hey.. do you also crouch on the tank to get that speed...
or we get the speed of 140 without crouching?

Hello, Guys, i have booked r15 V2 TOday will be getting delivery on wed. i.e. on Dashera it cost 127000.......anything can i aspect to double check?

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Hi guys... Was just going through the r15 v1 thread and there was a comparison between the v1 and v2's top end... And someone said the top end of the v2 was compromised cos of better low end! How true is this guys?? Anyone who has upgraded from v1 to v2?? Can you please put some light on this?

Yamaha R15 Version 2.0 Review by Power to the Rider - YouTube
Watch this video. There is an interview with Kobayashi (Yamaha India R&D head), in which he says v2 has better top end than v1. So who do you beleive, the maker of the bike or 'someone' ??

hehe.thanks man!! True that! Who knows the child better than the parent!

Very true.. Ride safe..

Ron has/had R15 V2 so he knows the bike more than I do. I am not an expert or even in amateur category for R15, so I said that you need a proper break-in/run-in. I suggest you take help from the Moderators or some very senior members or someone who you know personally and owns an R15 on this topic. They will definitely help you. Your bike is too new to record top speed and give you satisfactory 130-140 KMPH speeds, I mean that's what I think.

I guess the run in period is already over for me. Bike currently is at 998km. Anyways, i don`t really care for the top speed. Am happy at 70-80 and it gets there really quick. Thanxx everyone for helping out.

10000kms on odo in 6 months. has been an awesome experience with baby r15.. Facing an issue with it off late , after the 4th service looks like svc guys changed some clutch setting, after doing about 1000kms after 4th service the clutch cable got cut.. engine sound has become real rough.. took it to the svc they said like some tappet adjustment should be done and they will do it in next service.. they say that its a minor issue.. i am able to sense dual sounds, also feeling under performance.. guys let me know if someone has faced this kind of weird issue.

bro, dont mind. but this is not your old cbz-x. and dont tel me you have been riding this like the way you rode your previous bike.
now lemme tel these things first. yes i had done proper runnin til 600 to 700kms on odo. later i used to do 115kmph to 120kmph, {rode little more faster then in runin period}, til 900 kms on odo. {by this time only 1 service was done] now my bike gave FE of 43 kmpl avg. i did my top speed first time {148} when i was on 1000kms on odo. and had been constantly doing 120+ everyday to office on highway {20kms total on highway and 5 days a week for 4 months}, had done 145+ on almost every long ride with our club, had reached 150 few times. {after this bike was stolen, others please dont plague me with questions on tat}
now why am i saying all this! ? because you have to study your bikes acceleration and the way it behaves. if any doubts on what i say, the @abhishek or @teejayy or @suraj can clarify it.

now me and akash are both correct, its you who didnt understand this. if you see my earlier post i had mentioned "if you have finished your runnin period then try this". so now you get it? when ever you have a problem explain it correctly so that people can clarify it to the point.

exactly! +1

thats good to hear. now one more tip i will give you. imagine you are going around 125kmph on 6ht gear. now if you decelerate til 70kmph and then try to accelerate to top end, then it ll take lots of time for the bike to reach there. but if you down shift to the appropriate gear and get in to the correct power band, then you can reach the top end sooner then you think. Simple thats why i said, stdy the bike. understand it.

oh yes i crouch a lot to get those 145+ but 135 kmph can be achieved without crouching also {provided there are no heavy cross winds}. and these were as per the speedometer indicated, so not the actual speeds, since there will be some error.

someone said that V2 has no top end here and v1 has. AFAIk the v1 was better at handling and v2 is better at top end. these were told by few guys i know at the YRC.

i hope i was clear in explaining things here. if anything not clear then shoot the questions to me LOL

@Ron :" thanks for the explaination.
I followed a very calm break-in period. RPM always <4.5k till 500. After that most of the time it would be at 5-5.5k, with occasional 6.5-7k in 5th and 6th gear to touch 100km/hr mark and then back to normal. I rode my ride everyday. Yesterday morning, as advised i went on highway and started changing gear at around 8k rpm, i could only manage 115km/hr. After that bike gears have become hard and it sounds a little weird. Now this is something i did not expected of a bike with this kind of reputation. Am a little let down not by my top speed, because i don`t really care about the top speed, but about, that riding it hard even for 2-3 min will make it sound like the way it is right now

Can people here please post in 5th and 6th gear, at what rpm do they hit 100km/hr please. Thank you.

dude runin period is very important for a engine to settle.
dont make the tacho cross 4 or 5k rpm for the first 1000kms and vary the rpm from 1-5k in each gear
and dont drive in a constant speed,this is the best way to a proper break in

If what you are saying is correct about the top speed though after shifting the gear at 8K rpm, there is a problem with the bike(although I highly doubt it, but who knows).
I've been riding my V2 for last 7.5 months and clocked 11.5K kms now. Faced this kinda top end problem(i.e. the problem of my riding style) at very early stage(1st 1 or 2 months). I used to get amazed when even attaining 100+kmph top speed. But after you get used it 135kmph would be piece of cake and with a little bit more effort 140+ is also attainable as Ron clearly explained.
So give it a time or the best option is to test your bike with another experienced R15 rider, check if he can attain the speed you wanted to achieve

Last weekend we went for a grouop ride, and every V2 clocked 140+ top speed with a highest of 148 kmph. But this is not the case for us from the 1st day of buying the bike and not even from 1st month.

About the hard shift, clean/lube the chain properly.

P.S. Everytime you post a query about R15, you questioned about the "REPUTATION", as I can clearly see you are very new to this bike and as everyone else said you need to understand the bike before comparing with other bikes and commenting such things. No hard feeling man

@Kuntal. That above post of yours hints me to curtail eating butter chicken and double egg, double chicken & double cheese rolls which I dont think ill ever, So stop posting such stuff . Just kidding man.

@All weight and wind is one of the major factors affecting top speed. Remember my gps log data which stated 148kmph, Some weeks back I was somehow managing 140kmph, it was difficult a bit for me to keep up. Gave my bike to Kuntal since we were on the same ride, he could bullet pass me in no time. So yes, i have been missing on my diet and gym and these are the results. Also if you have proper run in and maintain your vehicle with requires tasks then I dont see the error in that bike delivering poor performance. Kuntal stated the bike to be ultra smooth and stable.

Himanshu, I will try and just add on to what Ron, Eshan, Kuntal, Ivin and others have commented, cos all of them are bang on on what they have said.
Pls remember that the 6th gear is overdrive, meaning it is meant for cruising and provides the least power. So to extract max juice out of the engine, you have to use all of the revv band and utilise the max of its power band upto gear 5. So, when you upshift from gear 5 at 5k RPM, no wonder you were not able to cross 110. At least to me, there seems to be ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. Take it to 10k RPM from gears 3 - 5 and then upshift (you will love the engine roar!), crouch (read as 'sleep') on your tank and you will be doing 135 easily. Add a little bit of downward slope and a little tailwinds and you will be cruising at 140+. Dude, the engine and the bike is not as delicate as some of us think, it can and is made to take a lot more than that.

And yes, I have owned a ZMA earlier and the R15 can do SO MUCH MORE.
For a bike like this, you should care for top speed. Try to hit ur top speed per above, you will at least get thoughts like engine problems out of your mind.

+100 Eshan. I think we are in the same boat, I weigh 90+ and I take longer to get to those speeds than others.