Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Do you mean to say that even though the parts for ninja are locally supplied now ,then too r3 will be on the cheaper side when it comes to maintenance?
Please help

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

They have mentioned that only the wiring and other non mechanical i.e. Wire Harness faring bits and bobs are sourced form India the bike is still a CKD so, maintenance will still be the same if not a slight cheaper. If you're serious about purchasing you could visit the showroom and enquire kawasaki staff are generally well informed would be able to provide you with a accurate answer.

Vardhaman: ride on the Delhi Highway

Thank you so much for sharing this.. wish I had saved the handle bars...its been so long that I have misplaced them somewhere and not finding it.


Week before last we were lucky to have a dry sunday(though it did rain later during the day). I went out on a short ride towards Vardhaman.

Sharing the pics...


The roads are generally empty and well marked.


The roads simply invite to go full throttle.


At one place though I did notice cops with speed guns.




You don't have many habited places adjoining the highway so there is less chance of someone entering the highway abruptly.








Very smooth roads and absolutely no humps in this short stretch.

regards,
Jawed

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Anyone has faced/facing Tappet issues on your R3?
If yes where did you get it fixed? Valves(8 pieces) were only replaced or something else?

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

What exactly is the problem? are you hearing some knocking noises or do you have power delivery problem...or power loss at higher RPMs?

Anything to do with the cylinder/block/engine, you must get them done at the SVC only and that too where you have confidence on the person...not all Yamaha SVC are equipped to open up the internals of higher capacity bikes. The FNG guy may mess things up more than sorting them...my 2 cents..

regards,
Jawed

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hello Guys,

I am interested at owing an R3, looking at both used and new ones and depending on the deal also.
Can you guys kindly share how easy/not is to maintain R3 in terms of service costs, availability of spares and services intervals/quality.


Having ridden R3 (rented) for close to 800 kms, i am very comfortable with the ride quality, maneuverability etc. But I have got mixed feedback of the above points and hence the confusion.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

The spares are available but not off the shelf. Generally the SVC would take 10 days to 4 weeks to get them.
The service charges are very reasonable. The standard service charges are higher than what they are for R15 or other lower models. But its not so high that you will feel it. It would be approx. in the same range as KTM

What I have heard is that the spares are service, both are costlier for Kawasaki.

I have run my R3 for more than 30K kms now. The routine service etc has been pretty cheap.

regards,
Jawed

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Thanks Jawed.

That's reassuring. I had talked to couple of Ninja owners who said it otherwise and I found it surprising when they mentioned it was cheaper to maintain Ninja (although i have read about expensive service and spares).

As i plan to use it for both my daily commute and weekend rides looking for something that doesn't cost a lot to maintain especially with the more Kms it covers.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Tappet issue is the problem. None of those which you have mentioned. Its just a rattling sound like small nut and bolts in a tin box been shaked during cold start and subsidizes when bike heats up.

I have already got it checked and valves have arrived. I was just trying to take views if anyone else have faced it until now.
Don't overthink, it may mislead you in future.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Aaah..ok..got it now. BTW how many kms has your bike done till now...and did this tappet noise start abruptly or has it increased gradually over time?

The recommended interval for valve clearance adjustment is 42k kms for the R3, in case you are close then you might consider getting it done as well.

getting testy..are we?...no issues..each to his own !

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

This has increased over a time couple months and over 4k kms.

Bike is sitting at 60k kms on odo right now.
Getting it fixed hopefully by tomorrow.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

they are changing the valves ? Not adjusting the clearances by replacing shims ?
60k too early for new valves.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences


When R3 was first launched in India in 2015 I was among the first who wanted to buy, but pricing killed my plans.
I wanted R3 because of brand name, boredom with my then existing smaller bike, powerful sports tourer features.

Luckily I got my hands on a brand new second hand bike(hardly 330kms run) in a steal deal(got it in a price which I wanted to).
Until then I have not regretted taking that decision.
Maintenance is much cheaper as compared to my existing bikes(R15 or Duke200)
I have tried following the service manual to an extent whenever time for oil change has come.
I have not done periodic servicing as suggested by manual because that is to early to do.
1) I have regularly changed engine oil(Motul 7100 10w40), air filter and oil filter every 5000kms
2) Changed spark plugs at every 20k kms(using NGK CR9E)
3) Changed front brake pads at 37k kms
4) Changed chain sprocket at 37k kms
5) Changed Fork oil at 25k and 50k
6) Changed Fork springs at 50k
7) Swing arm greasing at 30k
8) Wheel bearing greasing at 30k. Checked wheel bearings at 55k kms and they are good to continue
9) Have replaced low beam headlight multiple times as it gets fused in 400-500hrs usage
10) Rear brake pads still going good at 60k
11) Coneset still going good at 60k
12) Using K&N air filter from last 15k kms(Cost of filter 4700 and cost of recharger kit 1400)
13) Brake overhaul every 15k kms which include brake line bleeding with Dot4 oil, cleaning of calipers and discs and scrubbing brake pads with sand paper.
14) I clean and wash bike and chain every 900 kms and lube using Yamaha dry chain lube costing 1420 rupees a can and last around 8 sprays and use diesel to clean.

My Servicing at every 5000 kms have been usually oil change, oil filter change, clutch lever adjustment, brake adjustment, chain slack adjustment which amounts to under 3000 bucks including price of motul oil, oil filter cost, general service cost, washing and lubing.


So every 5000km cost me around 3000 maintenance cost and around 13500 rupees fuel(as per riding style).

Currently at 60k km at odo I have replaced tyres only once after running on MRF stock tyres for 23k kms, Michelin PSD for 35k kms and good to go for next 5k kms max. (Used Ralco and ceat combination for a trip and then didnt used).

I have not made changes on bike apart from replacing stock tyres, stock air filter and spark plugs.
Planning to get powerful headlamps, brakelines and another set of tyres soon.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Exactly what I was trying to bring out. From what little I have learnt from the numerous videos of similar engines, the symptoms are pretty similar for the valve clearance adjustment and the valves going bad..(the knocking noise)...but in case of valves going bad, I understand that there will be significant loss of compression pressure as well which will lead to power loss...
But isolating the exact cause is a complex procedure and takes time..(source: R3forums). Even the valve clearance adjustment requires lots of labour because of which the SVC tries to keep away from doing this.

regards,
Jawed

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Wow !!! Thanks a lot for the ownership/service details, I am sure would benefit me and others as well.

Going buy it I don't think this is any where close to a Ninja interms of service/spare cost, R3 comes out a lot cheaper and definitely pocket friendly.