Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hello All,

I was following this forum from a last few months and now planning to buy a new R15s after reading the ownership experiences in this thread. But before I buy, I would like to take advice on some points from you guys:

1. Is this a good time to buy R15s considering the BS-IV norms? AHO is already there in the new breed of R15s, but can I expect anymore updates like CBS or ABS in coming days?


2. How much mileage I can expect? I do not drive more than 60-70kmph and use average acceleration.


3. If I buy an R15s then how should I use it in initial months for tuning it to return a better mileage?

Thanks,

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

I have been using the bike for last 6 months since I switched over. I wanted a good bike for city running and occasional highway blasts. This bike suited me perfectly.

Initial 10 odd days was tiresome, getting used to the aggressive riding position, I started to develop aches on my shoulders and wrists, palms very frequently. But Once I got used to the position , It now a bliss to ride in city conditions.

I dont think R15S will be updated considering V3 is on the verge of launching. I get a decent mileage of 48-50 kmpl inside city when I ride under 5k rpm and I got 54-56 kmpl in highways under constant riding at 90-100 kmph.

Initial days, dont revv it hard, give the bike progressive throttle. If you are not used to such supersport like position and it will be a mistake on your part once you buy. So, if you have a trusting friend who can lend his bike for a good 10-20 kms, get a feel for the ride.

Most showroom dont give long rides or someone accompanies with you while taking a TD.

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TheArcher84;1280109: You're great! Thank you for sharing your experience. It is very helpful for me. You're getting a very good mileage with your R15s (Touchwood).

I driven my friend's R15V2 for a good 40 kms and felt aches on my shoulders and wrists, but honestly I enjoy the riding. I am sure I will be used to the aggressive riding position in few days. I believe, it is very difficult to understand friendliness to a riding position after a short TD, also you can't skip the initial pain if you're not habitual to the aggressive riding position. The main point is you can survive the initial pain or not?

Waiting for some more responses...

Thanks,

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

PS : I own a March 2014 R15V2. Feel free to ask any more queries that you might have.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

Along with Ankey's spot on response, I'd like to add -

I own a R15S since 8 months. You won't be able to avoid shoulder and wrist(mostly right) pain in longer rides(200+ KMs) due to this being not so natural position for our bodies, however your body will get used to of this riding position in a few days itself. I'm 5'5" and it took me 15 days to come at peace with this position.
City rides in stop-go traffic take a toll on the wrist as well but that can be managed by bending the elbows and gripping the tank with thighs, which frankly I haven't been able to do so far.

On the plus side, this position doesn't present you with any backache.

As suggested, keep your core body strong with workout, take some short breaks in long rides, which we actually should with any kind of bike.

As for the bike itself, this is an example of great engineering. However a bike is as good as we take care of it, so regular service and in-house lubing & stuff will keep you pretty happy with this bike.

Regards.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

I would not be typing this if I had not been through the Initial stages..Would I ? Actually it does pain, It even put a -ve thought in my mind whether I made the right decision or not. Now, I want to take those words back. may be I feel the lack of power at times, But I can live with that. I am not an aggressive rider whom I used to be 5-6 years before with my 220.

Since you have taken good amount of Kms with your friends bike, I hope you understand now how it will feel for any newbie jumping on a bike having a Super sport like position.

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Boys from Chennai,

Need some advice as where I can fit in Angel Eyes / Projector lamps for my R15S. Is it good to approach the SVC guys just to keep the warranty in Check or go to GP road ??

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

Brother, If I may give you a suggestion on gripping tank with your thighs.. It is said that the proper way of riding a super sport bike is to grip the tank with your thighs and leave your upper body as loose as possible. But my 3 years of experience in commuting to office and weekend 200+ kms rides to my home town has taught me that it is easier said than done.

It is very hard to grip the tank with your thighs for a long period of time. They too are muscles and will get tired after some time. So what I do is, keep changing the position every few minutes when I am touring. I mean, I grip the tank with my thighs at first but after some time I get tired, so I release the tank and put weight on the shoulder and wrists, then when my wrists and shoulders start to hurt, I switch back to gripping the tank with thighs. I regularly do long rides on my bike without any stops for about 4-5 hours and this has worked for me for the past 3 years.

I am not sure if this is a good practice or not (more experienced riders might give some more tips), but this technique has worked out for me so far. try doing this and I hope it will help in long trips on your R15. Cheers.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

That is the *only* way I've been able to sit through longer rides(200+ KMs) - switching my butt-hand-leg's position around the seat and the bike throughout the ride. Glad I'm not alone in this ordeal.

And yes, I can't really grip the tank for mainly two reasons - first, my thighs don't reach that part of tank where I can grip(lol) and second, it gets tiring within 3-4 minutes as you said.

The only issue which seems to emerge as a major one for me right now is - the throttle hand's thumb & its joint pains, and pains a lot during and after a long ride. I have narrowed that down to the gloves because without gloves, its much less. I've used Pro-biker cheaper gloves before and it was worse then. Currently using Scoyco's racing gloves, the situation still is same even though the movement range is okay. I think I might have to remove the grip pads(cushions) which I had added to marginalize the impact on wrists, as they seem to be increasing the width of my grip, thus causing strain on the thumb joint. That's what I think.

I'm also planning to get the clip-ons a little higher, without fQing with the forks height. Brainstorming on that as of now.

And much thanks for your reply bro, you've always been very helpful.

Regards.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

Always happy to Help.
Do let me know if you find a suitable way to get clip-ons a bit higher, without hampering the handling characteristics of the bike. I too would like that.
Ride safe Brother.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

R3 and r15 has 41 mm forks right?
If yes, it must be a direct fit.




Sorry if am Wrong!

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

My idea is to get hold of or fabricate slightly taller clip-ons with current dimensions, without even touching the fork alignment.
E.g. the RS200 ones. Those buggers are really high.

No idea buddy. My manual doesn't even mention the fork size, just says Telescopic front.
No clue on the R3 ones either.

Regards.

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RS200 has 37mm forks, r15 has 41mm I think, since you are trying to get it done fabricated, see if anything canbe done on RS200 handle bars to so that it suits R15.

RS200 handlebar is alloy.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

I too got pains initially on the wrist and even now but no back pains ever. The riding position makes the spine to lean at an angle so the shocks wont be transferred to the spine. I cant say wrist pain rather its a soreness and its due to the angle of the handle bar which causes uneven pressure across the palm. 30 secs of rubbing the palm in the breaks will make it back to normal. I would rather have the palm soreness for few secs than suffering with back pain for the whole day. BTW bike has completed 24K kms in 14 months.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

For the guys who are planning to increase the handlebar height for comfortable touring.

The fork dia of R15 is 39mm, just 2mm bigger than Pulsar 200s, after going through the videos of Gixxer sf owners using the clip ons ons of R15 which is 2mm lesser than Gixxers(41mm).
Same way R15 could use the clipons of NS/RS 200.


Its explained in this video



Cheers.

Re: Yamaha YZF- R15 S Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hello all,

Few clarifications needed between R15 V2 and R15S

Comparing R15 V2 and R15S, I see there is a drop in cc (149 in R15S vs 149.8 in R15 V2)and in ps (16.58 in S and 17 in V2). I would like to know, from your riding experience, if there is a considerable difference in power between the V2 and S. Also I read somewhere that V2 has an O2 sensor, does R15S also have it? And the spec sheet (as seen in yamaha website) of V2 says the engine has 4 valves but it's not mentioned in R15S spec sheet page. Can someone confirm that R15S also has 4 valves?

All in all, in real world performance, is there something that's missing in R15S compared to R15 V2?

Thanks and cheers.