Guyz , my bike does not accelerate as soon as it hits the redline, it accelerates smoothly upto that but then the speed becomes constant the needle does not even go into the red area. Is it normal ?

P.S. - I dont redline often just that 2nd service done so a little enthusiatic about top speed and acceleration.

That small hole in the end for the holding spring of the main stand (If you want to get that fitted)

Its an intentional bent made by yamaha themselves as the centre stand is witer from the bottom, hence the spring are has to be bent to take the shape.

Its normal! Thats the rev limiter cutting in.

Thanks for the replies. I am relieved that my banging did not result it that!

ps - Please use multi-quoting while replying back to back.

Originally posted by TijoJoy View Post

Glad to heart that your are fine. Hope your new riding boots helped . Hey even i had a fall but i didn't see any fuel dripping out from the tank. only problem i noticed that she wasn't starting straight away, due to the engine cut off i believe. But the explanation that abhijeet080808 gave seems Convincing

Thanks! Though it was just a fall, the gears definitely did help.

Originally posted by painreloaded View Post

The petrol dripping from the fuel cap is normal during a fall when the fuel is topped up to max....I hav experienced it with other bikes also...it is not an air tight lid because air is needed to fill in the gap left due to consumption the fuel....The hole that we see when we open the lid is for the water to leave through a pipe when the bike is washed....

Thanks! I won’t be concerned now.

Originally posted by Parth View Post

@ Tibby: Sorry about your crash bro

Sure, will be.

Originally posted by ZeNashB View Post

I've had a small crash before. I wasnt riding though, my friend was. I was sitting pillion. He went into an uphill hair-pin bend in wet conditions in first gear and full throttle. The rear wheel spun out at full lean and we fell flat on the spot. He was probably doing 30kmph, so no major injury or damage to the bike. The engine cut off immediately. As far as I remember, there was no fuel leak as such

Good to know there wasn’t much damage.
Since the fuel dripping out was minimal, I will let it pass.

Originally posted by abhijeet080808 View Post

Yes its normal. The lid is not air tight - it allows in air when fuel is consumed and the level decreases.

Thanks! I guess the fuel dripped out, as I had just tanked up.

Originally posted by abhijeet080808 View Post

For many days, I was thinking what are those triple zeroes there for on the speedo. After careful scrutiny, found out that its actually ODO!

ROFL.

Originally posted by Shivanshu View Post

Tibby good to know you are all fine bro, I dont know yet about the fuel leak but yes I know this that it can trickle if the tank is full to the rim. One of my friend has had a fall and he experience that. Also he said that there is a hole on top which is the petrol overflow pipe, it drips from there also, when bike falls.

Thanks Shivanshu! I’m all ok.

Originally posted by Sharan_R

Good to know you're fine Tibby!

Thanks! Riding gear helps.

My buddy changed his Pulsar 220-S headlight bulb to a white-light one recently. So i scammed his old bulb as it seemed quite bright and installed it in my RHS headlight for the high beam. Its a 35 watt bulb of the stock type so its a direct install. Its quite a bit more effective than the stock bulb is my opinion. Its a slightly whiter light and i think the beam shows on the road even on well-lit roads. Am just waitin for some time to get another one from Bajaj for the LHS headlight! It'll be super..

My friend's highly amused that i have a Bajaj part on my Yammie tho!

P.S. - a nice easy mod for a slight improvement in Headlight beam over stock, without any electrical changes.

Sorry to hear about the fall. Yes, by now many have said it-the fuel trickling out is common after a fall.

Which is why I got a mainstand installed-the pin flew off once too!

White lights are well, whiter, but the idea of giving yellow is for more visibility in rain/fog conditions.

