:-)

In Chennai: On road: Rs. 1,21,575/- no extras....

How about in Kathumandu......?

The price in Kathmandu
Nepalese rupee 315000, which equals INRS=200000

NRS1.6=1INRS(Pegged value)

Decent helmet and a scratch card for discount





Rs 5000 guaranteed in the scratch card

Some people have gotten up to 25000 discount with the scratch card,and a free entry on the lucky draw to win a R1.

Well that's what the salesman pitched to me.But the helmet was pretty good.

Yea forgot to add

A Yamaha card that lets you service your bike in in authorized SVC without paying cash(like a debit card).
and Yamaha keyring.

Thats great.... especially that YAMAHA card (like a debit card)....

Seems like for the extra difference of that Rs.40,000 (1.6-1.2 = 4) is coming back to the owners in a different form like Scratch card,... etc....... Right????? :-)

Whats your Bike color?.... Any Pic links.....????

I have only booked the bike for now.Will have to wait another 3 months to get it.Reason is because of the new DTAA agreement signed between India and Nepal,which is rumored to drop the prices by approx 30%.

BTW We are paying 80000INRS more for the R15 2.0 than you are.ya Yamaha service is really the best(by far)here.Only downside is the the resale value (a RS315000 R15 will cost Rs220000 the very next day)

Thats super.... waiting is really a superb feel.....

Enjoy the waiting fever... Even I felt the same....

Guys, I had this sound coming from engine like driving at lower rpms in higher gears even when I drove in 4k-5k rpms..Thought it would get fine after first service which I did last saturday...Didnt happen so..now my bike is 1800kms old so again went to svc yesterday and the mechanic says that lots of R15's are facing this issue and its maybe because of yamalube oil which seems to be adulterated..He advised to try Motul..The problem started after 1st oil change..I did it at 120kms..
Has anyone of you also faced this issue? Or can anyone throw some more light on this?

Hi.

Can you elaborate on what kinda sound that you are getting..?? Also what kind of oil did they use during oil change at 120km odo reading..?? Was the filter changed too..?? Also what all work was done in first service...??

For my bike, clocked now 300kms...first oil+filter change was done at 150km...lots of metal shavings both in the filter and the oil...thought the filter was supposed to have filtered the oil from these shavings...but it hasnt...!!

Also talking with my SVC mechanic, i am not sure whether he has particular knowledge of this or not, but told me that all R15 bikes comes with Semi-synthetic pre-filled before bike delivery, which implies that the first 150kms on odo was with semi-synthetic... As all would agree, is not good during run-in. Whether this is true or not, i am not sure.

Now bike is running on Mineral oil...! 300kms done, pending for a oil+filter change tomorrow, just to compare how much of metal shavings has been developed in the second 150kms.

Just my suggestion, and not for argument...!
-During delivery, insist on oil+filter change, if you wish, i have no idea with what oil they filled in mine...I regret for not doing this during my bike delivery...
-Do the first oil change by 100km atleast. I dont see the filters working at their best potential. And the second oil+filter by 300 km. Use only mineral oil.

Also please let me know if the oil filters are same for 38b series and the 1CK series. Cause the filter used during change was indeed a 38B series filter.

There are couple of mis-conceptions that you seem to be having:

1. About the metal filings and the efficiency of the oil filter. It is great that you have change the oil at 150 kms and got rid of a lot of the metal filings. However, you seem to think that the oil filter has not being doing its job. Oil that you have drained is effectively from the oil sump, where one of the properties of oil is at work i.e. keeping in suspension all the impurities. When the engine is running the oil has to first pass through the oil filter to trap any of the impurities from the oil before it is circulated through out the engine. Hence, the trapped particles in the oil filter. So the oil that is being circulated through out the engine is clean and without any of the so called metal filings.

However, during the running in process there is still a lot of metal to metal contact happening leading to grinding, scuffing and polishing of the contact surfaces. Therefore, as per the manufacture the whole process takes about 1000 kms and such metal filings will keep generating for the period. These metal filings are carried by the oil back to the oil sump to be held in suspension. Hence, the oil was containing the metal filings that you found during oil drain. Finding metal filings in the oil certainly does not mean that the oil filter has not been doing its job. Rather the oil and the oil filter have been doing their job precisely as they were designed to do so.

