Revamped Yamaha R15 on cards
Yamaha India, the leading two wheeler maker in India is going to introduce a revamped version of Yamaha R15. The new Yamaha R15 is expected to be unveiled next month. The bike may be having upper price tag than its existing version. Yamaha R15 is the first sports and modish bike model in India that has created long list of its fans.
The bike will come with advanced powerplant which will be fuel efficient. Other expected changes are split seats, raised rear seat, wider rear tyre, new alloy wheel design, rear wheel hugger, new exhaust, LED tail lamps etc. Yamaha R15 has a Liquid cooled, 4 stroke, SOHC engine. Yamaha R15 is powered by 149.8 cc engine which generates maximum power of17 bhp at 8500 RPM with maximum torque of 15 Nm at 7500 rpm. In terms of power and appearance, the bike scores over Honda Unicorn, Honda Dazzler, Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme, TVS Apache and Bajaj Pulsar 150 which are the popular bikes in India. Recently the company has launched Yamaha FZ 1 supersports and commuter Yamaha RZ-R which which are the flagship bike models in India.