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**itsmevini123** · 11-29-2016, 06:24 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Hey guys, what fork oil should I pour in front shocks or do you know what fork oil Yamaha uses? My suspension is become soft and I think time has come to replace the fork oil.

Has anyone used Bajaj RS200 or KTM RC/Duke indicator in R15 v2? One of my indicator fell off and now I want LED indicator for her. Has anybody used any other product other stock ones?

**Santhu Shyam** · 11-29-2016, 09:33 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by hatebreeder View Post

IF you are willing to spend, X-treme Ultinon LED Car Lamp 12953BWX2 | Philips. They will set you back close to 12K though. But its worth it.

My god! Bro it's damn costly..!! Please suggest me some other good product in lower price.. 😛🙂

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Originally posted by Ankey View Post

There is no fixed life of a brake pad brother. It will depend on how you ride. I replaced my rear one at 10K coz it was worn out, The front one had more than half life left, so did not replace it. now the bike is 19.5K kms and both the front and rear will do a few more thousand kms, so planning to replace them on the next service.

If you ride mostly in crowded cities, where you face traffic jams and stop and go traffic, you will use your brakes more and the life will be less.
If you ride on open highways, you will cover a lot more miles and will use no brakes while cruising, so the brake pads will last very very long.
For mixed riding City + highway 10-12K kms should be the average life of a brake pads. (More experienced riders - Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong).

Yeah bro! I ride mostly in city and that can be a reason too! Thanks for pouring in your thoughts! 🙂

**Satyajit Samantray** · 11-30-2016, 12:47 AM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by hatebreeder View Post

IF you are willing to spend, X-treme Ultinon LED Car Lamp 12953BWX2 | Philips. They will set you back close to 12K though. But its worth it.

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My cone set was ruined at 8000 kms. They aren't supposed to be polished and reused. They are to be replaced. Replace them.

Did u get it done in an ASC, and are you satisfied with the job done by them?? I realy doubt the showroom people from where I bought the bike , hence a bit apprehensive about taking it back to them.

**B7ACKTHORN** · 11-30-2016, 04:11 AM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by itsmevini123 View Post

Hey guys, what fork oil should I pour in front shocks or do you know what fork oil Yamaha uses? My suspension is become soft and I think time has come to replace the fork oil.

If my memory serves me correct, it's 10w grade that Yamaha uses for R15 and 240 ML plus or minus 5ML.

Cheers!
VJ

**hatebreeder** · 11-30-2016, 02:00 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by Satyajit Samantray View Post

Did u get it done in an ASC, and are you satisfied with the job done by them?? I realy doubt the showroom people from where I bought the bike , hence a bit apprehensive about taking it back to them.

It's not rocket science to replace them. Its a fairly simple job actually. I was happy with the coneset replacement. You can verify the work yourself. Look up on youtube for videos of how to replace conesets. So you know what is the final output you're looking for. I avoid giving it outside due of lack of accountability. If I'm not happy, he will say take it to showroom, so i start with that instead.

**Satyajit Samantray** · 11-30-2016, 03:09 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by hatebreeder View Post

It's not rocket science to replace them. Its a fairly simple job actually. I was happy with the coneset replacement. You can verify the work yourself. Look up on youtube for videos of how to replace conesets. So you know what is the final output you're looking for. I avoid giving it outside due of lack of accountability. If I'm not happy, he will say take it to showroom, so i start with that instead.

Thanks for the info ,will look up the videos and this time will get the whole thing done in my presence.

**PrinceCruise** · 11-30-2016, 06:19 PM

Re: First problem, finally!

Originally posted by B7ACKTHORN View Post

If you did mention, hissing, I'd suggest you to check your front brakes. Front brake lines do produce a kind of hissing sound when applied. And your issue of brake disc getting hot pretty much quicker, the dots align a jammed front brake (your brake lever) piston or a caliper piston getting. What I would recommend is a simple check, by rotating your front wheels if you can, the rotation should complete with least resistance, if you feel it's excessively tight. While doing this apply your front brake for a second and then try spinning the wheels again, again, there shouldn't be any hindrance in the rotation of the wheel whatsoever. If you observe the wheel grabbing or the wheel suddenly becomes tight, we have either a master cylinder piston or a caliper piston sticking.

P.S. Discretion advised.

Much thanks for the response VJ, I couldn't reply soon as was stuck with work.

Just 30 minutes ago, I cleaned and lubed the chain as I do every 15 days(or 300 to 400KMs) and decided to test what you suggested.
Call it unfortunate, but while I rotated the front wheel freely by putting the bike in neutral on center stand, even though it rotated okay without much resistance, I *clearly* could hear a metallic sound of somethings rubbing against each other. I'm almost sure its due to the pads rubbing against the plate. Also, in a full rotation of the plate, the sound stays for 3/4th of that rotation, then again next rotation, same loop.
Example, if we divide one wheel rotation in 4 parts, a complete sound loop would be - *hiss* *hiss* *...* *hiss*
And repeat.

I'll take the bike to SVC tomorrow to show and fix this. Any other suggestions please?

Regards.

**B7ACKTHORN** · 12-01-2016, 02:36 AM

Re: First problem, finally!

Originally posted by PrinceCruise View Post

Much thanks for the response VJ, I couldn't reply soon as was stuck with work.

