The Yamaha Fascino is the most premium scooter form the Japaness Motorcycle company. Heres detailed look at the new 113cc scooter from Yamaha India. As scooters gain larger market share with every passing day, they have begun to play a vital role for most two-wheeler manufacturers product planing and line-up. And thats the reason, for the last couple of years Yamaha has been Focusing mainly on ther scooter model.The bike marker positioned the Yamaha Ray as a scooter for girls, Ray-z was targeted for young men and the Yamaha Alpha for the family Man. Yamaha Fascino Looking is good and unique design and top class quality.
This is a nice segment and the limited competition includes the attractive Italain styled Vaspa scooter range and to a certain extent the Honda Activa 125. Keeping that in mind, the Yamaha Fascino has been given a retro desingn treatment with smooth flowing line, chrome highlight and the useal quality that Yamaha product are associated with.
Its quite and elegant looking scooter with an attractive front design. It gets a distinct chrome front grille and old school rear view mirrors also in chrome. But what Makes the Yamaha Fascino stand apart is its unique triangular headlight. Once on the seat, the retro analogue instrument console grabs your attention, which has the usual speedometer and fuel gauge. The switch gear feel and finish is of good quality, but isnt exceptional as expected on a premium scooter.
At the back, there is a mix of matte black plastic and glass bits on the back light and indicators and in between sites the chrome highlight with a small Yamaha tuning fork 3D logo. The Yamaha scooter offers pretty much everything that its competitors do, but nothing out of the ordinary. So, theres a Small Cubbyhole near key fob which can be used to store mobile phone or things like a small water bottle. The soft and large seat 7mm thinner around the edges to help the riders feet reach the ground with ease. The 21 liter under seat storage is one of the largest in the segment, but unlike Yamahas claim a proper full face helmet dose not fit in. Also, the 5.2 Litter fuel tank is par with the Competition.
Yamaha has employed the tried and tested 113cc air ciiler, 4 stroke, single cylinder Blue Core engine as seen on the other Yamaha scooters available in India. This engine develops a reasonable 7.1ps of maximum power and 8.1nm of peak torque.
The Yamaha Fascino comes in a range of attractive colours including the blue my choices colour Unlike the Vaspa which also offers similar styling, the Yamaha Fascino is priced quite attractively around 62000 on road. This is a Good Scooter and vary comfort, Good design smart, Very Good Looking.