Tag Archives : Yamaha R15

Almost two and a half years since its launch, Yamaha seems to be planning to apply some major cosmetic changes to their YZF- R15. What looks like a Yamaha R15 facelift has been caught testing recently. From the pictures our new friend Vaibhav Saigal has shared on xbhp.com we can easily make out that majority of the work has been done on the rear section which till now has been accused of being very [...]

Good news for the Colombians as YZF-R15 becomes more affordable. The company has managed reduce the cost to around INR 2,05,613. The bike is essentially the same as the one sold here in India with features like electronic injection, single cylinder SOHC 4-valve, liquid cooled and disk brakes on both wheels. Yamaha also sells the Rossi edition of the R15 in Colombia, in limited numbers (pictured). Can [...]

Something fishy? A Yamaha YZF-R15 caught fire in Hyderabad city while it was negotiating a flyover. The cause of this fire could not be ascertained and we haven’t heard anything official from Yamaha. From the images, it looks like only one side of the motorcycle, around the engine area was damaged by the fire. There is no damage to the other parts of the motorcycle. The newspaper carrying this [...]

Indian-made Yamaha motorcycles, the FZ-S and YZF-R15 have started selling in a showroom in Saigon, Vietnam. Yamaha has begun exporting these bikes manufactured at Yamaha’s Faridabad plant in Haryana. This move is a sign of Yamaha’s healthy operations in India. India Yamaha Motor has recorded an impressive 17% growth in its monthly sales. The company sold 25,033 bikes in India and abroad [...]

The new blue color looks impressive with all new graphics pattern These days everyone is talking about the red and white paint scheme of the 2010 edition of Yamaha YZF-R15 which was displayed at the auto expo recently but I’m not sure how many of you have noticed the new blue color of R15. Before the 2010 edition of R15 came into picture, Yamaha had already introduced the new blue color of the [...]

Going by the spyshot, the Yamaha R15 will also be manufactured in Indonesia The Yamaha YZF-R15 which brought back Yamaha into the Indian motorcycle race, is now finding new markets to replicate a similar effect. Our friend Taufik has posted a spy shot of a black Yamaha YZF-R15 mounted on to a ramp in Yamaha’s Indonesian assembly line. The specification is expected to remain the same except for [...]