sukant08

YZF R25 ?????? The question my dear friend is a very big If and an even bigger when. Suzuki and Yamaha have just now woken up to a multi cylinder 250cc sports, and they'd be on the drawing board now if at all !!

Right now there is no alternative to Ninja and frankly we dont even need any alternatives. And what makes anyone think a 250 from yamaha will be sold at less than 2 lakhs. Their carburetted 150 costs upwards of 75k for gods sake.

I undestand Yamaha stands for quality and all that, and I'm also a hugest Yam fan. But they do price things at a premium.
The only company that regularly prices products competitively is Bajaj and if they are pricing Ninja @ 2.5, there might be a reason for it. Maybe also that they want to make as much profit as possible like Zma wen it was launched and later price it more sensibly !!

But the point is will anyone buy a Ninja for 2.5 lakhs. I know I will as any other alternative will be much more costly. And I am itching to have a proper sports bike in my hands now !! Is it worth 2.5 lakhs ?? I dont know, never ridden one !! So anyone hu says its owrth only 1.5 or 1.6, I really dont understand on what basis. Noone has ridden the bike here and seen the level of quality parts it got !!

On the basis of pure conversion rates, it retails at close to $3300, which will be 165000, but in that way, even R1s are costly in india !! But pple hu bought it found it to be worth it.

And about practicality, its a sport commuter, so it'll be as comfortable as any sport commuter can be. And a 250 cc bike can be used to commute. I have an Aquila and I can easily commute in the busy Bangalore traffic !!
Of course I'm frustrated that I cannot open her up, but you cannot open a reasonably powerful (relatively) bike in any city in the world. Even to really enjoy a Hayabusa pple even in US have to hit the highway. Wich is what we will do with the Ninja.
At least I know I will !! And ya I'll buy the Ninja at 2.5 lakhs !!
As day say 'dil lagi deewar se to pari kya cheez hai' !!