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This might clear the speculation of the launch of the 250cc by Yamaha.

Motorbike maker India Yamaha Motor (IYM) may not speed ahead of rivals this festival season as its top boss denied launching a bike model in the 225-250 cc range.
Yamaha’s speed rivals – Bajaj Auto’s new Pulsor 220 and Hero Honda’s to-be-launched new version of Karizma lie in the 220-250 cc range.
“We are not thinking of launching a bike in that (225-250 cc) range this festival season,” Yukimine Tsuji, managing director and chief executive officer, India Yamaha Motor, told Financial Chronicle on the sidelines of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) annual convention.
However, Sanjay Tripathi, division head of product planning and brand management of the company, when asked about the launch of the fastest bike in India this festival season, had earlier told this paper, “We will launch a bike that would not only be the fastest in India, but it would be the fastest in the world.”
IYM is looking to almost double its sales this year, based on a low base last year. “We are targeting selling 220,000 units this year in the domestic market, while our export target is 70,000 units,” Tsuji said. The company had sold 120,000 units in the domestic market and exported 40,000 units in 2008.
The company is also looking to ramp up production of its recently introduced Fazer. “We will now produce 3,000 units of the Fazer per month, and are targeting to sell 20,000 units of the model this year,” Tsuji said. IYM was manufacturing 1,500 units a month of the Fazer at its plant in Uttar Pradesh. In the past two months, 3,000 units of the model have been sold, which is also equal to it the plant’s production capacity.
Tripathi had also earlier said the company will launch two new models by the middle of September, but did not divulge additional details.

Source: Yamaha plans to delay 225-250 cc bike launch | mydigitalfc.com

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RanjithMN

Fastest bike in the world???


anyway dint make any sense to launch 250cc FAZERS so soon...

wanderlustindia

So, it appears that Yamaha have a product that can beat the mighty Busa and the Kawa ZZR1400!

The 2009 YZF-R1! (have they done something to the engine to extract more out of it) But does it go as fast as the two bikes mentioned above? What is the dough here?

ken cool

"Delay"! It was never on the cards! At least not since last year.

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svjhonda

^ Not necessarily 'the' fastest bike in the world (The Y2K has een to that), may be the fastest bike in the world for its segment.

(Super dooper speculation mode on: HINT HINT R6 HINT HINT).

satishg

Sept 09 issue of Bike India was refering to a new bike Yamaha is planning to launch soon. They have not given any clues but asked the readers to guess. supposed to be one of the fastest production bikes in the world of all times !! is it the VMAX or a 150cc copy of it for Indian market ?

niranjanvaidya

Has it occurred to anyone that they might be meaning "fastest bike in it's segment anywhere in the world"?

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shaggy25

The sept bike India issue also refers to the pic given with text, so any guesses about which bike could it be under the covers??

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kirankoti

Fastest bike here means as in fastest 250cc bike? or "THE" fastest bike?