I bought a Yamaha R3 for $1800! Here’s what I think 

The bike is not little. It has the same physical dimensions of a 600. That's why it feels planted and stable.

Hi went to Australia & rode my friends R3 for two weeks 2.500 kilometres super comfy fuel economy excellent yes high way seed no problem . Highly recommend that bike was great in the twisty mountain roads all the power is useable very nippy on the tight corners. Been riding for over 40 years & can say a bike for every day riding 100% :)

A great video as always, I find it interesting how you test the different bikes. A great ride with beautiful shots. Thanks for sharing and ride on buddy🤙

I really appreciate your honesty and that you don't seem to be biased towards either brand (Kawasaki or Yamaha) at all. Enjoyed your commentary. Thanks

A track day would be so fun! You'd feel like Quatararo pinned 99.8% of the time 😂I'd take it over the Kaw, the Kaw's gearboxes were always not up to the other brands IMO. 1800 is a steal shoot I'd buy it if it was here the roads would be great for it here, a lot of small cc bikes over here.🤙

I have the same exhaust on my mini moto and it’s great! I understand that noise can keep you safer with the baffle out it’s pretty noteworthy! It’s refreshing to see and older bike have a new life with a new owner. Been with you since your YT Capra videos. When we first got our bikes. Nice to see how big your channel has grown! Awesome! Do you still have the Capra?

The quality of this video deserves 100.000+ views

wow you got this bike as a steal! nice!

Nice little bike... You son will be stoked with that... And it is a bit on the revvy side for the autobahn... Will get annoying pretty quick having it scream like that on a longer trip. But I doubt many people will be trips of any length on a bike like that, so it shouldn't be a problem to most... Great vid as always Scout!!

R25 rider here, with over 100k km on odometer record by now. Just watched your video here, and I feel like I need to point out several things. First thing, your opinions are all about correct about the bike. It is also a better bike than Ninja 300 in my opinion as well. Greater part of it is for similar reason you pointed out ; crotch pressure. And yes, the front brakes is indeed suck ass on my R25 as well. I've learned to live with it. As I understand that this is a used bike, I believed you have checked every aspect of it and did all the necessary works of maintenance. While this bike really is well built, not necessarily means it'd be trouble free. For instance, we need to change the oil filter after about 3x oil changes, or it will get ugly if neglected. 4x, if your son riding it as mild as I do. Another part that needs constant replacing after a while is the air filter. Admittedly depends on where you live and the air/weather quality, but the general rule of thumb, we need to replace it every 5k km. Not sure about the clutch set, since mine still using the stock it came with. After all, everyone has their own riding style. And then, there's the front lamp socket that will get soggy after about 2 years, in my case. It is located just below the right handle, inside the right side of front fairing. I tighten mine with a strip bar, not sure what it is called in your area. Never died out again since. Also, these are just lists on the top of my head right now, the wiring will short itself for seemingly no reason. Typical Yamaha issue. Pretty glaring if you ask me, but nobody seem to talk about this. Mine happened on 4th year owning it, at about 56-60k km. The initial symptoms is a notice on your speedometer says Err1. Scratched my head when it happened, hopefully this information will help you or your son should the same issue happens on that bike as well. The solution is just straight up strip the bike and rewire everything, making sure everything connects properly. Same reason as occasional dying on front lamp, soggy sockets. The only difference is, if it gets too severe, such issue will burn the fuse. Thing is, we'll never know which socket that trigger this. R125, R15v2 and v3 also plagued with similar issue. While this issue may vary on when it will happen, trust me that it's inevitable and you and your son should expect it. Can be mitigated if you chose to do rewiring ASAP, but even then, it might still happen despite. It is, after all, an old bike. But once it did happen and fixed properly, expect another good long run with no same issue. No need to purchase a new wiring set from Yamaha, but their service center will insist you to. Mine is a 2014 btw. Still have no reason to sell mine after all these years. I've mod it, tried racing ECU, Quick shifters, everything. Had a blast with it. Now it's been 3 years since I retort everything back to stock. I ain't going wild again. Another thing to add, Yamaha's stock gearset quality, while not bad, it's not that great either. Changed the gears to WR3's and the chain to EK's black gold O-ring at 40k km, haven't shown any signs need replacing since. While before that, I need to buy Yamaha's Genuine gearset every 10k km. My track is mountain roads, so I can accept why my stock chains got soggy a bit faster than everyone else. Lastly, the way you shift in this video is too soon. Let it rise to somewhere around 11-12k rpm first. In fact, it has light indicator on when you should shift. Your shifting momentum here is very similar with my riding style, but I don't ride as aggressive as you in this video. I like to hover around 6-7k rpm most of the time because that's the smoothest riding experience the machine feels. If you do this, it will result in better fuel mileage too. Another reason is because the engine doesn't have what we would call decent amount of torque on low rpm. But it's so smooth, my wife often fell asleep on passenger seat while hugging me as we ride long roads. Typically, R25 and R3 riders all do the same thing after a while. Perhaps your son will too, at some point. Just chill ride with no reason to push it, although we know the bike can, but choose not to just to maintain staying in the bike's smooth and gentle characteristic. All the way.

Good score, I got the wife an MT-03 last year, it's a fun bike, sometimes I will take it out and just goof around. 🤪

super nice review :)

Awesome find! I myself have you beat though lol. Not hating just want to share my story. I live in the Central Valley in CA. I found a 2016 Yamaha R3 with 749 miles on the odometer. Guy selling needed it out of his storage and let it go for $1000! It’s one of those offerup posts that had few details and description. Pictures of the bike showed it dusty and terrible. I messaged him out of the sake of it. I was finally in the market to but my first bike. The gentleman that sold it to me was an experienced rider of over 22 years. The bike belonged to his wife but never rode it. I said whatever, let me go take a look. I went, bike was spotless. Deal of a lifetime in my book. 749 miles, yoshimura exhaust, matte gray and black. The hardware was replaced from black to red. The visor was also switched to black. This is all things I would have done to it if it was stock. I’ve had it since November 2022. I’ve only put in 300 miles on it. Cold weather and no license stop me from riding. I just got my permit and the weather is clearing up. Super excited!

