Re: Is it advisable to go on long road trip on 5+ year old FZS

Get your bike serviced. Get the chain Lubed. You are good to go. Everything should be fine.
If you know tech specs, try to do some sprocketing with apache front sprockets, which should give it a taller gearing and should be more comfy on highways.

Your bike can go much further than you. so, take breaks as you like. You need not adjust for your bike's requirements. Considering your bike is in good condition.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

I would suggest you to get your bike serviced at a good mechanic or svc whichever you prefer and change the necessary parts like accelerator and clutch cable if you have not changed them in a long time and do necessary service related things and you should take your bike as it will be more comfortable and reliable if you have maintained it well and talking about rest you can take butt break at around 200 kms or what ever you are comfortable at and it depends more on how you have maintained it.
Best of luck for your ride.

Re: Is it advisable to go on long road trip on 5+ year old FZS

Thank you for the reply.

I did a Mumbai Pune through Old Mumbai Pune Highway by Yamaha FZS and Jupiter. Yamaha was much comfortable & good to control, whereas on a scooter I did not have much confidence due to which I was riding slower than usual.

My concern is with my Yamaha FZS which is a 5+ year old, should I still prefer riding by bike. If yes, I suppose some rest would be necessary for the bike as well.
What is the duration of rest and at what intervals should I consider? This would be my first long road trip covering over 900 kms.

Re: Is it advisable to go on long road trip on 5+ year old FZS

any bike is more comfortable than a scooter on any highway trip, highways are just not the right place for scooter and i say this after covering thousands of kms on highways through both scooter and bike, bike causes less fatigue, handles better, offers better ride quality so all in all bike is better even after the hassle of clutch and gearbox, scooters are good for city, ring roads and on highways well anything more than 40-50kms(45-60 minutes of continuous riding) is just painful for both: rider and machine. My pick would be the Bike.
please install RVMs before the trip if you don't have them on your vehicle for some reasons because they play as important role as your eyes, Ride Safe.

Is it advisable to go on long road trip on 5+ year old FZS

Hello Team,

I am new to the forum and not sure where to post my query hence posting here.

I own a Yamaha FZS purchased in first half of 2012 and a TVS Jupiter (2017 model).

Now, I am planning for a bike ride from Navi Mumbai to Bengaluru. Is it advisable to ride on FZS or should I prefer TVS Jupiter?

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

Well it differs from person to person's perceptions, the cracking issue is only related to my bike none of my friends or any owner in this thread have faced such issue, The thing which you are saying about karizma was not related to just a single bike a bunch of karizmas have faced such issue. I do follow fz 25 thread and have seen posts regarding rusting of disc rotors which I see on most of the bikes on road not a major concern atleast for me I have seen R15 getting rusts on both the rotors, well I haven't seen any post regarding rusting on chasis and everywhere as you mentioned, chances are I may have missed those post or they are very few i.e. just one or two posts which can also be the reason i missed them which also concludes its an issue faced by very few owners

Well lets not jump into other bike discussion on this thread, spend your money on whatever you feel trustworthy.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

Something Fishy. plastic panels cracking on their own?? Thats was Karizma's strength. A nice strategy, to keep selling more plastic parts to the same owners, like petrol, one needs to keep buying plastic parts. But that backfired and gave the karizma some bad omen.

Its not at all Luck. all vehicles off the same assembly line dont differ by more than 0.1 or 0.2%. The way the bike has been broken in initially and treated during its life matters most.

Rust is Yamaha's signature property. Check FZ25 thread. calipers, disks, rims, chasis, battery case. everything seems to be rusting. Rofl. Engine, suspension parts, rims and handle haven't had Rust till now. Hoping to see people reporting them too.

Manufacturing quality is not going down. Indian Govt hunger for taxes forcing them to lower standards. on a 1.02 Lakh (Onroad cost) bike, Ex showroom price is 91K. 9K is on-road tax. another 2k is insurance. The Ex showroom price of 91K has 28%Tax. which means, 65K for actual bike. off this 65K, take out 2K for dealers. 3K profit for manufacturer and another 2K shipping. What you got is a bike costing 57K. you End up paying 102K.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

Guys how much kms have you driven your fz fi. My odo is in 15000 kms. Share yours guys.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

I agree maintenance plays a very important role on the well being of a bike, but what can you do if you suddenly see plastic panels cracked on your bike, without any accidents or fall & rust inside the tank , how can you maintain these things?
Few things completely depend on luck as I am unlucky to get cracks on my bike even after replacement where as 3 of my friends having fzs v2 have no such issues.
A friend of mine got a defective tyre on his bike he found that after few months a part of the side wall of his tyre has bulged out quite a bit.
Similarly the guy who got rust inside his tank is also unlucky as none of the owners in this thread have reported such issue, and there is no maintenance which can prevent your tank from rusting its pure luck bro.
We could have blamed yamaha if atleast few users had reported the same issues, but that's not the case.