Just 30 minutes ago, I cleaned and lubed the chain as I do every 15 days(or 300 to 400KMs) and decided to test what you suggested.
Call it unfortunate, but while I rotated the front wheel freely by putting the bike in neutral on center stand, even though it rotated okay without much resistance, I *clearly* could hear a metallic sound of somethings rubbing against each other. I'm almost sure its due to the pads rubbing against the plate. Also, in a full rotation of the plate, the sound stays for 3/4th of that rotation, then again next rotation, same loop.
Example, if we divide one wheel rotation in 4 parts, a complete sound loop would be - *hiss* *hiss* *...* *hiss*
And repeat.

I'll take the bike to SVC tomorrow to show and fix this. Any other suggestions please?

Regards.

The zing zing kinda sound you hear is absolutely normal and as you've rightly pointed out, it's the pads in contact. Usually brake pads will be in contact with the disc on all disc braked vehicles. For now, it's hard to discern what exactly we have on hand, an analysis by the SVC folks should yield some results. Keep us posted.

Cheers!
VJ

**PrinceCruise** · 12-01-2016, 03:11 PM

Re: First problem, finally!

Thanks for the reply.

Originally posted by B7ACKTHORN View Post

The zing zing kinda sound you hear is absolutely normal and as you've rightly pointed out, it's the pads in contact. Usually brake pads will be in contact with the disc on all disc braked vehicles. For now, it's hard to discern what exactly we have on hand, an analysis by the SVC folks should yield some results. Keep us posted.

Really, is that metallic sound normal? Why I'm asking that is, I didn't clearly hear/observe that sound until last month. I reckon I didn't hear any hissing sound from the front till then. Also, never did I observe anything like that from my 6 years with FZ-16, *however* I may have been clueless or careless about such little things before.

What's funny is, since I posted this query, I've been to a small 250 KMs highway ride last Sunday morning and I was able to clock an astonishing 141 kmph at one point of time. Again, just to reiterate, I'm not into high speed, I just got carried away with what this small engine could do so easily.
The point of mentioning the above is - I could easily reach 100-110 kmph with 3 blinks of the eye, with no resistance from the front, so probably there *may not* be any real problem or something else could be there causing the hissing sound as [MENTION=60133]black asp[/MENTION] previously pointed out like the fuel pump or the FID (fast idle)system. Its not frustrating but its causing my OCD to go worse than ever.

I'll visit my SVC as soon as I get some time, those guys are real friendly and nice with me, they hear everything carefully but I so far have been not impressed with their service skills. They caused massive vibrations after second service as they kept almost all the screws on the fairing loose. Didn't clean up the bike's underbelly properly, leaving a sticky gooey mix of oil+dirt+water there. And a few other small things. Though they listen to you and are cooperative unlike the others I know in here so I'll give them a visit again.

I'll keep you posted.

Thanks.

**ayypankumar** · 12-01-2016, 07:38 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Did anyone using Michelin Street radial ???

**ayypankumar** · 12-01-2016, 07:40 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Did anyone using Micheline Street radial tires???

**manub** · 12-01-2016, 09:21 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by ayypankumar View Post

Did anyone using Micheline Street radial tires???

Hi, I just replaced my rear tire with michelin street 140/70. Grip wise it's good. It costs 5500 in bangalore

**B7ACKTHORN** · 12-02-2016, 03:21 AM

Re: First problem, finally!

Originally posted by PrinceCruise View Post

Thanks for the reply.

Really, is that metallic sound normal? Why I'm asking that is, I didn't clearly hear/observe that sound until last month. I reckon I didn't hear any hissing sound from the front till then. Also, never did I observe anything like that from my 6 years with FZ-16, *however* I may have been clueless or careless about such little things before.

What's funny is, since I posted this query, I've been to a small 250 KMs highway ride last Sunday morning and I was able to clock an astonishing 141 kmph at one point of time. Again, just to reiterate, I'm not into high speed, I just got carried away with what this small engine could do so easily.
The point of mentioning the above is - I could easily reach 100-110 kmph with 3 blinks of the eye, with no resistance from the front, so probably there *may not* be any real problem or something else could be there causing the hissing sound as @black asp previously pointed out like the fuel pump or the FID (fast idle)system. Its not frustrating but its causing my OCD to go worse than ever.

I'll visit my SVC as soon as I get some time, those guys are real friendly and nice with me, they hear everything carefully but I so far have been not impressed with their service skills. They caused massive vibrations after second service as they kept almost all the screws on the fairing loose. Didn't clean up the bike's underbelly properly, leaving a sticky gooey mix of oil+dirt+water there. And a few other small things. Though they listen to you and are cooperative unlike the others I know in here so I'll give them a visit again.

I'll keep you posted.

Thanks.

Yes, pad contact produce do produce some sound, some have muted sound, some "sing" in the process, normal. But again, the real cause of your problem might be skin deep than a general prescription. A thorough investigation or perhaps a non-invasive surgery can bring us to the point of fault. But, remote diagnoses based upon sound must be always be taken with a pinch of salt.

Cheers!
VJ

**saikatbyte** · 12-04-2016, 01:15 AM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by Santhu Shyam View Post

Any idea on this friends?

Look what I found on AliExpress

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32706104337/32706104337.html

**Santhu Shyam** · 12-04-2016, 07:03 PM

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Originally posted by saikatbyte View Post

Look what I found on AliExpress
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32706...706104337.html

That was so cool! Awesome product though! Is it a direct plug and play or we need to modify something inside the headlight assembly?

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