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**DrVENOM** · 03-29-2012, 07:51 PM

Originally posted by ABikerAtHeart View Post

But the question still remains, what petrol grade and brand to use. Anyone?

I hope you went through my post about fuel. It is informative enough and i quote again, its the bunk facility that determines how good a fuel is delivered to you. And to be even more specific, i did mention that BP is good enough. Thats for me. If the BP bunk facility is bad near where you live, then BP will not be the best choice for you.

@To all owners and to be owners- Posting again and again about the matter of fuel is going to be of no use. Either research or try and find out from your friends, about which is the best maintained bunk station in your area vicinity.

Originally posted by ajaythedon View Post

The tvs petrol bunk near to satyam theatre is one of the oldest bunks in Chennai known for their Q&Q

LOL ! You are joking right ? That place was shut down for the new volkswagon showroom long back. Correct me if i am wrong.

**nastrofaction** · 03-29-2012, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by ABikerAtHeart View Post

Sure does. Will try.

But the question still remains, what petrol grade and brand to use. Anyone?

As doc pointed out, topic is redundant now.

To reiterate
- Using which brand or rather which fuel station can not be generalized, rather go with options like, you must have a dealer in your city with good reputation, ask around. You can PM other members for city specific info. For highways/touring, you would always get such information from trip logs here in forum.
- Use all varients and testify yourself.
- High grade fuel definitely is good for our bikes but not a necessity, if you can afford it, great, if not still good.

Now, has anyone been on long tours, how are you managing the saddle bags, i used cramster and worked fine on Pulsar but on this one with no grab rails, i am not too sure what approach to follow.
Some pictures would be appreciated.

**r_c111** · 03-29-2012, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by gklc811 View Post

no u wont need the fuel station to be nearby at all.. By this method you can fill the tank even after travelling 50 kms...

Sample example for ur understanding..

consider a bike with tank capacity 10 Lit and reserve point @ 4Lit.
now the guy encounters reserve and sets his trip meter to 0000.
The guy travels 150 kms (in reserve) and fills 5 Lits of petrol...
Now the fuel must be above reserve point and after travlelling 1oo kms he hits reserve again... Now the odometer value is 250.

So his mileage is 250 /5=50kms/lit.

Which proves that even after hitting reserve he drove for 150 kms by setting the trip meter which could have drunk 3 lit of petrol.

So the amount of fuel in his tank would be 1 lit and he fills 5 lit and the total fuel in tank would become 1+5=6lit.
After travelling 100 kms which would have consumed 2 lit of petrols hits reserve again @ 4 lit...

As a conclusion, to calculate mileage by this method is more appropriate.

That was very well explained. Did not realize it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

**rIbu** · 03-29-2012, 10:55 PM

Frame sliders for r15 v2.0

Hi guys,

can you tell me if any frame sliders are available for the new r15 v2.0.??

thanks

**Ron Syl** · 03-30-2012, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by ABikerAtHeart View Post

what petrol grade and brand are you using?

i use normal unleaded petrol from BP.

i don like to break my head with grades and other stuffs... unless my bike returns good FE. i keep varying my ride, sometimes i accelerate gradually and sometimes i do it little faster, but havn't ripped it and not crossed more then 5k Rpm. reached around 60 in high gears at times.

**Ron Syl** · 03-30-2012, 10:45 AM

Originally posted by rIbu View Post

Hi guys,

can you tell me if any frame sliders are available for the new r15 v2.0.??

thanks

no frame sliders maga.

**ABikerAtHeart** · 03-30-2012, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by Ron Syl View Post

no frame sliders maga.

Check out the ones for R125 sold on ebay.co.uk

Also, how kms have you run and were there any oil changes you made during the run-in?

**Ron Syl** · 03-30-2012, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by ABikerAtHeart View Post

Check out the ones for R125 sold on ebay.co.uk

Also, how kms have you run and were there any oil changes you made during the run-in?

but can we put those to R15? are there any places to mount them?

i have run around 350 Kms, have changed oil and filter once{during the 1st free service}

**ABikerAtHeart** · 03-30-2012, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by Ron Syl View Post

but can we put those to R15? are there any places to mount them?

i have run around 350 Kms, have changed oil and filter once{during the 1st free service}

Chances are high.

And 350km is way too less man. What are you doing not riding???

I had completed 215km in 4 days on the other hand. :P

Btw, what odo reading what it that you had your first service, do you remember?

**ABikerAtHeart** · 03-30-2012, 01:04 PM

Problem resolved....

