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**ABikerAtHeart** · 10-02-2014, 06:47 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

[MENTION=26077]abhimanyu31[/MENTION]: Hey man! How's the Ninja doing?

BTW, issues with startup. Having to throttle a bit all of sudden. Also, at times need to hit Start twice to bring it back to life. Why?

Starter-coil? Hope not!

**keviv** · 10-02-2014, 07:51 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Greetings ppl , after 2 months of ownership i have pretty much got accustomed to the bike. She is extremely smooth at higher rpms post first service. But i still do fell some harshness at around the 5k mark in lower gears .

is this the nature of the engine?

The strange thing i have noticed is the chain noise. i had gone to the SVC at around 600 km mark and got it lubed but again now around the 1110 km mark , the chain makes some noise while riding . is this an issue with the chain or the lubing?

**mustang28** · 10-02-2014, 11:03 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by abhimanyu31 View Post

Please don't be offended by what I am about to say; you really need to do your homework.

As far as the opinion of the 'experienced' mechanic, let me ask you; for any illness do consult a compounder instead of doctor. The job of mechanic is to service your bike. He has ZERO knowledge of performance tuning.

As far as the performance of the Daytona kit is concerned, here are some numbers:

1. 0 to 100 kmph (stock setup) - 14.5 to 15 seconds.
2. 0 to 100 kmph (Daytona setup) - 12 to 12.5 seconds.
3. Top speed (stock setup) - 145 kmph.
4. Top speed (Daytona setup) - 150 kmph.

Before anyone argues about their stock bikes having clocked higher speeds than indicated above, please note that these speeds are set under certain conditions that can change dramatically. That not withstanding, the top speed of a Daytona kitted bike with race ECU will be higher than stock as it has the ability to rev to 12,000 rpm. Stock rev limiter is restricted to 10,500 rpm.

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No offence taken brother and thanks for the info.
I guess the 'experienced' mechanic did take me for a ride then. That is why I love coming to forums like xbhp to get more info about the behavior of bikes and stop being a made a fool of by the mechanics.
Cheers!

**mehuel** · 10-03-2014, 10:03 AM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

okay. 950+ kms done. all has been good. bike has been kept below 7k rpm at all times,
from past 200 or so kms the engine is appearing to be smoother.

cornering is phenomenal, enough grip from tyres, not as flickable as the v1 though, but somehow it is more fun.
what is worrying me is that the front tyre has no or minimal chicken strips while
the rear often has more than half an inch to an inch of it.

i am too much used to the R15 v1 version i guess, and am doing something wrong. Its time to learn, unlearn and relearn

have cut the hugger too, it had to go, it just had to. have no intentions of putting it back or buying a new one for now, will
think of something by next monsoon.

Now the biggest question.

service?
i sincerely dont want to take it to service center and i am seriously contemplating servicing at home.
will get the needed parts from SVC.
i remember the first service of my v1 in 2009 at service center, first they dont let you stand there( as is a norm with all service centers now)
and they put in a spurious airfilter and had a habbit of throwing in a spurious oil filter too.
over thightning of bolts and drive chain was common too.

on one instance i had to do the brake bleeding at home after brake fluid/pad change by SVC,
needless to say a wonderful job they did(pun intended)

there are many other examples like this. and the bike was never ever washed at SVC.

i used to come back and after few kms had to redo the chain setup, open the air filter and it was always a hit or miss of
whether i am gonna find a spurious or original one. then get a original one from some other svc and put it back in. it was too much hassle.

the bike (v1) still survived 42k in 5 years without any issue. i trust yamaha by heart.
so i am thinking of taking a leap of faith here and keep servicing it for as long as possible at home.
why the leap of faith you may ask? well, because if by any fate or ill luck if something decides to go wrong with the engine,
warranty is without question out and a rebuild will be expensive.

i'll add again that i do trust yamaha and i am certain that nothing will go wrong.

just need a push here guys . what say?

