Hey guys,

Though late thought i'd also share my ownership experience.

I booked my bike from Bikerz Yamaha, Chennai. These guys were not able to promise a proper delivery date, had to speak with the owner and even then they were not able to deliver the vehicle the promised date. I was OK for any date, I just wanted a confirmed date from them, which they were not able to provide. Of all the things I hate the sales guy at their Nandanam extension, that %^&*( was giving my bike for test ride to people and he was cheating people of Yamaha key chains by saying to come back later.
They did however help me in getting the registration number I require, was later told that the difficulty in confirming the date was because of the registration number.

Service from these guys is simply pathetic. The bike that Yamaha sold me had some issues from the beginning and these service guys at Bikerz and Raj Yamaha were not even ready to accept that its a problem and these genuises were talking me down saying thats the way things are. The problem I have is, shifting gears down isn't smooth, only way to shift the gears down was to leave the clutch a bit and give a little throttle. One more problem is the front fork has a problem it makes sound when front brake is applied and when going over speed breakers as if something is broken inside.
Only after complaining to the Yamaha HO and having the bike examined by the Yamaha Engineer did the problem get rectified, but as I said Yamaha sold me a problematic piece, these problems are back again and going to stay with me forever.
Even with 12 sigma we cant have 100% perfection, donno which sigma yamaha factory follows, but this misperfct piece came to me.


By the way there is one more interesting thing, the fuel indicator. it shows wrong information. Complained about this to the service center guys and he was saying that its just a show piece and its not supposed to show the correct information anyhow, so I asked him if he can provde that to me in writing and he was very much ready to give it.

I said to myself "Welcome to the world of Yamaha India"


Yamaha FZ-16 is a good bike except for the one that Yamaha sold me.

Hey guys i wanted to change the side lights (front n rare)of my fz-s to white from the original stock....is it possible..?????And also wanted to do from SVC..so does the yamaha SVC wil change it for me and approx cost??

Hey my frnd got a r15 his side lights are not in white...i think u got me wrong...actually i wanted to change the side lights signal color to white not the outer panel...the orignal colour is some what orange whn we start the signal...!u got it now??any idea hoe can i chage it to white??is yamaha svc wil do it for me.!?

Only custom job possible. Even the LED setup sold by them glow in orange when blinking.

guys, my bike is 1.5k kms old. i had a minor fall once which tweaked the front forks. I got that fixed. But now i hear a thud from the forks whenever i go into a pothole at moderate speed. i held the front brake and tried to push the bike forward. there was no movement of the handlebar apart from going up and down because of the pushing and pulling. is it a loose headclamp. i dont remember having this problem before. it comes only at speeds of near 20km/hr. Is there a problem with my bike or is it just me? I really need your help on this one.

one troubled biker

I had the same problem bro, ask the svc guy for handle adjustment and tighten the bolts.. its nuthn major!

led Position lights means the side signal lights on front n rare?????

i got my bike from the exact same dealer man. that sales guy's name is immanuel right? he was very well mannered albeit illiterate about bikes.

I admit bikerz yamaha's servicing is below average but raj yamaha is supposedly the best in chennai.

I would recommend you go to this authorized private engineer who services all yamaha/honda bikes near butt road.

pls do elaborate on those issues with the front forks.

Its nice to hear from a fellow chennaiite.

I had the same problem bro, ask the svc guy for handle adjustment and tighten the bolts.. its nuthn major!

I think that's the Parking light


Immanuel... I guess yes, though well mannered that $%^&* didnt have sense of not giving his customers, yet to be delivered bike, for test ride to
others.

There's one service guy at Bikerz, he is very good at telling non-sense. I was asking about my front fork problem and this genius was saying its because of the cleaning cloth, which I had stored under the tank near the handlebar, it causes imbalance. Don't know about bike's balance I did lose my temper for a minute there and asked him persistently to explain his logic, to which he excused himself by saying that I might lose my balance trying to take the cloth out while driving and not the bike.
Service manager at Raj Yamaha canal bank road is quite friendly. He doesnt give much of bull%&*& like other do.

Guess what, the fuel indicator story happened at Raj Yamaha OMR service center


Thanks mate will try it. My bike has just around 12K mark have to get few things replaced as per the manual. Will get these done at service center this time and moreover I have few other complaints this time around along with my regular gear shifting and front fork problem.


its something similar to the one you quoted. Its something with the front fork mechanism.



Am glad too mate.

Fellow chennaiites, need some information. I am planning to get projector light installed, change the spark plug to iridium one and change the turning indicators to LED, not the stock one, anyone has any info where we can get these in Chennai and the approximate cost.
Also planning to have fuel lock installed, have may petrol stealers around the place I live , any info on this would be highly appreciated.

Fellow Fx-16 riders, please share your experience with iridium spark plug and Projector lamp, does it have any effect on performance of the battery.

for projector lights go to gp road. the cost for it is approx. 3000/-. i think it does drain out the battery sooner. remember, u wont have the luxury of high/low beam afterwards. instead u get angel eyes around the projector which switches on. The led indicators are a yamaha accesory. just order for them at the svc. they arent cheap though. I dont know much about the Iridium plugs. they help a bit and cost approx 500/-. not much to be gained apart from psychologically. I am not sure where they sell them. About the fuel lock, any motorcycle parts store will sell them to you. its quite cheap and any nearby mechanic can fit it for you.

phew, all i did was take the bike to a local mechanic and explained to him my problems. He first compressed and decompressed the front forks a few times and confirmed there was a problem. then he put the bike on the centre stand and loosened the big nut on the head clamp. then, using a screwdriver as a chisel he knocked on the rings below the head clamp and adjusted them properly. after that was done, he tightened the headclamp properly and i was good to go. the front suspension feels better than new. there is very good absorption. nothing is transferred onto the bars. i feel no thuds. couldnt be happier. the steering too was perfect. cost of repair- rs. 10/-. such a small price for satisfaction.

Dude where did you get this done.. cant trust Yamaha on this.

Thanks mate will do that. Angel eyes is what that tempted me towards projector coupled with not so good stock light.
Want to know more on the tech spec of the projector system, what voltage and power it consumes.... will check things out at GP road.


Does anyone have experience with saddle bags on FZ16 ?

for projector lights go to gp road. the cost for it is approx. 3000/-. i think it does drain out the battery sooner. remember, u wont have the luxury of high/low beam afterwards. instead u get angel eyes around the projector which switches on. The led indicators are a yamaha accesory. just order for them at the svc. they arent cheap though. I dont know much about the Iridium plugs. they help a bit and cost approx 500/-. not much to be gained apart from psychologically. I am not sure where they sell them. About the fuel lock, any motorcycle parts store will sell them to you. its quite cheap and any nearby mechanic can fit it for you.