New Yamaha R15 2.0 launch on the 6th September: First on ICB!

New Yamaha R15 Invite

The new Yamaha R15 will be unveiled in India on the 6th of September, at Delhi. We’ve just managed to lay our hands on a dealer invite for the new Yamaha R15 unveil courtesy our long time reader, Dileep Anirudh. The motorcycle, which Yamaha calls the 2.0 version of the R15 has been spied numerous times doing the testing rounds and also has been caught on the factory floor on a couple of occasions. The new Yamaha R15 is a motorcycle that brings a lot of new features to the equation, mainly in the styling department.

The new Yamaha R15 features an all new rear end which is raised quite high to endow the motorcycle a superbikish look that’ll find a lot of favor with Indian motorcyclists who’d want a radical looking motorcycle. Also, the R15 2.0 will feature a wider rear tyre, which is another feature that the market has been demanding. The alloy wheels too get a new design with 10 spokes. The muffler is an all new unit with a faux carbon fiber insert for a racy feel.

New Yamaha R15 2.0

The rear tyre gets a tyre hugger and a floating number plate holder. The new Yamaha R15′s engine gets black powder coating on the crankcase. What remains to be seen is whether Yamaha will endow the new R15 with a little more power and torque to compensate for the wider rear tyre. By our reckoning, there’s a fat chance that Yamaha will tweak the R15′s engine/ECU slightly to ensure that the larger tyre doesn’t result in the performance of the motorcycle getting hampered in any way.

Yamaha says that the new R15 2.0 will be leaner and meaner. So, expect some weight loss or a power bump or both. Also, there has been some talk about the Yamaha R15′s parts being localized to a large extent. If this is indeed true, expect the new Yamaha R15 2.0 to be priced very competitively as Yamaha India could pass on the cost advantage to the customer. Whatever may be the case, we’ll find out on September 6th, 2011, when the new Yamaha R15 2.0 will finally be showcased to the Indian motorcycling populace, in all its racy glory.

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August 17, 2011 | By Jay Prashanth · Tags:

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12 Responses to “New Yamaha R15 2.0 launch on the 6th September: First on ICB!”

anant on August 17th, 2011 5:18 pm

awesome man..waiting to see it in flesh..thankz icb team..really a wondaful site :)
kannan on August 17th, 2011 5:47 pm

it’s wonderful to drive
kannan on August 17th, 2011 5:48 pm

:disdain: :disdain:
Saurabh on August 17th, 2011 9:19 pm

Finally the wait is over…
But look @ the veiled R15 2.0 in the invite, it has the same 5 spoke alloy wheel :-(
Abhishek on August 17th, 2011 10:23 pm

:jump: :jump: :jump: :jump:
when it will launch in orissa???
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Jay Prashanth on August 17th, 2011 11:01 pm

Thank you Anant. Your encouragement is our inspiration.

Cheers,

Jay on behalf of Team ICB
Shrikant G Joshi on August 18th, 2011 5:38 am

Oh my god…!!! Am so much excited to know this.. Desperately awaiting for the launch… Honda CBR 250R plz dnt mess with me… Am coming …
smijo on August 18th, 2011 9:23 am

u cant mess up with CBR250 yamaha R15 dude its really ammazing no chance man………. 8-)
Venkatesh M on August 31st, 2011 11:24 am

Only the rear wheel has ten spokes, not the front one (which is shown in the invite). Actually it’s not ten spokes, but 5 double spoke wheel.
Venkatesh M on August 31st, 2011 11:26 am

Whether they’re gonna launch 250cc bike also, or only R15 2.0. Any news about launching of R25 (250cc) bike this year?
stungun! on September 2nd, 2011 5:54 pm

fake!
RAJU on September 7th, 2011 9:31 am

I AM SURE, IT WILL DO AMAZING PERFORMANCE