Hello guys,
As an introduction, I’m a proud owner of YZF-R1 and new to this forum and I’m from India. Recently few days back I’ve brought a used 2010 R1 which ran 10k km so far. I’ve no idea about R1 mechanical things and its operations, never used/ride R1 or a liter class bike in past. I’ve been using a lower CC motorbike and I do all servicing by myself. So I’ve some basic mechanical knowledge.
After getting this bike the issues I’m getting are:
#1: Stiff clutch operation: 1st day driven the bike over 400km and felt the clutch operation is very hard, my palm started extreme pain. Does it usual for all R1 as it has no hydraulic clutch? Or do I’ve to oil the with and clutch leaver so that it feels better? Or any other way to make it soft? I tried to adjust the clutch leaver circle adjuster but it just increase the freeplay.
#2: Getting thud noise when changing from N to 1st gear and when changing from 1st to 2nd gear. No sound when going from 2nd to 3rd gear. The thud noise is so hard that its scare me all the time. The previous owner said this will happen when the engine is cool, once the engine heats up the noise will reduce. But when driving this doesn’t helps much. Anyone know why this happens? And is there any way to fix this? or this is usual for all 09-14 R1?
#3: Another major thing is the engine response/power is very poor up to 3k RPM. Its like when going at speed 30km @ 2.5k RPM the engine struggle to pull and makes noise like lower CC bike does. Suppose in a lower cc bike or car you go at low speed at 4th gear like the engine does. Not sure its usual for all R1 or its and issue in my bike, please advice.
#4: As it has no fuel meter do you know when the low fuel light starts how much (liter) fuel left in the tank?
#5: This topic discussed a lot and I read many posts but still asking to make sure, does 87 octane which called Unleaded fuel here is ok fro R1 engine? Or its better to use 91 Octane fuel? Please advice.
As an introduction, I’m a proud owner of YZF-R1 and new to this forum and I’m from India. Recently few days back I’ve brought a used 2010 R1 which ran 10k km so far. I’ve no idea about R1 mechanical things and its operations, never used/ride R1 or a liter class bike in past. I’ve been using a lower CC motorbike and I do all servicing by myself. So I’ve some basic mechanical knowledge.
After getting this bike the issues I’m getting are:
#1: Stiff clutch operation: 1st day driven the bike over 400km and felt the clutch operation is very hard, my palm started extreme pain. Does it usual for all R1 as it has no hydraulic clutch? Or do I’ve to oil the with and clutch leaver so that it feels better? Or any other way to make it soft? I tried to adjust the clutch leaver circle adjuster but it just increase the freeplay.
#2: Getting thud noise when changing from N to 1st gear and when changing from 1st to 2nd gear. No sound when going from 2nd to 3rd gear. The thud noise is so hard that its scare me all the time. The previous owner said this will happen when the engine is cool, once the engine heats up the noise will reduce. But when driving this doesn’t helps much. Anyone know why this happens? And is there any way to fix this? or this is usual for all 09-14 R1?
#3: Another major thing is the engine response/power is very poor up to 3k RPM. Its like when going at speed 30km @ 2.5k RPM the engine struggle to pull and makes noise like lower CC bike does. Suppose in a lower cc bike or car you go at low speed at 4th gear like the engine does. Not sure its usual for all R1 or its and issue in my bike, please advice.
#4: As it has no fuel meter do you know when the low fuel light starts how much (liter) fuel left in the tank?
#5: This topic discussed a lot and I read many posts but still asking to make sure, does 87 octane which called Unleaded fuel here is ok fro R1 engine? Or its better to use 91 Octane fuel? Please advice.