Two wheeler manufactuer Yamaha’s all-new 2019 Yamaha MT-15 has officially gone on sale in India today, street-fighter motorcycle is the newest and the most affordable addition to Yamaha India's MT range, which so far only had the MT-09.
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Company has introduced the new MT-15 as part of the company's ongoing Call Of The Blue campaign under which the company will now offer 3 motorcycle series in India, which includes - the R Series, FZ Series, and now the MT Series.
Talking about speficications, the bike borrows its cues from the global MT range with an aggressive stance, muscular styling, and sharp looking twin headlamps. At the rear, the bike comes with a short tail with vertical taillights and the bike is offered in two colour options - Dark Matte Blue and Metallic Black. The bike also gets standard twin forks, instead of the USD forks that the Indonesia-spec model gets, and monoshock suspension at the rear. The bike also comes with 282 mm front disc brake with a single channel ABS unit.
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While the bike offers the same 19 bhp and 14.7 Nm of peak torque and comes mated to the same 6-speed gearbox, Yamaha has changed the final gear ratios and also the ECU setting in order the extract better low and mid-range power. However, while this makes the MT-15 quicker than the R15, the top speed of the bike is lower than its faired sibling.
As far as price is concerened it is available at ₹ 1.36 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).