Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Adding to [MENTION=61712]ArnabC[/MENTION]'s post from the group.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

So, I tried to get a test ride, and got one at Perfect Riders-Lalbagh.
was hardly a 100m ride in a small dead end (near their service center basically).

Was not enough for me to gauge the bike except that the handlebar squeezes my hand against the tank if I try to turn it in a small lane.
Looking to rent a bike for the weekend to get a better handle!

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hand touching the tank problem will be there. Had it in my bike and my friends machine as well. It touches on the Right side handle bar.
As for renting a bike, they might or might not give you the actual feel as most of the rental services do not take good care of their bikes.
I had rented one few years back (post initial launch) however at that point of time, the bike has only run 5.5k kms. They didnt even change the oil which I realised later that day when OIL started blinking. The rental guy asked me to get the oil replaced and he adjusted the amount from the rent.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

While true, the reason I want a rental is more about seat height, traffic navigability and importantly, riding posture.
Further, will have to see how the pillion comfort is. For these reasons, i feel a longer TR is mandatory, especially if you are investing 4.5l!

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

+1 For Pacer Yamaha Hebbal and Bangalore Wheels Dr.Rajkumar Road Rajajinagar for both sales and service aspects.
Would suggest you to call up either of them and tell them that you'd need a longer test ride to make up your mind for spending 4.5L with them.

Suggest you to pick Pacer Yamaha as it's closer to Airport road flyover and ORR where you can open up the bike a bit and test it out, if you pick Bangalore Wheels you'll be stuck with bumper to bumper gully traffic where in you test of city ridability.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Is it possible to convert non ABS R3 to ABS by paying extra cost

Has anyone done it ?

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

You can do anything by paying extra cost, but you have to ask yourself, is it really worth the money spent, which usually is not. First off, the parts required, the mechanic has to be competent enough to know what he's doing, and then comes to the installation part, then comes the "will it work now" part. In short, if you require an ABS equipped one, sell the current one and get the ABS equipped one, that's easier and less cumbersome than the trouble at hand. My two cents worth.

Cheers!
VJ

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.

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.

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: 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 :-) .

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: 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

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

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