**Arvind Sibi** · 10-03-2014, 12:04 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by mehuel View Post

okay. 950+ kms done. all has been good. bike has been kept below 7k rpm at all times,
from past 200 or so kms the engine is appearing to be smoother.

cornering is phenomenal, enough grip from tyres, not as flickable as the v1 though, but somehow it is more fun.
what is worrying me is that the front tyre has no or minimal chicken strips while
the rear often has more than half an inch to an inch of it.

i am too much used to the R15 v1 version i guess, and am doing something wrong. Its time to learn, unlearn and relearn

have cut the hugger too, it had to go, it just had to. have no intentions of putting it back or buying a new one for now, will
think of something by next monsoon.

Now the biggest question.

service?
i sincerely dont want to take it to service center and i am seriously contemplating servicing at home.
will get the needed parts from SVC.
i remember the first service of my v1 in 2009 at service center, first they dont let you stand there( as is a norm with all service centers now)
and they put in a spurious airfilter and had a habbit of throwing in a spurious oil filter too.
over thightning of bolts and drive chain was common too.

on one instance i had to do the brake bleeding at home after brake fluid/pad change by SVC,
needless to say a wonderful job they did(pun intended)

there are many other examples like this. and the bike was never ever washed at SVC.

i used to come back and after few kms had to redo the chain setup, open the air filter and it was always a hit or miss of
whether i am gonna find a spurious or original one. then get a original one from some other svc and put it back in. it was too much hassle.

the bike (v1) still survived 42k in 5 years without any issue. i trust yamaha by heart.
so i am thinking of taking a leap of faith here and keep servicing it for as long as possible at home.
why the leap of faith you may ask? well, because if by any fate or ill luck if something decides to go wrong with the engine,
warranty is without question out and a rebuild will be expensive.

i'll add again that i do trust yamaha and i am certain that nothing will go wrong.

just need a push here guys . what say?

The same idea struck me when I took the delivery of my bike last December. I saw the bikes at the service centre being handled very badly where those mechanics were doing mini burnouts literally just to move the bike to a side (I've posted about this earlier), Using pressurised water at delicate parts and damaging radiator fins etc etc and lots more! They even forgot to tighten up the drain bolt in my friend's V1 and luckily we found oil dripping right after taking his bike from the service centre. So I've gone through pages and pages and discussed with people and finally decided not to go back to the ASC anymore after taking the delivery of my R15 V2 Special Edition! And here I am, Doing good at 11.5k kms in 10 Months and still counting. My bike hasn't let me down even once

! Yes I know that I'll void my warranty and I told them that I don't need anything from their side, Except spare parts!

So, It all depends on your choice! There are people who have been going regularly to the ASC and their bike's are in perfect shape and on the other side, There are people who have never been to the ASC and it's the same case there too! It all depends on how the work is carried out! Make a wise choice, Wishing you happy miles on your bike! Cheers!

**abhimanyu31** · 10-03-2014, 12:21 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by ABikerAtHeart View Post

@abhimanyu31: Hey man! How's the Ninja doing?
!

The Ninja is doing very well indeed. Now that monsoons are gone, it's time to start working on the bike. I have been itching to work on the R15, but don't have the energy to work on 2 bikes at a time. Well, at some point will start on that too.

Originally posted by Arvind Sibi View Post

The same idea struck me when I took the delivery of my bike last December. There are people who have never been to the ASC and it's the same case there too! It all depends on how the work is carried out! Make a wise choice, Wishing you happy miles on your bike! Cheers!

i am one of those guys

... If you are reasonably skilled, it's far better to work on your bike than to give it to these road side mechanics dressed in Yamaha uniforms. After all just because you dress a donkey as a stallion it still remains a donkey.

**ABikerAtHeart** · 10-03-2014, 06:00 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

[MENTION=26077]abhimanyu31[/MENTION]: careful there.. You've already pushed the baby R too much...

BTW, considered a track day on either of the two?

