Hmmm ... Review on Yamaha RXZ

Yamaha RX-Z is and old bike from the stable of Escorts.Being a Yamaha product, one of my close friend bought it some time ago. Hismain concern was the maintenance incurred with the most newgeneration high-performance bikes, likes of, CBZ’s and the Pulsar’s. Its a twostroke bike, so we can easily forget about the mileage it provides, but we dolook forward to the its pickup. Yamaha had launched a RX-G, 4 gear version, in the year 1997-98.

But the one I drove was totallydifferent. Looks wise, it had a very sporty look. It now comes in 5-gear mode, ConstantMesh. And has the new arrival of Disc Brakes to the Yamaha Bikes. This friendof mine is a real Speed Maniac and is one of Biggest admirers of Yamaha. He hadan RX100 for nearly 12 years, and people, those who drove RX100 swears by it.This must be the reason I thought he didn’t go for Pulsar 180cc. Because in allsense of terms it has more power. Any way I haven’t driven Pulsar 180cc, still,so can’t comment on it. So coming back to our RX-Z, I tired today in early morningfoggy conditions. I emphasized foggy, as I couldn’t test it for high speed.First and foremost, it may look a bit small in height, but it has the perfectsitting posture for guys with long legs. I being 5’8’’ found it quitecomfortable. The sound of Yamaha if you know what I mean, is still magnificent.It roars as you pump on more fuel. But this bird has some power on the pickup front.It just flew, I didn’t even know and I was at the peak of 3rd gearand I was doing 60kmph. It would have hardly took 5 secs, and I was taking eachgear to its maximum. At 4th gear it got very smooth. I wanted to take it to thenext level but the visibility was very poor. But I instantly knew this bikecould do 120kmph. Its not the max speed, but the way it reached max speed, that’squite astonishing. Its a 14bhp bike. The disc brakes provided are quite good,better than CBZs, for sudden stoppages.

We had the kick start version andthe kick was very smooth for a new vehicle. The best part was its suspension.Under usual circumstances a Horse is a better way to describe a highperformance bike rather than a bird. But its suspension really did make it fly,so smooth. Front suspension is the usual Telescopic Fork and rear is also CoilSpring, Swinging Arm kind of, but still it was very comfortable. And rememberhe bought it on Yamaha’s No Maintenance Policy. Such a Perfect Bike, butremember, Nothing Is Perfect.The overall balance of the vehicle is quite poor considering all other bikes inthe high performance category. CBZs is absolutely magnificent, and Fiero’s isvery good. The Rear Tyre is Very Thin. So Very Low Traction with Ground. And itdoesn’t have a great mileage,45kmpl, don’t expect more. But it has ideally suited 12 ltrs fuel tank, ’causeof the fuel consumption. The 132cc hears low, for a high performance bike,150ccfeels good to hear. Priced Rs. 60,000 approx, quite costly. But I heard recentlythat Yamaha have real good high performance bike in the pipeline, so I say whydon’t you wait for it. Its better to be safe than sorry. And could anybody whohave driven both Yamaha RX-Z and Pulsar 180cc, give me a piece of their mind. Andlast but not at all the least, Don’t Drink and Drive.