Yamaha FZ16-The Discussion Thread

[prakash_mvpa]

looks awesome.sad that this monsta looking bikes not having the power :| .atleast 17bhp ,I thought.
BTW ,about engine- is that manufactured in india?or just direct import?

[Mibhin]

One interesting information I found is, one can change the color of the bike by just spending 1800 bucks for the panels.

Thats an awesome amount of information provided, so v can have 3 bikes at extra cost of Rs 3600..... kewl.......

Are the showroom people providing this bike for test ride???

[Manoj76]

. The rear looks terrific with the 140 section tyre.
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what worries me is the profile of the rear rubber...i guess it's 140/60/17...The alloys are sure gonna take a severe beating given the indian road conditions

[Manoj76]

Thats an awesome amount of information provided, so v can have 3 bikes at extra cost of Rs 3600..... kewl.......

What about the RC entries mate??

We'll have a bit of explaining to do when our friendly neighborhood thulla catches up with us....

[Cyberpunk]

I'm eagerly awaiting some comparision reviews!

PS: Has anyone booked one in Mumbai?

[Raiden]

Yup the lord of the street - FZ 16 :P

@shark80 - hey man, me too booked fz 16 at panache on 17th. I had been there on 16th one look at the bike i made up my mind to book it. The panache guys told told me TD could be arranged this week have to check it with them.

@busa: yup if any indian bike today deserves the "definitely male" tag its FZ 16, anyways the lord is here

[ravi@17bhp]

what worries me is the profile of the rear rubber...i guess it's 140/60/17...The alloys are sure gonna take a severe beating given the indian road conditions

I too had the same doubt, but later I found that the suspension play is the longest and the suspension is very soft. I think it will make up for the lower profile tyre, and I really hope it does so.

A significant note is, one of our xbhpian had bumped his R-15 into pothole and both the rims got bent. His bike currently in service center for the past one month. No spares yet. There are two other R-15s in hyd with bent alloys.

Now, we really have to see if the rims of FZ-16 can take the hardbeating.

[gd76]

The Bike looks neat & sexy. Red colour's looking good.

CHEERS,
G D

[anandtheleo]

Bike looks cool

The bike looks good. Very macho in my opinion. Reading through the comments above, I think no manufacturer can satisfy us bikers. when R15 was given skinny tires, we complained, when we are given fatter tire in the FZ16 we complain again. If yamaha is reading this thread(which i am sure they are), what would they take as feedback.

We as consumers should be clear in what we want for the money we are willing to spend. We can't expect the moon after spending reasonable amount of money. I feel for 75000, what we get in the fz16 is reasonable.

Hope no one feels offended for my statement above, but I stand by what I said above.

[Thunder]

Well the greatest advantage of FZ16 is that it has almost resembled its Great Bigger Brother FZ

THe tyres and in looks which R-1-5 failed to claim from its brother R-1

Look at the tyres in Front and Back
THe rear tyre is somwhat acceptable
But the Front is wat - quite unbearable - How an 155mill is gonna pull this to its peak performance is gonna be the mindblowing factor
Yamaha's engineering is gonna prove its show on this case


The front tyre - oh god



The back tyre - oh god - this looks something of a cars tyre
HOw a Drum break is gonna stop it in Rear - Okie No probs in it

Lets wait for its On road Performance and reviews

[manishh]

The bike really looks awesome, but I am personally disappointed by specs - just 14 ps and 153 cc??? In that case the bike is too pricey and not all that desirable!

rgds,
- Manish

[leon_nerd]

The bike really looks awesome, but I am personally disappointed by specs - just 14 ps and 153 cc??? In that case the bike is too pricey and not all that desirable!

rgds,
- Manish

But do not forget the weight of the bike. What matters is the power to weight ratio.

[skyknight19]

I had seen this bike in pune on 30th August. And guess what, it was neither having a temp number plate nor the rider seemed to be a yamaha test rider. He was some college guy from model colony. I guess he was able to get his hands on this one way before its launch.

[gabz77]

But do not forget the weight of the bike. What matters is the power to weight ratio.

I got this from the net.

FZ 16 is 102.18 PS/ton
Torque to weight ratio is also the same 102.18 Nm/ton

[gabz77]

Now the nurses who screamed it's a boy would be watching with their jaws dropped... Yamaha delivered a Man!!!