Hi Ashaq,
I wanted to know whether that "kit noise in potholes" got resolved or not as my story is similar to yours..when i drive at speed of around 20 or 30 kmph and hit any steep pothole i get the same sound from front..i got everything checked at Adarsh Yamaha Okhla, Delhi..only thing they want to check is to change the entire shockers with new ones and see if i still get the noise..still waiting for their reply whether they have received new shockers in their stock or not...
Plz reply ASAP..or just give me a missed call once..
09873730533...
Thanks in advance..

well...it's sort of a weary feedback i would give...it definitely has not been resolved totally...and, there is no certain condition where this sound will come up...i got the whole handle assembly removed and re-installed, every nut tightened properly as shown on the service manual...the frequency of that sound has been reduced...but, it certainly is there..sometimes, i do hear that "kit" sound while going over a pot-hole at 20-30 or even less...more interestingly, i don't hear it while doing stoppies...!!
the local mechanic says it's not a big deal...don't know whether to believe him or not....

i just feel that there is something wrong with my bike

my bike is kinda ruff now .. no smoothness .. i feel like my bike slows down automatically after acceleration .. cooliant light comes on at times and i have this problem since the day i got the bike (cooliant is full) .. and i have completed 4200 km on the bike .. i got the bike in end of october 2010 .. had some engine problem which was resolved .. The firing(or what every its called) of the bike is not normal .. rpm comes down all the time even after increasing and stays on 1100 .. most of all .. my bike is just drinking petrol even when i ride the bike at 60-70 kmph ..

example : 3800 km done and i put petrol for 670 or 700 which is almost 11 liters and now its over in 4150 km ..

is it normal or what ? please help

PS : i dont care about what average its giving by still curious .

Re: Yamaha YZF-R15

Your bike is less fuel efficient than most other bikes here. Because most of the bikes here have a range of at least for hundred kays for ten liters of fuel. That's about forty kays per liter.

And regarding roughness get your bike services at a competent dealership and sort out all the niggles.

And fuel efficiently depends majorly on the way you ride y your bike. Doesn't matter if you ride at seventy or sixty. How you reach there matters. If you redline at first three gears and course along at sixty your bike will end drinking lot of petrol.

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Hi,

I had posted earlier, regarding the tyres on my bike, just to refresh, I had bought my bike 2 weeks back, that monday was my first time riding a bike properly, I was very nervous and scared riding almost 50km back home, I was also very tired that day, which didn't help, since then I have covered around 400km's, confidence is improving, but I still get overtaken by the odd dio and splendour

The previous owner of the bike had put the rear tyre upfront and put a 120 section zapper vyde on the rear, this has played on my mind, I have ordered an original front tyre and will have it fitted tomorrow and put the rear back to where it belongs, the MRF dealer is not interested in taking the zapper vyde in part exchange, so will sell it off elsewhere.

Now to my point, today I had a 50km ride from North to South Goa on the highway, at speeds of 70kmph and above the slight breeze from the west (my right hand side) was pushing me across to the left and I was battling to keep the bike straight, I was riding more or less in an upright position, now as the breeze was really not much, it got me thinking the issue could be one of 2 things, 1) The tyre set up, with a rear upfront or 2) my riding posture, on the way back I was semi crouched and had zero issues, it could also be the road camber, but I have ruled that out, as mostly I was in the centre of the lane and I only overtake on the right, never on the inside of cars,trucks, buses etc.

Any ideas guys?

I got my 3rd Rear tire fixed in today and the rim was bent.
Now is there a solution to that or should I go in for a Rim Replacement.?? I put in a tube temporarily as I had to go back home, which is 22Kms.
I read, the tube can alter the characterstic and dynamics of the tire, but is it really true? Because, it would take me a week max to get a new alloy. Till then, should I keep the tube in?

Yeah Bro exactly... chu chu chu chu .. and its only while accelerating and only in 5th and 6th gears. I really wonder what is wrong . i dint expect to face such prob with R15 atleast.

Im going to repost my issue so that someone might help us out with it.

Please help me out!

i had posted my issue before and i dint get a clear picture of the prob. please help me out guys!




Hi guys

i got my R15 on 20 dec 2010. its been over 2 months and im facing my first prob with my bike.. well i shud be thankful for that.. anyways

prob description.

Engine rev smoothly no sluggish feeling none what so ever. but when im in 5th gear and 6th gear there is this weird kind of sound emerging from somewher close to the engine. cant be precise because the sound is prominent when bike is in motion.. very less and not very prominent when still.

It sounds as if 2 metal plates are rubbing against each other but its dis- continuous..

i couldnt goto the SVC as i was busy and its pretty far from wher i stay. i thought of getting tips from you so posted here..



Thanks.
krishi