Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Congrats buddy.even I look at every Yamaha to check if it is r3.haven't seen a single one in pune as yet.hope to see yours soon.by the way did u get a test ride.from where.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Thanku
I won't even call it a test ride. Rode it for a few meters in slow tilak road traffic with the showroom guy sitting pillion. Have asked them to give a proper test ride before my bike arrives. And this also they are giving because I have booked the bike.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Even I was using Yamaha Libero for around 10-11 years (father's), it was super smooth and powerful for its class. Whichever father had, I had also layed hands on it, CD Deluxe, Chetak, etc. Then I bought new Pulsar 220 on 2014 September with my money and I had it for exactly one year. I sold it on Oct 2015. I bought it because the long term liking for the pulsar from childhood. I took care of it very well, promptly changed oil, lubed, serviced, it looked like it came out of showroom everyday. It didn't gave me any major issues but very soon I could clearly feel that the bike going two lanes next to me is smother than mine even if wasn't maintained for years then I felt very disappointed... I was riding a mixer grinder grinding stones. I'd say pulsar 220 is a premium 125/150 cc bike, it can't even match the riding quality of FZ or fazer.
Anyway I'm very glad that I got Yamaha R3. Done with the first service. The bike went smooth to super smooth. And also a bit more silent. I like the grunt it makes and the sweet houl on accelerating, just wow!

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Got the bike serviced. Paid around 1500 rs which is a quarter of what I paid for ninja 650 two days back. So that is a good feel. Now I frequently fail to resist the urge to not take it above 8000. Quite nice it feels to occasionally take it till 9000. Apart from that all is well.
Also, just reset the oil change indicator if you get the bike serviced before 1000kms. I got it done at around 980. There is an oil trip meter just reset it otherwise oil will keep flashing on the console.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

How would compare the two beasts? I am torn between these two.. feel like its better to just upgrade to a 650cc class and skip the 300cc class..

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

What is your current bike? If you have already experience on a 300 for a couple of years, then you should graduate to the 600cc class definitely.But if you are coming from a commuter bike like me, then 300cc R3 should be enough and the R3 is forgiving and learner friendly.But it boils down to your requirement.That said with more power comes more responsibility . You are basically riding a weapon and a mistake can create havoc to you and your surroundings.
Personally, its always better to ride a small bike fast rather than a big bike slow. best of luck

Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

I had CBR before I bought the ninja. It was fun but just didn't give me enough thrills any more. Ninja is a brilliant long distance tool. I have done 1200 kms in two days without getting too tired. It is super comfy and just eats up the miles. In long sweeping corners it is good fun too. But when it comes to reducing radius corners and ones with changing cambers it is just too heavy. At slow speeds you just feel a bit troubled by it being more loved by gravity.
And honestly my initial plan was to sell ninja and get a street triple or Ducati monster or cbr 650. Cbr didn't make much sense. Ducati turned out to be too expensive and both of them would be a bit scary to take to places like chitkul or Leh or such places which I think more about than I go to. Eventually I went back to keeping two bikes. And r3 was settled for because I know it will be cheap to maintain and fun to be ridden in city and on twisty roads in the hills where the roads might not be the best.
In short ninja is to go anywhere except hills and r3 for hills.

And if you also want to tour a lot and don't want to do too much of knee scraping in the hills ninja is quite possibly the most sensible bike for this country.

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What a line bro..!! Loved the last line, " its always better to ride a small bike fast rather than a big bike slow"

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

If you can afford it then why not, given that you will take your time sensibly to learn it.
I rode my friends ninja 650 when I had only pulsar 220 and it didn't intimidate me with all its power. Just need to take our time to tame it.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Own a 2008 R15.. have had reasonable experience with the ninja 300.. pretty decent bike for urban sports commute.. power delivery doesnt exactly intimidate.. R3 i had a little test ride and it felt bigger than the ninja but not sporty enough.. power delivery was smooth and i liked it better than the ninja 300.. Previously the only thing that kept me from upgrading to the ninja was the cost of spares cause everything on the ninja is just too damn expensive.. R3 is more livable but my only gripe is with the riding position and that rear brake lever..
Lets see.. i had planned for the benelli 600 but ninja 650 seemed more practical and now this little R3 is confusing me even more..

