Yamaha’s freshly launched FZ25

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Yamaha’s freshly launched FZ25 has not quite hit the streets yet, but it is generating enough buzz to warrant a closer look at it.  Yamaha FZ has been one of the best and efficient bikes in its segment. Foraying into the highly competitive 250cc performance motorcycle segment, Yamaha takes the FZ brand forward with the newly launched FZ25. Yamaha has undercut competition by a significant margin with the pricing and better mileage. The headlight is more angular, the tank more muscular and the seat design sportier. The most important element of the FZ25, of course, is its new powertrain. Sitting under the tank is a 249cc, single-cylinder, air-

cooled, four-stroke engine with SOHC and two valves. As with the FZS, the FZ25 gets a diamond chassis. The suspension set up consists of 41mm telescopic forks up front and a swingarm-mounted monoshock round the back. The equipment list for the FZ25 is configured more for conspicuous consumption as opposed to practicality and performance. You do get an all-digital instrument cluster with a tripmeter and live fuel economy gauge, as well as an LED headlight and tail-light, but ABS is conspicuously missing.