Hello guys,
I happened to visit the Yamaha stall in BIAE, i met a guy who claimed to be from Yamaha (wearing the yamaha outfit). He says there will be Yamaha 250 cc coming by end of 2009. Dont know how true or valid was his comment. Any news anyone has on the same?

If you are talking about YZF R125 then I really do not think that Yamaha will launch R125 or anything similar in India in a shorter period. As R15 is already running and it has not captured the market properly. Yamaha is releasing add-ons and accessories for R15 (which is a great news), so that the sale increases and R15 owners are satisfied. Sale of R15 has not been as expected by Yamaha and on top of this they themselves bringing in a competition for R15 will not be good idea. New models in higher power range is also doubtful as there are no competition (atleast in 2009). Ninja and CBR are still hypes and nothing else. Its what I think and not based on any external or internal resources.

I hope that this news comes out to be true in coming days. A new BodyKit (Split seat) will be awesome for sure.

Thanks for the News Aman. Hope to these things in the in the showroom soon.

According to a new post at team-bhp, someone spotted a FZ250 and a YZF125 in Chennai. Nobody knows the veracity of the information though. Here is the link- spotted fz-250 and yzf-150 - Team-BHP

An FZ250 sounds very yum. The FZ16 seriously deserves a 250cc mill anyway.

Guys saw this R15 with split seats.. it looked really uncomfortable...

See how that moron has hung the helmet on the mirror. Shows what he is made of, no wonder the seats

Its not very visible in the picture. But I am sure a split seat by yamaha would be kool.

Yamaha, please give us the R15 with this special anniversary colour scheme ! I remember asking for it months back on xbhp. If you do bring this out, I promise to take out my cheque and buy it asap. Scouts honour !

That is just a local one. Yamaha will surely provide a much better one.

Damn! For a second I thought its R15 with upgraded accessories!!! heh

Crash bobbins would be eagerly awaited accessories... so would be the tyre hugger!

Guys, did anyone mange to get hold of R15's front brake pads??? used ones or new...

No R15 revamp till 2010

Wishful thinking! But the following 3 are expected from Yamaha in 2009:
1. Gearless scooter
2. 125 cc bike, similar to R125 but less radical of course.
3. 100cc bread&butter bike.

No revamps to either of the 150s till 2nd quarter 2010, no 250 on the cards. Enjoy your R15s&put the crash bobbins/tyre huggers on as company is seriously planning for them.

No make up on the rear

Poor quality rims

I did have a serious issue with the alloys yesterday.. I hit a hole (caused by some cracks, not so big one) on a highway and to my surprise, both the rims gave up. The front rim got bent and rear one cracked, infact it broke. I was at 95-100 kmph. I weigh 56 kilos and the pillion rider weigh's 64 kgs. Though the speed was high but I really never thought that the quality of the rim was so bad that it would crack. Guys from Hyd visiting Venkatesh Motors SS can see the damage. Bike number is AP29AE 4533

I was then 150 kms away from Hyderabad and it was late evening. How I returned is another story....

Guys be careful when you see these holes..and take my words on this.. the quality of the rims is really bad. I hope Yamaha does something about it. People who have faced problems with the rims please let us know here so that we could take it up to Yamaha and hope they come with some good solution as Bajaj had done for the front fork issues of P200.

But I would appreciate one thing. The feel was as if both my tyres took a hit and bursted when actually the front rim got bent and rear one cracked... but the bike didnot lose its balance. Both tyres leaked almost at the same time but the bike was rock steady and I was easily able to take it to the side of the highway to park it.

Will try to post the pics of the damage late today...

Heard from you after a long time Lohit...Really sorry to hear about the incident. I think Venkatesha should be able to give you a rim replacement. As for the tyres, I've seen one kid claiming a free replacement at Pearl too. They are covered under warranty. Check the manual for the rims-I'm sure about the tyres though.