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congrats....fly low and safe

Runin tips required

Could any one suggest me few tips during the first 1000 kms of runin of my new R15.


Owners manual recommends to drive with in 5000 RPM for first 500 kms.
I am driving with in 4000 rpm.

There are a lot of different views about running in. Just go with what the manual says. The manual does not actually say that you should stay within 5000rpm all the time. To be clear, it says that you should not operate the vehicle for prolonged duration beyond 5000rpm before 500kms and beyond 7500rpm between 500kms and 1000kms. Also follow the cooling recommendation - the manual says you should let it cool for 10 to 15 minutes once every hour that you run it. I would be a little more generous and allow it to cool for 20-30 minutes, if possible. And follow the instruction to vary the rpm often instead of running at a constant rpm for long.

For running in, in addition to what the manual says, here are my *opinions*:
* Run your vehicle at lower gears and at the same time treat it gently (lower gears means more engine rotation for the same distance covered and more wear).
* Run it in for longer distances on uncongested roads and in places where there's a decent breeze that would help your engine run cooler.
* Make sure you also allow for more number of and effective heating/cooling cycles. This means more runs but at the same time making sure that the rides are not just short warm up rides of a few kms each.

I haven't learnt the hard-way, but next time i am sticking with manufacturer's recommendation is to run-in
don't cross 7k and keep it below ~5k

congratz on your bike dude..!!

My new R15 ride

Hello All,

I had been on a short trips in my new R15 till Mandya and Maddur in last two weekends.

I would like to know what is the best milage recorded in this forum for R15.

Just after the delivery of my bike I filled in full tank petrol i.e the full tank capacity is 12 litres.

Till yesterday I was riding the bike and was waiting for fuel to reach reserve.
Finally it reached reserve when the ODO touched 597 kms.

In R15 the reserve is 1.9ltr.
So to verify I again filled full tank at shell bunk and could fill in 10.01 ltrs.
I am amazed with the milage with my bike as I am getting almost 60kms / ltr.
So to cross check if this was normal, I called the showroom service section to know what is the best known milage from R15. Service engineer told they have heard maximum of around 45 in city and 50-52 in long distance.

Feeling great with the performance with this bike. with its pinpoint handling and effort less acceleration in city .

thanks

My most of the queries regarding R15 is solved from this thread.
Thanks!

Thats one of the best mileage figures i ve ever come across for this bike!! .... i ll be booking my r15 in a couple of days ....i want to know the style in which you rode, that gave u such great mileage figures!