1 year with my Yamaha R15 V4: 6th service update & experience so far

Total, I had to pay was ₹4052/- with a well serviced bike ready to clock miles and a happy owner who completely trusts the service and the bike!

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My R15 v4's 6th Service (Paid) Updates:

In the second week of Feb-2024, I had to go to Bengaluru for the relieving formalities with my last employer and that required me to stay there for around 10 days. It had been almost an year since I got my bike serviced from Vinayak Yamaha, Domlur.

In no way I am promoting their service here, but trust me, whenever I had my bike serviced from their place, I had 100% confidence that my bike would never give up on me. However, when I had serviced from Pioneer Yamaha, Kasaragod I was not satisfied with their service compared to that of Vinayak Yamaha's service.

Since I had brought the Vesrah Ceramic Brake Pads during the India Bike Week 2023, I had to get the stock brake pads replaced with the Made in Japan Brake Pads: only to test which one performs better. For this, I was waiting for an opportunity to visit Bengaluru to get this job done by the experts at Vinayak Yamaha. That is when I planned my 6th service here during this period.

On 13-Feb-2024, I dropped my blue beast at Vinayak Yamaha at around 08:30 am. Fellow Bengaluru Yamaha owners, please note, if you wish to give your vehicle for service here, make sure to arrive early morning around 07:45-08:00 am to avoid rush later. They service around 60 vehicles (all types of Yamaha 2W) per day on average. So, if you arrive late, you may get your vehicle a day later.

As soon as the SA approached me, I greeted him after so long. Then I started to explain the below issues that had been a little irritating for me since the previous service at ASC, Kasaragod which I was totally unsatisfied :

• One fine day while pampering my R15 at home, a rubber part had falled from the left hand fairing side. I was not sure where it belonged but knew that this piece is used to cancel out the fairing vibration (wild guess). Since then, I could feel slight vibration on my left hand which used to travel upto the left shoulder. Even on city rides, I used to get exhausted due to this!

• Vesrah Ceramic Brake Pads: Vinayak Yamaha SA happily took the aftermarket brake pads and also advised me that this brake pad material can eat up the brake disc. This was contradictory to what the Torque Block sales person had said me at IBW2023: "these brake pads will not eat your brake disc". But let me see who is right and who is wrong! To check this, I have noted down the disc thickness using Vernier Calipers at home. More light on this once the Vesrah brake pads are worn out.

• Tighten all the lose nuts or rattling sounds wherever required.

• My Y-Connect app is not working. The SA said that the first batch of bluetooth module used to drain the batteries in the R15 v4s. After this issue was reported across India, Yamaha decided to provide a replacement bluetooth module to fix the battery drain issue under warranty. SA has taken my bluetooth module's information and I am awaiting whether I will be eligible for the replacement. Surprising thing was, when I checked the same issue at ASC, Kasaragod, they hardly knew such recall has been made by Yamaha India. Seriously?

The same day, I got a call saying my vehicle was ready to be picked & I headed there happily to see how serviced my blue beast is! Oh boy, trust me. The way they washed, polished (chargeable) and made the bike all shining: big kudos to the entire team. Sadly, I could not click any pics due to my last day at my company, I was in a hurry!

The invoice came as follows, but I am totally fine with this expense unless the R15 is maintained well by the experts there:

Total, I had to pay ₹4052/- with a well serviced bike ready to clock miles and a happy owner who completely trusts the service and the bike!

The "Outside Repair" is for the rear disc brake nuts which had got stuck and they had to get the same removed from FNG as per what the SA had said. After the service, I could get the proper power delivery. Since last few months and even during the IBW2023 solo ride to Goa, I could feel some power drop when shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear. That was totally negligible after this amazing service.

I will comment more about the bluetooth module once I get the updates from the SA and on the brake pad/disc usage at the right time in near future. Since I am at home, I hardly get to take her out. But, few trips are planned, will see how things go!

Till then, ride safe!

Sud.

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