August 2009
AND THE FZ GETS ITS SHARE TOO...
Along with the R15, Yamaha have in-
troduced an upgrade for the FZ too,
and it works better than we expected
amaha, while giving enough power-up to the R15,
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have also come up with a bunch of goodies for the
younger of the two siblings, the FZ16. Though not as
hardcore as the R15 performance parts, trust me when
I say that it does just enough to make the FZ a sweet ride.The
performance upgrades for the FZ come in the form of brake and
exhaust systems.
In its stock form, the FZ is a middle of the road performer
at best. But slap on the new exhaust and you have a hooligan at
hand. The muscular lines of the bike are justified by the loud;
no scratch that, insane, exhaust which it shares with the R15.
The power delivery is just so linear and smooth that you hardly
think it’s the FZ16 you are riding. Without the exhaust, the bike
is pretty lethargic to get to the red line. The exhaust changes
the entire character of the bike to such an extent that on every
corner exit, I expected the front wheel in the air. The package
also includes a newly designed air-box for the bike which would
improve the overall flow from the intake right up to the exhaust,
not to miss on the fact, that the Yamaha mechanics had done a
glorious job of fine tuning the carbs. on the bikes to match the
performance gains. Just goes to show that a bit of tinkering here
and another bit there can do wonders to a bike’s performance.
The package also includes the front 300mm wave rotor, steel
braided brake lines and all new master cylinder. These are not as
necessary on the FZ as the stock brakes themselves seemed to do
the trick. But since the entire package had been offered as a track
(race) package, I don’t see any harm in slapping those on this bike
as well. Overall, the brakes had a reasonably good feel. However,
I had to get some heat into them to get them to really grip and
help shed speed faster. Mid-corner line corrections were a breeze
with the new brakes and definitely confidence inspiring.
At the end of the day, this great package with a price tag to
match will do the trick for Yamaha to up the ante of performance
biking in India. Though the numbers won’t be high, we are sure
there will be some takers for the new upgrades.
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