2. Your second misconception is that semi-sythetic oil is bad for running in. This concept gets its roots from the first generation of synthetic oil that were introduced approximately 20 years back. The concept had some validity at that time due to the fact that engine build tolerances were not as close as they are today. This led to a problem where if synthetic oil (due to its exceptional oil film strength qualities) was use during the running process the piston rings were not getting loaded enough to allow proper running in of the engine leading to glazed cylinder walls and in many cases compression loss. However, this is certainly not true in today's time. The mechanic is right about the fact that the bike comes with semi-sythetic oil. In fact, most cars and bikes today come with semi-sythetic or fully synthetic oil from the factory itself.

Consider this fact; according to you the oil had metal filings in it and according to the mechanic the oil is semi-sythetic. This itself shows that the running in process is being completed in the required manner. So stop worrying and enjoy your ride.

The sound is more of like a khat-khat coming from the engine as I accelerate further...
I changed oil filter too...All R15's come with semi-synthetic oil, hence I didnt ask for mineral oil at first change and continued with semi-synthetic only.If it would've been harmful, then Yamaha would never pour semi-synthetic before delivery...

Uhmm...!

@Abhimanyu. Dude, thanks for taking the effort to reply. A long reply.

I understood your point on engineering tolerances...and partly on the oil sump and filtration mechanism...though i am not so thoroughly knowledged with the system...i agree i had the misconceptions. Thanks for that...

But why is that, in all threads and ownerships experiences, that xbhpians themselves have advised on not moving towards semi-synth and fully-synth during the first 5000kms...??? And all this when the company themselves have filled in with semi-synth...!!

It gets quite confusing and i know that this topic gets debated to death in every forum and threads. I am not here to argue on the fact of which is right and wrong. But i am saying i got confused, and i still am...!

Just one query, since i am up for an oil+filter change tomorrow. What is it that you recommend me to change to...??

And, thanks dude...

As I mentioned in my previous post the concept had validity 20 years back. Like many things, what was true a generation or couple of generations back is not necessary valid to the current circumstances, since many of the factors and circumstances have changed. As an analog, many a times you will find that doctors who have had decades of practice do not upgrade their methods or medicine (though this is strictly not necessary, I personally know of doctors who even after 3 decades of medicine are at the very cutting edge of the same), even though the medicines and methods will have changed due to new technologies, drugs and methods.

You can use semi-sythetic oil, there is absolutely no harm in that. Changing the oil and oil filter is a good prudent practice (though will cost more).

Will get it done tomorrow. For sure the mechanic is gonna be puzzled. Two oil changes in 300kms odo. He must be thinking i am mad or something. Anyways, semi-synth it is from now.

Also any good pointers to what i can do about the poor lighting problem of R15...?? Have already adjusted the beam. Havent done the low-beam both HL mod yet. High beam a bit sufficient. But nonetheless, hopeless in expressways and highways. Have no idea of doing some R&D with higher watt bulbs whatsoever, or anywhere near recoiling the alternator. So far, philips 35W HiLo HID seems feasible. If its HID, i want both HL to be HID. Not in for HID/Halogen combination. Is philips worth it..?? Any pointers on current price tags on them...??

I have a HID kit on my bike, but I would not recommend the same unless you are going in for a very high quality kit. You are going to have to weigh the pros and cons before you make any changes as it can cost you a heck of lot to make the change and then if not satisfied there is additional cost to change it back to stock. Also its not just the cost of the kit, you will also need to upgrade the bike's battery.

I would recommend that you contact RanjithMN, a fellow xbhpian who deals in these systems for more inputs on the same.

I wanna to put grab rails on my RED CHILI(R15V2) ANY IDEA ??

Selling Bike Booking

Hi Folks,

Unfortunately i would not be able to try this pocket rocket. i am willing to sell its booking. Bike was booked on November 5 2011 at wakdewadi factory shop Pune after giving INR 5k.
Can sell it for around 10k. if you want to have your bike delivered within next 10 days you can pay extra 5k for that.
Bike is blue.