(correction ) the earlier price i mentioned was on road and not ex showroom. sorry about that. i had misheard the info that day. coming back to r25/r3 now.
yawn
patience guys... even i am running out of it

another week and we will get the info we need about this. very strong feeling that its gonna be r3.
The r25 was launched in may 2014 and r3 in oct 2014. too early to launch with testing it in india , especially if they are considering both and launching 1 of them. its not like amazon delivery where they manufacture in other country and deliver to india within days or weeks
just for reference:
the P200RS was showcased in 2014 auto expo and took abt a year to be launched and was launched abt a month ago. being a home grown bike it took a year. and u got a 200cc again . (why? because you are getting it at low cost. and with ktm and kawa behind them). ofcourse its triple spark now and more power and abs. the 400cc has not seen daylight yet.
suzuki went nuts and launched inazuma at high price. what happ? it didnt last a year. other manufacturers will take a note about this, apart from hero, honda and bajaj (they have strong hold here) . i see gixxer selling well and i personally like it. but the faired version was a nonsense at 14ps, i will not be surprised if this also goes out too.
now r25 was launched in Indonesia in may2014 (imported in india last july) and r3 was launched in Europe and got here in jan 2015 for testing (trying my best to gather facts, excuse me if anything is wrong). now its minor difference between both bikes, hence a lot of time for testing the r25 than r3. asking the bike soon means , a CBU bike costing more. and as expected we will complain on that even more
all new bike we are getting. so it has to go thru some layers before reaching us. not to forget that they are planning 7 bikes (2 already launched , r1 and r1m). yamaha meeting up at chennai this time. because of their new assembly line. possible launch also will be chennai (hoping it will be bangalore
)The question about yamaha giving importance to Indonesia is that its a big market for them, even for honda. check their moto gp bikes, both have indonesian language tag lines on them, giving importance to indonesia..
i am contemplating a sept 2015 launch of the r3 but CKD.
PS: just because i or we are getting old does not mean the market is gone




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