Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Hi Guys, I am going for a 15000km service, please let me know what are the things that needs to be checked & changed. Thanks

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

my MotoGP edition 2013 racing blue when it was 5 days old (since purchase).

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Hold on your horses cowboy! :-D

Lets see what we can tell from the low-res photographs you have uploaded:

1. Your rear tyre suggests a lot of aimless throttle wringing (poor throttle control).
2. Front tyre suggests mild use of brakes.
3. You are mostly riding straight up, afraid to lean the bike.

Just to give you an idea, on the same bike a hard core "bit**" can trail brake into a corner at around 80% braking with the max. lean angle you are achieving. And that 80% braking is much higher than what you are achieving braking straight up. Or to put it another way, he can blast past you at a speed that will make your jaw drop. ;-)

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i can see the possibility of your point 3, but how did you deduce the point 2 ? (and i am unable to see his rear tyre's pic clearly enough, so dunno about point 1). and to be clear, by mild use of brakes, you mean not a lot of hard braking experiences of his front tyre ?

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ok i think i can now see the reason for suspecting the point 2.

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I would definitely like to know how [MENTION=40282]incipient[/MENTION] came to the deductions

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LOL!!! Dude dude... Hold on ill explain.

1. Thats because the pic was taken after 146kmph (speedo indicated) Run for 40Km stretch...So imagine how much the tyre would have burned
2. My front tyre was changed at 3k km under warranty because it developed a bulge (Thanks MRF )
3. Am a highway rider with almost no curves... so 50km daily ride will be straight up on a good tarmac with decent crusing speed. This is the reason for chicken strip and am well aware of the fact. i cant avoid it and its not that am afraid to lean

Nice observations btw still am thinking how to avoid uneven wear of rear tyre as its not good for tyre life.. cant figure out weekend lean cant compete with my daily 50km run straight up

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am out of town right now. Will post when I get some decent pics. Note: my R15 is well used. It has starches and dull paint. I don't spend too much time waxing and polishing.

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his ID is [MENTION=36531]suraj_vanse[/MENTION] i guess.

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No prob. Pls post some. How many kms has it run ?

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probably another trivial or stupid question, but just need to confirm - the rev limiter actually kicks in slightly before 10500, right ? around 10300 or so ?

i know rev limiters are supposed to be good stuff, but i'd have preferred it with no rev limiter, or at least the option in the hands of the rider/buyer while purchasing to reprogram the ECU and remove the rev limiter (or simply a switch to switch it off), for i am not anyway the kind of rider to abuse vehicles far into the red line zone..it's actually a bit irritating sometimes..

and for some reason my 5th gear gets stuck somewhere at 9500-10000 and 6th gear at around 9000 every time, even though i taking all the lower gears all the way up to 10500 (or about 10300 to be precise, because that's where the rev limiter kicks in and i have to shift up) to maximize the pull...i guess something's not quite to the point in my gearing technique. or something (?).

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> i know rev limiters are supposed to be good stuff, but i'd have preferred it with no rev limiter, or at least the option in the hands of the rider/buyer while purchasing to reprogram the ECU and remove the rev limiter (or simply a switch to switch it off), for i am not anyway the kind of rider to abuse vehicles far into the red line zone..it's actually a bit irritating sometimes..

The rev limiter is there so that you don't blow up the engine.

> and for some reason my 5th gear gets stuck somewhere at 9500-10000 and 6th gear at around 9000 every time, even though i taking all the lower gears all the way up to 10500 (or about 10300 to be precise, because that's where the rev limiter kicks in and i have to shift up) to maximize the pull...i guess something's not quite to the point in my gearing technique. or something (?).

At higher speeds the R15's engine doesn't make enough power to overcome the wind resistance.

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true, but i dont ride vehicles into the red line anyway, so personally i'd have preferred a switch to off the rev limiter..because even with no rev limiter i'd still be changing gears at 10500 but without that slight forward jerk at about 10300 due to the power being cut-off..but then since it's not always possible to take a glance at tachometer while in high speed, i guess that's the very purpose of that irritating slight jerk, to remind the rider to shift up.

yeah that could be the case even though it's been a windless day here, with stagnant and humid air, so it was just the normal wind resistance today, no additional transverse or opposing winds.
i was pretty sure something was not quite to the point in my shifting up technique. couldn't figure out what though, except what maybe a lot of riding can correct it by itself.

how do people do 140 kmph or so in their stock R15s ? by crouching down necessarily, or only with good supporting tailwind ? maximum that my bike is able to do is 127-129 kmph under full throttle on a flat road, with the RPM stuck at around 9000.

not that it matters a lot to me except i just wanna check out its top end once or twice, and would like to feel the bike at 6th gear post 10000 RPM once in a while..it's awesome till a few kmph above 120 kmph, and really that's more than fast enough for all realistic purposes, be it cruising or cornering, on the highways...it's only the bypasses/expressways where it's even reasonable and possible to try clocking as much speed as possible.

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@^ Odo reading bro?!

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guys can i install angel eyes on my r15 without installing projectors???
if yes then how much will that cost
and sorry if the question is lame ...i am new to the biking world

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i want my bike to look like it has eyes

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[MENTION=26077]abhimanyu31[/MENTION]: odo and topspeed after pimping? All the modding makes me ask, you got any trackdays under your belt?
[MENTION=45660]RON[/MENTION]Syl: Cornering bob, there's nothing like it. Will clicks pics of me on my Splendor today. No knee-downs obviously, but the fun isnt short of it.
[MENTION=14085]Eshan[/MENTION]_p180: Dude?

All you R15ers, if you've had the chance to get youself clicked mid-corner, you need to click on the link below.