there is no performance difference b/w a 2008 and 2010. it is all the same. the older bikes have their engine internals worn to the correct specifications smoothing out the entire engine. your bike will also feel stronger after an year or so if you do the maintenance right. and stop worrying about fuels and other silly things and ride that thing. me too was paranoid while i was a new owner. almost everyone goes through that stage.

mine is a 2010 model. i use regular fuel(87,88,91 or whatever) and rides real hard. just fill up from a good pump. for a 10.4 compression engine 91 octane is more than enough. i've heard from team bhp that the additives in higher octane fuels clogging the fuel injectors of skodas. and you are also wasting money on high octane fuels. joel also states that he uses normal fuel on his 12.xx compression r15.

3 BHP? OMG, that's impossible! The entire Yamaha racing kit doesn't promise more than 4-5 BHP, that too, with high lift cams, racing spec ECU, Two Brother Racing exhausts, larger sprockets etc etc! Just a filter giving an improvement of 3 BHP is NOT possible Don't expect that much of a difference. It'll probably give you ''slightly'' more Torque at mid range, but everything else will be the same. The entire Yamaha Daytona kit is approx. 70k in the showrooms :P

RTR180 brake and clutch levers cannot be fitted directly on your R15.You will have to change the entire switch gear for that.Instead, find out for some aftermarket levers made for R15 at your place.They must be easily available there.

OH i see . Thanks...!

Just an update. Can't find time with my rotational shifts...
:x

The bike got a host of parts. The footpeg section was replaced. Now the footpeg is aligned properly. Earlier it was slanting downwards (was a real pain during rains, as my foot used to slip off). I also felt an increase in comfort, as now the right leg is more relaxed.

Have bought the steering T. Will put it in sometime. Also the oil's been changed, and the chain will be replaced coming thursday (I can see Sheel smiling).


I heard there's a heavy demand of R15 chainsets. Dunno in other cities. Will also replace the spark plug, front brake pads (do bleeding as well).

Sheesh, so the point of this post is guys, please don't crash your R15s. I'm trying to bring back the new bike feeling. But its a lot simpler if the bike doesn't fall.

It would be nicer if you read the posts slowly, & carefully before commenting. I'm highlighting the keywords of my post in red.
Hoping it makes more sense to you now.

The plastic parts of the LE is costlier than that of other colours. Look at digislayer's parts price link. You will find all details there.


Was this change required as you hit a pothole at high speeds?

How much has your bike covered on the existing chain?
Did it wear out because of normal wear-tear OR due to lack of maintenance OR some other reason?

oooh yeah, i am also smiling. waiting for that speed check.

U will have to get your levers nickel plated...It may cost around Rs.200 for both the levers...

+1 to that brother. All who know me don't need to ask my new year's resolution.

I saw that but It doesn't contain info about the higher pricing of the LE bikes, hence asked here.



I too am interested in knowing that. Plus it'd be great if anyone could answer my question, I rode my bike about 300-400 kms without any lubing (I had cleaned with kerosene but before I could lube, something kinda bad happened and I couldn't do it). Will it severely damage my chain set?

Also, I'm using SAE90 gear oil for lubing these days and that chain noise starts up after 150-200kms of riding. Am I doing it wrong or is it supposed to start after 150-200kms? ANy major drwabacks of using SAE90?(apart from the fact that the damn chain sprays hell lot of oil on my LE white rims)


Thanks for the info buddy, will try to get that done. (Or I may as well change them, the right one is ground quite a bit due to my last crash )

Thanks for the info buddy. I think I'm gonna stick to the r15's levers for a while as I don't know much about after-market products and don't want my bike to be a guinea pig

Have you ever compared your ride with the old model side by side???and how many miles did your baby clock till now???

Well said!

Maybe you didn't ask him the right questions. :P

I have ridden the 08 and 10 and I own a 09 R15 (same as the 08). There's not much difference other than the new one being smoother than mine as it was only 2K kms old and mine had run about 22K kms. I did feel that my bike accelerated quicker during a back to back comparo (the newer bike's powerband felt more linear compared to mine) and during the runs through the city the other bike was behind me but i suspect that had to be the rider riding slower than me as opposed to the new bike being less powerful. But this is not the most ideal way of testing.

Your options are limited as far as increasing the power of a stock bike. Adding an aftermarket filter won't do any good. One can claim any amount of power but a half decent rider on a stock R15 will take out the bike with such silly mods. The real power is always made by the engine. PERIOD.

Get hold of Joel if you are serious about performance on the R15. I personally know how well his bike runs and couple of others done up by him and that's why I vouch for him.

Sounds like 30+ Bakras to me!

They promise a LOT but deliver less than half the claimed figures. The cam is a mild lift cam. The exhaust doesn't bring much performance either. The ECU raises the rev limiter but the stock valve springs aren't built to take the load beyond 11K rpm and can cause valve float. These two bits of performance from the Yamaha-Kit don't give you 3-4 BHP at all. I think Joel is offering race spec valve springs to take care of the shortcomings of the stock valve springs.

actually the blog does contain the info bout pricing. On the R15 parts catalog page you can check for part numbers of both LE version and normal version. If you notice, they'll have different part numbers for the same parts. And if you look up both these part numbers of the same part in the "price list", they're priced differently. Did you know that the new localized ecu costs around 4k Rs while d 2008 one costs around 9k Rs? You can check it there.

And, about the SAE 90, I recently tried it and it doesn't stay on the chain at all for me. By the time it runs 15kms to my coll, the oil spills out completely and by the time it does another 15kms back to my home, the chain is almost dry. My advice, it's useless. And also, dont sweat about those kms you did without lubing. Just take care of it in the future. My chain lasted around 20k kms with minimal maintenance, very minimal. So, I think it'r better to spend 2k Rs on a new chainset every 20k kms than buying a set of lube+cleaner twice. I think it's not practical to use more than 2 or 3 lube sets per chain. But that's just my opinion.



My doubt is, are the stock springs good for even the stock rev limiter? I somehow feel lik my bike's valves float at around 8.5k-9k...but it could be incorrect spark gap too. Just need to confirm..

I want that video, NOW

Have successfully managed till now, hope to continue the same.

Increase in power with filters, YES. But it is mentally. The bike breaths freer because of K&N (resulting in a minuscule increase in performance, not power) nothing more nothing less.

Guys... My bike's rear alloy is bent...... Just three months old and clocked about 4550kms. The problem is it doesn't comes under warranty!! Is it right guys?

^No warranty, but Insurance yes..