Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

You can buy HEL lines from JV Promoto site or JC Moto site. Link here --> HEL Steel braided brake lines for NON-ABS bikes (Set of 2 lines) - J V Promoto
and here --> HEL Steel Braided Brake Lines | jcMoto.in

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Can you please let me know from where you can buy in India? Any links or store name will help.
Thanks!

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Congratulations on your buy! Wishing you happy and safe miles!

#1 - Get steel braided brake lines fitted.
#2 - Get better brake pads.
#3 - If you're into exhausts and all, get a full system exhaust (Mind you, this will reduce the engine life in the long run and is NOT road legal. Plus you've to plonk in an ECU and have different fuel maps and all that shazam).
#4 - Get an aftermarket visor (Although this has negligible performance benefit. Also, debatable).
#5 - Get a pair of aftermarket adjustable rear-sets for aggressive positioning (Will help you if you are hitting the tracks).
#6 - Get some tank pads and stomp grips. Will eliminate the sliding back and forth while accelerating and decelerating.
#7 - Get a steering damper (Again, will help you in track use if you buy an original one).

Even after doing all these mods, the performance will not be hugely notifiable. Hope this helps

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EBC ones sure have better bite but many users have complained about disc being eaten up after use and very less pad life.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

I recently got a 2018 model R3. Can someone suggest some performance upgrades to get the best out of this machine without compromising on its life? It is running stock as of now. Cheers

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Galfer, HEL are good options for steel braided brake lines , also swap your stock pads with ebc ones for better bite.

Re: R3OG KA Monsoon G2G 2019 ; Megur, Malnad, KA

Nice travelogue there [MENTION=59324]Ashwiin Napster[/MENTION]. Beautifully explained.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

welcome Ashwin ,bharathesh is fine no need to add sir to it .

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Spiegler lines are not available in India. You have to source them from the States.
But there are other alternatives like Galfer, HEL, CORE lines available in India. You can check them out.
A few guys are using them and are satisfied with the brake bite and feel.

And yes, there is a WhatsApp group of R3 owners. PM me, i'll get you added there

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Thanks, I am planning to go for spiegler brake lines. I have heard good reviews about it for R3. Is it available in india or do I need to source it from USA through their website ?. Btw is there any watsapp group for R3 owners in bangalore? I am interested to join

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Thanks [MENTION=29997]bharatheshk[/MENTION] sir
That's an important piece of information. Will keep this in mind sir. Thank you

Congratulations on your buy! Welcome to the family

Steel braided lines will very well enhance the bite and the feel. Go for it.
Yes, the engine roughness is because of the oil. Get it changed to Motul 7100 and you'll see the difference. Majority of the guys in Bengaluru have stopped using Yamalube LOL.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Sold Daytona 675 last month as I couldn't use it daily due to agressive riding posture and Finally bought a pre-owned R3 ABS, 2018 Nov model for daily riding in City. It was driven only for 2.5k in 8 months.Bike was in good condition.

After riding for few kms, I can observer few things, the breaks are spongy, definitely need to change to steel braided lines.
Also, I felt the engine is little rough, might be due to Yamaha lube oil. Need to change it to Motul later as I have heard yamaha lube is not good

Re: R3OG KA Monsoon G2G 2019 ; Megur, Malnad, KA

Hi Ashwin , nice clicks .Just a piece of advice - never keep the helmets on the grass in such public places ,you never know what insects will crawl inside and later get into your ears .take care and ride safe :-) .

R3OG KA Monsoon G2G 2019 ; Megur, Malnad, KA

Hi guys, a small update from my side.


We, as R3OG KA chapter, rode out on the first weekend of July (5th-7th) as a part of Monsoon G2G. 23 of us turned up for the ride to make it worthwhile


To make it more interesting, the location we chose for the ride was Malnad, where the real essence of rains and monsoons are felt. For all those who don't know, Malnad is the short of MaleNadu (in Kannada) which basically means "Rain Land". Incidentally, this region is also one of the wettest regions in the world and boy, did we have rains!!!


To provide an icing on the cake, the region was covered with dense fog in most of the places. With the vast flora and fauna, we made sure we got a good detox away from mundane city life.


Here are a few pics for you guys to enjoy.



Our first stop was at Shettihalli church at Hassan. As soon as we arranged the bikes, it started to drizzle. Rain gears came out instantaneously


Panoramic view of the ruins of Shettihalli church. This church will get fully submerged under water during monsoons.


The boys pose for a quick picture before we move forward


Next up was Bisile Ghats. Absolute Zero visibility from the viewpoint but the ride in the dense fog made it much more interesting


One more picture of the boys after spending some time at the ghats. We march forward after this


Our stay for the night was planned as Ujire, near Dharmasthala.


Just before reaching Ujire, we found a bridge. Random photoshoot/butt-break/water and sutta break


One more capture of all the bikes. This ends Day 1 of the ride, where all of us rode for almost 400 kms from home base.


Bikes parked outside our stay at Ujire.


One more angle. Appealing much?


See the uniformity?


One picture with the owners ft. Doggo before we leave to the Amazing region of Kudremukha.


The rains didn't show any pity on us. We stopped to admire the breath-taking view inside Kudremukha forest


The visibility was so low that we had to switch on our high beams for a brief period of time


Bikes at a random waterfall inside Kudremukha.


To see, hear and experience water gushing down at a random waterfall with Crickets chirping and Frogs croaking all around is one of the best feelings in the world


The rains did not subside at all. So Mobiles and Cameras cozily went into waterproofing until we reached our stay.


All smiles, at the stay at Megur. What started as a small introductory session grew into a large discussion. All thanks to Beers, Whiskey, Rum and Unlimited bakar


We also made sure we made new friends. Meet Gunda, the resident Doggo 1


She didn't have a name. So i named her Gundi, the resident Doggo 2


Also, meet Hemanth, the care-taker's kid. This kid went into all the rooms curiously pointing at gadgets and asking what it does. He got a demo on most of it the next morning. Also, he was curiously keen on wearing the knee pads, i stuck him up with my helmet too


We sure woke up to one of the most beautiful views


A wide angle shot of how the view looked from one of the rooms.


The property at Megur where we stayed. The whole property was ours. Guess we were plain lucky to not be bothered by anyone at 3.30 AM last night


One more beautiful shot of the bikes and the view


Bikes arranged for a quick snap before we bid goodbye to the green land


A panoramic view of the bikes with wind gushing, fog playing and with a slight drizzle.


A customary picture before leaving the stay and head back towards insanity. 300+ kms to base.


Bike sure looked drool-worthy


By the time i reached home, the trip meter showed completion of close to 850 kms and 3 days of one bliss of a ride


Anyway, the R3's performed exceptionally well on the highways, ghats, off-roads, watered roads. Nobody had any issues with any of the bikes in the whole of 850 odd kms of the ride.


That's all from my side, for now



NOTE - Some of the pictures are clicked by the respective owners and they solely belong to them. Not all pictures are clicked by me. Pictures were shared into the Google Drive common folder and pictures are being used here with prior permissions from the owners.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Yes possible. One person from Pune has done it at a cost of around 40K.

Though, my take in this case, would be to sell non-ABS bike and buy the ABS one. ABS is a safety feature and I will not risk it getting retrofitted. But that's me and my very cautious self.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Thanks for the reply. yes the cost will be high. I had the same thing in my mind. But still wanted to get some opinion. Btw I don't have r3 yet. I thought of buying old non abs model and converting it to ABS.