Got my babe serviced ^^ Run 3055 kms 3rd service now no issues till now but i feel the byk's vibrating from under the tank while revved above 5k ..... dunnoe if its just me coz i left my byk for about 5 days at SVC.......

Why did you leave it there for 5 days?

Was out of station......

hi guys please help me. am planing to buy R15 next jan. i just want to know is it comfortable to ride R15 on hilly roads.

has anyone used the Yamaha OEM LED lights for the R15???
how long do they last? a few months?? or longer??

yup.

man! i thought it was only me who did that!! even i cant stop looking at another R15 passing me even when i myself am riding it! damn why are our bikes so damn smoking hot?! lol!

hey buddy i faced the same problem as you ...i had booked my bike on 13th Spt this year and was told that i would get it in the first week of Oct but i got it on the 24th Oct ... u can imagine how very frustrating that was ! and the culprit ??? it was the CWG ... bikes going out of Delhi were halted because of the Games and security issues ... i had to call up yamaha every other day to ask them about the progress!! but u are lucky buddy as there are no more Games and all that ! all your waiting is worth the bike ! i found it out on the first day of getting my mean machine ! so just chill bro!
oh yeah and even i couldnt stop about dreaming my bike hehe!

I had them. They blew off My Relay in 2 weeks. Later on learnt that, The Battery cannot support a 55W Bulb unless you do some electrical cutting outs and etc. Sold them, and got HIDs. Much Better!

Me & Saravjit are the victims, mine lasted for barely a week.
There is no warranty & it is too costly, you will get a better deal if you look around.

I have been using since past 5 months w/o any relays, no problems reported so far.

i have one question. do the racing kits which the Yamaha people are selling worth buying. in mumbai total cost for the kit is Rs. 58000/-. it includes Daytone Exhaust, ECM, Petal Disc and performance brakes and something more i don't remember. but is the Exhaust and ECM worth for the cost and will R15 perform to the best with this.
Thanks in advance.

Contact Joel and get more powerful R15 than even Ninja 250. BTW, your investment will lesser than 58K for sure.

How does the battery cope with twin HIDs in city traffic? (around 3k-4k rpms)

how many people from Pune here??

Stock battery very with Twin HID at 3K very bad within 2-3 mins orange light on the console will lit up. I had to change the battery to 5Amp. or better keep only 1 HID on in low beam.

Yamaha service camp in chennai!!

GUYS THERE IS A SERVICE CAMP IN YAMAHA!!

DATE : 18-11-2010 , 19-11-2010 , 20-11-2010

VENUE : PARAS YAMAHA SERVICE CENTER

TIME : 10am-6pm

*Free Service

*Free polishing

*Fun games

*5% off on spare parts

Front Tire replaced under Warranty

The front tire had a crack of a few inches. Yamaha SVC has given me a letter asking MRF to examine and replace the tire under warranty. On calling up MRF, they said an engineer would need to check the tire in person, and he would be available only late afternoon. This meant taking a day off from office.

Yesterday, I took a day off as I had a bad cold. Fixed an appointment with the MRF engineer for 4pm. First, brought the local tire puncture guy to remove the front tire. What a mammoth task! After removal, the bike was resting on a huge brick and a wooden plank where the front tire lies, and couple of sand-bags placed to the bike's left to save it in case of a fall!

As luck would have it, the MRF gowdown cum service center was very far(Quthbullapur, Hyd - 21kms) from where I stay, and I had to book a cab, spending 350 bucks in the ride itself.

At the godown, the MRF guys replaced the tre without any fuss! However, I was asked to pay 235 bucks for the using the tire for 4000kms. Something like the depreciation that is taken into account when you put in a claim to Insurance companies for rubber and steel parts. I did protest, but seemed it was a standard rule, and I could do nothing about it. Asked for the price of the tire, and was quoted a figure of Rs 1200 or so. The guy did add that these tires sell for much higher, as their availability was rare! Also,he said I was the first person in Hyd to get a tire replaced under warranty!

Returned home, happy with the outcome. Had saved quite a lot, had I purchased the tire at close to Rs 2000 elsewhere. Brought the local tire puncture guy to fit the front tire on the bike. Was heart-broken to see the guy beat the tire onto the rim mercilessly. I couldnt think of an alternative, and it left a lot of scratches. However, air kept escaping from the rim, and he just couldnt get the tire fitted right(all this while, the tire and rim were detached from the bike). I went to a car-tire alignment showroom, where they fitted the tire well. Post which I got the tire fitted back on the bike.

Long day!

Have to check air pressure today to see if all is well.

Thinking of buying this from ebay: a pressure gauge. Does it look fine?
eBay India: Mobile airmaster Tire/Tyre Pressure Gauge with Case (item 250727393942 end time 22-Nov-2010 19:45:33 IST)

At the end of the day, I was left wondering whether the pain was worth the saving of money for buying a new tire and getting it fitted at the Yamaha SVC where they would've certainly taken better care while removing and re-fitting the tire. The only way I could've done that is by leaving the bike with them, sans the tire for a few days. My bike had the tire crack for a week. The first time I had taken the bike to get the tire examined at the SVC and local MRF dealer was by re-filling the tire every one km or so, and pushing it when I couldnt find a tire shop!


Edit: One quick question: the moment i took the bike for a ride after the new tire was fitted, I noticed that the front brake lever was totally loose, with no braking power at all. I thought that the brake cable had been left unfixed when the tire was fitted. Went to the tire shop, but just then found the brake lever responding! It was back in form, totally firm in braking! What just happened???