Yamaha has always been a brand with a performance image, more so in India, when the first Indo-jap collabrations started in the 1980s. With products like the iconic Yamaha RX100 and the legendary Yamaha RD350, Brand Yamaha cemented its image as a manufacturer of performance bikes in the Indian Market. Fast forward a few decades and with two stroke engines phased out, Yamaha was left out in the the sporty Yamaha YZF-R15 and the 150 cc FZ series. But there was no real’performance’ motorcycle until the launch of the Yamaha YZF-R3, a bike critically acclaimed, but a commercial failure nevertheless for India Yamaha. We earlier told you that the teaser for the FZ250 had been leaked online.
Now, India Yamaha will be testing the waters of the entry level performance bike segment witha brand new offering the Yamaha FZ250, which has been launched in India and we have told you everything about it, But it’s a segment theat already has established names straddling the quarter litre space between 200 and 250 cc. So, there is also the question of Yamaha being late to an already established segment.