Most of us are lucky. Look at the FZ16

[The Toecutter]

Seems a bit over the top. Lol

LMFAO!!! You don't need to change sprockets to wheelie any two wheel bike....... You just need a fearless Idiot as a counter balance weight!! :BLAA: :rockon: :rockon:

 

[Motogiro]

i wish US citizens had the option to order these smaller displacement bikes, i would rock a 150...

I agree I think our country is missing out on another profitable market as well as
having more economic transpo.

 

[spock]

For most people there in the states a 150cc bike is crap, TOO small.

the opposite thing here in my country

For most people a 600cc bike is TOO big (and specially for non bikers)

Not trying to come up with stereotypes or stuff like that.

I think is just a social thing, stuff people is used to, the same that happens for music, food, clothes and so on.

 

[ebinmoothedam]

Don't stunt bikes have to be able to wheelie?

Yes, but its the stunt rider who "makes it do a wheelie". The bike doesn't do a wheelie on itself

 

[mnuttall87]

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This was a really popular thread! Here's my "FZ16"



I'll start a new thread (new member/bike) soon!

 

[lonesoldier84]

Yes, but its the stunt rider who "makes it do a wheelie". The bike doesn't do a wheelie on itself

Not saying a 50cc bike couldn't do a wheelie.

My point was that a "stunt bike" typically has a good amount of both engine and braking ability.

That aside the same 50cc bike could be a "race bike" too by the same logic. In the end do what makes you happy but an older 600 with aftermarket sprockets makes more sense than a newer 50cc machine.

 

[ebinmoothedam]

Not saying a 50cc bike couldn't do a wheelie.

My point was that a "stunt bike" typically has a good amount of both engine and braking ability.

That aside the same 50cc bike could be a "race bike" too by the same logic. In the end do what makes you happy but an older 600 with aftermarket sprockets makes more sense than a newer 50cc machine.

Yes it is true. An old 600 makes more sense to most of us who are hardcore riders who ride for the thrill of it. But many economically developing countries need small commuters in the range of 100cc to 150cc and its a huge market here. The companies try to make these small bikes as good looking / replicate as much as their bigger flagship models. Yamaha R15 is a small replica of Yamaha R1/R6, Honda CBR 250 is a smaller replica of CBR600, Ninja 250R is smaller replica to the bigger Ninjas...and it goes on...and the market is huge in India, because the Brand value/name is high for Japanese bikes ! I am saving to get myself a R6 / FZ series...may be in another 5 years ! haha..

Here are some pictures of my "Fazer" or FZ16, just two days after I took delivery. Don't have any other pictures of this bike ..and yes this color is known as flaming orange !!!!!!

 

[Clovis]

Damn, and I thought Ninja 250s were a joke.

 

[Nelly]

Damn, and I thought Ninja 250s were a joke.

Why? Loads of people start on these machines?

Sent from my HTC Desire S

 

[spock]

Damn, and I thought Ninja 250s were a joke.

In not every country in the world 600cc or more bikes are "cheap"

Not all the people in every country has the necessary incomes to buy such big bikes, different countries different economies.

In not every country in the world you have long streches of roads and the highways you have in the USA, and not everybody has to commute 80 miles daily.

Cheers.

 

[marke14]

The relative engine displacement differences that are most popular in each market (country) are a function of value, national economic development, and also road types, which are very different in India than they are in the American West and Midwest.

I love the Indian FZ16 and the competing types! I think they look cool and I bet they ride very nice. It is a lot of fun, more fun perhaps, wringing out a smaller engine bike around town, instead of riding a fast bike, like 600+, very gingerly and carefully around town.

I wish the smaller bikes were more in fashion in the US, but sadly they are not. The cars and trucks that are popular here are very fast and large, and driven by people who are not that great at controlling them ... we need bigger displacement bikes here in order to stay in front of them.