**aditya_YZF-R15** · 10-03-2014, 06:22 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

yeah i guess it things depend a lot from one SVC to the other...even in the (only one) SVC of a place like allahabad, somehow the people there are not so bad in the sense that they always wash the bike, they dont mind the owner being around or standing there (or in my case they know by now i am always going to be around looking at things and asking them etc) and are generally nice...one of the mechanics even changed my oil to motul 300v FS inside the SVC 5 months ago and i think the SVC manager knew about it anyway but no one raised any problem...

either way, now that all my first 6 services have been done i am probably not going to go for further servicing there on due time anyway..fr air filter cleaning i'd still have to go there i suppose and any other random issues if any but not for general servicing..

**rishi1994** · 10-04-2014, 01:38 AM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by mehuel View Post

okay. 950+ kms done. all has been good. bike has been kept below 7k rpm at all times,
from past 200 or so kms the engine is appearing to be smoother.

cornering is phenomenal, enough grip from tyres, not as flickable as the v1 though, but somehow it is more fun.
what is worrying me is that the front tyre has no or minimal chicken strips while
the rear often has more than half an inch to an inch of it.

i am too much used to the R15 v1 version i guess, and am doing something wrong. Its time to learn, unlearn and relearn

have cut the hugger too, it had to go, it just had to. have no intentions of putting it back or buying a new one for now, will
think of something by next monsoon.

Now the biggest question.

service?
i sincerely dont want to take it to service center and i am seriously contemplating servicing at home.
will get the needed parts from SVC.
i remember the first service of my v1 in 2009 at service center, first they dont let you stand there( as is a norm with all service centers now)
and they put in a spurious airfilter and had a habbit of throwing in a spurious oil filter too.
over thightning of bolts and drive chain was common too.

on one instance i had to do the brake bleeding at home after brake fluid/pad change by SVC,
needless to say a wonderful job they did(pun intended)

there are many other examples like this. and the bike was never ever washed at SVC.

i used to come back and after few kms had to redo the chain setup, open the air filter and it was always a hit or miss of
whether i am gonna find a spurious or original one. then get a original one from some other svc and put it back in. it was too much hassle.

the bike (v1) still survived 42k in 5 years without any issue. i trust yamaha by heart.
so i am thinking of taking a leap of faith here and keep servicing it for as long as possible at home.
why the leap of faith you may ask? well, because if by any fate or ill luck if something decides to go wrong with the engine,
warranty is without question out and a rebuild will be expensive.

i'll add again that i do trust yamaha and i am certain that nothing will go wrong.

just need a push here guys . what say?

This comes from a guy who can quite possibly only do chain cleaning and lubing by myself. But bro, if I had the skill set and tools to do other tasks like oil filter change, etc. I would definitely do it myself.

You are liberated from the fear of your bike being handled roughly at SVC. Not to mention your previous bad experiences that you mentioned.

Most importantly, you will be saving considerable amount of money by not paying labour charges. Also, you will be equipped with sufficient knowledge to help yourself in case of a breakdown.

**mehuel** · 10-04-2014, 05:36 AM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by abhimanyu31 View Post

i am one of those guys

... If you are reasonably skilled, it's far better to work on your bike than to give it to these road side mechanics dressed in Yamaha uniforms. After all just because you dress a donkey as a stallion it still remains a donkey.

couldnt have defined it any better myself

..

Originally posted by aditya_YZF-R15 View Post

yeah i guess it things depend a lot from one SVC to the other...even in the (only one) SVC of a place like allahabad, somehow the people there are not so bad in the sense that they always wash the bike, they dont mind the owner being around or standing there (or in my case they know by now i am always going to be around looking at things and asking them etc) and are generally nice...one of the mechanics even changed my oil to motul 300v FS inside the SVC 5 months ago and i think the SVC manager knew about it anyway but no one raised any problem...

either way, now that all my first 6 services have been done i am probably not going to go for further servicing there on due time anyway..fr air filter cleaning i'd still have to go there i suppose and any other random issues if any but not for general servicing..

Yours is one of the rare cases i believe, if only service guys in NCR were this cooperative and understanding.

Originally posted by rishi1994 View Post

This comes from a guy who can quite possibly only do chain cleaning and lubing by myself. But bro, if I had the skill set and tools to do other tasks like oil filter change, etc. I would definitely do it myself.

