Yamaha FZ25 Review – Perfect Powerful 250cc Motorcycle FZ (pronounced as eff zee) is a motorcycle series from Yamaha India which is pretty popular among Indian youth. The brand “Yamaha FZ” is popular by itself.  The company launched the powerful 250cc version of the FZ motorcycle in the month of January 2017 in India and has branded it as “FZ25“. Today we have with us the all new Yamaha FZ25 motorcycle for review. We picked the Knight black color variant of FZ25 from Perfect Riders dealership in Lalbagh road. First Impressions The motorcycle looks fantastic and you can clearly notice the design cues borrowed from original FZ motorcycle.  Out of Ballistic Blue, Warrior White, and Knight Black colors offered, we think the Black is pretty appealing. The FZ25 sticker is not so prominently visible on the black motorcycle – the unique design, muscular fuel tank and headlamp makes it evident that it is FZ25. The motorcycle’s rear is of high stance, the vibrant bright LED tail lamps adds more value to the design.  Motorcycle manufactures like Bajaj should learn from Yamaha and get some lessons to get the rear end design of the motorcycle right (of course, we are pointing our finger at Bajaj Pulsar RS200’s ugly tail lamp) . Design Headlamps are very very bright – with AHO ( Always Headlamp On) being mandatory, you see there is no switch to turn this light off and it is by its design. As usual, people on the street screamed at us to turn off the light – “Anna Light On idhe” – for which we had to smile and move on.  We love the way how the dashboard turns ON and made the electronic sound as you start the bike, the digital instrument cluster is nice and shows all the relevant information to the rider including time.  The seating position is done differently – being a regular Honda Unicorn rider I felt I had to lean slightly to front and adjust myself to be comfortably seated – probably it is designed that way to run efficiently in high speeds. The engine sound of FZ25 is really good to hear,  it is smooth and minimal.  A feedback  to Yamaha is they should probably change the placement of “Dim and Dip” switch from the above the handle to below so that the finger easily reaches to respond to emergency obstacles while riding.   Engine and Performance The core of this motorcycle is the engine. Yamaha really wanted to woo its FZ riders by offering the much powerful and performing engine and that is the reason FZ25 is launched. The aspirations of 150-200cc motorcycle riders are growing and FZ25 is here to fill that gap for those seek more power and performance at a slightly upgradable price point.  The all new Yamaha FZ25 motorcycle is powered by 249cc engine that delivers whooping 20.9 PS of power and maximum torque delivered is 20.0 Nm.  The engine is mated to a 5-speed manual transmission gearbox. Initially, finding the gear lever was a bit tricky for me and then I got used to it. Yamaha FZ25 is a treat to ride on highways. We enjoyed riding through our favorite Bangalore Airport road elevated highway and touched upto 134 Kmph top speed with ease racing all those luxury cars which came our way.  The power kicks in instantly and it is actually a good idea to make sure the person behind you (pillion rider) is seated – if you are a type of rider who loves accelerating frequently with more thump!!! –  It is a pretty powerful machine. Handling & Brakes The wheelbase of Yamaha FZ25 is 1360mm which helps you do good...