 

[lonesoldier84]

Yes it is true. An old 600 makes more sense to most of us who are hardcore riders who ride for the thrill of it. But many economically developing countries need small commuters in the range of 100cc to 150cc and its a huge market here. The companies try to make these small bikes as good looking / replicate as much as their bigger flagship models. Yamaha R15 is a small replica of Yamaha R1/R6, Honda CBR 250 is a smaller replica of CBR600, Ninja 250R is smaller replica to the bigger Ninjas...and it goes on...and the market is huge in India, because the Brand value/name is high for Japanese bikes ! I am saving to get myself a R6 / FZ series...may be in another 5 years ! haha..

Here are some pictures of my "Fazer" or FZ16, just two days after I took delivery. Don't have any other pictures of this bike ..and yes this color is known as flaming orange !!!!!!

Haha that's epic man. That last shot is awesome.

And you don't need to tell me. I've been in India for 2-3 months at a time every couple years visiting family and just traveling around. I've done some miles down there on a bullet but mostly on scooters. It's pretty wild down there and having a bigger bike would be a bit of a waste in urban areas.

Still, I know a bunch of local stunters and they own "stunt bikes" the same way racers own "race bikes". They don't use their stunt bikes to commute usually because the super low tire pressures, giant crash cages, extensive damage (sometimes), and insane sprocket arrangements make them 5hitty commuters. So that's what I meant when I said it makes relatively little sense to have a 100cc "stunt bike" but yes it makes all the sense in the work to have a small commuter bike for you upon which you also do stunts.

Hope that clarifies what I meant. No offense intended. You rock bro. Great pics.

Later!

 

[ebinmoothedam]

Yes. Hardcore stunt riders keep their stunt bike for stunt riding But I was talking in the micro level focusing economically developing countries and you talked about the macro level with bigger bikes in developed countries. So in a way everyone says the same thing !

 

[ebinmoothedam]

Well....I couldn't find any other relevant thread to post this in this forum...as this is regarding my Yamaha Fazer 16. I know this forum is all about FZ6...but I ride a smaller Yamaha Fazer 16, in India.

Anyways...I did a custom modification work on my bike....took me about 3 months for the whole process as "it takes time" to get things done in India.

Just posting some pictures of my modded Fazer, if any of you would like to see the smaller Yamaha Fazer

Hope you all like this. Thank you

 

[CrazyBiker]

Nice custom work. Must have cost a lot of $$$ compared to the cost of the bike itself in India esp that GPR exhaust (surprised that they have one for the 16) and those adjustable clipons

 

[ebinmoothedam]

Nice custom work. Must have cost a lot of $$$ compared to the cost of the bike itself in India esp that GPR exhaust (surprised that they have one for the 16) and those adjustable clipons

Thankyou.

Cost me about $530 for the whole work.

The GPR exhaust is just a sticker on the stock Yamaha exhaust. I put GPR as I wanted an Italian theme to come. The GPR, Marchesini, Abarth. 3 Italian stickers are on the bike.

The clip ons are cheap and not reliable. I could not get the one I wanted on time, so fixed this temporarily. This clip on cost me about $11. :BLAA:


A new Yamaha Fazer 16 will cost you about $1570 :BLAA:

 

[FinalImpact]

Check out the SEXY Can Yammi hung on the Warrior. . .

Bigger than life itself!!! :BLAA:

 

[CrazyBiker]

Thankyou.

Cost me about $530 for the whole work.

The GPR exhaust is just a sticker on the stock Yamaha exhaust. I put GPR as I wanted an Italian theme to come. The GPR, Marchesini, Abarth. 3 Italian stickers are on the bike.

The clip ons are cheap and not reliable. I could not get the one I wanted on time, so fixed this temporarily. This clip on cost me about $11. :BLAA:


A new Yamaha Fazer 16 will cost you about $1570 :BLAA:

Yeah, I was looking at the FZ16 but due the lack of FI, I chose the Apache RTR EFi for my bike in India.

 

[racing_fan]

Only mildly related, but i started my biking on one of these back home in Pakistan...



195 MPG GET IN THERE!!! YEAH!!!