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

If u happen to get the 600i don't forget to put the XL55 exhaust. It's the best sounding bike I ever heard till date

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Both the 600s you mentioned are awesome. You cant go wrong with anyone of them. The 600i has the old R6 engine and the Kawasaki Ninja 650 is one of the best sports commuter.I wish Yamaha had the FZ6R in India. If you could wait and are open to sports classic, i would suggest to wait for the new Triumph Street Twin that would have ABS,Ride by wire,etc.
The Yamaha R3 is a fun bike and yes it has lots of fan following across the world that translates to more accessories,more rubber options from manufacturers ,etc as all manufactures are trying to cash in the customer base of this little Yammy.

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Hey forty6,
How many bikes do you own or owned before? I envy you man!
You went from CBR250 to ninja300 and then to Ninja 650. Now thinking about R3 also.

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Yeah both are great bikes.. the benelli sound heavenly but i am still not sold on the long term reliability front.. ninja650 scores aces but its exhaust is just meh.. i am waiting for yammy to bring their competitor.. plus not in a hurry to get one.. hopefully by april next year.. lets hope yammy showcase something awesome at the auto expo in feb otherwise will settle for the R3.. thanks everyone for the replies.. wish all of you many many happy miles with your beauties..

Re: Yamaha YZF R3 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Got my R3 last evening. So many things were running in my mind during delivery, that I could not focus on a single thing. Was just putting signatures, thumb impressions on forms and nodding to the instructions.

Was sheepishly smiling while posing for photographs (came out pretty bad due to the low light). Had to do PDI holding the cellphone flashlight. Checked and double checked for scratches, rust etc. Thankfully everything turned out to be okay.

The showroom closed down and I was till standing there. Staring at the big black machine which was now mine. My mind was just refusing to register this. I guess this is what is called 'going emotion less due to overwhelming emotions'

Thank you God for the wonderful machine

First ride impressions :

The ride back home was through thick pune evening traffic. The bike heated up quite a bit after a ride of 4-5 kms with the fan working full time. Road presence is great and gives a big bike feel. Most people won't register this as something different from the R15, especially with the jet black color scheme blending in the night. And by the time they do, you would have already crossed them. A petrol pump attendant also assumed that this was an R15, asking "Sir 85 thousand ki hai na yeh", I said "Nahi 3 lakh 66 hazaar ki hai" and was gone before he could pick up his dropped jaw This stealth is turning out to be a blessing in disguise for me. Even the society chillar party of kids didn't throng my bike in parking unlike what they had done for my Duke.

The bike is pretty confident in start stop traffic with no frequent gear shifts required. The torque spread is more than sufficient to handle Indian traffic conditions. I could do 30kmph in 3rd gear without any protest from the engine. But it really comes into character on opening up. I only got a few hundred meters of open stretches, and could open up the throttle a bit. My GOD! the bike just flies! And the sound amplifies as fast as the grin on your face

The braking is pretty decent too, although I would have preferred a better positioned rear brake lever.

The headlight throw is pretty good even though only one head lamp works for low beam.

Taking U-turns is surprisingly easy and the bike is not very heavy to handle.

The horn is pathetic. Sounds like a moped horn.

Rear view mirrors are usable and provide good visibility.

Console looks cool. Especially in the night. The gear shift light is the coolest bit, although I could hardly reach the 7k rpm limit at which it is set.

Suspension is set at the default setting of 3 and is perfect for Indian road conditions.

The pillion seat is livable. But with nothing to hold onto, the pillion will have to clutch on to the rider for dear life. However long tours could be uncomfortable for the pillion.

The riding position is not extreme and does not tire the rider.

Well, these are some thoughts that I could conjure up in words. The mind is still abuzz and the feeling has still not sunk in.