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Originally Posted by sumit512
HOLY $H!T. Is Yamaha desperate to go back to their old days? I dont understand who takes care of the marketing division in Yamaha. Can they learn something from Maruti in that there is a huge profit by being a volume player. Well why go to Maruti? They ought to learn this from HH as well. I can clearly see Yamaha failing in near future when there will be enough FZ16 on the roads and there will not be any of three factors to save its skin namely FE, Power or exclusivity.
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thats a pretty contradictory statement sumit!!
what bike do you ride?? a HH?
and if yamaha also goes by the "volumes" trust me for this there would be more r15 and fz16 on the road than anything else you have ever seen. there goes your exclusivity!
and yes, yamaha is desperate to go back to its older days. remember the legends like RD350 and RX100?? then they thought of playing the volume game after the demise of 2 strokes, with yamaha crux!!! it took them more than 10 years to come up with a seller --- R15.
do you seriously feel the R15 is a performance bike?? and don't you think it is way too OVER priced for a 150cc bike?
but then the fact remains the same....its selling like a hot cake. almost everyone wants to own it just because it looks "ohh soo good"!!
just think for once.
you want exclusivity, but you want it cheaper.
you want performance, but want the bike to be amazing when it comes to fuel efficiency!
would a lamborghini still be exclusive if it were priced at something like a skoda octavia?
would you still take out ur phone to click pictures when every second car that you pass is a lamborghini??
I do agree that FZ16 feels a bit under powered compared to its competition --- Pulsar. And I also do agree that nowadays yamaha is charging a bit extra premium on their bikes. Can't see why anyone will buy a fazer. But, then couldn't see why anyone would ever buy an R15 either.
guess yamaha realised onething. Nowadays in India posse value is more important than how well the bike performs...and I guess they are right as their posse bikes are selling, and are a dream for many "enthusiasts".
Anyways, the Fazer is getting launched on the 5th of July, and should be on display for all by the 6th of July.
a good news for R15 riders, Yamaha has decided to import the daytona racing kits for R15s. Should be available in the market latest by August 2009.
Keep Checking!!