It’s been nearly nine years since the FZ16 first came out and it’s grown into a massive success since. Our thoughts back then were that the excellent chassis could easily handle more power and so began the wait - Yamaha would eventually bring a more powerful engine in, right? Well, it took a wee bit longer than we originally thought but here we are, say hello to the FZ25!
Let’s start by acknowledging that this bike isn’t going to win any spec sheet battles. Yes, there are more powerful bikes and more advanced bikes out there for less money. But Yamaha is taking a different route; the company intends to provide its valuable FZ16 customers something to upgrade to when they begin to crave more power. After having ridden the bike for a couple of hours, one thing emerges clear as day - the FZ25 offers the same approachable, premium flavour that customers of the smaller bike so love.