@pratik:eat less and get back to shape. your mileage(also the bike's)will improve.

We all got R15 for things other than average , but getting good average is kind of bonus which I least expected after woes of real low figures riding the Shogun also good to know this does not fall even after bike ridden real hard.
IMO taking curves with ease and total confidence is its main weapon all that money is well spent

Take it easy man!

(I'm glad Pratik has already replied to your post.)

I hope you can see the wide gap between an FE of 27kmpl vs. 45kmpl. That too with people riding bikes of the same make, & during the same trip. That is the cause for concern here. Get that right first.

Regarding your point about riding a commuter/ 100cc bike instead, wouldn't you be happy if you could extract more FE out of your bike?
Like Satyen & you have pointed out, FE is affected by lot of factors, so possibly the member here has something on his bike that needs to be worked on. Aren't we here to discuss & figure out solution to problems, if any.
I'm sure this is the place you will & you do come running to when you face issues with your bike.

Lastly, if according to you, FE is something one shouldn't be concerned about or discuss here, why do YOU check it?

EDIT
What kind of advice is this man!! This is getting personal, & you might as well not have posted I think.

@ Tibby: Read between the lines dude, just read my previous posts and then start tibbling about your stuffs... The guy with whom I am talking, he never said he is getting 27.. he said he is getting 34.. so its a good mileage... but for those getting anything less than that is of course a problem in their bike.
@akhilmuraleedhar: Chill dude... I think your comment just added fuel to the fire to the one who actually need this advice LOL

A question for all the people singing various songs for FE...

Why is that if a person takes care for his bike's FE termed with a mindset prone for commuting?
Fine if we as people are buying top end bikes be it R15, P220, RTR180 or the daddy bikes like R1 or many other of the same kin-ship, i don't think being concerned for the mileage is a wrong thing to do coz we are spending money for that.
Secondly FE to some extent can give a report for the health status of your ride. If its low then either a problem with the bike or with the riding style of the rider or the fuel. Be it any of the reason you get to know the reason and correct it.

Getting a low mileage and thinking of that to be a normal as its a revv friendly bike or a big engine or anything is one's personal opinion. There is no harm in improving something if some one wants that.

I've got friends with R15 and no matter how it was ripped. it gave a constant of 40-42kmpl and there are people getting 50+ as well but that's a different story.

So to sum up if one is concerned with the FE it's not a matter to blow it away thinking a revv friendly ride so more thirsty.
No matter what each ride has certain min. standards/expectations which get established by experience in every day life (and not by company claims) and attaining them is no sin being done!!

No offence to anyone. Just my thoughts.

In post #10526, you have surely quoted Pratik, but you mention about stuff like "1 rs per liter mileage" which wasn't brought up by him.
It would be nice if you can post relevant replies. If you have anything else to say, let talk over PMs. I'm sure it is unwelcome here.
PS: Is tibbling your personal derivation from tibby?

Couldn't have agreed more with you here. FE is one of the means a non-technical (wrt bikes) person could figure out the health of the bike.
There are some guys around who are ignorant/ do not seem to understand that the FE can help you gauge things other than the running cost per Km. This keeps coming up too often on most of the ownership threads. Just ignore them mate.

My bad bro its 17ps and just typing mistake to be true.
And of course anybody who have driven a petrol engine would agree that 137kmph & the bike givin an 35kmpl is just awesome, I just said even if M very light onthe clutch and the throttle it have had never ever returned me figures in upper 30's like 36 -37 or so considering that its Fi , so i was execting that i would have to check with FID or something. and I never ever clamed 145kmph. and very well bro you can really read out a brochure very neatly...

Forget it man you just wont get it... and do check your luck next time probably it wont favor you next time either in a quick reply ..

I don't wanna indulge in a pointless flame

And then ppl say they dont find humors ppl around, I wonder what interesting ideas would pop up when I would say that m just 62kgs and with a height of around 5.8" , finally we are getting so much of a garbage that I wonder when I would get yet another chance to have a word with uber class ppl liike his excellency a.k.a. THE OLD FOX and the one a.k.a.Sunny

anyways so from next on when i shall talk about any dynamics about R15, i must ask about my buddy bhpians weight it seems... LOL

Rightly said and properly put forth, what actually I wanted to pen down in words, kudos

^^ Confirmed with all the check points pointed out earlier for the probable causes for low mileage???

Superb "AVERAGE KYA HAI" discussion here....

I must say it varies a lot on the riding style, but still i never heard about a R15 giving a constant above 50kmpl avg overall, heck my RTR FI never gives above 45 overall..

But the kinda "everything" the R15 gives and delievers, who cares for the 35-40kmpl of average when twisting the throttle in it is so much fun.

Bike hai to yeh discussion hogi in one or the other way!!!

@Pratik: Try changing the filling station.

Once me and my friend rode on an R15 and our average speed was abt 100 (With me as pillion) and there was a patch for almost 20k where the avg speed was around 20 and still the mileage was around 40.

So for once try a different filling station as well.

Alright cut it.

Thing is a lot of factors contribute to efficiency, and respective owners have every right to monitor it and make changes in their riding, or maintain their bikes better.

I heard the newest R15s are coming with 2 horns? Any reliable source?

^^Not true AFAIK. I just booked mine yesterday.

yamaha r15 20000kms ownership review

hi all bhpians, i am new to this site and this is my first review about my black beast yamaha r15, i am doing my final year engineering and i bought this bike at january 2009 ,still now i have done 20000 kms ..........


PERFORMANCE;
absolutely stunning performer when it comes to highway cruising and in tracks , but in cities the sluggish feeling is obvious, the situation becomes worse with pillion, it has low cg and mass concentration at the centre means a lot of stability , in cold climate the fi system system is really awesome it enhances the cold start by getting signals from engine temp sensor,, my friend is having apache 160 fi which troubled starting during cold conditions

TOURING;
touring is my favourite hobby in sem holidays,,,, me and my friends did tour a long way in our bikes ., one of our enjoyable trip is to mudhumalai which is very steep,, one thing with r15 is that, in corners we dont need reduce the speed it gives tat much confidence ,, ride it to feel it, but one thing is to keep tis bike in the powerband is difficult in hills....
MAINTANENCE;
i have done 6 free services and two paid services at 10000 kms air filter , oil filter , spark plug needs to be changed
for every other service the engine oil is changed and they are charging it some 450INR , service centre guys are not good in coimbatore especially in cag ,i have insisted them to do the valve clearance at 15000kms ,, once i insisted them to do the clearance at 10000 kms they some how convinced me....

still now i have't changed the brakepads which is very good coz due to my driving style......

i regularly use fuel injector cleaner once in two months to prevent the injector from clogging....
VERDICT
free reviving sporty engine with excellent riding dynamics

nope no two horns.

BTW a small update from my side. Just received a 300mm petal type front disc that i had ordered for the R15. Looks beautiful in Silver. Pics tomorrow after installation. Comes with an extension plate that increases the distance of the caliper from the disc to accomodate the bigger disc.

Next up, steel braided hose, and a racing master cylinder.