The ever-popular Yamaha YZF-R3 (YZF-R25 in Malaysia) has been around for a few years and may well see a facelift for 2019, as photos have surfaced in Indonesia.
If Yamaha does adhere to the design the picture, the new bike’s styling brings it closer to the manufacturer’s other supersport models, namely the YZF-R6 and YZF-R1 besides the YZR-M1 in MotoGP.
Additionally, taking a cue from current industry standards, it may well feature full-LED lighting. Will it also have an updated instrument console? Perhaps. How about an upgraded chassis? Who knows.
But the biggest question would be regarding its displacement, of course.
The 250- to 400cc category is hotly contested, with Yamaha’s rivals Kawasaki now offering both the Ninja 250 and Ninja 400, while KTM has the 390 Duke and RC 390. Even Modenas has the Dominar D400. Hence, there has been much speculation that we may well see a sub-400cc R4 because how else could one compete if the others have higher capacities?
But there’s a problem if it goes 400. While Yamaha offers the R3 or the speculated R4 in other countries, we will be inadvertantly stuck with the 250cc version. This is the same with other manufacturers as well, except for KTM. It’s such a disaster that we won’t get to experience the bikes’ full potential due to riders who are resistant to upgrade their license to “full-B” hence small capacity bikes are stuck at the 250cc ceiling. But the silly thing is that these are the very same cretins who complain about not having bigger capacity bikes in Malaysia compared to our neighbours.
The new R3/R4 should break covers at the AIM Expo in Las Vegas, so stay tuned.
PETRONAS will give its loyal and potential customers a chance to win not just one but two Yamaha Lagenda motorcycles and other attractive prizes in its ‘Beli, Kira dan Menang’ contest held at every venue on the 10-leg 2015 PETRONAS AAM Malaysian Cub Prix Championship calendar.
Apart from the two Yamaha Lagenda bikes, lucky visitors also stand a chance to win two iPads during each race weekend.
Open to all Malaysians age 18-years old and above, participants can enter the contest with every purchase of PETRONAS lubricants – PETRONAS Sprinta or PETRONAS Syntium Moto worth RM20 and above in a single receipt either purchased on site or at any authorized PETRONAS lubricant sales channel such as PETRONAS stations, workshops or spare-part dealers.
Participants will then be eligible to join the contest that will be conducted at the PETRONAS promo booth located within the Cub Prix Promotions Area. To enter, participants need to count the number of lubricant bottles inside the Contest Box, fill in the ‘Beli, Kira dan Menang’ form, complete the slogan and attach the proof of purchase before submitting the form on-site.
With a total of 20 bikes and iPads to be given away throughout the year, the nationwide promotional campaign will kick off at the Cub Prix opening round at Kawasan Perindustrian Temerloh, Pahang this weekend followed by Batu Kawan (11-12 April), Muar (1-2 May), Terengganu (22-23 May) and Melaka (13-14 June).
Following the puasa and Hari Raya break, the season will resume at an unconfirmed venue on the 15-16 August followed by Teluk Intan (19-20 September), Kangar (17-18 October), Jempol (31 October-1 November) while Taiping (28-29 November) is set to stage the season finale.
Recently we did an article about ten bikes we can look forward to in 2015. In that article we mentioned that we might get the Yamaha R25 in Malaysia.
Well guess what? We might be seeing it soon as just a few hours ago a friend of BikesRepublic, spotted and captured a picture of what looks like the Yamaha R25 being tested on the road.
According to MaztaGee, he saw three bikes with different colour scheames, white and blue combo like in the picture, white and red combo and a black unit.
The bikes were on the Guthrie Corridoor Expressway heading to Shah Alam.
The R25 is powered by a liquid cooled, 250cc parallel-twin engine generating about 36hp and 22.6 Nm of torque.
Currently being assembled in Indonesia, it was launched there last year where the bike orders quickly exceeded supply in less then 24hours of its launch.
More info as it comes, so keep on tuning into Bikes Republic.
Speculation has risen stating that Yamaha’s R25-based R3 model for the US and Europe could receive a new engine displacing 320cc. (more…)
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