R15
For all the lady lovers in the country, there is some good news in the end. If you are one of those who have always dreamt of bringing the Queen herself but have never been able to afford her after adding up the import prices, this news is going to bring a smile to your face.
Finally a biking company is bringing the super sport design in the Indian markets, and that’s the master bike maker itself - Yamaha. Yamaha YZF R15 is due for its launch in India around Mid 2008. Though R15 does not possess a huge engine like the other R series bikes, but the small 150cc engine is the first liquid cooled engine in its class. The compact engine packs up a punch of 22 bhp which is impressive for such a compact design.
R15 comes from the same team which created the legends of R1 and R6, and you just need to look at the bike once to figure that out.
R15 is pretty much international, extremely well designed – and get this – there will be a little piece of plastic that will fit snugly over the rear seat giving your r15 motorcycle that single-seater look. What else have we got? You get a steel Deltabox twin-spar frame, digital speedometer and tachometer, tubeless tyres, clip-on handlebars.
And then the most important factor – price. No official figures have been given so far, but rumors say it would cost Rs 90,000 max on-road in Delhi.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Man, that bike looks great although the power would feel low if it’s heavy. You started saving up for it already?
March 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
With what the specs say, one has nothing to worry about on the performance front.
The 150cc 22hp beast has a dry weight of only 120Kgs. Now that’s what you call a R Series design.
However, these are just speculations so far. Let’s wait for the bike to arrive on roads, and hope the company doesn’t detune it for it’s india launch as they have done it with some of their other models.
March 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Some more news for the Indian riders.
1. Kawasaki Ninja 250 is coming to India. Check out the details at http://extrapower.wordpress.com/bajaj-to-launch-ninja-250r-in-india/ and http://www.vicky.in/straightfrmtheheart/auto-expo-live-bajaj-to-launch-kawasaki-ninja250cc-in-india/. I must say good times coming for indian bikers. The choice will be tough - a little underpowered R Series or a tried and tested Ninja.
2. Yamaha R1 and MT01 are already released for Indian markets. They are both priced around and above 10 lacks. So if you got deep pockets, you have a reason to be happy about.
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Been waiting for a long time for this kid of thing to come out in the open… Woha……
March 27th, 2008 at 2:50 am
MID ‘08 ?? Isn’t that a bit too late for you ?
October 16th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
it is very nice i was waiting for a long time for this kind of thing to com.