Look, indiscriminate ripping on a particular bike/brand isn't really appreciated here. If you have something concrete to say, please do so with appropriate backing.

As far as technology goes:
Yes, both bikes are from completely different lines of technology, but to claim that just because the P220 uses a carb for it's fueling and is air cooled and thus it has no technology, simply means you haven't understood much about engines.


Just remember this, carbs have been around for a long, long time. They are the result of many years of research and tuning by a lot of people. They are robust, fuel efficient and cheap all at the same time. FI is a computer based technology and as such potentially more vulnerable to issues, also it's quite a bit more expensive. The fact that it can have better FE is easily offset by the extra money you spend to get it.

For example, 220FI vs 220 carb. The Fi costs a good Rs13000 more than the carb version. That's 10000 kilometers of driving. Not to mention that the carbed one gives the same or better FE, thus you will never recover the difference in price, no matter how much you ride. Someone else can do the math for ZMA vs ZMR, it'll tell you that you'll have to drive a lot of kilometers to make up for the price difference just from fuel efficiency.

Now that we have that behind us:
R15, great for tracks, cornering freaks and tech addicts. Also good for streets.
P220, great for streets, power addicts and smoking R15s on straight runs. (Pun intended)

And as usual, thread starter, TEST RIDE the bikes and then decide. All of mumbling about this and that with regard to these bikes is worth nothing compared to getting a good test ride.

there is no technology really in p220 .... really ... no technology ... just the fact that they have increased the bore size and made a new engine 220cc doesnt make that a new technology ... all they have focussed is on a gud look and they have succeeded in it ...
the parts are not that gud as they should be in a high end bike(altough we dont assume it to be high end but for indian respect we will).....

That can be the reason why he is not happy with 220 and the technology.

I request MODs to lock this thread as there is no response from the Topic Starter.

Server Space is easier to find then parking still we shouldn't take liberty,

@thread starter-- Pls ride both motorcycles and decide, end of discussion

One more thing which should be useful-- If you are a sharp rider and just love revs without any further thoughts go for the YZF and i am talking R15 here,
If you would be commuting with shopping bags, wife, mom in toe, P-220 should serve you well...(means P-220 is more of an all rounder motor-cycle which R15 isn't)

True P-220 should be faster in a straight line, but lets keep this discussion for another day...

i personally have been riding 220 since last 2-2.5 years. owned an Fi for 2 years and now own a carb 220 and yes, there were a lot of problems with the FI but this carb 220 is damn gud and i havent faced much of problem with it.