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**Anunay** · 03-26-2017, 03:15 AM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by VaibhavPisal View Post

this bike is turning out to be a nightmare for reviewers. just saw ride with rahul review it just came out. its a very long review 24 mins. first 10 mins he is complaining how bike feels underpowered.

after that he compares it to duke 250 and he is praising fz for how powerful it feels. appafently first 10 mins were shot before powerdrift video was out. haha.

then to top it all up he gives a very confused verdict that although its 0-100 times are amazing, its fueling is not good and extra 5 bhps would've made it a complete package.

no idea what part of fueling he didnt liked. i myself found nothing to complain. response was as expected.

have seen lot of news out lets like auto car india fumble in giving a verdict about this bike. but not to this level. at least their article or video had same verdict and theme throughout.

Don't take any of his reviews seriously. The guy who mentions wrong power output in his description can never be true in reviewing it. ( Just an example ). He has earned lot of disrespect with regard to his videos in past. Check powerdrift/motorbeam/autocar/overdrive.

**IamAditya** · 03-26-2017, 09:47 AM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Anunay View Post

Don't take any of his reviews seriously. The guy who mentions wrong power output in his description can never be true in reviewing it. ( Just an example ). He has earned lot of disrespect with regard to his videos in past. Check powerdrift/motorbeam/autocar/overdrive.

Motorbeam is useless, there reviews are biased,its all upto that Faizal Khan.

From now Zigwheels is must watch.
Because Kartikeya Singhee has left Autocar and Joined Zigwheels.

**VaibhavPisal** · 03-26-2017, 10:21 AM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Anunay View Post

Don't take any of his reviews seriously. The guy who mentions wrong power output in his description can never be true in reviewing it. ( Just an example ). He has earned lot of disrespect with regard to his videos in past. Check powerdrift/motorbeam/autocar/overdrive.

excellent pics on previous page.

i do like videos made by powerdrift, schumi from overdrive, Kartikeya who has recently moved to zigwheels.

one thing about kartikeya is whatever complains about bike he tells, all of them are completely spot on. no bike is perfect and he tells complaints (or should i say peculiar behaviour) exactly the way i feel when i ride it.

powerdrift mostly complain about stuff when bike is on edge of its performance capability. cause apparently most test riders are professional racers. so not really relevant for me as road user and casul sport riding. none the less i enjoy music and production values in their videos.

kartikeya gave a very fair review for fz25 and surprisingly he even picked a few faults in duke 390. apparently all other journalists are worshipping it and buying for themselves, ultimate endorsement. what he said made sense cause those aspects were present in older 390.

**rudyricky** · 03-26-2017, 09:13 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hey guys can anyone please help me in buying a bike between Yamaha fz25 and apache 200

As I am not going to go above 100km/hr
And mostly city riding and a little more fuel economy won't hurt 😅

**Vishal Rohra** · 03-26-2017, 09:45 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by rudyricky View Post

Hey guys can anyone please help me in buying a bike between Yamaha fz25 and apache 200

As I am not going to go above 100km/hr
And mostly city riding and a little more fuel economy won't hurt 😅

Both bikes are good and evenly matched for your requirement ride both and see which suits you best , my choice is fz 25

**skyliner34** · 03-26-2017, 09:58 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by rudyricky View Post

Hey guys can anyone please help me in buying a bike between Yamaha fz25 and apache 200

As I am not going to go above 100km/hr
And mostly city riding and a little more fuel economy won't hurt 😅

It's clear, FZ25 for below reasons IMO -
good low end grunt for city rides and one of the fastest to 100

supple ride
better nvh than cometition
better mileage than rtr

Only area rtr might be better is in handling, purely from reviews, I have never ridden rtr FYI.

**rudyricky** · 03-26-2017, 10:12 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by skyliner34 View Post

It's clear, FZ25 for below reasons IMO -
good low end grunt for city rides and one of the fastest to 100

supple ride
better nvh than cometition
better mileage than rtr

Only area rtr might be better is in handling, purely from reviews, I have never ridden rtr FYI.

Does fz has better economy?
Because company claims 43
And tvs for apache claims 48

**chakresh** · 03-26-2017, 10:14 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by rudyricky View Post

Does fz has better economy?
Because company claims 43
And tvs for apache claims 48

Practically people are getting 45 plus on highway.

**PrinceCruise** · 03-26-2017, 10:47 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Anunay View Post

...
Some treat for your eyes.

Dang! The first pic gave me chills. And those Yamaha grips looking good man! Where did you buy them - official Yamaha outlet or outside?
Thanks for sharing the pics.

Regards.

