Yamaha has sent off the 2023 FZ15 in Brazil, and this refreshed bike is probably going to advance toward India as the FZ V4. This new form of the well established FZ line-up gets another gander at the front graciousness of an overhauled LED fog light. Different changes incorporate an updated tail-light and a changed LCD instrument bunch that presently sports a stuff position pointer. Under these superficial changes, there are a couple of key contrasts to the mechanicals too.
The 149cc, single-chamber air-cooled motor has endured a shot concerning execution on this new cycle. Top power remains something similar, at 12.4hp, yet is made somewhat higher up in the fire up range, at 7,500rpm, rather than 7,250rpm on the current model. Force, in any case, has gone somewhere near 0.9Nm, to 12.4 Nm, and that also is made higher up in the fire up band, at 6,000rpm, rather than 5,500rpm on the current FZ-FI. It bears referencing here that the Brazilian rendition is tuned to run on ethanol too (a seriously broad practice in Brazil) so it isn’t evident whether this bicycle will have similar result assumes if and when it advances here.
The wheelbase and seat level, at 1,330mm and 790mm, individually, remain unaltered. While kerb weight remains something very similar, at 135kg, the gas tank has contracted in ability to 11.9 liters, down 1.1 liter from the ongoing one. Ground freedom has gone up by 5mm to bring the total up to 170mm. The spring on the preload-movable monoshock is done in yellow, rather than the dark on the flow model. The remainder of the equipment like the front fork, slowing down componentry and the single-channel ABS unit, all give off an impression of being continued from the current model with no changes.
The 149cc, single-chamber air-cooled motor has endured a shot concerning execution on this new cycle. Top power remains something similar, at 12.4hp, yet is made somewhat higher up in the fire up range, at 7,500rpm, rather than 7,250rpm on the current model. Force, in any case, has gone somewhere near 0.9Nm, to 12.4 Nm, and that also is made higher up in the fire up band, at 6,000rpm, rather than 5,500rpm on the current FZ-FI. It bears referencing here that the Brazilian rendition is tuned to run on ethanol too (a seriously far reaching practice in Brazil) so it isn’t evident whether this bicycle will have similar result assumes if and when it advances here.
The wheelbase and seat level, at 1,330mm and 790mm, separately, remain unaltered. While kerb weight remains something very similar, at 135kg, the gas tank has contracted in ability to 11.9 liters, down 1.1 liter from the ongoing one. Ground freedom has gone up by 5mm to bring the total up to 170mm. The spring on the preload-movable monoshock is done in yellow, rather than the dark on the flow model. The remainder of the equipment like the front fork, slowing down componentry and the single-channel ABS unit, all have all the earmarks of being extended from the current model with no changes.
Right now, the FZ-FI is evaluated at Rs 1.13 lakh (ex-display area, Delhi) and is less expensive by Rs 8,000 than the more upmarket FZ S-FI. With every one of the progressions that this new model offers of real value, anticipate that Yamaha should climb the cost to reflect them. In this controversial class, the FZ-FI goes facing rivals like the TVS Apache RTR 160 4V, Hero Xtreme 160R, Suzuki Gixxer and the recently sent off Bajaj Pulsar N160.
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