Yamaha has updated its popular YZF-R15 V4 with a new ‘Dark Knight’ variant priced at ₹1.82 lakh.
This new colourway for the R15 sees the bike dressed in almost complete black, sprinkled with gold highlights for the Yamaha and R15 logos and golden alloy wheels. Currently, the R15 V4 is available in four colors – Red (₹1.81 lakh), Dark Knight (₹1.82 lakh), Blue and Intensity White (both priced at ₹1.86 lakh).
Mechanically, this variant is identical to the standard bike, which means the liquid-cooled, 155cc, single-cylinder engine is unchanged, making 18.4hp and 14.2Nm. Suspending the Deltabox frame fitted to this little mill is a USD fork and monoshock. The R15 gets a 282mm front disc and 220mm rear disc, which are mated to a dual-channel ABS setup.
The Yamaha R15 V4 takes on the Suzuki Gixxer SF 250 (₹1.92 lakh and ₹2.02 lakh) and the KTM RC 200 (₹2.18 lakh) in India and the Hero Karizma will soon join the trio of small-capacity fully-faired sportbikes. XMR will be .