Yamaha makes some of the most exciting Motorcycle in the world and they've been able to replicate.
This to a Large extendable in India as well with their R15 series which do their remains the
Best beginners would for bike you can buy however the make its.
Well, they more like commuters weather is the 150 or the 250 but Yamaha also to change.
All that With This The new MT-15 but is it just Another 150CC Commuter Or does it have the
Pakkas speed five of the DNA to make it off the MT-badge well to answer that You are five
things you need to know about the new Yamaha MT-15
One It gets the same engine As the R15 V3 But at the same 155CC Single cylinder liquid
cool for bail motor with VVA all variable valve actuation.
For its self makes 19.3 PS of power and 14.7-newton meters of torque but to spice things up on
the MT-15
Yamaha has given this larger real socket which is up by fourteen which means initial exclusion
is much quicker also in the bike race four kilo less in has R-15 so
In the Acceleration them at least 260 KPH we believe this is going to be much faster,
Of course, Its top Speed will be lower compared to be R15 And why didn't we have chance to
test how fast It would go the Acceleration out of the corner was quite impressive.
The experience Was It in by the same Slick shifting six-speed gearbox From.
The R15 With A sliver of his clutch As well two There Are some key mechanical differences
over the International MT-15
Firstly are these spokes now the international bikes get upside down units but just like
the Indian R-15 version 3, these are Conventional telescopic spokes.
That said the front end Geometry is camp the same at the R-15 V3 which means it has same
wake angle.
and moving over to the back of the bike Compared to the international bike the swing arm well
this is box section swing arm the one on the international bike is a cast aluminum unit
same like you find on the Indian R-15 version 3 as well so how does all this affect handing
well out on the racetrack.
The bike felt very nimble But that's first because There's hardly any wait on the front
end The bikes Streaios in quite rapidly into a corner
However With that less wait on the front.
The front end can feel a little bit to light almost twitchy to certain point the downside to
having such a light front end feel is that through to fast-dressing changer the bike
can almost feel a bit twitchy and out on the BIS so a corner and felt a little bit scary
at speed so the MT-15 does require a delicate hand.
To actually expect in the best Handling potential And coming to things that remain the same
these are the same make that you get on the R-15 version 3
However out on the track both bikes and felt survivor lacking in almost feel they were
doing tune more for street every day used.
And then into the safety, it does get ABS but it's the only single channel not dual
channel like on the R-15.
Three there are some visuals changes Compared to the international MT-15 as well you firstly
gone are the Vacay color that to see.
On the Indonesian bike, Yamaha India has gone for more Suttle colors and I think add called
them a little bit dull you get this sort of dark bule and you get a black.
Even those on a wheel on the international bike are not here only get on with this blue
bike are a group of grill take on the wheels that said the overall shape does.
Remain The same as the international bikes including the bikini fairing with that robotic
looking LED headlight now we feel the LED headlights on the R-15 v3 as well but they
were a bit disappointed in term of how much light the provided in the dark this one though
might be in the little bit better considering that it's projector
Overall though whats really visually missing in this bike is that must be an instance at
the international bike has and that's thanks to the lack of upside down Spokes.
Why they have no issues with the quality of speed and the overall plastics the way all
the bits come together does feel a little bit flimsy and the swipe gear quality isn’t
up to the same level of that's been used as seen on other Yamaha bikes.
4th the other making Changes make it a lot easier to live with compared to the R15 V3
firstly the seat Height has gone down by five millimeters so at internal is not exactly
very short but isn’t the bike is very narrow so while I can’t flat foot the bike properly
it’s also get feet down very very easily but even short riders it should not be a big
problem then the bike itself also feel quite lite and quite narrow which means moveable
bike in the parking lot is a very easy task and it comes with stands well this is nice
the White Handlebar its just set quite low you have to be very slit lean forward to word them.
Now the posture does feel a little bit aggressive and it does remind you a little bit on the
small of KTM Duke especially because the bar is set that quite close to you.
And then speaking about the seat.
Well, it is actually fairly comfortable for riders and even though it has a fairly deep
scallop it's not as bad as the BMW G 310R so you can still move back in the seat if
you have to.
As For the pillion seats, It is actually quite small if you ask any of them Might be able
to just about managed but in the larger, I don't think so.
Five at rupees 1.36 Lakh ex-showroom Delhi it is just about three and a half lakh rupees
cheaper compared with to the R15 V3 and here is relies the problem in terms of equipment
it is offering a little bit less like swing arm or even the ABS within the price difference
isn't all that much honestly expecting this bike we price a lot lower somewhere we close
to 1.2 lakh mark and that price its make a lot of sense well some of the one of the performances
of R15 but want the bike.
And little bit Easier to live with Try As we might we are finding it a bit difficult
to justify the MT-15 high price sure we believe it will be good urban motorcycle and definitely
more comfortable than the R15 on a daily basis but if with those are the only reasons for
picking the MT15 well we can certainly think of better and better price the street fighters
from the competition.