Earlier I had reported an issue with the clutch not settling 100% back to its free position. Apparently its was the issue with the tightening screw connecting the cable to the lever. It took 3 seconds for the mechanic to resolve it. There are no-jerks now and the throttle response (I have no idea how) has many fold times increased. Feels like the bike will pop a wheelie any second. The guy Mr Ajay expained some important stuff about the whole handling and stuff about the servicing as well.

R15v2 comes with SS pre-installed and its strictly advised you DONT insist on adding MINERAL OIL at 1st service. An oil change is advised at 500km, not 50 or 200 or whatever. These oils, he said, are very very efficient. And its better if people go by the book.

Overall a good experience with the folks at the station but it turned out the whole team was from Mumbai (and not my city) and dedicated to servicing R1s. They had come to collect some spare's stock . Mumbikers are sure lucky they got some efficient mechanics handling their bikes.

**shreyassave** · 03-30-2012, 04:05 PM

Reserve meter!

Originally posted by sushirao View Post

I guess this will work if we can find a petrol pump soon enough - so that the distance travelled after the reserve indication is minimum...

The only issue with this approach is that we have to wait till the fuel comes to reserve - in other words running the bike on nearly empty tank.

I noticed that there is another set of small 000 next to the trip reading. Any idea what that is for?

As soon as your bike hits reserve, The Fuel bar starts blinking, also another trip meter comes to display reading "- F" denoting the no. on kms you have ridden after the bike has hit reserve. It goes after filling petrol and riding for 5+ kms!

What I follow is the same procedure mentioned some posts ago.

As soon as the bike hits reserve, I reset the trip 2 meter. (Also you can check the ODO)
Fill in some amount of fuel, say Rs. 500- 600, note the quantity. As soon as it hits the reserve, i.e -F coming on display, check the reading on trip 2.

So- Trip 2 (kms)/ Quantity = Approximate average!

During Run-in, got around 42 kmpl. (whenever calculated)
Post Run-in, keeping in 6K + range, got some 37+ kmpl.

But, there's a confusion regarding the Total petrol filled till date - Reserve 2 lit. and the No. of kms ridden. Something weird. Getting around 35+ kmpl.

Does the bike hit reserve at the same point (amount of petrol remaining in tank).

**shadab007** · 03-30-2012, 05:20 PM

Confusion About Service & Warranty manual

This is what i got from the showroom with my R15 V2.0

I noticed one thing that checking of coolant level is missing...
As this is not for the R15. what should i do now?
Should i change it with original R15 manual or not?
Please help me ... n If possible please post the cover-page of r15 v2.0's Service & Warranty manual...
Thanks ...

**ABikerAtHeart** · 03-30-2012, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by shreyassave View Post

As soon as your bike hits reserve, The Fuel bar starts blinking, also another trip meter comes to display reading "- F" denoting the no. on kms you have ridden after the bike has hit reserve. It goes after filling petrol and riding for 5+ kms!

What I follow is the same procedure mentioned some posts ago.

As soon as the bike hits reserve, I reset the trip 2 meter. (Also you can check the ODO)
Fill in some amount of fuel, say Rs. 500- 600, note the quantity. As soon as it hits the reserve, i.e -F coming on display, check the reading on trip 2.

So- Trip 2 (kms)/ Quantity = Approximate average!

During Run-in, got around 42 kmpl. (whenever calculated)
Post Run-in, keeping in 6K + range, got some 37+ kmpl.

But, there's a confusion regarding the Total petrol filled till date - Reserve 2 lit. and the No. of kms ridden. Something weird. Getting around 35+ kmpl.

Does the bike hit reserve at the same point (amount of petrol remaining in tank).

Now that's a lot of head-breaking.

If you anyway are filling to the brim then why not simply use the tank to tank method.

Fill a tank full - note the litres of fuel filled 'X'.
Start Trip 2
The moment it hits reserve note the reading of Trip 2 'Y'.

Calculation;
The Trip 2 reading Y divided by
(Litres of fueled filled X - 1.9 lit of reserve fuel).

y/(x-1.9) = current mileage.

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**ABikerAtHeart** · 03-30-2012, 05:58 PM

Originally posted by shadab007 View Post

This is what i got from the showroom with my R15 V2.0

I noticed one thing that checking of coolant level is missing...
As this is not for the R15. what should i do now?
Should i change it with original R15 manual or not?
Please help me ... n If possible please post the cover-page of r15 v2.0's Service & Warranty manual...
Thanks ...

Yes. Go to the dealer. Tell him politely what has happened. If he refuses to swap the manuals or gives some lame excuse, tighten up your sleeves.

**kreygor** · 03-31-2012, 12:12 AM

I use the trip meter too for measuring fuel economy.. By the way theres two trip meters given, what could be the possible use for the two of them?

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