Finally after a long wait got the bike on 28/06/08 from Pancahe Yamaha Showroom, got to know the bike will be registered only on Monday, so left the showroom after fitting the RVM's. At the end of the day the odo was reading 80 kms.
The Bike :)
As i had decided to mototune the bike, woke up early and headed to NICE road did a 30 kms run and couldnt change the oil as oil filter was not available and my mech adviced me to run-in atleast 500 kms and then change the oil.
At 11 Am headed towards my native for bike puja, took Lords blessing and headed back
The odo read 350 kms, so now i can comment something,1.Bike feels under powered at lower RPM under 5k, post that RPM it does what it is meant to do.
2.6th is a boon in high ways, bike feels very relaxed.
3.Handling is top notch.
4.First gear false neutral occasionally.
5. Getting adjusted to the riding position takes times, say 3 days.
Completed 500 kms changed the oil, no oil filter was available yet(cleaned it though). Now thought of checking the mileage, bike came to reserve n a bunk luckily, so filled in 3 ltrs of petrol and reset the trip meter. The next 80 kms the bike was ridden in heavy traffic rode it in first 4 gears a lot and occasionally 5 th .(Forget the 6th gear in city.) Saturday was there so decide to go out of city for peace of mind, headed to Mysore road CCD, bike came to reserve and trip meter read 115 kms.
Mileage
So 75% of city riding and 25% high [speed b/w 60-90 kmph] - 38 kms
Filled in 2 ltrs again to test it in high ways and maintained the speed between 80-115 kmph, at 90 kms the bike came to reserve,
so 90 kms/2 ltr = 45/ltr
Not bad right. :)
On 6th went out with XBHP guys and had lot of fun, and to my surprise my dream bike was there FZ6.
Touched a top speed of 130 in 5 th gear the same day, dont worry R15 has lots of speedo error but was doing speed between 115-118 kmphr for sure.
Today '09/07/2008' Odo read 967 kms at the service station.
Review after 1k kms.
1. Feel in love with the bikes handling.
2. No vibe at high speed.[Fairing/Engine]
3.Bike pulls very well after 5k mark.
4.Its as got a smooth gear box.
5.Brakes are very good.
This weekend planning to do a proper speed runs, hope to get access to some GPS so that can measure true speed.
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