Niiice!!! Score for you!!! 🎉🤟🏼🔥😎

$1800 dang dude. Can’t even get a mountain bike frame for that price. Maybe I need to pull out my DL with with my class “M” and put it back to use 😅 (kidding but I do have a class M). My last bike was an 06 FZ6 and prior to that was a XB9S .

It's really true about riding a slow bike fast is more fun than riding a fast bike slow

Just got one for my son hes bout to turn 15, I was really surprised how quick the thing is. I expected it to be bout half the pick up and go

Looking at this as my next bike, yes, second bike after my 125, I don't care about HPs, been around for too long driving cars and racing karts I just want to be safe and ride something that's do it all, can do the freeway and city. A sprocket change is one of the things I would be looking into to lower the highway rpm, probably no less than 10%, I weigh 165 pounds so it should be fine. For everyday normal riding it won't matter, you'll be building up more speed in 1st and 2nd gear as well. Cool review btw, I've heard no bad thing about this bike from anyone, seems like a fun little machine one can't go wrong with, unless they're on their way to a liter bike and in a real hurry of getting there. I was set on the R7 until I decided to be honest with myself, I do not have any use for it's power and torque other than to get in trouble.

The smaller displacement bike engines are like small capacity car engines they are designed to rev high in fact they want you to trash them to get to the power , as long as they are well maintained they will literally do tens of thousands of miles flat out Also they are in a state of tune that ensure reliability , a company like Yamaha would have tested the engine to destruction multiple times that's how they work out the gear ratios sprockets and service intervals that they are sold with , Ive seen hardly any videos on the Yamaha R3 having reliability issues , if you know how to ride a bike and maintain it will handle highway speeds for a long long time before anything goes wrong especially if your a light weight rider .

I have the 2022 Anniversary Edition. Change the throttle to the R6. It's only a $30 upgrade! Makes a big difference. Where did you buy the exhaust slipon? Sounds killer! I bought the Stinger which sounds throatier, but yours sounds like the Apokra!

I bet tst will be happy to get more stickers from you when you order upgrades for this! 😂

Man I wish there was a R3 close to me for that price, I'm just tired or driving my old Chevy end Westin 60$ in gas every week ,I love yamahas ever sens I was 5 but my family is Alway sayn it's too daggered ,but now my dad's retinking it. But finding a R3 like dis would be my dream come true .

I bought a 2015 yamaha r3 for $3500 prestigious condition 🔥👏

I just bought the same bike, 2017, 5000 miles for $4300, looks new.. You got a deal.

I’m so jealous I want this as my first bike 😭 just haven’t found any good deals.

By far the best beginner bike and you can upgrade it and get power out of it if you get bored 😊 (you need to have 100k subs at least great quality vids)

She's beautiful. Thinking of getting a r3 as my first bike :D

The 2019 plus R3 got longer gear in transmission then the old ugly one. U can be in 5th and be at 90mph and rpm like 6-7k. The new one max rpm 13k max speed 130mph down hill or 100-120 freeway

I'm looking at one going for $4000 with wiggle room, as my first bike. 4k is crazy money for an older model

Sounds good on start up

“Uh hur hur hur! Hur hur!”

i love my R3..... on my 4th year daily riding it :-) i refuse to sell it

jajaja en Mexico las R3 usadas se venden casi como nuevas, es increible pensar que en Estados unidos es mas economico comprar una moto, aca en Mexico las usadas se venden en 4000 USD aproximadamente, y las del año 2015 a 2018, las mas recientes en 5000USD usadas

How do you go about finding such a good deal? Do you look at cycle trader? I’m looking for an R3 but don’t know where to look for good used ones.

What years are the more steeper ergonomic position? Thanks

Hey man, this sounds like an awesome bike. I'm 17 and have the money saved, but my parents aren't on board. How would you convince them to let me buy one?

Is it true that you cant lay on this bike like in 2019 and newer models? Kinda like it in new r3 tbh

I would like to know how u got that 4 1800. But I dont understand how people sell motorcycles for the price they ask. I see people selling 17's for 4-5 grand. I would just buy a new one. And what's high mileage for a motorcycle

Where did you find a deal like that?

Bro this looks like is was filmed in Paso Robles/Creston.. Tell me I'm wrong lol...

How’s the bike and engine holding up?

I really want a r3 but with being 6'4 the ninja 400 might just do for my first bike. Still looking around but idk how you found a r3 for 1800.

I don't know if I missed it but did you forget to say what year it is?

Does this handle better than the Ninja 400?

What state is this?

Where are you? Thanks.

Hell yeah I got a 2019 with 1k miles for 3k that low of mileage is a steal if I’ve ever seen one

Where did you find an r3 for 1800?! Lowest I’ve seen by me is 3000

Where are you getting bikes for $1800

What website did you use to purchase it? I can’t find any r3 under 4K and the ninja 400 are all retail even when used for some reason 🤦‍♂️

Where u get it for 1800? Miles? That’s crazy

how do yall find these bikes so cheap i just got my license i just need a bike please reply if you see this and have time🙏🏽 edit: im constantly checking facebook marketplace btw

1800??? damn

how in the world did you get this bike for only $1800???

Fun fact backfire isn’t something to be happy about 😅

Thats really cheap im selling my 2016 for 3k i have alot of upgrades on it