Monday, July 7, 2008

Yamaha R15 : Engine seize and burn pics!!!`


OMG : We cant believe this.
Yesterday there was news of a Yamaha R15 getting seized up (Click) and today there is this pic on xbhp about a bike catching fire!

We are waiting for updates for what actually happened. Stay tuned for more

UPDATE : It seems the rider of the bike had kept a cleaning cloth somewhere near the engine of the bike. Come on - that is not the place to keep the cloth. Something or the other happened. It seems while filling fuel, it seeped out, flowed next to the fairing and got into the cloth. On the run, the engine heated up and the fuelled cloth caught fire. But I would also want a Yamaha official to testify the same here.
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14 comments:

  1. vijayJuly 10, 2008 at 11:48 AM

    Hey guys..i was the one who was riding the bike..just started goin up in flames wen i was riding it in chennai..suggest no one to buy the bike...Yamaha seriously needs to sort out issues...I have more pics and videos of the burnt bike..lemme know if u want them...

    Vijay Madhavan.T

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  2. AnonymousJuly 15, 2008 at 8:55 AM

    hey Vijay...
    im so sorry for your loss man!!
    could not believe the pics...!!
    i hope you got the insurance claim..
    any details of how this happened?
    i mean can u tell all of us abt the problem so tht we are careful when buying the bike...
    also, could u send me the other pics and videos at vig.mayank@gmail.com
    im still a prospective buyer of the bike and want to know for sure tht im making the right decission..

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  3. SatishJuly 15, 2008 at 10:21 AM

    Hi Vijay,
    Well, I saw the same pic at the below link as well,
    http://digg.com/autos/Yamaha_R15_Fire_Accident.

    Was your bike in motion or had you parked it, after a long ride ???

    Cause, I think, I might know a reason why it happened.

    Satish Chour

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  4. Dr. girishJuly 15, 2008 at 3:52 PM

    Hi Vijay,
    Sorry for your loss man..... there might be an explanation for what happened..... please give the details of the incidence.... and i would like to see the photos and the vidoes too cos i am a prospective buyer..... mail me at drgirish.vc@gmail.com

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  5. AnonymousJuly 19, 2008 at 7:42 PM

    very sorry for the incident man

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  6. nalinJuly 23, 2008 at 5:49 PM

    i am extremely sorry vijay.. can you please show some more pics of this incident? or mail me at
    aoshima.yukihiro@gmail.com
    take care mate.

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  7. pramodhJuly 24, 2008 at 1:00 AM

    hiii vijay
    ur not the only person to experience it dude....even my bike yamaha r15 caught fire in the same mysterious way that ur bike did....i did not ride for long. it was only a streach of 2-4 kms when the engine caught fire and the bike was in motion.some person yelled out fire when i slowed down my bike i realised that my bike was on fire

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  8. SIRAJ riding r15 nowwwwwwwwwwwwwJuly 26, 2008 at 2:30 PM

    hey its his fault we confirmed with him that his bike have full petrol and while side stand some petrol leakes outside the stand and when lights his cigar the petrol catches fire its not due to any engine seize and its not bike faults too read xbhpor orkut r15 community 4 more reasons on this accident

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  9. AnonymousJuly 27, 2008 at 12:14 AM

    Hey Vijay, Really very sorry for your loss and Appreciate that you bring this incident in our notice, did u confirm what was the fault? because I wanted to buy this bike but after this …… I am waiting for your reply.
    Please let me know if Yamaha officials has taken any action or not. I will appreciate if you reply on my email with some more pics.
    ID: yelukariqbal@hotmail.com

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  10. AnonymousJuly 28, 2008 at 1:50 PM

    Hi
    I spoke to the Yamaha guys. It seems the rider had kept a cloth near the engine which caught fire.
    Yamaha isnt to be blamed here.

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  11. AnonymousJuly 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM

    hey vijaya...yeah man right!!
    after installing all the state of art top notch techs in the bike the people in yamaha must have been so tired that they have actually messed up somethin'..so the bike burns itself....maybe it has a self-destruction AI somewhere when it senses some WEIRDOS on its back....you must be the one that the bajaj and hero honda hires for their sick marketing strategies.....

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  12. Harsh - SlickSeptember 11, 2008 at 2:46 AM

    Absolutely agree,
    This guy says he's the owner and everybody accepts blindly,

    Hey Vijay no matter how hard you try these tactics wont work.
    YAMAHA is back to rule

    Warm regards

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  13. MAVERICKMarch 13, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    dats what u get for being a nerd... putting rags around the engine when u r not supposed to,,,,, neways sorry for ur loss dude,,,, i got it and it flyies like a bird

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  14. doobieNovember 3, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    my beloved R15 burnt this week, does this. a serious defect of yamaha, just 2 months old, what can i proceed, can we proceed a case on yamaha,this happened in city peak area, this miss really hurt me, i doesnt find any other economical bike glamorous as R15

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