Lastly stop being so cynical about the quality of plastics. It is a bike, not an artificial inflated boob, there is more to it.

Let me address a few things. One, I rode a cbr 250r for almost four years and never, ever, needed ABS. Ever. I did have a few scares but never did it get out of control. And trust me I was always pushing it to its edge.

@Ron Syl - Yeah, the things I've mentioned are my personal views. Because I was one of those who was waiting for R3 since a year or so. I've had FZ for like 4 years now and I'm not a Yamaha hater, in fact I was pushing my brother to buy R3 before I went to check the bike out.

Also to clear things out, all the things I mentioned was in comparison to N300, which felt absolutely well built. I'm not comparing things with KTMs (the switch gear however was the only thing that I could compare to without going 5 km from the Yamaha showroom to check out N300's).

I've ridden TNT 300 and almost decided on that bike. The levers, overall fit and finish of the bike doesn't make it seem to be a Chinese manufactured bike. It's up there with N300. R3 however makes it look like they didn't pay attention to small details like Benelli did. As @Divya Sharan said, R3 compares to RC390 in terms of overall quality, but N300 is a notch above.

And the features I meant when I said in point 4 was lack of Deltabox frame, having normal suspensions (N300 has 37mm telescopic forks though and even N650, CBR650F have 41mm telescopic :<), steel swingarm, no cross-plane crankshaft (which was highly expected to be in R3 and it still is for the new R6). N300 doesn't have such features too. All these may seem like what a normal buyer would never think and doesn't even matter for normal riding (Star City would also be fine, if we think about commuting) but when they market it like that, it's kind of funny.

But I believe there are a lot of bikers out there who think about these first and jump to deciding whether to book it or not. I was one of those who wanted the acceleration, maneuverability, components used, ABS before the sound and premium-ness.

I also believe Indonesian manufacturing capability isn't that much higher than that of India's. All that's needed is quality control and absolutely amazing products can be made in India (No Modi promotion here. lol :P), just my view.

And as I said in the 1st point of the positives, the engine is what matters. Choosing a bike is always personal just like music, you can't say one is better than the other but that doesn't mean the lyrics and music can't be criticized.

Many people upgrading from R15 to R3 might say something about the Yamaha brand, but if you look at the bike itself without the brand, it doesn't offer anything better than N300 and even less than the KTMs (comfort maybe, that also may depend on the person). And Yamaha after sales service isn't something to brag about, trust me I know.

Gyus, @Gunslingin_Ridr and Ron Syl

I think this is R3 owner's review and experiences thread and we should allow the owners to put their views and experiences with bike. We did lots of discussions about the bike without experience it ride.

@Gunslingin_Ridr, I am in the same boat where you are now, but I want to hear something new from the owners so I can think positive about R3, otherwise we have still other options open.

I don't get why the other thread was closed and this started when almost everyone is saying the same things. Except maybe the owners. Who mostly seem to be happy.

P.P.S: figure what you want a bike for. Find the one that seems to fit, or at least is a good base and then mould it according to yourself. Of all the things I have read here, apart from ABS, everything can be sorted. Lastly stop being so cynical about the quality of plastics. It is a bike, not an artificial inflated boob, there is more to it.

Guys,

If the thread is inactive that means the bike is awesome. [emoji14] if you want activity check D390 thread..

Hi Buddy, congratulations on your new bike. I see you are also a Ninja 300 owner. I too own a Ninja 300. There have been few discussions regarding build quality between Ninja 300 & R3. Ninja though has good quality however, it is not without issues. Issues like

1. Indicators, headlamps and speedometer console fogging during every rain
2. Rusting of exhaust
3. Breaking of foot pegs.

I hope R3 is without these issues.

I read somewhere R3 requires blip of throttle to start her from cold. Is that true? Not that I am looking to buy R3 now, however, I am thinking of swapping my NInja 300 with the R3. I don't want to upgrade to a higher capacity bikes and want to move within Japanese manufacturers offerings in 300 to 400cc range.

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I am waiting for your ownership experience.

1. It does not matter to me what you hate or love.


The 6 r3 owners i know a riding left and right and are happy. no wonder they are not interested in posting.
And ROFLMAO on your last line

Hi Buddy, congratulations on your new bike. I see you are also a Ninja 300 owner. I too own a Ninja 300. There have been few discussions regarding build quality between Ninja 300 & R3. Ninja though has good quality however, it is not without issues. Issues like

1. Indicators, headlamps and speedometer console fogging during every rain
2. Rusting of exhaust
3. Breaking of foot pegs.

I hope R3 is without these issues.

I read somewhere R3 requires blip of throttle to start her from cold. Is that true?
No nothing like that, it starts on cold easily. humm.. Maybe I didn't observe because I am in Mumbai and here its not that cold.
I believe the bike is EFI.
if Yamaha R15 doesn't give cold starting problems why would the R3 give?
I guess people living in Delhi will be able to better enlighten.

I am waiting for your ownership experience.

Guys,

If the thread is inactive that means the bike is awesome. [emoji14] if you want activity check D390 thread..

2. You should be praising tnt300 in the tnt thread. i am sure it will help prospective buyers there a lot.

3. If you were following the R3 launch thread then you would know the discussions that happened on the frame, abs and so on. its really redundant here.
i am guessing you are also talking about the absence of inverted forks. again redundant here.
The r3 has offset cyl. read about it please. here

5. You are contradicting yourself. once you say abs and premiumness is very important and once you say engine is what matters. make up your mind please. The thing about criticizing : the critics too get criticized. i can say stuff about vibes in rc390 too in the rc thread. but guess what it does not help in anyway. buyers will buy and learn to live with it because you paid the amount it asked for. itne paise main itna hi milega.

yes the starter takes more thn 2 clicks to start once the engine heats, had a problem when the signal turned green & bike didn't start.

I checked about this with abhishek sircar and 2 more r3 owners including arnab today . None had that issue. They however said that once u crank the engine you have to give a little throttle to start At same time . This is similar to n300 is what they said. I think that's the reason ankit didnt have similar problem. So its not a issue as per them but kinda a thing to do. This we had noticed when we were picking up abhis bike.