Few things go wrong with people no matter how much you keep your bike maintained.

I agree with you to the point that the overall manufacturing quality of these manufacturers have gone down drastically.
These issues are not expected from Japanese brands like Yamaha

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

Maintenance bud. Maintenance.

One who maintains his bike, always has a good bike.
Those who just take care of mechanicals once every 3 or 6 months, will face this issue. Also, the place where you live matters. Coastal areas, will face more issues.

Lets not get Hornet into this discussion. Honda has decided that they could step down from their standards with this bike. No point in discussing about it.

Yamaha bikes in india are known for rusting. seen many since crux. so, this isn't a surprise to me. Activas too suffer from rusting, but only few parts. I guess, its the new lower standards of honda and much lower standards of yamaha on cheaper bikes. (Exclude R15).

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

I don't think the rusting issue is with every bike because I own a March 2015 Fzs v2 and not a single rust anywhere in the bike till date.
There may be specific defects on specific bikes for eg. within 6 months after buying the bike I noticed strange things on my bike. The meter console glass cracked and the plastic tank cover where the bolts are fitted have cracked. I was shocked because my bike never fell down nor I had parked my bike under direct sunlight for more than 15-20 minutes. My friends also own fzs v2 but none of them have this cracking issue. Although this was covered under warranty by yamaha my meter console and the tank cover on both the sides were replaced free of cost.
After about one year again the left side of the tank cover got cracked near the center bolt.
I haven't came across anyone in my friend circle who has faced such cracking issues, its my fate that even after replacement I faced the the same issue. Thankfully its just a single crack. Meter console and the right side of my tank cover are still intact after replacement till date.
I cannot blame yamaha for this because its like 1/1000 bikes has faced such issue and I am that unlucky one, luck plays a very crucial factor.

And if you speak of rusting as per my experience yamahas are very less prone to rusting, just have a look at RE bikes and even hornet. Both these bikes are owned by my friends and have horrible rusting issue on their body parts.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

Bikes with fuel injectors have a fuel filter. It takes care of the muck and grime.


Yamaha's are known for rusting. That's why I m just holding myself from buying a fz25.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

Hi,

I am looking for to buy handguards for my FZ Fi, online. Does the Duke's handguards fit in properly or are there better suggestions. I am unable to find many at Amazon. Also please suggest if it is fine to change the blinkers to LED type and do I need to change the relay for it as I have found that my cousin bought set of 4 blinkers for his Honda Hornet and changed them by himself. Soon after the relay got shot and when he replaced it with another one it did not work properly again as one side of blinkers produced about 1/4th of the total light they should have been producing. The other set was fine. The problem again seems to be in relay as he got it replaced from a local mechanic again which I think produced more output (not sure) then required for LEDs.

Please guide me on this. Thanks in advance.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

It is very unfortunate that your tank got rusted. I haven't heard such issues ever except RE bikes where the paint inside peels off. I think its a major thing to be concerned of as its a fuel injected bike if by chance the rust gets clogged into the injectors you may get into trouble & as far as my knowledge replacing or mending the FI system is very costly, it wasn't much of an issue if it was a carbureted bike.
Well if you have extended warranty then you must claim to the yamaha service center. They might ignore or say its a minor issue and neglect it (as most of the service centers in India do) pressurize them, if that too doesn't work attach this picture and mail this to yamaha India hope you will get some positive reply.
Before doing so cross check is it rust or something else? Because fuel quality in our country is really bad no matter how reputed a petrol pump is there are chances of getting impurities in petrol there are chances of these being the sediments of those impurities.

Re: Yamaha FZ16 version 2.0

Hello everyone. I have an oct 2015 fz-fi run 10k km. Recently discovered rust inside fuel tank. The bike has always been fueled at reputed petrol pumps and is extremely well maintained.

I went to the local Yamaha dealer and he suggested some product from their spares dept. which is to be put in the fuel tank. It doesn't involve removal of fuel tank. Anyone aware of this product? Also wont the rust end up in the fuel injector? Should i go ahead with this?

I also happen to have an extended warranty. Is the fuel tank covered under it? Didnt tell the showroom guy about it as i wanted to confirm first so as to avoid being lied to.

Is rust in fuel tank a common occurrence? How concerned should i be. A local mechanic suggested its not a big deal and that i can continue with it. I would appreciate if you guys could check your fuel tank as well.

How much does a new tank cost? Is it worth going for a replacement if the above two options are not feasible?

Thanks