2011 YZF-R15 in store $4995 + ORC

[James Deuce]

you mean the R15 is made near fukushima?

I'm not sure how an accident at a nuclear plant in Japan creates a South East Asian sweatshop populated by child workers but it's your fantasy milieu, fill your boots.

[Milts]

Did someone say stock bucket racer?

I might have to wait until a few have been bought and crashed with 'cosmetic damage only'....

[jaffaonajappa]

Took one of these for a very quick (as in Brief, not speed haha) test ride today - it really is a nice wee bike, looks good, handles Fast but accurately, and soooooo simple to ride. Out accelrated auckland car traffic no worries, seems to sit on ~110 on the motorway easily enough. At just 5k brand new - and so long as its as reliable and tough as its hyped up to be, this makes it a great 2nd / commuter bike to keep them running costs down for home-work-home runs.
$4.00 per litre of petrol by Next years end FFS/!!!

Bought it today, woooot.

[tuska]

went to bike shop other day to have gander....jumped on r15 for laugh....@ 6ft 6 generally I look like circus clown everything but big traileys. was surprised how much room there is on a r15...petrol prices rocketing and increasing rego costs etc may have everyone looking at these cheap everday bikes!

[jaffaonajappa]

went to bike shop other day to have gander....jumped on r15 for laugh....@ 6ft 6 generally I look like circus clown everything but big traileys. was surprised how much room there is on a r15...petrol prices rocketing and increasing rego costs etc may have everyone looking at these cheap everday bikes!

Yeah, pretty much.
And......at 6ft 6in your going to find majority of small and/or sports bikes pretty tight.But yes, the R15 is surprisingly comfy = peg/seat/handle positions are cruisy. Really...its just the appearance of the bike that is sporty. And perhaps some of its running gear (frame/suspension?/brakes)

[Kendog]

Did someone say stock bucket racer?

I might have to wait until a few have been bought and crashed with 'cosmetic damage only'....

I was thinking the same thing.

[jaffaonajappa]

Enjoying riding the wee 150 still - finally got he tyres scrubbed in hehehh. Still not going over any where Near the edges of them, but thats more due to the profile of them that any problem with the bike itself. Oh, and the riders lack of confidence in the tyre.
While I havent felt the tyres doing anything unexpected - am still aware of the Indian media commenting on them as they do. ie, made of lower quality nylon/rubber, designed to wear slowly /30,000 kms, etc....narrow....etc.
If anyone has an R15 with different tyres, please post here or PM me. Am keen to hear what the difference is like...

Oh yeah.
The R15 has a Quick Review in this months (NZ) Bike Rider magazine

[KevinD]

Looking on the WEB at various sites it appears that the YZF-R15 on offer by Yamaha NZ is the older model, not the updated YZF-R15 version 2.0. I'd be interested if Honda are going to bring in their CBR150R in competition, as it appears they are doing a run out of the CBR125R at present for $4k.

http://www.yamaha-motor-india.com/pr...r15/index.html