Yamaha R15 wins the prestigious IMOTY award

Yamaha R15 has one the Indian Motorcycle of the Year Award 2009. The bike won the award on the eve of 16th February in a grand awards distribution ceremony held at Hyatt in Mumbai.

The Indian Motorcycle of the Year award was constituted last year by all the automobile publications (magazines) to honour the best motorcycle in the country. The previous year's winner, the Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-FI was also one of the contenders for the award. Apart from the R15 and the Pulsar 220, bikes like Yamaha FZ 16, Honda Stunner, and Bajaj Discover 135 contended for the coveted title. The R15 emerged a strong winner outshining its competition by a huge margin.

Apart from the IMOTY, a new award has been constituted this year. IPBOTY or the Indian Performance Bike of the Year award is an effort y all the automotive publications in India to honour the most exciting and performance oriented bike in the country. The R15, with is prowess around the racetrack walked with this award as well, pipping the Hero Honda Karizma, the TVS RTR EFI, and the Pulsar 220 which were also contending for the crown. The evaluation session for IPBOTY this year was held on the MMSC racetrack in Chennai where renowned bike journos from all the publications came together and took all the contending bikes for a rigorous test session around the racetrack for deciding the winner.
Source:
http://www.bikeindia.in/news/BikeNews/IMOTY-and-IPBOTY/

Hey thanks for the new CC..

My Favourite Bike has now deserved the best. Its like adding feathers to its Diamond Crown :)

Hey CC, By the way.. I forgot to ask this question!

Which IBOTY is this? I mean who awarded?? AUTOCAR or OVERDRIVE or ??

his is just IBOTY and it is selected by all mags. It is explained in the original post itself.

thats good news CC, yamaha is flying high now and is bang on market with awards,customers back on purchasing this brand,everything going smoothly and perfectly for yamaha, CHEERS!!!

Good News CC.This was quite expected!:)
@Zinam :Its one of my fav. bike too! :P

Anyone please post spec of r15?

R15 - Technical Specifications



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Engine Type - Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC, 4-valve
Cylinder arrangement - Single cylinder
Displacement - 149 .8cc
Bore x Stroke - 57×58.7mm
Compression ratio -10.5:1
Maximum power - 17PS / 8,500rpm
Maximum torque - 15 N.m / 7,500rpm
Starting system - Electric Start
Lubrication - wet sump
Engine oil capacity - 1.0 liters
Fuel tank capacity - 12 liters
Fuel supply system - Electronic fuel injection
Ignition system - T.C.I
Clutch type - Constant-mesh wet multi-plate
Transmission type - Return type 6-speed
Gear ratios - 1st=2.833, 2nd＝1.875, 3rd:=1.364,4th=1.143, 5th=0.957, 6th=0.84

Chassis

Frame type - Deltabox Frame
Caster / Trail - 26° / 100mm
Tire size (Front / Rear) - 80/90-17 / 100/80-17
Brake type (Front / Rear) - Hydraulic, single disc (Front / Rear)
Suspension type (Front / Rear) - Telescopic / Linked type Monocross
Headlight - 12V35W / 35W＋35W

Dimensions

Overall length x width x height - 1,995mm x 670mm x 1,070mm
Seat height - 790mm
Wheelbase - 1,290mm
Minimum ground clearance - 160mm
Dry weight / Curb weight - 120kg / 131kg

These are the specifications of the YZF-R15..
My favorite bike as well and i am a proud owner of a Red R15.

Thanks antriksh_t for info but what is 0-100 kmph?

Buddy the 0-100kmph is still a thing of discussion,
Officially the 0-100 was somewhere around 9 seconds..
but a friend of mine who has a R15 for 8 months now total run of about 12k Kms did a 0-100 in 7seconds..

7.68 to be precise..!

Thanks for the info antriksh_t