Yamaha FZ25 launched at Rs. 1.20 lakh

Yamaha has launched the FZ25 naked motorcycle in India at a price of Rs. 1,19,500 (ex-showroom, Delhi).

The FZ25 is built on a diamond-type chassis frame. It has a kerb weight of 148 kg. Braking duties are handled by a 282 mm disc at the front and 220 mm disc at the rear. However, the bike doesn't offer ABS, even as an option. Suspension setup includes telescopic forks at the front and a monoshock at the rear. The bike has a ground clearance of 160 mm and a 14 liter fuel tank which gets a plastic resin tank cover.

The Yamaha FZ25 comes with LED headlight and also a fully digital instrument cluster that houses a 90 x 33.5 mm LCD screen that displays all important gauges including speedometer, tachometer, fuel meter, odometer, 2 trip meters and fuel reserve trip meter. The instrument cluster also displays clock, instant fuel economy and average fuel economy.

Powering the FZ25 is a 249 cc, single cylinder, air cooled fuel-injection engine that develops 20.6 BHP @ 8,000 rpm and 20 Nm of peak torque at 6,000 rpm. Yamaha claims that the bike can return a fuel economy of 43 Km/l.

The FZ25 is available with three colour options: Knight Black, Ballistic Blue and Warrior White. It will be competing against the KTM 200 Duke, Honda CBR250R, TVS Apache RTR 200 4V and the upcoming Bajaj Pulsar 200NS.