Wednesday March 25th '09

Rode to vasai a little late as I had to collect a parcel from the courier. On my way back was knocked down by a car with an orange beacon light as its driver decided to take a right turn not-withstanding the fact that I was on the left side of the car.

Toll free number yamaha motor india

I managed to get the toll free number for yamaha motor india.
http://www.yamaha-motor-india.com/Contact/contact.html

Toll Free Number
1800-180-1600
8AM to 5PM
Address
India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd.A-3, Industrial Area, Noida-Dadri Road,Surajpur -201306,Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar (UP) India.

Will call this number to complain about the poor / lack of sales service provided by the dealer.

1st Mar 2009

Rode to vasai and back. Took the airoli route. left at 8.30 am and reached before 10.30 am. Took a 15min break. Have to ride at a speed of 20-30 km for a distance of 7 km as the road is narrow and there is traffice as well as intersections. Returned home at 5pm.

This was the second time. Will look at going next sunday again.

22nd Feb 2009

Rode to Vasai and back. Let at 9am. Took the long route while going 65km. Returned to vashi via airoli - saved 5km. Nice roads. Took awhile to reach as i was in no particular hurry. Took a wrong turn. Stopped frequently to ask directions.
Reached home at 5PM.
All in all enjoyed this small little ride.

3rd Jan 2009

Gave the bike to the yamaha service center in malad for its first service. 528 km on the odometer.

15th Dec '08

Rode to work (Vashi To Vikhroli - 20KM) for the first time on the FZ 16. :) The ride was pretty confortable.

14th Dec '08

Today 14th Dec '08, the problem with the self start persisted despite riding the bike for around 8KM. So took the bike down palm beach road and onto panvel to Naman Auto Sales. On reaching the showroom - with the trip meter showing 24 KM - tried the self again. Again, no-go. So inquired about the workstation and was exposed to callous - indifferent behavior - was told that the service center was closed and to come back the next day. It is now crystal clear that you could put a million dollars in front of a dog - but a dog will remain a dog.

I persisted and made further enquiries in the showroom. Fortune/Luck favor the brave and those who persist. The time a mech by the name Liyakat took a look at the bike. And it was confirmed beyond reasonable doubt that even after riding 24KM the battery did not get charged and hence was faulty. Was again asked to leave the bike with them or come the next day. But I persisted for an immediate and appropriate resolution - considering that I took delivery of the bike only on 29th Nov '08. It was definitely not acceptable for the bike to be seeing the mechs so often. Well then Liyakat (God bless him) put in another battery and voila the self start worked.

Liyakat also advised me that loose connection could possibly drain the battery and if the problem occurred with this battery too then they would need to take a closer look at the bike. That sounded good with me. And I was off home :).