Yamaha YZF R15 Performance Modifications Unleashed

Within a couple of months of it’s launch, the Yamaha YZF R15 has become a hot favourite among young biking enthusiasts. According to industry figures, the Yamaha YZF R15 is now the second largest selling premium bike in India. In some parts of the country, the waiting period for the bike ran into months when it was launched!

Yamaha it seems wants to continue riding on the Yamaha YZF R15 success and is all ready to introduce a new colour scheme for the bike – red and black. We have spotted this bike at a lot of showrooms. Some showrooms are custom painting the bikes on the customers’ demand as well. We however wish to see the bike in white and red colors!

Yamaha is also planning to launch an array of accessories especially designed for the bike. Remember the Yamaha YZF R15 displayed at the Auto Expo? The the single seat cowl in addition to other goodies like a carbonfibre patterned tank protector pad, racing stand, an LED flasher set, rim stripe tape and other accessories will soon be available at Yamaha dealers across the country. Of course these don’t come cheap. The specially designed bar-ends cost over half a thousand while the billet clutch lever will retail for a grand. Pay more for the billet brake lever! If you are a Yamaha YZF R15 fan, we are sure you won’t mind shelling out the extra dough to further spice up the bike.

The Yamaha YZF R15, with a first in its class fuel injected liquid-cooled four valve 150CC engine offers class leading performance and outperforms all’ its rival on the track. We, howev.er, feel that the company should incorporate a few changes in the bike. The non-adjustable rear suspension, for example, is not acceptable for a bike that costs over a lakh. We would also like to see projector headlamps and tweaking of the ECU for a better low and midrange for city use. Our sources tell us that Yamaha might be working on these changes which will be incorporated into the production bike later this year or early 2009.

For those who think that even these changes are not good enough, performance ECUs are available for the bike in Indonesia. The chip will unleash the real animal within the bike. Yamaha is not going to introduce the performance add-on in India, but if you know someone in Indonesia, get one! be careful though, as your warranty is likely to be null and void the moment you start playing around with the bike’s electronics.