I use R3 daily whether it's city ride or highway or touring. Have done almost 7.3k kms in 6.5 months. Riding in city traffic is easy although you to take care during filtering since it's a faired bike but it doesn't heats up like duke 390 and mostly temperature is at 3 bars only. There's enough low end torque which can be used in city traffic with linear acceleration. And no way it looks like R15.

Thanks for the reply.

Is it ok to use normal petrol all the time?

New Video up for your Viewing pleasure. I'd like to hear your opinion on the video and some constructive feedback

Thanks for the reply.

Is it ok to use normal petrol all the time?

I, on the contrary feel that this should stay in the thread for 2 reasons:
1. V-Logging is fun and since the owner has an R3, he can make really cool clips on it.
2. This video is however not informative about the bike or the camera. It is normal chit chat between 2 people. That's what most people usually do in traffic and it reflects our daily lives in general. And it didn't serve any purpose on this thread. So, people can take pointers on what not to do with their cams. The choice is theirs in the end.

Now, my frank opinions on the video.
1. Go Pro night recording quality is good.
2. SBK rider wasn't wearing protective clothing, but neither were you and pillion.
3. It doesn't take a well built guy to pick up a fallen bike. There's a proper technique to everything.
4. Lot of chit chat/opinionating on other people (girl like hands, should wear a belt etc) included in the video, may not be liked by all.
5. The motive of the video is explained at 6:47 on the clock when it should have been at 0:01. Many people would have moved to other videos by then.
6. Not every ignorant rider is brain dead. At least I don't cuss at everyone. It will take proper education and couple of generations at the minimum to improve our road behavior.
7. Did you switch off the bike with the fan still kicked in?

are you just interested in more views or views for good content i.e. related to motorcycles and the like.
just my general opinion on this trend of motovlogging.
i see a lot of these self proclaimed 'motovloggers' a lot of times take to talking ill about other riders/public (ok, those folks might break a law or two), and the video is all about calling others a squid or pointing out their shortcomings. yeh some folks would watch such videos and you will get views (similar to the crap overhyped news some news channels turn out 24/7). some of these guys(mvl's) rip at high triple digit speeds on public roads but somehow try to justify that it's normal!? Now isn't this person being a squid (whatever it means )? I don't even want to get in to the other hilarious claims some make. If someone has the b*ll* to report some illegal riding/activity/cop harassing then let them use the same set of b*ll* to go file a lawsuit in court.. but eh no we wont do it cos all we want are views and some pennies in ad revenue (if any).

My constructive feedback to you would be to create some content that would be useful to the viewers and help you learn a thing or two along the way (also educate yourself on real tech related to bikes and its mechanical aspects). Even something as simple as washing your bike or changing a cable, fuse etc.. refrain from name calling and talking ill about folks.
And one final advice to the viewers too, use a bit of common sense and don't believe that everything you see is true.. question it and try to look at the other side too.

I feel the video is pretty decent for a vlog. A normal scene in everyday life. Please don't take the criticism above too hard... There are people like me who would get banned from xbhp if they put up a vlog of what they do on a motorcycle.

Edit : I did get banned. Once. [emoji15]

7: As soon as the video cuts off, yes I did. Is that bad? My bike is usually kept off for weeks so I was concerned of battery drain because of the fan.

Yes, it is bad. It usually doesn't take much long so that battery would get killed, but if you keep switching the bike off abruptly like that while the fan is still running, your engine will certainly suffer damage.

Are you certain engine damage will occur if we shut off engine when fan is running? I've been doing that for the past 3.5 years.

Won't the bike cool down faster when it shuts off?

Are you certain engine damage will occur if we shut off engine when fan is running? I've been doing that for the past 3.5 years.

Won't the bike cool down faster when it shuts off?

The main difference between an air cooled vs liquid cooled engine is the addition of a radiator and its fan. If engines cooled faster with ambient air, we wouldn't have had LC engines right?
See, the fan comes on only after a certain threshold is reached after which the system needs additional cooling from the fan to dissipate heat away from the engine. By not letting the bike do so, you're essentially robbing the engine from cooling down properly. This certainly will harm the components in the long term. The fist thing that will go kaput is the radiator relay, which will not turn the fan on even when required. Then, you may have valves not working properly due to overheating and the like.
Be patient, give the bike a minute. Put it in idle, let the fan stop and then take out the key.