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Originally posted by rudyricky View Post

Does fz has better economy?
Because company claims 43
And tvs for apache claims 48

You're asking this question in FZ25 thread, what response do you expect?
There will be a never ending comparison list which will confuse you more because every person has different opinion. So try out both bikes and make your own choice.

PS: Yamaha's Blue Core technology is supposedly helping with a better FE but again it all depends on rider and riding conditions.

Regards.

**skyliner34** · 03-26-2017, 10:49 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by rudyricky View Post

Does fz has better economy?
Because company claims 43
And tvs for apache claims 48

Originally posted by chakresh View Post

Practically people are getting 45 plus on highway.

rtr claims are around 41 whereas fz 43, so I believe them.
Also not so close friend of mine has rtr and he claims ~35 kmpl real world economy with mix of city and highway rides (40-60). I believe fz too should return around same. If not better, once mine arrives I can share more.

Anyways EOD test ride and feel seals the deal, both are equally good in their own ways, my vote was for fz

**Anunay** · 03-26-2017, 10:51 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by PrinceCruise View Post

Dang! The first pic gave me chills. And those Yamaha grips looking good man! Where did you buy them - official Yamaha outlet or outside?
Thanks for sharing the pics.

Regards.

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You're asking this question in FZ25 thread, what response do you expect?
There will be a never ending comparison list which will confuse you more because every person has different opinion. So try out both bikes and make your own choice.

PS: Yamaha's Blue Core technology is supposedly helping with a better FE but again it all depends on rider and riding conditions.

Regards.

I got it for free from Yamaha. Its available with them. Not sure about price.

**pranav shet** · 03-26-2017, 11:58 PM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Motorhead has started worshiping Bajaj dominar as if it has no flaws. Most of the owners are complaining about Vibes but they chose to ignore it.
Very much biased.

**VaibhavPisal** · 03-27-2017, 10:09 AM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by rudyricky View Post

Hey guys can anyone please help me in buying a bike between Yamaha fz25 and apache 200

As I am not going to go above 100km/hr
And mostly city riding and a little more fuel economy won't hurt 😅

yamaha looks to offer more power and torqe and also pretty good 0-100 times. its also some 15 more expensive than rtrfi. so you basically get what you pay for.

rtr i could not get test ride, but i went to showroom multiple times and did sat on it to get a bit of feel. but i feel biggest difference in 2 are in ergos.

fz i have ridden. it is proper street fighter handling bike. you wont lean on it much. also all traction you will feel from rear tire through seat. you can drag rear to have some fun and feel from the bike.

on rtr apparently you can lean more. cant comment on front end feel cause i have not ridden it. but its fairly upright bike so no idea how tvs have managed it.

comfort and touring i will take fz over rtr.

all other aspects are more or less same.

**rudyricky** · 03-27-2017, 10:26 AM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by VaibhavPisal View Post

yamaha looks to offer more power and torqe and also pretty good 0-100 times. its also some 15 more expensive than rtrfi. so you basically get what you pay for.

rtr i could not get test ride, but i went to showroom multiple times and did sat on it to get a bit of feel. but i feel biggest difference in 2 are in ergos.

fz i have ridden. it is proper street fighter handling bike. you wont lean on it much. also all traction you will feel from rear tire through seat. you can drag rear to have some fun and feel from the bike.

on rtr apparently you can lean more. cant comment on front end feel cause i have not ridden it. but its fairly upright bike so no idea how tvs have managed it.

comfort and touring i will take fz over rtr.

all other aspects are more or less same.

Thank you brother for reply
I have sat on both bikes, what I felt is
RTR has a little heavy front end,
Whereas fz has light Handel and can change directions slightly quickly.

I am using pulsar 180(old one, without clipons). It is more like commuter riding stance.

Just help me in this if I chose either of them? In which in feel more at home?
Because in Fz I felt foot pegs were rear set
and in apache though not rear set but slightly up which means I have to bend keens more to put my feet on pegs.

**VaibhavPisal** · 03-27-2017, 10:43 AM

Re: Yamaha FZ 25 Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by rudyricky View Post

Thank you brother for reply
I have sat on both bikes, what I felt is
RTR has a little heavy front end,
Whereas fz has light Handel and can change directions slightly quickly.

I am using pulsar 180(old one, without clipons). It is more like commuter riding stance.

Just help me in this if I chose either of them? In which in feel more at home?
Because in Fz I felt foot pegs were rear set
and in apache though not rear set but slightly up which means I have to bend keens more to put my feet on pegs.

your observations are correct. i also felt about the pegs or rtr and fz.

if you wanna feel at home, yamaha eyes closed. thats what they do very well.

as for heavy front end feel on rtr, i think that should disappear while on the move.

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