Sunday, August 30, 2015
Yamaha YZF-R250 finally confirmed for India
One of the leading magazines in Japan, Young Machine, has rendered the highly awaited entry level sports bike from Yamaha, the YZF-R250. With almost all major bike manufacturers having launched competent quarter-litre sports bikes, the most sporty of the Japanese bike makers, Yamaha, do not have one in their portfolio. But now this is about to change with the new YZF-R250. This bike will be a full-blooded fully-faired sports bike good for the road as well as the track.
The Yamaha YZF-R250 looks very aggressive and racy and seems to share a lot of its design with its younger sibling, the YZF-R125, which is available in many international markets. The YZF-R250 will use the lightweight Deltabox frame as opposed to a tubular frame as speculated earlier. The bike will use a cast aluminium swing arm which along with the frame should make it an excellent handler. The front suspension consists of big telescopic inverted front forks which should again help in the corners.
The new machine, which is expected to be made in India to reduce costs, is being readied for the 2014 model year. “In 2014 we will launch a powerful sporty 250 bike in the Indian market,” said Hiroyuki Suzuki to Indian business website the Financial Chronicle.
He also confirmed that more Indian-made Yamahas would be exported in future. At the moment, the firm is sending some of its smaller 150cc Indian-made R15 sportsbike to Japan to test the market over there.
There's no word on the 250cc bike's configuration – its rivals are split between singles and twins and Yamaha could follow either route. Don't expect exotic alloy frames or high-spec suspension; this bike is aimed at the CBR250R and Kawasaki's Ninja 300, so the firm will be doing everything to keep prices to a minimum.
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