Yamaha R15 : Pricing

The bike will be priced around Rs 97,000 ex-showroom all over India.

One more thing, the disc brake system of the bike is from Nissan!!!

Yamaha R15 : Pricing

The bike will be priced around Rs 97,000 ex-showroom all over India.

One more thing, the disc brake system of the bike is from Nissan!!!

Yamaha R15 : Performance

This is as close as it gets to the real thing.
The Yamaha R15 will be around 139kgs, kerb weight.
The engine will put around 19bhp which gives it a power to weight ratio of 136bhp per tonne.

The Karizma: 112bhp/tonne
The P220: 133bhp/tonne

So, the R15 will surely have a better power to weight ratio. Some may feel that it only has a 150cc. So what! Bajaj Pulsar 220 may have a 133bhp/tonne power to weight ratio, but thats on paper. On dyno, a Pulsar usually shows 25-30% less power. Plus, the R15 has a lot of modern gizmos thrown in (engine wise) and also a 6 speed 'box.

All this means this
Top Speed : A true 140km/h
0-60km/h : 3.5secs
0-100km/h : 10/5sec

These figs easily make it the fastest in India. Plus a fab fuel economy of 40kmpl. So still feel the bike is expensive at 1.08lakhs! Come on, when we can have water pumps selling for 1.1 lakh (the RE 500LB), then this awesome looking bike with all the goodies in the world seems sexy value at 1.08lakhs...

Scoop News : Yamaha R15 price

2008 Yamaha R15

Pricing : Rs 1,08,000 on the road, Pune
Launching : 14th June
Special news : The bike will be showcased and given for test rides to the media on the 11th and 12th of June at the Sriperumbudur racing track at Chennai

In the meantime, enjoy this video of the bike

Yamaha R15 pics : different colors

Just two weeks left before the Yamaha R15 will be officially launched.

Here are some pictures of the bike in different colors (thanks to zzKaTaLyStzz)

Yamaha R15 : coming our way soon

Some dealer, across India, have started taking bookings for the bike. The Yamaha R15 is all set to debut on Indian roads on the 14th of June, ie, next month. 300 R15s will be delivered at the Chennai race track on the 14th of June

The expected price of the bike is set to be around Rs 1,00,000 ex-showroom!

Here is a little video for the bike in the meantime

Commercial Advertisement : tv ad for the Yamaha R15

here is the ad for the Yamaha R15 which will start doing the rounds of the tv soon

2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R : First Ride Report

Here is the official first ride report of the 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R by www.motorcycledaily.com

I'll bet you can't guess which Kawasaki is the best selling model. Is it the popular middle weight supersport ZX-6R? How about the recently redesigned dual purpose KLR650? If you guessed either of these bikes, you are wrong.

The top seller for Kawasaki has been the Ninja 250R . . . a bike that has been largely unchanged since 1988. That is, until the introduction of the all new 2008 250R....

See First Ride Report for the full read

Bike India Feb issue has a lot of stuff

Just saw the cover of the Bike India Feb 2008 issue at www.xbhp.com

This is the pic of the cover page picked up from xbhp.com
They say they have a lot of information on the Yamaha R15. Well, I will be getting my copy today. Lets see what the experts have to say about the bike!

Kawasaki Ninja 250R to enter India

Here is a link to the news 2008 Ninja 250R for India
Kawasaki seems to have tied up with an Indian manufacturer, Bajaj.
Bajaj will import the Ninja250R in CKD form from Thailand to save on custom duties. The bike should go on sale in a few months time.
India is the land of the worlds largest selling motorcycle brand. There are two-wheelers just about everywhere. We are sure the Ninja 250R will sell like hot cakes specially because the fastest bike India currently makes is a 220cc 20bhp one! Phew...

We are sure Indian bikers must be a happy lot now