Re: Yamaha Unveils New MT-125 (250cc MT-25 Very Likely)

Most of the street bikes and sbks have inverted shocks as they look cool and not for any gain in performance. It does help to make the suspension a bit harder, but, that can be easily achieved using normal forks too. The inverted forks gives a beefier look to the front side, a look that a street bike usually gives.

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Nicely put, grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

lol, I have dibs for Ishaa Koppikar in this thread.

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Its looking stunning, Yamaha make everything marvelous, but I don't think its gonna come to India and Yamaha I want a 250cc.....

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Wow, now that's one that slipped out of my mind. They should launch R25 with Isha as the brand ambassador :P I'm sure ill find you first in line
[MENTION=37022]Ron Syl[/MENTION] hehehe, its a good discussion an all taken in good taste Btw im gonna bother you a lot pretty soon asking all sorts of vague ques like which helmet/where to buy Bangalore type questions :P

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Dude, i would still want deepika instead of isha on r25

Yup sure, shoot them. kind of used to it

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Yeah it will be around 10-12k more. But if people can buy Vespa, amazingly super high prices for a gearless machine, they can buy this also.

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Exactly !
People will buy a quality product even if it costly slightly more (heck i would).
I have been riding my FZ-16 for over 2 years now and know what a capable machine it is. I would recommend the newer version to all who might be having the said budget. With new features (FI system and better power figures) this might turn out an extremely good option.
My only concern is that they should keep the design minimalistic like the present one and not degrade the macho feel with funky graphics and over designing

(I am talking about newer version of fz here)

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Whoa !!! Lots of glamour girls we're now talking about !!! Are we still talking about bikes? But I would put 2 cents for Deepika or Anushka, approval required from Virat who will make her sit on the TVS, on R25. Another option is to have Sunny, not Deol or Gajjar bhai, who can surely show the wild side of Yamaha bikes.

Inverted forks, apart from lending a beefier look, doesn't actually add up any advantage over the normal ones to smaller bikes (I'm even including D390 in the list or better till the power range of D390) as far as I understoof. No wonder even Yamaha, Kawasaki or Honda doesn't use these for their bikes of similar range. I have ridden almost all the bikes, right from the FZ till the D390, for fair amount of time and by borrowing from friends, and didn't feel any special advantage for the D200 and D390, only KTM provides USDs for all their bikes, because of the USDs. So it doesn't matter even if R25 doesn't feature USDs. It would be the same old impeccable Yamaha handling, performance and reliability, still the USP for R15s, that we would like to have for the R25.

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Hi ArnabC..off topic ..please take a test ride of a vespa 125 and a an activa 125 or any other scooter (except Aprilia)in India and i am sure you will know why people buy premium bikes at premium prices...and about the grearless machine...it will do 115 KMPH with ZERO vibrations....yes ZERO ..please leme know if any BIKE in India will do this....in this price range...and as for the R25...no USD's ?

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Heard that the MT-125 won't be having ABS. Whereas Duke 125 comes with ABS. The MT-125 got awesome LED lights . Would be a good replacement for My FZ-S.







Source: Yamaha MT-125 India, Variant, Price, Review, Details
KTM 125 Duke India, Variant, Price, Review, Details

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Those Maxabout.com idiots and their stupid speculated pricing for products not meant for India. Smh

Edit: Also that competition check = facepalm

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Of course the price are not going to be anywhere near as the site specified. But there is a competition between the KTM and Yamaha in 125cc segment.

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Brother .....even R1 doesnt have ABS.

you live only once.....

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And atlast , Naked R25 (I cant call it MT-25 yet unless Yamaha calls it) spied in Indonesia. I wonder when Yamaha India will wake up.

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Yamaha is on going aggressive for the last couple of years globally.

I doubt the Indian division will do anything