The r15 has always been a entry level sports bike and the 2.0 us no different. The 2.0 improves on areas where the older bike lacked. Yamaha says when it was time to update the first R15, the R& D boys held customers clinic to find out exactly how they needed to tweak the R15 without corrupting its baby-superbike soul. The first thing that the people pointed is the thin tyres which give excellent grip but looked out of place on such a wide bike. Overall R15 is a very good example of good engineering.