No news of Yamaha R25 India launch and why we think it might not be worth the wait!

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6. Too close for comfort (to the R15)

We have all seen the videos and detailed shots from the Indian Auto Expo by now. It is only expected that the R25 and R15 will look and feel so similar but still, this might be off-putting for potential customers who want something to differentiate their more powerful (and, more expensive, of course) bike from its little sibling. Sure, the R25 doesn’t look exactly like the R15 but come to think of it, both are fully faired sportsbikes that take enough design cues from the same set of machines!

7. Too track-focused

While being track focused is a huge part of the appeal for the R25, it is also a downer for many. Just look at the number of people who stayed away from Version 2.0 of the R15, thanks to the more focused ergonomics and pillion seat. There is a huge chunk of people who want the tuning fork logo on a moderately big, powerful bike, but not with ergonomics and power delivery designed for a cast member of The Expendables 3.0.

8. Yamaha’s lethargy

Yamaha has been terribly lethargic with their R&D and marketing in the country and it doesn’t seem like things will change with the arrival of the R25. It is almost as if they don’t know where they want to go in the market and this is the reason why many frustrated fans has finally, reluctantly, even, made the shift to other brands. They had a good run in 2008, taking the country by storm, but I don’t know where that team disappeared, to leave us with stickers and minor cosmetic changes for the last five years. Bajaj-KTM-Kawasaki, TVS Motors, Honda, and even Hero Moto Corp, in its own floundering, bumbling way, are more attuned to the market than Yamaha is now. The only bigger culprit in this department? Suzuki!

9. No Deltabox frame

Barely an hour after they unveiled it, the blogosphere and social media was awash with incredulous questions wanting to know just why did they see it fit to exclude the Deltabox perimeter frame from the R25. Yamaha’s Deltabox frame has been a signature statement for all their new track oriented bikes, so why is the R25 getting the step-brotherly treatment here? IS it only because of cost cutting or is there something else theyre not telling us? When even the R15 features a perimeter frame, why doesn’t the R25 get it? We don’t get it…

10. Not Made-In-India

This one is on the 50/50 fence. If they do decide to manufacture the YZF-R25 here, that should bring down the costs by a huge margin, but there’s an equal chance that the R25 will be imported as CKDs from one of the South-East Asian countries, maybe Indo-“Semakin Di Depan”-nesia.
But then again, we keep hearing rumors of how Yamaha is readying single and twin-cylinder versions of the R25 and that gives us reason to hope that at least one of those will be manufactured indigenously here.

Do you agree with our views here? Do let us know by sharing your thoughts in the comments section below. And make no mistake, we are as eager to lay our hands on the production spec R25 as you are. Our only worry is that it might be too little, too late for Yamaha India.

7 thoughts on “No news of Yamaha R25 India launch and why we think it might not be worth the wait!”

  1. No news …Its really frustrating that …why yamaha is still behind others brand in 250cc bikes …m die hard fan of yamaha …. hav no choice to split to other brand …u wait i wait .:V

    R u listening Yamaha india ?? :/

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