Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

yes

just waiting for a few things in the professional side of life...how those things pan out will decide if/when i buy some 300...sometimes get a strong urge to just go buy some 300 right now, ride it for the next 2-3 years and then deal with whatever pans out at that time..also feel very sad about the thought of leaving my R15 at some point or the other....maybe like many of you guys i'll not sell my old bike and keep it as well for memory's sake

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Wow that's quite a wait

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

yes but that's at least 2-3 years from now..maybe more...


yes that's true...more than decent for most scenarios actually..

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

Anyways you will be upgrading so why take unnecessary headache for this bike. On top of that the tyres are decent enough for all scenarios.

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15 version 2.0

yamahamann - yes it's true that being a front oriented bike like any other sportsbike-type bike, the rear will always feel lacking in noticeable feeling...but given the fact that there is a room for improvement in everything, i wondered if a more sticky rear tyre will yield better feedback from the rear...that's pretty much the only reason i thought of considering going for softer rear tyre...and while it's true that a grippier rear will of course give better feeling, the fact that their life would be much much lesser than what i prepared my mind for is why i think i'll anyway go for the stock ones after all..at best maybe i will try out MRF's masseter which supposedly has decent life with better grip but it is a wider 140/70 tyre which i am a bit sceptical of trying out (and it's likely worse than the stock in wet), so again at the end i guess i'll continue with stock...

there's been no history of wheel spin at the rear while entering or exiting corners, at least not big enough to worry about and forever register in memory...i just wanted a rear that offers more grip/feeling at corners while also having decent life possibility...being in terribly congested, inconsistent (quality-wise) and flat UP roads, i very rarely get any opportunity to attempt a half-decent moderate cornering, but when i do, the rear tyre leaves me wanting for much more feeling, that's all...it does slip and slide a bit under modest acceleration even at a very modest lean more often than not, but i happen to enjoy that (:P) (no fun in cornering if there's not at least a bit of slide at the rear)..but still, more feeling would have been nice...

the stock rear is otherwise great of course...in fact, at 24.5k kms at the odo, the rear still has a lot of life left in it (the front not so much, maybe at most 1k kms with utmost care under questionable road and traffic conditions) and from day one til today offers great confidence in maneuvering bad roads via the rear and in wet and in high speed stability etc...

so yeah, anyway i think i'll continue with the stock rear..can't delay changing tyres any longer anyways.