No problem with the bike, but it is designed that way, 2 piston caliper up front&single piston at the rear. You need to use more of the front to stop it, applying only rear will cause it to skid badly. Like Krishnakant said, try 70-30 braking or even 80-20.

Now that is real good news, since my rear pads are due for replacement at the next service, which is 1K kms.away.

If you have not cracked it on your own, then demand a warranty replacement.

Warranty for that too, then!
Btw did your other parts arrive?

Looks smashing.

Are they still working? Both my sets (original+warranty replacement set) conked off within a month or two!

I agree that the road presence is better, but a huge looking bike which doesn't handle that well or go really fast just doesn't cut it for me atleast.

OMG 2 pairs within a month hard going bro, but luckily mine are still working (touch wood) on the contrary my friends position LED lasted for just 1 month or so but he never claimed for warranty the SVC ppl said that electrical accessories don't have one , To add to this all the other asscessories i.e. anodized ones of my bike have had faded in a matter of 1-2 months and i have made clame for that but no reply over an year so , I think i have to live with that

Need Help Sound from the rear BRake pad

Guys,
As i told you all earlier i have changed my Rear brake pad as per the instructions of the service centre guys, after only 2980 KMS. now i have the new one. but now when i apply the brake i hear some scraching sound from the rear . so i thought it was due to the new brake pads So i tried to brake it quite often to remove the sound. but still it persists. But today to my surprise i started hearing sound of some thing scratching while i ride the bike without any brake applied, guys what can be the problem. is my DIsk bent? Does that's the cause of worning out of my earlier disk pad? OR is it a problem with the installation of the new Diskpads? if the disk is bent without any reason, is it under warranty?

Please reply soon as i'm going to the service center (Perfect Riders bangalore) tommorow.

Just a gentle reminder - guys who have bought their R15s between June 2008 and June 2009 need to get their radiators replaced free of charge from Yamaha service centres. Apparently there is a time frame within which this needs to be done as well (they didnt tell me the date). You will need to remind them to do it, I gave my bike last week to Orion and they didnt mention it. I had to call them and tell them to do it.

hi,,
your parking lights are not les then headlights ..where can i get them in banglore..
in which area and whats the cost..???
and how to install them(any speciall process required)...Any -ve effect on battery??

@thx neil .

Will get that replaced , Never had any leakage ever :-)

Santa

@neil - thanks for the update, ill follow it up.

jd the petal disk looks amazing!!........would love to see it in person

yeh!!
the bigger discs luks fantastic!

even the braking gets imporved
still i am happy with the stock ones..

Bought my bike in May 2009. I checked with Perfect Riders when I had been there 2 weeks ago, & they had a list of chassis numbers for which the replacement was warranted (list sent across by Yamaha). My bikes's chassis no. didn't feature in that, & so I wasn't eligible for the free radiator change.
Apparently, a batch (or more) of the radiators might have issues, reason why Yamaha is repalcing them FOC.

@neil--wish you had posted it a week back,
as the SVC to which i go is a good 190kms away(round trip) and the roads aren't in great shape.
Thanks for the update though

would like to see everyone's R15,
let me start with mine--
March '09 purchase, a measly ~9500kms on clock(Thanks to fazer and other cages)

hid for r15

i live in malappuram,kerala
i just bought yzf r15
i want to change its headlights to hid projector lamps (with angel eyes)
where can i buy it?
how much will it cost?

pls help

Spoke with the showroom owner and as per him the changes are warranted because the horn was mounted on the radiator which caused breakage of the radiator in case of a spill.
and they had done the mods already on each R15 they received on their own from the very beginning.
and he inquired whether i faced any problem with my current unit, to which i replied- No, as i am not facing any issue.

^Owner is known to me(a relative as well) and offers discounts and i am satisfied with them overall as of now, and as per them if the need arises my radiator shall be replaced.

No sweat. Just check 3 things, the steering head, the rim and the disc.
Sorry. No arguments..
1) Which parts are damaged? Maybe we'll narrow it when we have a list.
2) The seal isn't working. 2 options, getting a replacement, or using some sealant (check Sunny/digislayer's blog. He had opened his headlight assembly, and he knows which kind of glue to use).
3) Check the pads and the disc yourself. If the disc is badly grooved, and has thinned less than 4mm (check in several places on the disc), replace it.
The foot isn't very sensitive. You can't get the precision that comes naturally to your hands, with your foot. So invariably, you end up pressing the rear brake harder than needed. Use maximum front braking. If you're not using it, practice using it first before you ride it on public roads.
Yeah! Even the front pads cost just 390 now!! And still imported from Singapore. Try getting the headlight replaced under warranty. If its within warranty, they bloody well replace it.

And that happens with all fuel meters. Just to be on the safe side, get the console checked too. My friend's console also had stopped working after the backlight used to dim.
Cool man!! BTW did you try finding out the price of just the brake kit (from the R15's race kit)? That might have worked out cheaper.
Amazing man! But mighty expensive for LEDs!
The scratching might have been because of improper assembly. There is a clip kind of thing which holds one of the projections on the brake pads (if you see the pads, you will see they have projections on both ends). That clip is stuck to the black brace on which the entire caliper assembly 'floats'. If the clip comes off, the mech might have installed it the wrong way, and it scratches the disc. I'd done this once by mistake too.

@svjhonda

hey thanks...ill try that....