Engine:

Engine Type: 2 cylinder, liquid cooled, 4 stroke, DOHC, 4 valves.
Displacement: 321cc.
Bore X Stroke: 68mm X 44.1mm
Compression Ration: 11.2:1
Maximum Power: 42ps@10750rpm
Maximum Torque: 3.0 kgm@9000rpm
Clutch Type: Wet, Multiple Disc
Fuel Injected.
Ignition System: TCI
Starter System: Electric.
Transmission System: constant mesh, 6 speed.
Final Transmission: Chain.


Chassis:

Frame: Diamond
Front Suspension System: Telescopic forks.
Front Travel: 130mm.
Trail: 95mm.
Rear Travel: 125mm.
Front Brake: Hydraulic single disc, 298mm.
Rear Brake: Hydraulic single disc, 220mm
Front Tyre: 110/70 0127 M/D 54 H tubeless.
Rear Tyre: 140/70-17M/C 66H Tubeless.

Dimensions:

Overall length: 2090mm.
Overall width: 720mm
Overall height: 1135mm
Seat Height: 780mm
Wheel base: 1380mm.
Minimum Ground clearance: 160mm
Wet weight(including full oil and fuel tank) 169kg.
Fuel Tank capacity: 14Ltrs.
Oil Tank Capacity: 2.4L.


R3 SERVICE MANUAL.




Ride and Feel:

Goes like a fast bike, doesn’t feel like one. Super easy to ride. Super smooth, gear shifts are slick. Meter console shows gear which I am going into.
I was cruising at 95kmph, then looked at the meter and slowed down thinking that it is still in running in period. 95kmph comes around 6000rpm.
Bike can pick from as low as 3000rpm in 4th gear without knocking, any further below, it knocks.
Road holding is superb today I tried a bit of cornering and mid corner corrections/line correction is easy to do.

Ride Quality
Ride is very smooth, the handle bars are narrower( if you are graduating from a ninja) but seem wider if you are graduating from Yamaha R15.
High positioned clip-ons don't give any pain to forearms or palms. Seat is plush, enough padding. And suspension soaks up bumps easily, As if the bike is gliding through potholes.
One point I would like to make. Sudden potholes or bumps over the road do not unsettle the rider.

Power: 42ps. Bike is perfect in hiding all the power it has, no jerks in power delivery across the rev range (I tested till 7k rpm.) It remains smooth and calm.

Slipper Clutch: No its not there in R3.
And the need is felt, specially if you are graduating from Ninja300,
I mean I never realized how many times I was using slipper clutch, Though I never took my Ninja 300 to a race track but whenever I used to downshift, I use to leave things for slipper clutch to take care. But this time on R3 it was a different feeling. While downshifting if I leave the clutch without matching the right rpms then a jerk comes to me. Need to be careful the next time.

Control: Bike provides an awesome feedback and control, brakes have a better feel than Ninja.

Running In: As per manual, 0-1000kms. @ less that 7k rpm.
1000-1600kms @LESs than 8.5k rpm.

Fuel: R3 needs to feed on high octane fuel, e.g. power from HP and the likes. The compression ratio of R3 is 11.6:1 with that high compression ratio bike needs a higher octane fuel to give a smoother ride and throttle feel. While in Ninja300 compression ratio was much lower 10.6:1, which meant that I could fill the bike at any of the petrol pumps. Though feeding her on high octane won't be a monetary problem, but I wonder at how many remote places I will find special fuel especially with the touring nature I have.

Side Stand warning: Unlike other bikes it doesn't automatically kill the engine if you leave the side stand down and put the bike in gear. (I used to stop my bike wherever and then killing the engine by pulling the side stand down while the bike is in gear. Now I have to change this habit.)

My reasons for buying R3 Black

1. Stealth:
Wherever I rode Ninja I used to get lots of unwanted attention, with poser boys criss-crossing my way, throwing sprint challenges. That made me uncomfortable, I mean I can't leave my bike parked anywhere without the tension of some poser jumping on it. And this unwanted attention got multiplied whenever I visited any small town. So I wanted a bike which is as good and doesn't catch as much attention.
With Yamaha R3. People on the road behave normally. Maybe they are mistaking it to be another R15.





This writeup has some straight comparisons to Ninja 300, not to disparage any of the two, both are awesome, But just to explain my point better to you frens.

(Friends, I am not very good with writing reviews, so please keep pouring in with your questions and I will answer as many as I can, with pics offcourse and eventually keep adding them here, for the reference of all.)

I am preparing a detailed writeup, will upload soon with lots of pics.
Thanks to Xbhp Community, today I got an opportunity to write an Ownership Review.