I dunno about the old yamaha bikes.. But R15 takes the crown for being so beautiful and for its ultimate performance.. Eyes follows you everywhere comment is true

It is a bike With Looks + Performance

If it is about a Yamaha in production now it's got to be the Crux.

Bloody Hell. It didn't click in the market but is a damn worthy successor to the RX 100.

Let how many ever ride it, and how ever they ride it, it is damn reliable. I have ridden Cruxes done over 1L and 1.5L KMs. Not maintained and some times raped steadily. They don't give up. Not even a clutch plate change. Start with one kick down.

BTW, Pearl Yamaha (Kondapur, Hyderabad) has a workshop bike - Crux. Everyone uses it for almost anything. 2 Lakh KMs, running great... not even clutch plates need a change!

And yeah, that's Yamaha's cheapest offering in India. I own their most expensive offering - the R15.

Reminds me of the Pearl Yamaha in the early eighties. That too was a highly underrated bike.