U understood most of the things wrong. Let me make it simple.

1. What bulbs does the R15 use? H4 or H7?
2. When low beam is on only left eye glows & when switched to high beam both glow right?
3. Do u need a dipper badly?

Its a wrong notion that HID's without projectors are waste. Projector only give better spread when used as low beams. They are not great for high beams. Get a 4300K HID. U wont attract cops.

Simple setups:

1. Keep stock lamp or nightbreaker for low beam & get HID for high beam. Use low beam in city. Use high beam on highways. U cant use dipper. It takes time. No cop trouble at all.
2. Use HID in low beam & use your stock bulb or night breaker in high beam. U can use the dipper. Dont have to shift to high beam at all. Good for city riding. Focus the low beam low so u wont attract cops.
3. Use both the HID's. Use low beam in city & high beam on Highways. Enjoy the bright world. U can switch to low beam & then back to high beam for dipping. The best setup.

Upto u to decide the best one for u. When u can afford the HID's no point in coil rewinding done & all.

Hey harshit . I will send you a mail shortly . That should answer all your questions.

9k service + engine oil review

Done with the 9k servicing. Got the following things done
1. Change the front and rear disc pads (the brakes had become soggy)
2. Centre stand installed (about time !)
3. Oil filter change (to happen at 10k)
4. Engine oil change (to AGIP full synth)
The total bill came to Rs 3903.

Here's a break up of the bill, dont know what the items in bold are or if they were required (uncharacteristically I didnt check the bill properly as I needed them to make a couple of changes to the bike during delivery) could someone shed light on them ?
Brake pad kit front - 609
Brake pad kit rear - 991
Main stand - 512
Spring torsion - 111
Shaft main stand - 50
Split cotter pin - 1.5
Element assy oil cle (oil filter I assume) - 383
AGIP synthetic oil - 551

I shifted the Castrol Power 1 Racing at 4500 kms and then to the Motul 300V 15w50 fully synthetic at 7400 kms & now to the AGIP 5w50 fully synthetic at 9300 kms. Just to give you an idea of my daily commute, it involves going from Koramangala to EC which means doing good speeds (110 +) every day with limited city traffic. However between the 4.7k - 6k odo reading I was restricted to pure city riding.

Quick review of both (am no expert so .....)
1. CP1R - Cost 750 bucks. The engine was smooth for the first 2000 kms. After that there as a noticeable drop in smoothness over the next 1000 kays. The engine was really making the need for a change in engine oil known.

2. Motul 300V - Got this based on really good feedback from fellow R15ers on xbhp. The first 10 kms I was really disappointed with it as the engine felt more rough than when it was on the CP1R. Did a few high speed runs on the ring road and felt it was money down the drain. However in a day or two I realised how wrong I was. The bike was brilliant on the 300v and gets a big thumbs up from me. What I hear is that it is well suited for R15ers who do high speed runs regularly (again, I cant back it up with proof, just word of mouth ) The only downer being the price - a whopping 895 bucks. Ouch ! Unfortunately ran it for only 2k kms before I gave it for servicing & since I had to change the oil filter at 10k I moved to the AGIP 5w50 fully synthetic.

3. AGIP 5w50 fully synthetic - Just done 5 kms on the bike so am not in a position to comment. The bike feels smooth. Will have to see how well it performs in comparison to the Motul 300v. Cost - Rs 551

The prices have gone down? When I had gone a couple of weeks ago they were quoting Rs.680&1110!

Yes, those were put onto mine too, the total was around Rs.750 IIRC.
Get the Glady's rubber under the silencer if they don't have the R15's.
Stand works well, but spring makes a different noise from other bikes, a clanging sort of.

Are u sure AGIP u are using is 5w50? If iam not wrong it is available only in 5w40.

You are quoting price from a SVC, and seems like he is quoting price from a Pro-SVC.... and ofcourse both are bloated prices


JD666.... those are some swell parts, which bike is it in the pic.... and what all parts can you supply

thanks

@R-series...i did not mind at all....thanks for the info...so shall i go for 20W50??or is it 15W50 as Sarvajit said?
@Shreyas82...i will stick to mineral oil for dis time.Mebbe get into semi-synthetic next time
@Sarvajit.....not into touring as such...just wanted to get max out of my bike......daily travel of only about 30 kms...shall i go for 15W50 or shall i wait for 6 more months and continue wid Mineral??

Upto you bro...even if I'm using only in city I prefer a longer drain interval of say 4-4.5K kms. for the semi-synth against 1.5-2K kms.for mineral.
Considering the price&life both are double, it works out to the same either way!
Since I'm done with the free services, I don't need to go to the SVC too often now.

I could be wrong here man. I didnt get to see the AGIP can / bottle so I am not 100 % sure.

Pardon my ignorance but whats the difference between the SVC & Pro - SVC ? I gave my bike to the service centre at Orion Motors. The attitude there has seen a marked improvement over my previous experiences with them.

parts are from the malaysian FZ150i.

Direct fit.

There are -

- Front fork stabilizer ( clamps between the front forks above the mudguard
- bigger disc brake
- Rear sets
- Racing levers
- Some high performance CDI/ ignition coil.
- 162cc bore kit
- Racing filter
- HIgh lift cam
- Racing exhaust ( many kinds).

and a few others. I dunno how many are actually beneficial.

Though there is one specific part that i might be looking at getting for myself

- Racing type swingarm ( similar to R1 etc). this should be around ~ 12-13k landed here.

here are a few pics

I meant a Yamaha owned and Yamaha run svc as pro-svc ... they get parts a tad bit cheaper as the other SVCs are actually resllers of the parts and hence have extra sales tax, vat on it

That swing arm looks sweet man....! Thats a nice list...I dont need anything for now, but am copying the list for now. Thanks!

That's some real neat stuff there!

The exhaust & front discs are sexy.

Thought as much. Thanks.

Does anyone know if any of the Yamaha showrooms & service centres in Blore are company owned & operated ?

No pro service centre's in bangalore unfortunately...only in Pune and Delhi I think.