from Sri Lanka. Im going to buy a FZ16 on Christmas days.... can anyone tell me the pros and cons of this bike ? i know some of the pros and cons but can u guyz tell me those ? will this be a good decision ? im gonna use this bike for 5 years or more.... and im confused with the colour also ... can anyone tell me whats the good colour ?

Yeah you can get a single pack of osram NBs for the same price as a double pair of xtreme powers

hi brother, did u get this fixed?

Err.. yea.. I had checked out the lights like a year back and I remembered that there were 2 separate lighting points. I did check it out again 2day. So, like I said there were 2 lighting points (1 for low beam, 1 for high beam and both of them light up when u press the pass switch), but the socket was single :'(

Now.. I think a mech would be able to answer this better, but since a lot of ppl have had the lights worked on (including u), is there a way to remove that thing from its singular socket, replace one out of the two lighting points and put the thing back in?

And another thing I noticed is that the 2 lighting points are aligned one behind the other - the one that is low beam is in front (and so, farther away from the socket end) and the one that is for high beam is behind the first one (and so, closer to the socket end). So it should be easier (if at all possible) to replace the one which is closer to the socket end.

It also seems the glass container which holds the 2 lighting points is sealed shut and there is no way to unscrew the socket connection to take the lighting-point-closer-to-the-socket-end out and connect a new one in.. but I can be (and I hope I am) wrong.

Now, the more pertinent question.. If I am wrong, what do I do about this weird set up?

Thanks.. will get to it when the mentioned puzzle is solved

dude.... let me tell you something about the headlight assembly of motorcycles....

there are 4 parts in a headlight

1. the glass dome
2. the reflector
3. bulb
4. and the socket which connects the bulb to the battery and the switches...

now the bulb is a single unit and cannot be separated into LOW beam component and HIGH beam component....

you WILL have to change the bulb even if you have to change any one of the beams....
it is like a normal bulb used in any of the households apart from the two lightning points...
the smallest parts which the whole thing can be separated into are mentioned above in bold apart from that they CANNOT be separate into smaller parts untill and unless you break them.....
I think this should solve your weird problem if you still have any doubts please pm me...

Crap. So those are twin filament bulbs then. Thanks a bunch for the info.

Now... do i still need to buy a PAIR of bulbs of osram or Phillips to change the single bulb coz i guess i still have 1 socket? no, right? i'll just need one?

no you will need just one osram NOT a pair...

Okie dokie.. thanks for clearing out all the confusions

guys ... one of my friends who owns a fazer had a freak accident today ... well he didn't meet with the accident but his bike did ... a coconut fell from a tree onto his bike and completely totalled his rear panels ... do the yamaha spares guys stock this ?? he can't really wait ... so if not , will it be available in JC road ? it's URGENT !!! ... help plz

they would be stocking it..... but seeing the availability of spare parts... it will be better if you go and check out over there or call them up and get it confirmed...

any body knows if there is fz16 group or club in bangalore???

Hi All,

I am seeing nowadays that the yamaha logo on the FZ's are getting stolen and even in my new FZS which is a month old the yamaha logo on the back above the reflector has been stolen.Even when taking my FZ from service I saw lot of FZ in the service center without the yamaha logo on the front side panels.

Why would one steal this logo and whats the use for them apart from spoiling our bike's look.

your suggestions people