Yamaha R15 V3 Upside Down Suspension (USD Forks) In India: Full Installation And Buying Details

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Back in late 2017, when the first test mule of the Yamaha R15 V3 was spotted in India with the conventional telescopic front forks, the first thought in my mind was: "They messed it up, again".

India always gets the third world treatment - budget, stripped down version of motorcycles, cars, with inflated pricing to match.

And so, when I bought this motorcycle in April 2018, I knew one thing for sure - sooner or later, I am bringing up my bike to the international specification.

In September that year, I went to Thailand to get the upside down forks for this bike, but the guy there could not deliver.

I then ended up buying a used set of upside down forks (taken off a brand new bike) in February 2019 in Indonesia, thanks to a friend there who decided to hold on to them for me, till I come and pick them up. Cost: Rs 27,000.

Here's the link of the website that I bought the forks from: https://www.bukalapak.com/products?ut...

But only buy from here if you can get them delivered somewhere in Indonesia. This is a Indonesia only ecommerce website and I don't think there is an option to get it shipped to India.

So, what now? How can you get the Yamaha R15 V3 upside down forks to India?

Very recently, I was told about a seller in Indonesia (from a person who follows my build on Instagram) who can ship to India the entire front fork assembly that you would need to carry out the front end suspension swap, and for a cost that works out much more reasonable than my method.

This guy - Suprapt - will ship to you the 37mm upside down forks, clip on handlebars, front fender, front axle for Rs 30,405 total. (Forks Rs 26,000, Fender Rs 1,031, Axle free, Shipping Rs 3,374)

Obviously, you will have to pay customs duty once this parcel lands in India.

Suprapt can be contacted at: +62 856-4273-9393
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This information is being provided by me based on my conversation with Suprapt over WhatsApp and I do not take any responsibility whatsoever for any dealings that you may or may not have with him.

I just wanted to share the way that I think is the easiest right now to source upside down forks for the Yamaha R15 V3 and the MT15.

Anyway, coming back to my bike and my build.

If you have seen the video, you would have figured out the forks swap is a straight-forward job. I won't write down how I did it, but will list out the additional items I have shown you.

First, the custom upper yoke from Ali Express: https://a.aliexpress.com/_sxDiVH

Four-pot Adelin front brake caliper: https://a.aliexpress.com/_sHFHTd

I don't have a link for the mount for the front brake caliper if you want to use the Adelin one. I bought mine offline in Thailand.

The 300mm front rotor I will be running is unavailable now on Ali Express so not sharing the link to it.

And there you have it. Upside down front forks on the Yamaha R15 V3 installed in India.

I hope this video and this write-up will prove to be helpful to some.

In the next video, we shall build the engine.

Have a nice day.

Cheers