Bajaj will launch the Ninja 250R soon, the Bajaj Pulsar 220 just underwent a minor surgery and HH Karizma is coming out with new features and possibly with FI technology. With a heap of motorbikes in this category, Yamaha should bring in the Fazer 250, shouldn’t they?
They don’t think so.
Is this wait and watch strategy or is the company keeping developments under wraps and away from prying eyes?
- Yukimine Tsuji, managing director and chief executive officer, India Yamaha Motor -
“We are not thinking of launching a bike in that (225-250 cc) range this festival season”
- Sanjay Tripathi, division head of product planning and brand management of Yamaha -
“We will launch a bike that would not only be the fastest in India, but it would be the fastest in the world.”
Both the above gentlemen operate out of the same office. I think. The fastest bike in the world could be the Yamaha R1, but haven’t Yamaha already launched this motorcycle in India? Or could it be a new version?
The company, according to Tripathi, will launch two new models by the middle of September, but he refused to divulge more details.
Looks like Yamaha could pip Honda in making the world’s first hybrid motorcycle.
Introducing the Yamaha-Toyota “Prius” powered by a 20bhp petrol engine coupled to an electric motor.
The hybrid motorcycle dubbed Prius, will use a water-cooled engine – the 250cc horizontal single-cylinder through a smart ECU, sends power to the wheels and the generator, which will give the battery juice.
The vehicle is still in the testing phase with improvements incorporated based on the continuous feedback.
Yamaha owners, listen up -
Yamaha India introduces a contest where you have to click a picture with your Yamaha and you may get a chance to spend six nights and seven days in Japan with your loved one. There are also some mp3 players, cell phones and cameras to be won.
To be eligible for the prize, you need to click an image and enter in one of the categories listed below:
- Best Background & Yamaha
- Me & My Yamaha
- Yamaha at World Heritage
The last date for submission of entries – 31st august.
To know more follow the link below
https://epoint.yamaha-motor-india.com/photo-contest/
The age of diesel engines for motorcycles, some believe began (and ended) with the Royal Enfield Bullet Taurus. It needed a backbone made of steel, and teeth of titanium to bare the vibrations and harshness of riding one. If you were driving near one, you needed ear plugs.
While diesel engine have evolved to such a level that it terrorizes the gasoline engine’s existence, its application has began widening. Now Yamaha has put its head out and it could be the first manufacturer to offer diesel engines of 2-wheelers commercially.
Yamaha has filed patents for a new family of motorcycle-size turbodiesel engines in both inline-four and twin-cylinder layouts.
Obviously a diesel engine is heavy and big. Packaging needs to be thought out and that’s what these patents deal with. The arrangement of the different parts is matched to a 2-wheeler’s structure, for example the intercooler is placed above the engine saving space and the bike’s fuel tank is moved backwards.
Hit the jump to read the pdf document that explains this innovation in detail
This is a new section dedicated to bringing you the fun and hassles in owning an automobile. Thank you Nazish for kick starting this venture.
Nazish, an avid Indian Autos Blog reader, and a Yamaha enthusiast, was kind enough to share with us his story as a Rider and how a Black Yamaha R15 transformed the same.
This section may be considered good consumer advice for all those prospective Yamaha R15 buyers who need an owner’s take. Below, is an account of IAB questions and Nazish’s responses.
Entry posted on January 9, 2009 by
Vibs;
Read More on
Yamaha
Popular Japanese bike maker – Yamaha, which has created shock-waves in the Indian Two-wheeler segment, will unveil its own showroom in Mumbai, which will be named as – ‘The Bike Station’. This new Bike Station is expected to foster Yamaha’s physical presence at dealerships that already exist in other major Indian cities. The new Mumbai Bike Stations are to be located at Bandra and Malad West.
Hero Honda is all geared up to launch no less than 7 two-wheelers this festive season (including a New CBZ variant). The only other bike manufacturer with such ambitions is Yamaha, which has a launch pipeline already working in full throttle! Instead of an official launch, the new bikes will be showcased at the company’s dealers. Hero Honda says that the bike sales are shifting back to economy bikes rather [ Read More ]
Yamaha is on a roll now and we really mean it! First the YZF R15, then the FZ 16 and then we might also be getting the Yamaha Scooters that we carried an article about and finally we land up here-the YZF R125, a smaller brother to the R15. Yamaha is not giving up and it wants to be seen as making performance bikes, the position that it had vacated [ Read More ]