You are liberated from the fear of your bike being handled roughly at SVC. Not to mention your previous bad experiences that you mentioned.

Most importantly, you will be saving considerable amount of money by not paying labour charges. Also, you will be equipped with sufficient knowledge to help yourself in case of a breakdown.

Tools are all there, except for torque wrench, which i have never ever seen in any workshop being used, ever.
on that note, SVC's personnel always go by their god given talent of screwing every nut/bolt/screw just by their gut and feel (pun again)

and thus reaching the precise tension which either makes nut/bolt/screw too tight to ever be opened again, or free them, and needless to say
ruin the head of the bolt or screw which they can simply replace for 5- 10 bucks.
i dont want to do that, so will try to source torque wrench from karol bagh too.

Originally posted by Arvind Sibi View Post

The same idea struck me when I took the delivery of my bike last December. I saw the bikes at the service centre being handled very badly ... So I've gone through pages and pages and discussed with people and finally decided not to go back to the ASC anymore after taking the delivery of my R15 V2 Special Edition! And here I am, Doing good at 11.5k kms in 10 Months and still counting. My bike hasn't let me down even once

! Yes I know that I'll void my warranty and I told them that I don't need anything from their side, Except spare parts!

So, It all depends on your choice! There are people who have been going regularly to the ASC and their bike's are in perfect shape and on the other side, There are people who have never been to the ASC and it's the same case there too! It all depends on how the work is carried out! Make a wise choice, Wishing you happy miles on your bike! Cheers!

warranty being void is a concern for me too, but by trusting Yamaha i'll be taking this plunge as well.

Thanks to you all sir.

Its sad to know that the quality of service provided at svc has affected others as well.

the only comfort here is that you guys too have ventured out to take control of things in your own hands,
and that i am not the only one to follow down this path.

yes there are still some inhibitions but its decided now, will pick up engine oil and oil filter from karol bagh,
hopefully there should be enough stockists there,
SVC will be last option to get the spares if i can find genuine parts in Karol bagh.

all tools are already at home including things like chain cleaner/lube, coolant
for air filter i know a local car market where they use pressured air to clean car filters, so thats sorted too.

will post the updates soon, servicing will be done today evening, or tomorrow for sure.

Thanks again

**Sushrut** · 10-05-2014, 05:22 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by keviv View Post

.. She is extremely smooth at higher rpms post first service. But i still do fell some harshness at around the 5k mark in lower gears .

is this the nature of the engine?

The harshness you are referring to is not actually that. Its resonance, rather, which gives a false impression of vibration. Yes, it occurs in all R15s between 4-5000 rpm. Even the R15 v1 had the resonance between those revs.

**adhirajb** · 10-06-2014, 05:32 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Has anyone used this? Does it really offer any protection?

**black asp** · 10-06-2014, 05:49 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by adhirajb View Post

Has anyone used this? Does it really offer any protection?

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Yup used that worthless at best many times jammed and had difficulty opening it from the disc also it could easily open from the key of another similar lock so junked it and instead put a mobaj 21levers lock in the bigger looking disc slot near the hub
CHEERS

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**tomho147** · 10-08-2014, 08:53 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

are the aftermarket levers made for the r15 v1 suitable for my 2012 r15 v2?
any good online store recommended for buy accessories and parts for the r15?
thanks

**Dixant Thakore** · 10-09-2014, 02:18 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Hey guys, i was riding today and suddenly the orange light came on the console, so i stopped the bike, turned off the ignition and waited few mins, turned it back on it was still there...

So i took my bike to svc straight away, the svc guy first checked the coolant levels and it was ok. Then he removed the negative terminal of the battery and kept it like that for few mins, but when we turned the ignition on the light was still there...

He said that he need to check the bike step by step so he couldn't do it today, but as i am going away tomorrow morning for 20 days i couldn't get my bike fixed..

So my question is what caused the orange light? As it was fine when i left home..
And will it be ok to keep bike like that for couple of weeks?

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